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Jul
ClayCook

More Minti Upgrades

by ClayCookComment Published at 20:1920:1922 comments22 comments120 Visits120 VisitsReport

A few major things went live the other day and also today...

  1. The new member algorithm just (minutes ago) went live.
  2. All members can now delete others' comments/posts (and edit or delete their own) in their Member Blog, their Member Lounge and groups that they are the Admin for.
  3. There are now restrictions on Minti mailing for new/low ranked members to fight spam.
  4. GMail address book upload has been fixed.
  5. Hotmail address book upload is still not working and has been removed as an option.
  6. Anonymous gifts no longer display the name of who they are from.
  7. We now display the year on blog posts when they are not in the current year. eg: This blog post never had 2006 on it before.
  8. Super-Admins can now reinstate articles.
  9. Super-Admins have more statistics

Hope you all enjoy.

Clay

29
Jul
ClayCook

Perth - Baby Expo

by ClayCookComment Published at 20:0820:083 comments3 comments145 Visits145 VisitsReport

The current plan is to have a Minti presence at the Perth Baby Expo.

Will you be attending?

Details below...

perth   Venue: Claremont Showgrounds, Claremont
Date: Friday 15 to Sunday 17 August, 2008
Time: 10 to 4 Friday, 10 to 5 Saturday & Sunday
27
Jul
ClayCook

Comics on Minti

by ClayCookComment Published at 21:3421:347 comments7 comments51 Visits51 VisitsReport

I have just created a "Comics-Admin" account and will feed in a couple of parent/family/kids comic strip blog feeds into the Comics-Admin blog.

I have added Calvin and Hobbes and Zits to the blog feed and hopefully in 24 hrs we should start to see some activity in the Comics-Admin blog

Any others that you think i should add?

22
Jul
ClayCook

Big Member Ranking Algorithm change

by ClayCookComment Published at 20:3720:3721 comments21 comments150 Visits150 VisitsReport

Dear Minti members,

Just to let you know we will very soon be rolling out a brand new member ranking algorithm.

We have been working on a new algorithm for the last 9 months and running it in the background. It's birth is imminent!

The new algorithm will largely reward members for broad support from the entire community, as apposed to support from just a few members/friends.

Note: Some will see a big change in their rankings, we apologise for this, but we believe it is a vast improvement and fairer for the entire community.

Kindest
Clay

22
Jul
ClayCook

Best holiday ever

by ClayCookComment Published at 20:2620:266 comments6 comments33 Visits33 VisitsReport

We just returned from the best holiday ever!

Club Med Lindeman Island

The kids program is just so great, activity based that it frees the parents up to do what ever they want.

It is going to be Club Med for us for future family holidays for sure!

03
Jul
ClayCook

Win m$20,000 now!

by ClayCookComment Published at 19:0319:037 comments7 comments127 Visits127 VisitsReport

Please help me out yet again with your amazing copy-writing skills!

In a few weeks time we will be running a marketing campaign, and we need to draft up an email that will be sent out.

We want to keep it short and to the point, and emphasize the fact that you get a $1 when you join and can earn more money by participating in the site (ie: $3 for every referral) once you have joined.

I will award a winner sometime early next week. The winner will receive m$20,000. Please add your entry in the comments below.

Also here is some relevant tips/notes from our development team at MarketUnited...

Quick question on the email cash campaign. Will you be asking the community to
take a stab at writing the actual email that will go out to prospects?

If so, the key points that we want them to get across are as follows:

1. Minti is the only parenting community that rewards members for sharing
their experiences and supporting other parents.

2. Giving good advice, inviting other parents to join minti, sharing
information about yourself, are an example of the simple things you can do
that are rewarded.

3. Minti's reward points, moolah, can be exchanged for real money.

4. Put simply, Join, Share and Earn

5. A general description of Minti – something along the lines of Darkened
Angel’s copy that we are using on the site.

Thanks and good luck!

03
Jul
ClayCook

Mini Minti upgrade

by ClayCookComment Published at 18:4918:490 comments0 comments28 Visits28 VisitsReport

We just went live with a few upgrades and bug fixes :)

  1. Join now island ad on each article page (when logged out)
  2. create group button reinstated on the create group page
  3. now able to edit group text description and title
  4. bug fixed - anon article no longer shows member name in activity list
  5. members no longer able to enter comments in public groups that they are not a member of
03
Jul
ClayCook

Thanks for the Gifts! :)

by ClayCookComment Published at 18:4218:423 comments3 comments33 Visits33 VisitsReport

By now you should have received your Muggies! :)

Thanks for all the reprocal gifts - it's going to take me hours to open them all up ;)

02
Jul
ClayCook

Foto Friday - haven't been out lately

by ClayCookComment Published at 05:5705:575 comments5 comments39 Visits39 VisitsReport

It's been ages since we "went out" on the town.

Here is a nice photo that I just stumbled over when we attended the 40under40 event 1st March 2006. And that's the last time I have worn a tux!

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