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Contemporary Nomad 2.0
By Tony and Thomas on October 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Hey everyone, welcome to ContemporaryNomad.com 2.0, an updated and upgraded version of our website with many new features which will make it easier for you guys to follow our travels, access our content, and share your opinions on the site.
First of all, notice that the register and login have been moved to the upper left-hand side of the page. New features include:
Signing In through your Facebook Account
That’s right, you can now log in to ContemporaryNomad.com using your Facebook account. When signing in, simply click the new Facebook button to integrate your account and allow for easy Facebook access to our site. When you comment or contribute to our site, your Facebook avatar (little sqare picture) will appear next to your comment. Don’t worry, your standard login and password will continue to work as well, you don’t need a Facebook account to access our site.
Support for Gravatars
For those of you who want to continue using your standard accounts, you can add your avatar (little square picture) through the Gravatar service. It’s easy and it will work with other sites as well. Just remember to sign up using the same email address that you used here.
New Twitter Page and Facebook Fan Page
We’ve created a Facebook Fan Page, which will allow Facebook members to view our Facebook content as well as share their pictures and content with us. In addition, we’ve set up a new Twitter Page under the account name Cnomad to tweet our latest discoveries, travel tips, recommended web content and more.
New Menu Leading to Archived Content
We have improved the menu, which now leads into better archives of pictorials, videos, 360 panoramas, and articles. Everything should be much easier to access now.
Improved Pictorials
We have improved the pictorials (galleries), which are now viewed through a Lightbox viewer. Within the pictorial, click on a thumbnail to open the larger version of the picture. When you move the cursor over the expanded picture, you will be able to read the caption. Move the cursor over the right side of the picture to reveal the “Next” button or over the left side to reveal the “Back” button. Click in the surrounding transparent black area to close the picture/viewer.
Improved and Updated Maps
Our Map of Featured Content and the TnT Tracker have been updated and improved. Click away.
Extended RSS and Atom Feeds
For those of you who want to view our site through a news reader, we are now publishing our complete blog posts including pictures through the RSS and Atom feeds. This will also allow you to integrate our syndicated content into your sight as well. 
But don’t forget to come to our site to enjoy our permanent collections of pictorials, videos, 360 panoramas and articles.
Give us your Feedback
Let us know what you think of the new site. Much of this upgrade required changes to the underlying programming (far too much of which had to be accomplished in one 12-hour stretch). If you discover any glitches, technical problems, or typos, please let us know either here in the comments section below or through our contact form.
Here’s to the next phase in ContemporaryNomad.com.
Topics: United States | 6 Comments »
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
We seem to be having some problems with the maps. Let us know if you can see the clickable icons with pop up images leading to our content.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 am
Really nice work you guys!
Maps seem to work fine for me. Am I going to see my smiling mug connected to this comment? I guess I have to submit and see . . . .
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Hey, there I am!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Whoa! Something freaky with the revolving photo cube. It’s going REALLY REALLY fast!
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
What are you on, Laurelle? Do we have a conversation about mind-altering substances again? Seriously, it’s going nice and slow at this end.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Wow! This is one fantastic re-design. Wow!