March 2007

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New custom headers are popping up everywhere in the City of Voices.
Not only can you customize the banners on the new theme, Tarski, but
you can center, left align or right align your Vox. Also, you can place the
sidebar on the right or the left. The new look is a warm, clean and simple
look that is quick becoming a favorite among Voxers.

Ansus Berkana [in the above video] reminds us of a couple of fundamentals that are necessary for finding your way around the city. Stuff like, “Where do I login now?” You know the “rocket science” of being a Voxtropolitan.

Enjoy.

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The sidebar widgets on the new customizable Voxscape has been fixed.
Thanks, Edison.

More New Headers:
Coffee Anyone?
iJourney

Voxtropolitan Worth Reading
Read Paint it Purple’s review on Into Great Silence.

Another Voxtropolitan with a custom header:
Billy Mitchell

The City is ALIVE with new headers. Check these out:

• A Voxtropolis bookclub
• ie:missional

You can test out the new “snap shot preview” by just rolling over the links above. You’ll get a miniature snapshot preview without going to the site.

ANOTHER VOXTROPOLITAN WORTH READING
There are great films and great film reviews. Here’s the latter from Paint it Purple.. The film? Into Great Silence.

Welcome back. You can now customize your header using the new Voxscape, Tarski. For step by step instructions, go HERE.

Check out the first custom headers on Voxtropolis:

• Streets of London
• Sky Line
• Close Up

It’s really going to get interesting now.

TO LOGIN: Go to Voxtropolis.com and look on the TOP right hand side.

Voxtropolis was upgraded last night. Check out my new custom made header. Your Vox now has audio mp3 support as well as video tools.

Steps for using the new Customizable header can be found on the City of Voices. It’s easy and fun.

You should also notice that you can enable a “snap preview” tool in the “Extras” area. This tool allows you to roll over a link and catch a miniature snap shot of the site.

Undoubtedly there will be a bug here and there. Report any problems to support.voxtropolis.com.

Enjoy.

VOXTROPOLIS will be offline this SATURDAY NIGHT for a scheduled UPGRADE.
See you on the other side.

For those of you who have been patiently waiting…
Voxtropolis will be temporarily unavailable this weekend [Saturday Night] for a scheduled upgrade.
This “Refresh” will enable customizable headers on select Voxscapes,
flicker support, media support (YouTube, mp3, etc), akismet spam blocker on all Voxs,
and social network plugins (diggs, del.icio.us, etc), snap previews, and more. Woohoo…

Another Voxtropolitan Worth Reading

Does mankind “cause” global warming? Can we effect the warming trend by our actions? Voxtropolitan, Dave Kludt, [”Can’t Catch My Breath”] takes the issue on. Check out the conversation brewing there and add a comment.

Other Voxtropolitans worth reading also involved in this conversation:
Maria’s Vox Vehement Adventure
Krissy’s Vox If I Stand

Meet Ted

Voxtropolis Photo of the Day

Another “About Me”

Drowning Oz

Have a great day in the City of Voices.

INVITATION

You are cordially invited by the the City of Voices to create enticing and robust “About Me” pages on your Voxs. Here are some examples:

Who is Jeff Greer?
Crazy stuff up in here
About

We’re looking forward to reading more About You. Thank you to David Kludt for offering the first About Me. That was fast.

Another Voxtropolitan Worth Reading

Need encouragment? Here’s a great post by A Warrior Princess . I doubt you’ll be able to stop with reading just this one. Enjoy.

PODCAST: March 15, 2007 with Manus, Keith Whittingham, and Mark Marsden.

Conversation is highly valued here at the City of Voices. What Voxtropolitan do you see appearing frequently in either your comment section or the comment section of others? Give them kudos and a shout out HERE. Instead of only counting how many comments we receive, let’s count how many we give.

Happy news. Voxtropolis.com completes it’s first BUILD A VILLAGE effort. The funds to build the well for the Potok people of northern Kenya have been fully raised. Congratulations to Voxtropolitan, Mike Harris, who was compelled to make this happen.

Adding to Mike’s personal efforts were Vox Studios-Ventura County who held BUILD A VILLAGE benefit concerts for the effort. I know this team personally and would follow them anywhere. Way to go, guys. Voxtropolitan, Dean Sharp, the cultural architect behind the voxtropolis culture pub in the Thousand Oaks area of Southern California, was able to bring the final amount when someone casually asked, “So what’s new, Dean?” The result was a check for the remaining amount.

Voxtropolis hot spot in Ocoee, Florida, House Blend Cafe, also chipped in by hosting the Voxtropolis World Music Jam that also benefitted the Build A Village emphasis with the Potok. House Blend Cafe, you rock. The video inside the cafe area was shot at House Blend Last month.

What’s next for BUILD A VILLAGE?

We’re beginning to research how we might sponsor a displaced person in Darfur, help an aids orphan in South Africa, and/or sponsor a runner who’s raising money for a house for the poor. We’ll let you know as soon as the details are firm. For information on how to help the BUILD A VILLAGE efforts of Voxtropolis.com, email us at alex@voxtropolis.com.

Been wondering how to change your password?

1] Log in using the password you received when moving into the city.
2] Click on “Preferences” and a new tool bar will appear
3] Click on “Users” and scroll all the way down the new page.
4] Enter the password you want.
5] Click “Update”.

That’s it you’re done. For more “How to’s” go to support.voxtropolis.com.

Voxtropolitan Jen Swinburne posts about a day in the life of a mom. In her post she tells us she was inspired by another Voxtropolitan named Deana (aka obahsomah).

As part of that conversation, Voxtropolitan
Nozza makes a great suggestion. Nozza’s idea is to have a Voxtropolis Award recognizing the Voxtropolitan who comments the most or best within Voxtropolitan circles. What a great idea. Who would you nominate as a great “commentor” on your vox? [By the way, I’ve linked to a post by Nozza that is titled “Sophie’s First Taste of Carrots” that has an absolutely adorable photo of Nozza’s five month old daughter.]

In the same conversation Voxtropolitan, Sam Radford, who lauded Nozza’s idea wonders why the Americans say “mom” and the brits say “mum”.

In case you haven’t noticed, the new login page is here at voxtropolis.com. The old login page
which can still be accessed at voxtropolis.com/wp-login will be disappearing soon. For those of you
who are still not using this new arrival page to login, you will experience a mild feeling of disorientation.
Take a couple of aspirin, breathe slowly, sit down. Slowly a feeling of euphoria will come upon you
as you remember that the new login is located on the bottom right hand side of this new arrival page.
Welcome to the future. Stay tuned. There’s lots more fun coming up.

Snippets from the Voxtropolis World Music Jam that took Place on February 9 and 10 in Central Florida.

• Jason Sharp
• Jettison Never

For video of the event enter the cafe area. Imagine now what it would be like for you to take your pilgrimage to the VWMJ next year. Imagine connecting f2f for the first time with voxtropolitans that you’ve “met” here in the City of Voices. Pouring a dark ale, tasting a new wine or nursing a familiar latte with friends, listening to raw new talent and bands, and talking about all things taboo like religion and politics. Imagine laughing until it hurts. Can you see it? See you there.

Voxtropolitan, Mike Singletary, serves on a church staff in Enterprise, Alabama where the Tornadoes hit yesterday [Thursday, March 1]. One of the high school students from his church youth group is counted among the fatalities. He’s there on the field and has requested prayer. Those of you who know how to do that, this would be the time. After all, regardless of our religion, we’re all connected because we’re here …at voxtropolis.com.