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Lately Spruz has been taking a careful look at the Owners' Community Website and brainstorming ways to improve it. It's been a multiweek process, the result of which is outlined in this news post. Read on to see what's changed today and what's planned for the future!
Community Manager
The first change is the addition of a "Community Manager" position to the Spruz team. The developers have worked very hard to make the Spruz platform what it is today, but a side effect is that they haven't been able to devote as much time as they'd like to in communicating with their loyal user base. The Community Manager will be in charge of ensuring everything on this website runs smoothly, as well as making the opinions of the Spruz development team known to the community and vice versa. Seeing as I'm posting this, it's probably a good bet that I accepted the position ;)
The first order of business will be starting a weekly "Community Spotlight" article that will be released every Friday (starting next week). The article will highlight specific threads that have gotten a lot of attention from the members. At the end of each week a copy will be sent to Spruz and posted on the Owners' Community. This will give the Spruz developers more time to focus on improvements to the platform, while at the same time giving members the opportunity to make sure their voices are being heard.
New Moderator
Because of how much the site has grown we feel it necessary to bring aboard another member of the community as a forum moderator. Kirumiri has been a huge help to the community at large, answering questions and resolving issues with speed and accuracy. As such it's my great honor to announce that she has accepted the position of moderator! Please remember that forum moderator positions are given on an invite only basis, and the number of moderators we have is only increased as we feel they are necessary.
Updated Home Page
The first thing you probably noticed on visiting is the new home page. Our goal with the redesign was to make it easier for new members to get active on the website, while still providing veteran users with an experience they're comfortable and familiar with. There are a few things that didn't get added this time around, but that we plan to add in the (hopefully) near future.
Reorganized Forum
The forums have been the biggest draw of the Owners' Community, but as always there are things that can be improved. We've restructured the forum categories, which included combining, renaming, removing and creating threads. It may take a little time to get used to, but we're confident that the new structure will be better in the end. Below is the list of the newly organized forums:
Owner's Lounge
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General Discussion
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Idea Room
Your Website
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Introduce Yourself
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Constructive Criticism
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Tips and Tricks
Support
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General Support
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Custom Coding
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Design
The Future
As stated earlier, there were things we wanted to add that we didn't have time to. We realize that it's always possible to improve on what we've done before. As such we're always trying to think of new ways to improve your experience both here and with the Spruz platform in general. Read on for a few things planned.
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Website of the Month
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"Quick Tip" section on the home page
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Member created guide using the future Wiki system
In Closing
We hope you enjoy the changes that have been made. Remember that this is your community, and without your interaction and input it wouldn't be what it is today. If there's something you'd like to see added to the website we'd love to hear about it in this thread.
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