Well it looks as though you’ve seen our new and improved website at Bucharest Expat! We’re celebrating over a year now, and have made the decision to kick 2011 off with our new design and layout. During our interactions in the past with many Bucharest Expat readers, subscribers, and members, we have pieced together what we felt were the most important of the changes and improvements we could integrate into this new site. You’ll see many categories and pages within Bucharest Expat that you are familiar with, however our old news-style look and feel is gone for good. You didn’t think you’d find ordinary news articles here did you??
So what can we expect this year for some cool new features on the site?
Ask Bucharest!
Ask Bucharest was a concept that grew from ongoing confusion with commenting on Bucharest Expat’s blog, versus posting on Bucharest Expat’s Forum. We’ve done away with the forum altogether, and commenting on articles is easier than ever. With the integration of Ask Bucharest within Bucharest Expat’s pages and menu bars, one can easily navigate to this unique “question and answer” board. Here is where you don’t even have to be logged in before you can ask a question, answer a question, or vote on the best question regarding anything and everything Bucharest or Romania. This one is sure to be a big hit! By the way, if you wish to go to the stand-alone site without going through Expat, you may, at www.AskBucharest.com
Classifieds
We have had a growing classified section where you can post free classified advertisements for any of your goods or services Bucharest related. We’ve increased the allowable file size so you can post an excellent amount of images for free that will help your ad SELL! Don’t miss this section, as we’ve seen some excellent services offered as well as some great deals on real estate and other products.
Better Organization
Our top navigation bar features our pages. Here you’ll find everything from metro maps to movie showtimes, Bucharest Top 5 to Travel Tips. Have a tip or suggestion you’d love to share? Contact us and we’ll feature your story!
Just above the slideshow for featured articles is our categories section, which features an in-depth, yet simple to understand orginization of our article topics. You can see what’s new on the front page or you can simply sort and search via our nav bars.
Social Media Integration
Let’s face it… no matter how much we resist the ridiculousness of Twitter and Facebook, they’re probably going to be here for a while… and if you can’t beat ‘em then join ‘em! We’ve got our social media up and running, you can visit us on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and more via the Follow Me Button on the right hand side of the browser window. As always, if you like one of our pages or articles, please share it on your favorite social media site… we’ll owe ya one! That brings us to our next cool feature… the Disqus commenting system…
Disqus
Typically blogs and sites of this nature feature a commenting system that requires a series of registration and login steps that actually discourage people to leave comment and discussion on articles. The Disqus Comment system allows people to have a much more user-friendly experience with the ability to instantly login with their preferred social media site or ID. Simply leave the information you wish to leave, and when you return, Disqus will recognize you. You can even become involved in the Disqus community be leaving links to your website which will in turn promote your business or service! Take a look at some of the popular websites that use the Disqus system:
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- features of social media appropriate for expats
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