Archive for the ‘What's Happening’ Category

Hey Boys, Keep Truckin’

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Truck Design
As promised, here’s a new design for the boys. This one also comes from several of you who think your kids will one day like to get behind the wheel and kick up a little dirt.

We hope you like the new Truck Design!

Max

New Movie Feature

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

When you add a movie to your TotSite you will notice a new “optimize” checkbox. We added a new feature to convert movies you upload to TotSites to a “Flash Video”. This new format has several benefits including: reduced file size maximizing your storage space, visitors can view movies without special plug-ins, and movies will start playing immediately. This format is the same as many other popular video sites such as YouTube and Google Video and is widely supported.

Movies will not automatically be converted to the new format. If you elect to have your movies optimized, it can take up to 48 hours for the movie to be updated. Your available storage space will be updated at that time.

Let us know if you have any questions. You should see an immediate improvement once you compare two movies side by side!

NOTES

  • We are also going back and updating past movies uploaded to TotSites.
  • You can actually upload movies up to 15MB each. The site still says 10MB but we are working on increasing this limit as well.

 

Hit the Dance Floor

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Ballerina Design
It’s been a little while since our last new design was released, but I assure you that we’ve been working hard on implementing some of your ideas into new themes. We will be releasing a new design for boys… but ladies first!

This latest design came from your suggestions, and is for all the budding ballerinas out there. We hope you enjoy the new Ballerina Design. Don’t worry, the boys get their own design next, and after that we’ll have a new sports theme that everyone can play with!

Max

Homemade Valentine’s Card

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

A homemade Valentine’s Day card is the perfect combination of artistic yet messy that appeal to kids of all ages, and the final product will put a smile on your face this Valentine’s Day!

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New Features for 2008

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

We were sitting down looking over the list of potential features to add to TotSites and thought it might be a good idea to get YOUR input! Many of the proposed features came from TotSites users so it is only fitting that everyone can help prioritize which ones to add first.

Please keep in mind that this poll does not contain every possible feature we will work on in 2008. The main goal is to just find out what is important to TotSites members now. If there is a feature not listed that you think would be a great addition, please post a comment.

Feel free to vote more than once. The poll will only let you vote once per session but if you visit the blog at a later time you should be able to vote again.

poll options in no particular order

What future TotSites feature is most important to you?

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Brian 

One Million Photos!

Monday, January 21st, 2008

We reached a new milestone for TotSites! As of today, TotSites members have uploaded one million photos to share with friends and family.

To celebrate we are increasing the storage limit for all TotSites accounts. We hope to reach the two million photo mark at record pace and what better way than to let everyone upload *more* photos.

Thank you to everyone who uses TotSites to share and save your memories for a lifetime. Don’t forget you can also order a Keepsake CD to save a copy of your child’s TotSite.

TotSites Team

Let’s Go to the Zoo!

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Zoo Design
For the final installment of our Field Trip series, we’re visiting the local zoo. We hope you enjoy the trip, which includes journeys through four different environments: Africa, mountains & forests, the reptile house and Down Under.

Have fun with the Zoo Design and look for more new themes in 2008.

Max

Happy New Year!

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year!

TotSites Team

Tick… tick… tick…

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

New Year's
I hope everyone’s had a wonderful December so far and is finding time (amidst the shopping) to relax with family and friends during the holidays. We had a number of great holiday design suggestions submitted in recent weeks, so it was hard to pick a new one to work on. However, we felt it best to try to create a theme that everyone can enjoy.

So we’re happy to present the New Year’s Design! Celebrate the arrival of 2008 with bright lights and fireworks lighting up the night sky.

Enjoy the rest of this very festive month, and best wishes in 2008 from the TotSites team!

Max

Music on your Homepage

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Everyone wants to know how they can add music to the homepage! We helped those of you who asked but figured we should just make it easier! Here are the steps to add music to your homepage.

  • - Login to your TotSite
  • - Navigate to the Movies tab
  • - Click on the preview icon for the song you would like to add: preview
  • - Use one of the two music options
  • - Add to your homepage using the HTML icon: html

You will find more detailed instructions on the preview page.

Thank you to everyone that keeps sending us suggestions!

Brian