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Community Spotlight, Week of 5-17-10

It's time yet again for another Community Spotlight. I hope the weekend has been treating you all well.

Community of the Week

This week's Community of the Week is Black History Year Round Directory. It was created by Black History YRD as a central location where visitors could get information about the African American heritage.

 
Visitors are greeted by a well designed site that isn't overburdened by images, using them to highlight key areas on the site. Within the first five seconds you know what the site is about since it does a great job of introducing you to the purpose through imagery and music.
 
As you scroll down the page the community is featured prominently, which shows that the community is active and encourages visitors to get involved. The main feature of the website is the link directory, which acts as a controlled way of compiling websites from around the web that the African American community would find interesting. Along with this visitors can find educational information, a place to discuss the content of the site and more.
 
Congratulations once again to everyone at Black History YRD!
 
There are five more weeks to go before the community will once again vote for the top Community 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 comes from CH Staff, who recommends that site admins be able to set a default "Sorry to see you've left" message sent to members who remove themselves from a website. He recommends further that some sort of survey functionality be added to it, allowing the admin to correct any wrongs that may have been made.
 
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
 
The Angry Movie Dork has posted a music player he suggests you could use. It offers a lot of extra functionality than just a music player so it's well worth looking into if you want a multimedia player for your site.
 
What's your opinion? Post a response or a tip of your own in our Tips and Tricks forum.
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