etribes News

Introducing the new StartPage

We've just completed a major overhaul of the Startpage to make it easier to use and more feature-rich. The new StartPage is a move away from a simple admin page, towards becoming "your place online"; a place where you can store and access your photos, videos, documents, links and contacts, privately and securely online and, if you choose, publish them to your LifeSite.

 
                                         The new etribes StartPage

Most of the key features of your etribes account, such making a post, uploading photos and adding contacts, can now be accessed in a single click from your Startpage. The core functionality is grouped under three simple headings - Favourites (your links) Content (your stuff) and Manage (your account etc.) - though you can still manage your content via the blue navigation bar (as before). We hope you enjoy the new look and feel!

New themes: Make your personal website stand out!

We've just added a brand new range of professional-looking themes to etribes - so you can pick the look and feel that suits your personal website. In addition to the relaxing autumn theme, there's a fiery option (flames) and a selection of flowery wedding-type themes - for the many happy couples that use etribes. 

     

  

We will be adding more themes over the coming months. If you have any specific requests - please contact us (using the button to the right) and let us know!

New feature: Upload & backup your videos

You can now upload videos to your etribes LifeSite straight from your PC! The feature works in exactly the same way as the photo upload service - only it takes a little bit longer, depending on your connection. For large videos, we recommend you make a cup of tea, or read through our Tips section ;)

Enhancements: Bigger and Better Profile

On Monday we separated out the Blog from the Profile on etribes LifeSites. This means you now have a full page to talk about yourself, while maintaining a cut-down version on your Blog. Yes - we're excited too (can you tell?).

 
       Your new Profile tab  

We'll soon be adding a range of Homepage options, so that members can use their LifeSite as just a Profile, as a Blog or as an aggregation of all their content - Profile, Blog, Photos Videos etc. Watch this space!

Enhancements: Tips and mobile video clips

Yesterday we added links to the Tips section on the StartPage - so you can now actually do things, like make a post or upload photos, right after having found out how to. Small change, but it all counts!

The Tips section on your StartPage 

In response to some pretty swift feedback we've also tweaked our mobile video clip feature to work better on all mobile phones. We had a few issues with some Motorola and Nokia models but these should be working fine now. Let us know if you think otherwise.

New feature: Text (MMS) videos clips to your website

Fancy sharing a mobile video clip with friends and family? You can now post video clips to your Videos album by simply texting (MMS) them to 07786 200071.  Make sure you've added your mobile number to your account.

As always - we know security is important - you can password-protect your clips and email the password to friends and family.

Coming soon: Text (MMS) video clips to your etribes website

You probably spotted the “Videos” tab at the top of your site. Well, from Monday 16^th October you’ll be able to text (MMS) videos straight from your mobile phone to your etribes website!

 

This feature will work in exactly the same way as our “text your photos” service – i.e. simply text your video clip to 07786 200071 (making sure you’ve added your mobile to your etribes account) and then view it in your Videos album.

New feature: Pages

Following lots of useful feedback – we’ve added a Pages feature to etribes. You can now add separate pages to you etribes website, making sharing information with friends and family that much easier.

 

Newly created pages appear at the top of the right column (see above). 

At the moment you can add up to 5 pages of news, events and info to your site. You'll soon be able to change the order of your page list and we are already looking at increasing the number of pages you can add. You can read more about adding pages in the Tips section on your StartPage.