-<page xmlns="http://www.gnome.org/~shaunm/mallard"
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="create-account">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
-
- <desc>Register an account with one of the supported services.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="stub"/>
-
+ <link type="seealso" xref="irc-account"/>
+ <desc>
+ Register an account with one of the supported messaging services.
+ </desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-21" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-07" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
- <license>Creative Commons Share Alike</license>
-
- <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- />
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
- <p>Section about how to create an account.</p>
- </comment>
-
+ <title>Register for a new account</title>
- <title>How can I register a new account?</title>
-
<p>
- You can freely create an account on any of the following
- services. Follow the instructions reported on each website on
- how to register your new account. At the end of the
- registration process you should have a <em>user
- name</em> (or an <em>account ID</em>) and
- a <em>password</em> that you will use to
- create the account in Empathy.
+ You can freely create an account on any of the services listed below.
+ Follow the instructions reported on each website on
+ how to register your new account.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ At the end of the registration process you should have a <em>user
+ name</em> (or an <em>account ID</em>) and a <em>password</em>
+ that you will use to add the account to <app>Empathy</app>.
</p>
-
<p>
- Click on the name of the service to visit its website:
+ Click on the name of the service to visit its website.
</p>
-
+
<section id="im-services">
<title>Instant Messaging Services</title>
-
+
<list>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">AIM</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">AIM</link>
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">Google Talk</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="http://www.google.com/talk/">Google Talk</link>
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">ICQ</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="https://www.icq.com/register/">ICQ</link>
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">Jabber</link>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <link href="http://register.jabber.org/">Jabber</link>
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ It is possible to use the automatic creation of accounts
+ with this service. Not all the service providers support it.
+ One service provider known to work is <em>jabber.org</em>,
+ the default one of the application.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">MSN</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="https://accountservices.passport.net">MSN</link>
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">Yahoo!</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="https://login.yahoo.com/config/login">Yahoo!</link>
+ </p>
</item>
</list>
-
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="local-service">
+ <title>Local Instant Messaging Services</title>
<p>
- To register a Jabber account you can use the automatic
- account creation of <app>Empathy</app>. Not all Jabber service
- providers support the automatic creation of accounts, one
- service provider known to work with <app>Empathy</app> is <link
- href="http://jabber.org">jabber.org</link>.
+ This service works when you are connected to a local network,
+ you do not need an Internet connection in order to use it.
</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ <em>Salut</em>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
<p>
- If you already have a Jabber account you can use the Salut service.
+ For more information, see <link xref="salut-protocol" />.
</p>
-
+
</section>
-
+
<section id ="sip-services">
- <title>SIP Services</title>
-
+ <title>Telephony Services</title>
+
+ <p>
+ These services will let you do voice call over the Internet with
+ other people using the same service or even to normal phones.
+ </p>
+
<list>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">Ekiga</link>
- </p>
+ <link href="https://www.ekiga.net/index.php?page=register">Ekiga</link>
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">FWD</link>
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- <link href="..">Sipphone</link>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <link href="https://signup.sipphone.com/new-users/app?class=NewUser;proc=start">Sipphone</link>
+ </p>
</item>
</list>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ In order to call normal phones over the Internet, you may need
+ to subscribe to a paid service. For more information, please
+ refer to the instructions provided on the website of the
+ service you will use.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
</section>
-
</page>
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