A summary of whats new on GeoExpat and some guestimates on when some new key features will be rolled out.
Sitewide
- New theme / layout, which we hope results in faster load times and easier navigation.
Forums
- Mobile Forums, tested and live. Just visit Hong Kong Forums - GeoExpat.Com with your mobile phone to get a light weight version of the forums for your smart phone.
- Enhanced user profiles. You can now leave messages, comments in user's profiles (which they can edit out if they want).
- Users can see who has been browsing their profile
- Photo gallery now built into profile
- Users can now add tags to any thread on the forum
http://www.geoexpat.com/forum/
Search
- A new search engine is being installed for more accurate results. Should be online by the 18th of September
Classifieds
- Expanded number of categories.
- Cleaned up layout
- Increased the default expiration from 15 days to 30 days
- Paid categories ( Services, Real Estate, Cars ) now cost $88 per 30 day ad
- Mobile enabled by the 20th of September
http://www.geoexpat.com/classifieds/
Resource Directory
- Now includes online maps
- Clean up in progress of various entries.
- Removing hundreds of commercial entries. Will need to be resubmitted and paid for, if your listing has been removed.
- Paid listings in place. Listings now cost $350 / 3 months or $500 / year
- Expanded number of categories
http://www.geoexpat.com/resources/
Groups
- Start your own group - simple message board, photo gallery and member directory in place
- Each group will eventually have its own private calendar and private forums for members only
http://www.geoexpat.com/forum/groups/
New Sections
We're working on a lot of new content for the site. The goal is to have new high quality content every week. Contributions and ideas are always welcome! Contact us using the contacts link in the main navigation menu.