Just a reminder that logged-in members of the site are free to comment on other peoples blogs.

You can do alot of other things while logged in as well:
- vote for your favourtite dance schools, nightclubs, bands - by clicking on their stars
- send instant messages to other members of the site
- post to your own blog for others to read
- add dance organization listings and dance event listings
- set your exact location and timezone in your account to get all listings personalized from your own location

I have had a few of our members ask for a feature that could help them find a dance partner. Is this something that people would want?

What information would people be willing to provide if such a feature were added to this site? As this information would have to be publicly visible, what information would people be willing to share in their request for a dance partner?

Perhaps their sex, the sex of the partner they are searching for, their age, what dance styles they are interested in finding a partner for, their experience level? Is there anything else that comes to mind?

Would people feel uncomfortable if this request was associated to their current userid? (This would allow people to respond by private messages - without sharing email addresses)

Feel free to comment.

MEMBER PICTURES

You can now add your picture to your login account, if you want. Go to 'My account', edit it and you can upload your picture there. If you run a dance organization, you may want to upload your logo instead.

PRIVATE MESSAGING

We have also added private messaging. You can now send messages to other members and organizations on this site. All you need to know is their id. And you can message back and forth without revealing your real email address. Not only that; if you send a message and the person is not online, we'll automatically email them to let them know that there is a message waiting for them here! To manage all your messages and options, there is a new item in your menu: 'My messages'.

MEMBER BLOGS WITH COMMENTS

www.Dance-Kingston.com Launched!
www.Dance-Toronto.com Launched!
www.Dance-Montreal.com Launched!

These sites are now running. But because there is little or no listings yet for these new sites, Ottawa items will likely appear on the top of their lists for a while. We will be adding listings shortly for these new sites, and visitors are welcome to add their own listings now. They will be fine-tuned over the next few weeks.

Note that you can add listings while logged in to any of our sites, and it will appear on all of them automatically!

We have removed the 'Dance Venues' menu. This will make it alot easier to create events, since the venue can now be specified explicitly in every event, no matter who is running the event, or where its run.