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InstantSpotNEW FEATURES
Google Adsense: We have given the InstantSpot user the ability to monetize their 'Spot using Google's Adsense. You will notice in the control panel, a section titled 'Ad Manager'. All you need to do is supply your Google Adsense key and decide where on your site you would like the ads to appear.
Upload A Custom Header Image: In order to allow the user to put their personal stamp on their 'Spot, we now allow the user to upload a custom image that is placed in the header area of their site.
Some sites with cool header images:
http://daveshuck.instantspot.com
Title/Description (display,hide): One of the things that was born out of the new custom header images, was now the user wanted to hide the site name and/or description from that area of the site. In the site detail section of your control panel, you can now choose to display or hide the title and/or description.
Domain Aliasing: We offer the ability for InstantSpot users to use their own domain name for their 'Spot. Instructions for adding your own domain are located in the control panel under 'Host Header Management'.
Some sites using this feature:
Event Calendar:
Every 'Spot now sports its very own event calendar! From within your
control panel, you can add events and designate them as Public,
Network, Friend, or Private. If you choose to not use the calendar,
you can go to the 'Manage Links' section of your control panel and
disable that link (as you can with any of the pages/blog/etc). See an example here.
Public- Anyone can see the event.
Network – Anyone that is an InstantSpot user can see the event.
Friend – Anyone that you have added as a friend, can see your event.
Private – Only you can see it, keep your own schedule on your 'Spot.
Major Performance Enhancments: Some of you may have noticed your site slowing down as our traffic increased. This was due, in large part, to the performance of Reactor (our ORM framework). You can read more about that on Dave's blog .
Blog (Categories,Draft,Comments): Your InstantSpot blog now sports multiple categories, publish or draft modes (you can save an entry and not have it published until you are ready), and you can allow or deny comments on each entry.
COMING SOON
Photo Gallery: Each InstantSpot site will soon have its own photo gallery. Stay tuned for more info on this up-coming feature.
Enhanced Friend Support (messaging,approval,etc): One of the things we feel is important for any social-networking site is robust messaging between friends. There will soon be among other things, broadcast messaging, private messaging, and friend approval/rejection.
Multiple Sites Per User Account: Want more 'Spots but don't want to use multiple email addresses/user accounts? We are soon going to offer the ability for you to add multiple 'Spots.
Multiple Categories Per Site: Want your site to be in our directory under ColdFusion AND Business AND Offroad? Soon my friend...soon.
Tagging: Pages, Blog entries, Sites, etc will soon be taggable...stay tuned for more info on this feature.
UNDER DISCUSSION
Enable/Disable Comments Per Page: We are toying with the idea of allowing comments per page on your 'Spot. Perhaps some sort of a throwback to a guestbook, or maybe a mini-forum on each page?
“ShoutBox” on your My Friends Page: What about some sort of shoutbox feature on your My Friends page where only your friends can post or view the messages?
PLEASE!!! let us know what you think about any of these features. Also, if you have an idea for a cool feature that has been addressed let us know about that also.
Thanks!
~InstantSpot
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