We're happy to annouce a public beta test of thePoleVaultPit. We've been busy making a lot of changes to the new site and would like to give you a preview of what's to come. If you want to see what the future of thePoleVaultPit holds and want to help shape what this site becomes, head on over to the beta site and play around a bit.
http://beta.polevaultpit.com
The data on the beta site is pretty old, so your current account might work, but itf not, you can just register a new one as anything you do over there won't be permanent anyway. Here's what's new:
- No more forums. discussions can be held in blogs and in stories, so the forums were redundant. Plus, most folks use this site anyway.
- No more chat room. No one was using it anyway.
- The image galleries will become personal albums. You can make as many albums as you like.
- Rather than having me decide what gets to be a headline on the site, you will have the power to decide. You be able to rate stories in the news wire, and as soon as one become rated high enough, it automatically becaomes a headline!
- Free tagging - you'll be able to categorize stories, images, blog posts, etc any way you want using "tags" to describe it. It basically just a bunch of keywords to describe what you posted. This is used to easily find related things on a certain topic and is a great way to gauge what's popular on a site.
- You'll have to be logged in to access most of the features on the beta site. The reason why I did this is to try to get you guys to be aware of the tons of things you can do on thePoleVaultPit besides just reading the news. The site won't survive without your help.
If you have any questions or ideas about the new site, please leave us some feedback.