I could not sleep and decided to add one more requested feature. It is such an improvement that I am seriouly thinking about making it v1.8 tomorrow.

You now can add personalized voice and music messages for people who read your journal. Simply upload a wav, mid, or mp3 file up to 125k into the sound upload box on your update page. The user will then hear your file play when they click on your userPic.

Once you upload a file, your userName will have an "-S" next to it to alert readers that a new message has been added to your userPic. The system is the very same as with the "*" for journal updates.

I hope everyone enjoys this. Some people might just play music. Others, can leave political messages. I am seriously considering using mine as a sort of internet update as to where I am at that day. Kind of like an answering machine message.

More to come on this tomorrow. Simply click on the UserPics to hear a soundFile play. The Elmwood and Paul journals both have an S. I hope to see more Ss when everybody else wakes up. hahaha

While it is still under development, the beta version of the elmwood journal search engine is being released. You can access it from the search button up top.

The search engine accepts boolean search functions and is actually quite robust. Instructions and examples can be found on the search page.

Hey thiswoman Tina,
You need to make a new useraccount with no space in the name. Sorry about that.

Glad to have you here,
Paul

The site was down from 11:25 to 11:45 PM due do a mix up with a bad variable. Its back, nothing lost. Sorry about the inconvenience.

For those of you who signed up before last week, there will be a new REFERRAL BOX on your update page. Please select the user or source that referred you to the site. Once you select your referral and click the "submit referral" button, that form will no longer appear on your update page.

Users who recently signed-up will not be prompted, as they already answered that question when joining. Thank you for your time.

Your Update page also finally allows you to change your password. A feature requested by many users.

On a sideNote the site is totally functional on a TMobile sideKick. It automatically detects that it is being accessed from the sideKick and reformats the site accordingly. Chris also reported sucessfully updating his journal using his palm pilot connected via his bluetooth cellphone.

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