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We have just launched a twitter stream for Spruz, check us out and
follow us for real-time news about what we are working on and things we
feel will be of interest to you.
Hey, with your help maybe we can surpass both CNN and Ashton... ;)
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As of January 21st we have re-launched the option for a free ad supported CSM website, all website trials have been converted to free ad supported websites.
As many of you are aware we eliminated the free website option last year due to problems with offering free websites and everything we were trying to include with them in additional to cash flow issues because advertisements on websites would not support our operational demands.
Anyone can create a free ad supported website with some changes from when we used to offer free websites as a norm.
Some of the new limitations on the free sites will include;
- Limitations on the number of pages, and page elements.
- 2 Total Ads per page plus site sponsors
- New footer website bar on all free websites will feature an 1 advertisement of our 2 page advertisements and a new noticeable and easy to use "report this site" option so we can be notified when people seek to use our sites for abuse, along with other help full tools designed for site visitor usage.
- Free websites will be deleted regularly if there is no user logins in a 30 day period. (1 Email notice will be sent before site deletion takes place.)
- Free sites will run separate from people that upgrade thus maintaining page load times and site speed for our paying customers.
- No support will be included for free accounts other then members helping members in our public forums, full support by our team will be reserved for pay customers via phone, support tickets and live chat.
With the free ad-supported plan we rely on a site bringing a great deal of traffic to pay for the hosting expense of keeping the site online. For this reason we have strict deletion criteria; so that if a free website drops in visits and logins over any given month it will be purged from the system. With our paid plans this is not the case and you never have to worry about your site and content being deleted.
Everything has to be paid for in some way. The way that we pay for the free sites to be hosted is through advertising and advertising requires lots of eyeballs. Don't want ads on your site? Get one of the paid plans.
These new limitations help us avoid our past pitfalls with offering free before, but we really depend on people upgrading to our premium services to maintain the level of quality and value we have always offered to our customers.
By making this change will allows us to still offer a great value to those that will not or can not pay for a website while giving additional value to those that wish to upgrade.
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We have a number of webinars planned for the coming weeks. A webinar is a virtual seminar, thus allowing us to have live tutorials online and respond to questions asked by you our attendee.
Our webinars are part of our commitment to you and helping you grow with us. We have a range of topics that you can sign up for. Please reserve your seat early because there is limited space per webinar.
If you are serious about your website you should really attend, our webinars are great for beginners to advanced users. Anyone can register, tell a friend!
Theme Design (Thu, Oct 30, 2008 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/570558228
How to Build a Website (Sat, Nov 1, 2008 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/166681149
How to Build a Website (Wed, Nov 5, 2008 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/458391142
Website Do's and Don'ts (Wed, Nov 12, 2008 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/659196349
Building a Ecommerce Website (Thu, Nov 20, 2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/508322267
Building a successful Ad Supported Website (Wed, Nov 12, 2008 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST)
Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/766406805
Click on the registration link for the webinar you would like to attend. You are free to signup for as many as you want, and webinars are free for you to attend.
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Check this area often for news and updates about your website.
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With this latest update we have tracked down a particularly pesky bug and smashed it mercilessly into the ground. It had reared its ugly head when PNG backgrounds were being used in navigation areas and the page was being viewed in IE 6. It would render the navigation useless and unclickable. This issue is now a thing of the past. Thanks to some new coding IE 6 still supports PNGs in all the right places without causing problems in other aspects of the site.
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We need to collect more feedback from our users. Me and David have been
working hard to bring new features and make improvements to old ones. Spruz is
operated by 2 people so it can be hard for us to tell what needs to be improved,
fixed or added first. We rely on our members to tell us what they need.
Take a few minutes of your time to fill out our
feedback form.
Click here to enter feedback
We do read forum feedback as well. If you have developed skills with this web content system and would like to help out let us know.
Thank you!
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In an effort to make the Spruz site system easier for new users we have added a site setup wizard immediately following the site creation process. The new wizard with guide you through the first steps in getting your information online and ready for others to see, by helping you add information about your site, set up your key words, add forums, galleries, etc.
Also in this release we have, as usual, quashed a lot of reported bugs. If you are lucky enough to have seen an error message on our site, I would like thank you for helping with the development process, as we do get all those error reports and work to correct the issues as quickly as possible.
As always we are trying to make things simpler and better. To do this we need to know what you think, and how you use, the system. If you are getting confused when trying to do something let us know, and we will work toward making that process easier to understand.
If you have a suggestion for a new feature or addition that will make things easier for you, please feel free to post in the Feature Suggestion forum.
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Details about the Spruz Complete Upgrade Package. For complete details click here.
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We have been keeping things cooking at Spruz Inc. I have applied a new update on all sites. This update has some major fixes for the group member system.
The New changes include:
Merged the group options into the Group Members section; you can now edit your settings for the group including a new option to automatically add registered member signups to your group once they confirm their email. In addition the group member public page has been cleaned up a bit. With the power of the member categories we have removed the founder boxes and replaced it with the Join GROUPNAME option. The Join group will only appear if you have a group join password set or you have questions on your group application. Additionally you can now manually remove invited members by clicking on the member name to load the group member menus.
Edit links have been added to all page builder page options including built-in systems to make it easier for you to make changes to the section. We are working hard to make the flow of making changes effortless.
Other new updates include; several bug fixes to text and submit problems, updates to the registration system, new page elements and updates for more on page administration of built-in system components like the knowledge base.
We have many more updates planned for the next 1-2 months, so look forward to some exciting updates.
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Here at Spruz Inc. we have heard many stories from customers about trying to
get a website professionally designed.
Time and again we hear of people getting burned. Usually due to large
upfront costs, they either never see a finished product or are not satisfied
with the results. In our never ending struggle to make life easier and
safer for people we have decided to release our own design solution, that
takes out the risk as well as large upfront costs and gives you a wonderful
product you can be proud of. Introducing Spruz Complete, your one stop
professional website design solution, that is risk free. Spruz Complete is a
complete solution with hosting, email, domain, toll free support and best of
all a professionally designed Spruz website in one complete package.
Click here for more details.
Please only post your questions about this topic. Do not post support or non-related questions. We have forums for other non-related posts.
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Spruz, Inc. has officially opened its virtual doors to the online community, providing website creation and social-networking services for members worldwide.
Sprouting from the unincorporated East Tennessee town of Seymour, with a population of 8,850 people and resting in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains, Spruz, Inc. will launch concurrently with its social-networking web site SpruzMe.com, which provides personal web space for people interested in meeting others with similar interests from around the globe; Spruz.com, which provides website creation and hosting to the public; and ClanSiteManager.com, which provides web site services for groups of internet gamers, commonly known as 'clans' or 'guilds'. Spruz Inc. will provide all these services free of charge.
Spruz, Inc. is receiving high praise from both its members and reviewers of its sites, and this small-town startup company from east Tennessee appears to be on the right track to topple some big names in the industry.
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