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Well everyone, we made it. Eight Community Spotlights later and it's almost time for you to vote on which site you think deserves first place. Read through this week's Spotlight and get ready to vote this Monday!
Community of the Week
This week's featured community is the Ottawa Valley Paranormal/Phenomenon Investiagions, or OVPPI for short. It was created by CanWEBada, and is a website for the investigation of paranormal activity within the Ottawa Valley area.
OVPPI has two very important qualities I want to highlight. First -- much like last week's Site of the Week -- it covers a unique subject. The second quality further refines this: it's targeted at a local level. By doing this OVPPI makes it easier for visitors to feel like they're part of a community, since they may already share their physical community with each other.
That's not to say balance isn't needed; it most certainly is. Create a site that's too local and you risk alienating those that may drop in from other parts of the world wide web. Create a site that's too broad and chances are someone else has already done it. OVPPI does a great job at striking this balance by using elements such as the "Latest Global UFO Reports" widget while at the same time having a widget that displays the local weather.
Congratulations once again to CanWEBada and everyone at the Ottawa Valley Paranormal/Phenomenon Investigations! Stop by their introduction page for more information.
We're only days away from the voting to start for the top Site of the Week! If you'd like a shot at our next round of rewards post an introduction that follows the guidelines we've provided.
Suggestion of the Week
This week's suggestion is actually a collection of three minor ones. See below for a link to each!
As always we want to hear what you think about each idea. If you've thought of a feature you'd like to see added to the Spruz platform feel free to post it in the Idea Room. Remember to make it as detailed as possible; all topics must be approved before they'll appear.
Tip of the Week
This week's tip is from our knowledge base and will show you how to set your site up with RPX, an amazing feature that makes it easier for people to join and log into your website. The Spruz development team has done most of the coding work that's necessary for it to work with your website. You can see an example of it in action on the Skysa website. |
