New WhyPark Feature: Custom Page Tags

Tags are commonly used on blogs as a way to organize certain pages and blog posts by similar subject. We've now added tagging functionality to WhyPark custom pages.

For those customers who add a significant number of unique pages to their WhyPark sites, this will be a welcome update. Not only will it help add depth to your WhyPark sites, it will also be a nice way to group common pages by a certain theme.

As an example, on AirlineRewards.us we have about 75 pages of unique content. Some pages relate to airline rewards in general, others on donating rewards, and then a large number of individual airline reward programs. By using the Tagging feature, we can group similar pages.

Here's a step-by-step tutorial on setting up tags for your custom pages. In these screenshots, we've already added several tags and have tagged pages.

1. Go to My Sites, choose a domain and click on Custom Pages to see a list of the custom pages for the selected domain.
   
2. Click on the Manage Tags link by the page you'd like to tag, or to add your first tag.
   
   
   
   
3. If you have already setup tags for this site, you'll see them listed with a checkbox next to each tag. You can also add a new tag name and click submit.
   
4. You'll now see a list of your site's tags in the left column under the "Site Tags" heading. By clicking on a tag name, you can quickly filter your custom pages to view only those assigned to the tag. By hovering over the tag name, you'll see an option open up to the left to edit the tag name or remove the tag.
   
   
   
   
5. You can add or remove tags to pages in bulk by selecting the checkbox next to each page, or clicking Select All at the top and bottom of your list of pages.
   
6. You'll find a select menu at the bottom of your page list to apply the action for the checked pages. You can choose to add the selected pages to a tag or remove a tag from the selected pages.
   
   
   
   
7. You can always manage an individual page's tags by clicking on the Manage Tags link.
   

When you add tags and assign them to your custom pages, you'll see a new "Tags" section appear above the related articles. This is included by default in the [[related]] placeholder for those customers who customize their HTML directly. You do not need to add anything to your layout to show your tags. I've highlighted the Tags section in the screenshot of AirlineRewards.us. By clicking on a tag, you'll see that the page title and summary appear for each article.



We hope you'll use this feature to help visitors navigate your site and provide focused landing pages for search engine visitors.

WhyPark Charity Domain Auction

WhyPark is organizing a 5-day charity domain auction to begin December 7th and end December 11th. Donate your high quality domain names to be included in the WhyPark charity domain auction.

Approximately 50 domains will be chosen for the charity auction, and all domains will start with no reserve. At the close of the auction, the single highest bid from all auctions will be able to choose the charity to receive all net proceeds. Please note, we will ensure the charity is a neutral, socially-responsible, respected charity. It's an extra incentive to open your wallets a bit more while bidding on great quality domain names.

Details and our domain submission form can be found at http://www.whypark.com/auction.cfm.

AEIOU Migration Help Offered by WhyPark

Today, Rick Latona announced that they're closing up shop at AEIOU. So, we're offering the following for new and existing WhyPark customers who need to migrate their domains away from AEIOU, not currently under a hosting contract.

1. Send your site files to support@whypark.com along with your list of domains. We can support any of the content-based AEIOU offerings, such as the info site, geo site or squeeze page.

2. We'll setup the design and custom content pages in WhyPark and let you know when you can switch the nameservers to WhyPark.

3. We'll set you up at no cost with our PPC feed. If you prefer to use third-party ads, you'll need to upgrade to our $10 or $25 per month Enhanced or Managed accounts.

That's it. Nice and simple and we'll help keep your AEIOU sites online and monetizing with little effort.

New Article Rating Option

In a never-ending quest to provide the highest quality content on WhyPark, we have introduced a way for visitors to rate custom and stock articles. At the end of every article, including your custom pages, we have added a rating form.



Don't worry about potentially losing revenue when someone rates an article. The "thank you" page will show your related searches again, making it easy for a visitor to ultimately leave through a sponsored search link.



Ultimately, the average ratings will be shown in the WhyPark "Custom Pages" dashboard for each of your sites, so you can see your feedback. The average ratings will also begin to be factored into article selection for your sites.

New WhyPark Feature: For Sale Link Text

As a follow-up to the recent alternative For Sale Link, we now also allow you to define the text you want to display on your For Sale link. By default, if this field is left blank, we will show the current text of "This Site Is For Sale". You can now display any message you’d like, such as "Buy This Domain Instantly", "Inquire About This Domain", etc. This display text, combined with the ability to send your For Sale Link to any URL will provide you with endless options for selling your domains.

As always, you can modify this setting quickly for any number of names by selecting the sites from the My Sites dashboard and choosing the "Change Sales Settings" option from the Bulk Actions menu on the right.

New WhyPark Feature: View & Reactivate Sites

We're nearing the end of a hot week of updates with yet another...View & Reactivate Sites. Until now, when you've removed a site or sites in bulk from your WhyPark account, they were hidden from your My Sites dashboard. You had to begin adding the site again to pull it out of this cold, dark place for forgotten sites. We've simplified this process by adding a link in the My Sites dashboard under the All Sites section to view those previously removed sites.

Click the "Removed Sites" link to view all of the sites you've removed from your WhyPark account. To reactivate the site or sites in bulk, select all of the appropriate checkboxes and choose the Reactivate Sites option from the Bulk Actions menu on the right. Confirm on the next page and your domains will be active again in your account.

It's just another quick update to make life a little easier in these tough times.

New Feature: Include Domains in Groups As They're Added

You've always been able to use our drag and drop functionality to add a domain or multiple domains to a group. However, we just added a new option to select the group you want to organize your domain(s) in when you're adding a single or multiple sites in your account.



If you have any groups setup in your account, you'll see a menu option called "Add to Group" when adding a single domain or in bulk. That menu has your current list of groups to choose from. If you don't have any groups setup in your account yet, you won't see the option.



This should help you quickly organize new groups of domains, bulk imports and single domain additions without having to drag and drop the sites to a group after they've been added. The drag and drop option will of course still remain active as well.