Here are some of the faq's answered by the pageflakes staff. I think this will help you to better understand the mechanics of a pageflake. Have fun!What is Pageflakes?Pageflakes is your personalized startpage on the Internet. Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere.
Why should I use pageflakes?Until now you had to go to different web sites to check your email, start Web searches, get weather information and so on. With Pageflakes, everything you need is on one page! You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds. And best of all, it's free!
What is a flake?"Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen.
What are feeds?Many blogs and news sites offer so-called "content feeds" which you can subscribe to using a feed reader service or application like Pageflakes. Think of it as the online equivalent of a newspaper subscription: Just like a newspaper subscription saves you the effort of going to a kiosk every day to get your newspaper, a feed subscription saves you the effort of going to all the different news and blog sites every day by getting everything delivered to your Pageflakes page.
What does "create template" mean?If you've created a great page which other users might find useful, you can publish the page as a template page in the "Page Template" section of our Community Site. Other users can then pick your template and use it to create their own page.