Source Control 2

On 27 September 2007 Amir did commit number 1000 in our source control SVN.
And after 8 months on 27 May 2008 Geeee did commit number 1500.


When Amir did the 1000th commit it was for something great and very important for our website, it was the calender "the main component in our sites".

And when Geeee did the 1500th commit, what happened??!! , lets see the next few days :) .

Chris' Birthday

Another Birthday in Spot's Team: On May 15th Chris, Managing Director of Spot Local started a new year of her life with a small surprise party in her office.

The plan was as follows: Chris comes to work and finds the whole team gathered around a big bouquet and a birthday cake singing happy birthday.

But since nothing comes as planned in life: Chris was off on that day!

However we arranged a big bunch of flowers and took off to get some of Corsini's delicious cakes. Since a birthday cake is the center of any birthday party (besides the birthday kid ;)) its security was our highest priority! :D Properly fastened with the seat-belt the cakes arrived the office safe and unharmed.

The only problem was: How to get the birthday girl to the office...

Chris was asked to come in under the guise of having an urgent meeting with the lawyer. What she found in the office was relieving: A room filled with flower scent and a smiling team with cakes, singing happy birthday.

My favorite of Chris' bold comments: We should hire some singers ;)

New Readable Footer

"Footer? You must be kiddin'?!!"

No I'm not. In today's online design patterns and trends, each element in any website is very important as much as the content of this site itself, to the extent that the footer can make or break the website.

Why?! .. let me give you a small example.

Let's say you went for a walk in a nice road, where trees on both sides full of roses and you can feel the fresh air touching your face skin. You are happy with your walk, then suddenly you found yourself crossing a dark part of this street and you can't see its end because it's not clear for you.

You are going to feel bad for a couple of minutes and you'll do one of two things:

Either you'll go back to the shiny part from the road while reminding yourself each time that you'll never get close to that darkness part again. Or, you will find the nearest shortcut from you and go through it to another road.

The website is the same as the road, and the footer is the end of this road. it's the same feeling you'll get if the footer is not clear and full of informative useful links that can keep you "walking" through any website.

Our new footer is more readable and useful after changing the background and the text colors, and updated links to most of our sections and services. Also with the ability of expanding or collapsing it, you have even more control over the footer either to keep it open, or to close it whenever you like.

I hope you enjoy your "walk" in Spot "Roads" ;)

See you next week with new updates

Long Time ...

I know it's been long time ago since my last post. And I know that you are curious about what's going on in Spot Labs ;)

3 Months ago, Spot Team had set for a huge meeting with all Spot members to sum up all what had been done last year & to see what we are up to in the new one; and in the next phase of Spot Local Network. I don't have to tell you that we really have a big list of the new features and services we are planning to add to our network, plus lots and lots of enhancements and fixes for everything in order to optimize our tools that make the online experience for our users with Spot sites a pleasure; as they will enjoy each time they use Spot sites.

In the next posts, I'll explain each feature or service one by one and how you can get the most of them; as I believe that the more knowledge you know about any of them, the more pleasure and fun you will get from each.

We hope you will enjoy your time with Spot Local ;)