WhoseFan.com Official Blog

Automatically Joining as a Fan When Adding a New Entity

2007-08-01T13:40:00.000Z

From now on it is possible to join an entity as a fan when a user adds it to WhoseFan.com. Previously users could only join as fans after adding the entity.

To join an entity as a fan automatically, simply mark the "Automatically join as a fan" check box (as shown in the screen shot) when adding a new entity.

Thank you ladytinker for this suggestion.

New Feature - Integration With Twitter

2007-07-25T14:11:00.000Z

I've started playing with Twitter and I'm glad to inform our members that now it's possible to automatically update Twitter when you join something as a fan. It's so cool. The integration is still in an experimental stage but works quite well. More updates are being elaborated.

For example, when you add a link or post a comment or add a video, it will be automatically reflected on Twitter. So stay tuned.

Oh, by the way. To activate Twitter updates, just go to Settings and click the Twitter logo.

New Feature - See What Has Been Added Since Your Last Logon

2007-07-21T11:20:00.001Z

WhoseFan.com has become quite a dynamic website and I'm glad to see the fans contribute so much stuff. New entities are being added almost on an hourly basis. If you log on to your WhoseFan.com account once or twice a day, there is a good chance that at least a dozen new entities have been added since your last log on.

From now on, after you log on to your WhoseFan.com account, you can see how many new entities have been added since your last logon. By clicking the link, you will be directed to a page where you can see all new entity thumbnail's in a single screen. That's it!

Enjoy WhoseFan.com

New Feature - WhoseFan.com Fan Blogs Goes Live

2007-07-20T14:44:00.000Z

I'm glad to announce that yesterday I launched WhoseFan.com Fan Blogs. From now on, every WhoseFan.com member can have his/her own blog at WhoseFan.com.

The functionality of WhoseFan.com blogs is quite minimalist at the moment, but new features are already on my to-do list and will become available gradually.

You can check out my WhoseFan.com Blog at http://www.whosefan.com/George%20S_.blog

As always, your comments, suggestions and criticism are welcome at anytime.

New Feature - Integrate YouTube Videos in WhoseFan.com

2007-07-15T09:21:00.000Z

Hi everybody! It has been a while since I've last posted on the blog. Well, we are live and doing great!

I've been receiving a lot of feedback with requests to add multimedia functions to WhoseFan.com. I'd glad to announce that from now on it is possible to add YouTube videos to WhoseFan.com quickly and easily.

All you have to do is to copy the video URL from YouTube.com. You can copy either the address from your browser's address bar or the URL given in the YouTube URL textbox. Both alternatives are marked red on the YouTube screen shot.

Then you must paste the URL in the URL textbox at WhoseFan.com entity page and specify the title of the video. That's it.

More Social Networking at WhoseFan.com

2007-06-18T13:14:00.000Z

Recently I've added user profiles to WhoseFan.com. I've made a step forward and added new functionality to user profile pages.

From now on, a profile page, along with the user's profile, displays all posts and links submitted by a particular WhoseFan.com user. It is also possible to see all friends of a particular WhoseFan.com user.

More functionality to facilitate social networking is being elaborated and will be available shortly. Stay tuned and check WhoseFan.com frequently.

Private Messages

2007-06-08T14:15:00.000Z

Recently I've started getting some feedback from WhoseFan.com users. Most of them suggested that WhoseFan.com needed a functionality of private messages. So here we go. WhoseFan.com has its very own private messaging functionality.

Happy messaging and enjoy WhoseFan.com

New Fans on the Homepage

2007-05-31T14:40:00.000Z

I think that there should be a way for new fans who have just joined WhoseFan.com to get an "exposure" :) So now the latest 5 fans who have joined WhoseFan.com are visible on the homepage, right in the Top Fans section. Also, I've renamed that section and now it is called Top Fans & Newcomers. Welcome aboard!

Express Yourself With Emoticons

2007-05-29T21:07:00.000Z

Okay folks, from now on it is possible to use Emoticons (aka smileys) in comments. All existing posts with valid emoticon shortcuts (i.e. ":)", ":(", etc) will be shown with emoticons instead of plain old text. This nice little functionality was missing on WhoseFan.com and now we have it. Enjoy WhoseFan.com.

Let's Make Friends

2007-05-25T14:58:00.000Z

I have added a special page for listing websites that would like to partner, exchange a link or just become a friend of WhoseFan.com. It can be accessed at http://www.whosefan.com/friends.info.

Feel free to suggest your website for inclusion. Let's become friends.

New Features - User Profile, Friend Lists and more

2007-05-21T10:55:00.000Z

I have added a couple of more features to WhoseFan.com to facilitate the web site's social aspect. So, let's review them.

1. You can now create your WhoseFan.com user profile. None of the fields are mandatory, so you are absolutely free to provide as much or as little detail as you would like. Moreover, you can designate your profile as public (i.e. every visitor can see your profile) or you can allow only users that are your friend to view your profile. In either case, your e-mail is not revealed and stays private.

2. Naturally, it is now possible to view other users' profiles. Simply, click a user's Nickname or avatar and you will see the user's profile. The profile page provides detailed information about a user.

3. From a user's profile you can add the user to your friends list.

4. In your account, you can see your friends list and remove users from the friends list as well.

Upcoming features will include support for sending e-mails to your friends, as well as sending private messages. Stay tuned and check us out frequently.

Add This! Support Has Been Added to WhoseFan.com

2007-05-19T11:57:00.000Z

From now on WhoseFan.com users can take advantage of the Add This! service to add WhoseFan.com to their favorite social bookmarking service.

Just Added Items for Category

2007-05-18T20:59:00.000Z

As a quick updated I've added the Just Added feature to WhoseFan.com category pages. Naturally, the region displays recently added items to a particular category.

Friendly URLs

2007-05-17T08:15:00.000Z

Today I completed the URL rewriting feature. Well, there is nothing much to say about it except that... you know, compare which is better

a horrible

http://www.whosefan.com/Entity.aspx?entityId=66

or a neat n' clean

http://www.whosefan.com/Rome.fan

More features coming up, stay tuned!

New Feature - WhoseFan.com Signatures for Forums and Blogs

2007-05-16T17:49:00.000Z

From now on you can insert your fan signature in forum posts or blog comments that you write. Simply you go the entity that you are a fan of and click the GET SIGNATURE FOR THIS ENTITY button. Select the type of image and code and you are done.

At the moment there are 2 different type of images but I will be adding more variations shortly.

Please note that some forums would not allow you to insert DYNAMIC code, so please grab the DIRECT IMAGE link.

Finally as a big fan of Prison Break, I put the signature button below for demo purposes.

New Feature

2007-05-15T11:23:00.000Z

I've just realized that the WhoseFan.com homepage did not give any indication about recently added entities. Now you can find the latest nine additions right below the category list on the homepage. This should give to the latest additions more visibility.

Post Launch Day 1

2007-05-15T07:48:00.000Z

The WhoseFan.com launch was ok, I would say more than ok. During the first hours of live testing and after the first users have input live data, some minor problems became apparent. All of them have been quickly fixed. From the next updates I plan to add support for tags and tag cloud.

WhoseFan.com Goes Live!

2007-05-14T11:46:00.000Z

WhoseFan.com BETA has just gone live! You are welcome to visit the web site and create your very WhoseFan.com account. While I have thoroughly tested the system, there still might be some minor glitches here and there.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome at any time. Every new feature and fix will be discussed on this web site. Feel free to post your comments here or send via e-mail.

Thank you and see you on WhoseFan.com.