We're introducing two new features to AOL.com dedicated to giving you some peace of mind!

NEW ZEN THEME: We've got a brand-new theme called Zen which has been specially designed to lighten your homepage. If clean and simple designs appeal to you, then Zen may be your new favorite theme. See more details on the Zen theme below.

SIGN IN TO SAVE: And now when you sign in to AOL.com, your theme setting will be saved as part of your profile. This means that you can sign in on any computer to get your theme along with anything else you've personalized on your page. Learn more about this new feature!

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Details on the Zen Theme:

To apply Zen to your page, click on the white square located in the second position of the color strip in the upper right-hand corner as seen below, or click here to apply it now.


Here's what Zen looks like when added:


To see additional themes, click on the "More" link next to the color strip in the upper right:


We'd love to know what you think of the new Zen theme as well as the new sign in to save feature. Please leave us comments here and tell us what you think. Also, if you have requests for other themes you'd like to see added to AOL.com, do let us know!

Cheers,
The AOL Homepage Team

There are lots of things you can do to personalize your AOL.com homepage. For instance, you can apply a special theme and add your favorite sites to My Links. In the past, we've saved settings like this on your computer in a browser cookie. This method works fine for most, but there is always the chance that this information can be cleared from your computer and wipe away any personalized settings.

To reduce the risk of this happening, all of your settings will now be tied to your AOL/AIM screen name when you sign in to the page. This means that your preferences will follow you to any computer you use to sign in. You'll get your page just the way you like it whether you are at work, home, on the go -- anywhere!

To learn more, be sure to check out our FAQs.

Here are some examples of things you can personalize on your homepage:
- Themes
- My Links
- My Stuff
- News Feeds RSS Browser
- Customize Your Page

Signing in on AOL.com is easy! Just look for the "Sign In" link available next to Search at the top right of the page:


You can also sign in via the links provided in customizable areas as shown below:


If you haven't yet customized anything on AOL.com, we recommend signing in first to ensure that everything is applied to your screen name. And if you have already customized parts of your homepage, we will save your preferences to your screen name the first time you sign in. After that, you will want to sign in before you make additional updates in order for them to be saved properly.

We hope you enjoy the security of having your settings tied to your screen name. Please let us know what you think!