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New theme for EVRD. We upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and with that came a new theme. This is a pretty big overhaul of the old theme with a big focus on functionality and easy navigation. Let us know what you think.
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EVRD has been upgrade to the WordPress 3.0 Beta. We like being on the cutting edge and trying new stuff. Expect a new theme in the next day or two, and lots of new features over the coming weeks.
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Some small feature updates on EVRD.
- Added page views to each post. See how many people have viewed each post, and we’ll eventually create a most viewed section on the site.
- Links to the Twitter and Facebook page are now in the navigation bar.
- New social sharing layout, a bit smaller and streamlined with more sites.
- Added next, previous, and random post buttons for easier navigation.
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An Everything Random post made it to the front page of digg today. It’s been as high as 4 on the top links of the day. And it has been generating quite the discussion. To check out the post or join the discussion, head here.
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Big Changes and New Features on EVRD
Profile - You can now create a profile in EVRD. Get access to all the new features made just for members of the site.
Friends - you can now have connect with other members of EVRD. Posts that you’re friends make will show up in your personal activity feed (keep track of your favorite user’s posts). You can also message and communicate with other members, both through public wall posting and private messaging.
Activity Feed (site wide) - An activity stream of the entire site. See activity as it happens. New posts, new members, new freindships… they all show up in the feed. Click the ‘Activity’ tab to see the sites feed.
Activity Feed (personal) - When you’re logged in you can now see an activity feed of everything you’ve done. Track all the posts you’ve submitted in one place and see who’s commented on them. You can also add friends and track their posts as well in your feed.
Favorites - Keep track off all the posts you liked in your favorites list. No need to bookmark or search for your favorite funny or interesting post. Just add it to you favorites list and its there for quick finding later. To access your favorites lists go to the ‘Favorites’ tab in your personal activity feed.
Submit Posts - the way you submit posts to EVRD has been completely overhauled. Faster and more efficient. When you are logged in posts are automatically attributed to you. Get credit for everything you submit. If you are not a member posts are always held for moderation ad limited to only Photo and Quote submissions.
Auto-Publishing and Notifications - Members who have been approved in the past will have auto-publishing rights. See your posts right on the site without any delay. If you are not a member you can choose to be notified when your post is published on the site.
Links - You must now be a member to submit links. Go to the create a link section and put in your the URL of your favorite site. All the data is automatically imported from the site (name, description, and thumbnail). You can edit/customize these settings if you need. Once submitted, members are able to vote and comment on the link.
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Winner of the Flip HD Giveaway
Congrats to lucky submission number 167 belonging to Jen (@jlhenn) for being the winner of the very first EVRD giveaway and the now proud owner of a Flip HD Camera. You can view her winning submission here. Thanks to everyone that participated. We couldn’t have asked for a better launch day. Check back to the site over the next few days to see your submissions on the front page. And keep submitting. We love the stuff you guys generate. I’d be lying if I said we didn’t enjoy seeing everything you come up with.
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IWYS day on EVRD
February 17th is the official launch day of EVRD and to celebrate we’re giving away a Flip HD Camera. We’ve teamed up with Jason and Evan from iwearyourshirt for the second time to promote the giveaway (since we were so pleased with all the iwearyourshirt faithful last time).
To win, it’s pretty simple. All you have to do is submit something to the site. We’re looking for anything thats fun and interesting (and PG-13). A photo, quote, article, link to a funny website, or an original creation of yours. You can submit as many things that fit the critera as you’d like, and increase your chances to win. If the content is not of your orignal creation you need to site the source. If it is an original work be sure to leave a website or name that we can link back to you and give credit where its due.
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What is this whole thing?
The EVRD network was created as an extension/addition to Everything Random. Everything Random has been running for almost two years now (wow I feel old), and it has been a hell of a ride. From being started as an experiment and somewhat of a joke to it seeing over 60,000 people in a single day. We have been trying to expand and grow the site but have hit a physical limitation. Everything Random is hosted by tumblr (one of the best blogging platforms out there) but the site and our ideas have outgrown the hosted platform. We wanted to have more control and freedom to build new features for our visitors. Thus creating EVRD.
EVRD is a self hosted wordpress site that will become the new ‘main site’. Wordpress allows for a large, feature rich, and organized site. We will be creating new and (hopefully) better features on EVRD and allow for more user interaction. You can check back on this blog for updates as we add things.
Everything Random will remain on tumblr and stay unchanged. It will still be updated regularly and function the same as it always have.
*note: this is not meant to be a bash on tumblr in any way, so don’t take it that way.
