Tripod News Bulletin

• Webon Text tools improvements
  We have slightly tweaked and updated the Webon text tools. The formatting bar has been condensed so that it only takes up one line.. to allow you more room to see and edit your sites. Also look out for numerous small improvements to the general stability and usability of the text tools this month.
• 100 Styles and Counting, plus... Guest Artists
  
  We've just crossed over the 100 mark for our template library. But there's no end in site for us here... we just can't stop making more designs for you! Additionally, we're bringing in 2 guest artists this month with very interesting styles to give us 10 custom templates each. Something we plan to continue throughout the year.
• More posting to the Team Blog
  Until recently we've primarily been posting large, infrequent updates to the Tripod Team Blog. Starting this past week we've begun to up the amount of posts. It's important to us to have a dialog with you so please feel free to comment on things and let us know how we're doing.

Multiple Webon Spotlights

Every time we look at our weekly publishing report we are amazed both by the growing quantity of Webon sites published (approaching 50,000 since we launched last summer) and also by the quality and diversity of the content. This month we're featuring 8 websites that we feel are awesome examples of what you can do with Webon. Submit YOUR site to be featured here and seen by over half a million people.

Ozarks Natural Beef		Reinholz Computers
Under Dog Music Group		Improv Glass Works
Disabled American Veterans		Home View Entertainment
Machinist Kerry Stottlemeyer		Pine Acres Fainting Goats

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Tips & Tricks

Don't forget your contact info! It's not that uncommon to come across a website with great content that has a cool product or service available and one of the most fundamental pieces of information is either missing or buried in the site... namely: the contact info. A large percentage of visitors to almost any website are simply looking for a way to contact you... it's always a good idea to oblige them with easy access to your contact details. The top 4 approaches are:

1. A "Contact Us" page in your site's navigation... with all your details included on that page.
2. The Header area... putting your contact info right at the top of the page makes it hard to miss.
3. The Sidebar... this is a handy place to keep it.
4. The Footer (often on every page) - this is very common and many web visitors will think to look down there for it.

For more Tips, please visit our Tips & Tricks Blog.

Best Wishes,
The Tripod Team