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Updates on Activerain Effective 4/13/09

As you begin your day on Activerain today, you will notice two minor changes. Both have been designed to make things much cleaner looking. First, you will notice that Groups have been moved into a drop down box.

old groups New Group

The second change is there is now a new link added to your my home page that says notifications. This box has been created for you to keep track of all the different posts that you have signed up to be notified of new comments on. This will allow faster and easier navigation to these posts.

New Notifications Page

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Posted by Jeremy Blanton on 04/13/2009 11:08 AM

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76 Comments on Updates on Activerain Effective 4/13/09

APR

Thanks Jeremy, I noticed them all early this morning.

Jeremy,

I went to 'my home' to try the notification link and it said there were over 6,000...what should I do to eliminate this messproblem...??? Thanks, Fran

Jeremy...

Thanks for letting us know about these enhancements. This will eliminate a lot of those "where are my groups" Posts.

Thanks for the info Jeremy. Hopefully this will make AR more user friendly.

We need a "delete all notifications" button then. I had 92 notifications, and I don't recognize any of them. I haven't a clue where they came from, and to sit there and delete them one by one is time consuming and not useful.

Some nice improvements. I noticed the groups pull down ... very nice.. I had not noticed the notifications. Thanks for the updates.

Hi Jeremy,

Thank you for the update, and it does make our home pages look a lot cleaner, nice work!

-Lisa

Jeremy .. Thanks for this article and updated AR information. The blog post notifications should be especially helpful. Did you do the work to get AR up to date on this?

Best wishes.

Thanks for the update- seems everytime we blink you wonderful guys are finding new and improves ways to make Activerain shine!

Jeremy...

Sometime between 8 AM (Eastern) and now I have stopped getting email notifications on my blog and on blogs I'm following. Could you please let Jorgen know. Thanks.

TLW...ROAR!

Thanks for the update Jeremy!

Love seeing the new features that make things more ergonomic!

The hard work AR does is very appreciated, and it is great to see your company making a difference in the real estate community!

Have a Profitable Day!

- Harrison

And...

The Blog post notification is not updating properly.

TLW...ROAR!

Jer, thanks for sharing the updates. I have not been here much lately. Business is going crazy.

Jeremy - So that where my GROUPS went , I have been looking for them for about 1/2 an hour and accidently ran across your post. I guess my attention to detail is way off base today.

Jeremy- I too have the problem of having 522 notifications! Many from blogs from months ago that I'm sure I've stopped notifications from. Can we have a way to delete these without going through each one?

Good deal..easier to navigate on the side bar...unless I want to pick one of the groups subscribed to. (you may want to clarify that as I clicked on groups on the top bar) The one you're talking about is on our left side bar right?

I like things that are easier... very cool. THANKS.

Noticed these items -- but another thing -- is there any way that you guys can put back the info at the bottom of the blogs that has page numbers and not just "next"---

often times we'll be reading posts and have to go away and do something else, or get on a phone call and with the "next" being all there is, there is not anyway to easily jump back in and go to where you were, as by later on there are now many more posts --- when there were page numbers you could remember I was at page 15 for example and then go back and track to something either forward or back of that ---

the "next" is not user friendly at all -- our 2 cents

You know what's still a mystery to me? Bookmarks. Every so often I bookmark a posting but don't know how to retrieve it later.

Jeremy, thanks for the heads up. I just noticed the Notifications item on the screen.

I don't have an opinion one way or the other about that one.

Time will tell.

Unfortunately this does not address the basic browser issues or the fract that this website looks and feels like it was built in a Publisher template kit by school children. What is up with not being able to access AR on my mobile device... I can do it with myspace and facebook and twitter but not archais AR. The basic flow of the website itself feels like jumbling through a junk drawer...

HOLY JA, I hope you are only kidding. Considering that AR is free and provides a ton of value to the bottom line, you might just want to say thank you.

TLW- he is already working on it.

For those that asked. At this time, there is no delete all button option. Maybe in the future that option will be available.

J. Phillip- Check here on how to use Bookmarks.

Matthew- You may want to look at this... it doesn't work flawlessly, but it will give you access. Blackberries though are restricted from many sites because their browsers run completely different. Other mobile devices, (iPhone, G1) have no problem viewing our site. Sorry for your frustration.

Jeremy - Thanks for the insight. Both of these changes are nice to have. Now that I read this let me go chekc them out.

Thanks. Sometimes I just charge onward without paying attention to the changes until I run head on into them - dang, I sound like a politician!

Jeremy-Thanks for the update.

Jeremy...

My emails are back up and running again. Thought you'd want to know :)

TLW...ROAR!

Jeremy - Great changes! Thanks for letting us know about them. Have a great day!

Thanks for the info. I bookmark a lot of posts, so I would like to have a way to organized them, so that when I look for a subject where I bookmarked several of them, I can just look for that subject.

Jeremy- I will check out the changes... thanks for keeping us in the loop...

Hi Jeremy,

The many changes and modifications in our network have been really wonderful and user friendly. It also demonstrates that there is someone at the store , always looking out for making things better and more efficient for us. Thank you and love the changes.

Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place - I don't sew the notifications box on my home page. Thanks.

Hi Jeremy,

I guess being a frequent AR member, it was a quick notice of the changes that you made this morning. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Love the groups' drop down box. Not certain about the notifications. Do they appear once a new blog is written. Top being the newest addition Slightly confused as to it use.

I'm so confused.

Jeremy - Good job! I see you are earning your salary.... :-)

Saw this change earlier today. I embrace the change and love the new navigability. Cool. Keep up the great work. You guys and girls rock!

Jeremy, don't let them work you too hard. These changes look fine, but it's getting hard to keep up with them all!

I noticed the change when I signed on this morning. With the "groups" now appearing in a drop down menu, it sure makes it my home page look neat and organized. Thanks!

Kathy

I had noticed them this morning, and I think the look of the page is all over better and cleaner.

Bettina

Jeremy - thanks for continuing to make AR a great place to be!

Very cool and useful. Thank you, bay-bay. :-)

i like this format much better, thanks for the heads up!

Thanks for the tips Jeremy -- The groups things prior to this change was annoying, so I'm glad to see it! :-)

Noticed them this morning. Accidentally clicked on one and it went bye bye !

Thanks so much Jeremy! I noticed the changes and especially appreciate the drop down for Groups. It does clean things up! Have a great one!

Mary

Jeremy - I went back and looked at the Notifications. That's neat! Thanks. Has anyone ever thought about a way we could categorize bookmarks? I think it would be very helpful! I tend to bookmark certain subjects that I am following and would love to have them grouped!

Mary

Ok I still only have one request. I can no longer sort by my subscribers. This was changed about a month or so ago and it kind of defeats having a subscriptoin list PLEASE bring it back. It has greatly hampered my enjoyment of AR.,

I saw the new enhancements this morning, and are great. Thanks

I just logged in and noticed it looked different but did not notice way I just started readding... Thanks for the update.

Thanks for the update Jeremy...I did notice the changes.

More changes...more changes...more changes...more changes!

I agree. More changes more changes more changes.

Thanks, i noticed the drop down box but i couldnt remember if it was new or i just didnt remember it!

Thanks so much Jeremy. I also noticed recently that Listing Router was renamed to Hit Router. What's up with that? :-)

Jeremy,

Thanks for the update on the changes. It is always good to see enhancements.

What about doing the same with the associates and possibly cleaning up the double entries in the associates?

Thanks Jeremy, I have been busy on my new site and hadn't noticed it yet, but this is a great enhancement. I usually don't follow all the updates on posts, just check back but there are a few from long ago.

Jeremy, thanks I already saw them. I like the condensed groups. But wondered what notifications are. Now I know, and I can cancel all my notifications...

Thanks Jeremy. How is the new postion going for you? Seems like you're making some great new improvements.

Anna Banana, Phoenix, AZ

Jeremy, thanks for the changes. They should make navigating more efficient

Jeremy, I went to the notifications link and clicked. It just froze my computer because there were so many of them. Now I'm scared to try it again. Thanks for letting us know.

I will check it out right now.

Great Jeremy - thanks for the update...

Thats a pretty good addition and should let conversation flow freely.

What am I supposed to do with 670 notifications??? LOL

Ty Jeremy. I did see the blog post notifications and wondered how long have they been there...

Thanks for the information. I noticed the changes yesterday. I like the drop down for groups.

Jeremy: Thanks for the update.. Active Rain continues to make things better and easier to navigate !

I never sign up for notifications because it has been so unwieldy... that might change now.

Gotta love Active Rain! You "fix" it before we even knew it was broken. I think these 2 minor changes will be very much appreciated by all.

Very cool Jeremy. I love the fact that the AR staff is never satisfied with their product and I am proud to be a part of what this has become.

APR

Thanks for pointing out the changes. Love the groups dropdown menu but would love a way to cancel notifications in a block instead of one at a time.

Thanks Jeremy. This is good stuff. As someone else also asked in the comments, it would be great if we could get the bookmarks organized. It is difficult to find the ones you want sometimes based on the current model of latest comments. It might be more helpful to find by categories.

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