"Customize My Site" and "Promote My Site"

Wondering where they went to?

Earlier this morning, I had uploaded a song to a folder to play on my page. The song wasn't an mp3 (I didn't know this at the time) and it wouldn't show to be played on the page. So I looked for an mp3 version of the song. I found it, but got caught up in something else. I came back to it about 15 minutes later. I scrolled below my Site Title... and "Customize My Site" wasn't there! Neither was "Promote My Site!" I looked all over my page, and I couldn't find it. I sent a PM off to two of my friends. One replied in the next few minutes, telling me they had moved them.

This is a screenshot I snagged off my site. At the top, you see "Video," "Music," "Calender," and "Links." That's my Site Title. Notice the yellow arrow that points to where "Customize" and "Promote" used to be. The blue arrow points to where "Customize My Site" is now, and the green arrow points to where "Promote My Site" is now located.

-Ze Baron

IMPROVEMENTS TO MULTIPLY

It was announced in this group, User Support, and namely, the Multiply Blog, that new improvements were coming out. This announcement can be found here. I was out all night, but I arrived home now at almost 7:00 and noticed the new improvements. If you have any questions about the improvement, direct them HERE, on the USG blog. I/We are in no position to answer questions you may have as we heard about and received the upgrade with the rest of you. It certainly looks promising, though! Thank you all... keep being wonderful!

-Ze Baron

HE SHOULD GET TO KEEP THE MONEY

Remember "Pa-Paw" and the other post like that? Guess what!

Read this story. My opinion is that if his family and friends were stupid enough to buy into this, he should get to keep the $800k. Imagine the look on their faces when the government told them this is impossible... *sigh* People...

But here's the idea: We're going to have one of those posts where I start it with one setence and every person adds on setence. For those of you who didn't know me pre-Multiply, you missed out on "Pa-Paw" and the other blog which I cannot remember. Here, I'll start:

"Hey, Ma, Pa, guess what hunny told me! She works for the gub-mint!"

-Ze Baron

IT'S SNOWING!

I am like a kid in a candy shop! It snowed almost two days straight!! We have about two inches of the fluff! Our internet was down from about 1 o'clock until just a few minutes ago (3:00) so if I'm not around much today or tomorrow, that's why. Pictures to come!

-Ze Baron

Suggestion -- Groups Features

Granted, I haven't been a Multiply for very long (under 50 days) but I've really been thrown into the mosh pit because of how Y!360 Refugees took off. I don't know how the other group admins feel about what I'm about to suggest, but I know it would help me in so many ways. In no particular order:

• Folders in the links section. In Refugees, I thought of having a folder for reputable groups with good information, a folder for theme groups, and various other things. It would help organize things immensly.
• The ability to ban people from a group (block.)
• The ability to restric access to certain features (blogs, links, etc) for only mods.
• A second, lower tier of mods that can be appointed that would have powers such as delete and possibly customize the theme, but without powers like appoint other mods (or demote current ones) and delete the group.

And while I'm talking about second-tier mods, a "fan" feature would be good here on Multiply. The beauty of Multiply is that it is really community oriented. A lot of people like to get to know people before they accept. On Y!360, there was a feature called "Favorites." If I liked someone's material, I would put them in my favorites. I would receive updates on their content, I would have a link to their page (only viewable to me) and they would not be notified. That way, I could check out their page and get to know them (and have easy access to their page instead of having to find them.) The key feature is that this "fan" feature is that it's very flexible, ie, you can add it and remove it with ease. Secondly, the person who is being added as a fan is not notified.

If I haven't made it clear yet, let me explain in a metaphor. I am a Frank Sinatra fan. Let's pretend he's alive. I listen to Frank Sinatra's music and I have his CDs. I might know when he was born, if he lives in Beverly Hills, and some other stuff. Frank Sinatra does not know me.

I get the content (the CDs or the blogs), I get to know about them (learning about him or reading and commenting on blogs), all anonymously. But I still have the connection.

While this doesn't all pertain to Groups, the Groups features would be most handy to all us admin. The "fan" feature would improve the Multiply community. That's my two cents.

-Ze Baron

What? What? It's WORKING?

Take a looksee: Abbas shuts Hamas charities in West Bank

Things are moving along. Abbas, of the PLO, shut down these charities that were fueling Hamas, and Israel relesed some PLO prisioners. Believe it or not, an Hamas spokesperson said the closure of these facilities will lead to hunger in the West Bank. Well, unless those kids are eating RPGs and Katyusha rockets, they won't go hungry without that money. Who knows... maybe things will go somewhere. Maybe what's happening is futile. We'll see, but it's a start.

-Ze Baron

Y!360 HEADSHOT CONTEST WINNER...

Here are the official numbers for the Y!360 Headshot Contest poll:

With 13 votes, Entry 16 is awarded third place. This avatar was created by sunshines360. Congradulations!

With 14 votes, narrowly beating Entry 16, is Entry 2. This entry was designed by j-liz. Great job!

And our winner, with 26 votes... Entry 3! Entry 3 was created by seanymph3. Awesome finish!

If you have problems seeing the new avatar, try to clear your cache, cookies, and other information like that. This avatar will be displayed through December 17th. It is my intention to hold another contest early next year, so start thinking now!

-Ze Baron