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Old May 31st, 2010, 12:55 PM   #6
Alex
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Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE, '15 CRF110F, '13 TT-R50E

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Sent on 5/31/10:

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It's been almost a year since I sent out the last user update, so I figured now was as good a time as any. Over that time period we've tripled our membership, tripled our post count, and continue to provide a fun place to chat about the most entertaining 250cc motorcycle on the planet. This email is intended to remind some of our newer members about features on our site that they may not have yet been exposed to.

The first one is a reminder about our NinjetteWiki. There should be a link to it at the top of just about all of the pages on our site, but it can be reached directly at:

http://wiki.ninjette.org

For some background on our wiki along with instructions on how to use it, check out this launch thread:

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20820

Any of us can go in and add pages as we wish, edit pages that are out there, comment on existing pages, etc. It's a user-driven resource just like any other wiki that can become anything we want it to be. I continue to get rave reviews via emails and pm's from folks who have found what they needed in the wiki, but I know that can be so much better over time.

On top of our well-known Forums structure, we also have a place for our users to set up their own Blogs. Like the NinjetteWiki, there should be a link to the Blogs area at the top of most site pages. A few of us have used this to some success, but it is clear that it's not terribly well-traveled compared to the rest of the site. If you want to see the blogs that are out there, here's a direct link:

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/blog.php

On perhaps a much less useful but perhaps more entertaining note, I wanted to put in a plug for our on-site Arcade. 150+ different games, and the highscores are saved so we can all compete against each other for bragging rights. Traffic there has slowed down a bit compared to a few months back, maybe because "tjkamper" has such a commanding lead in the high score table. Are we really going to let him stay up there without a challenge? :-) Here's a direct link to the arcade:

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=33

Finally, wanted to remind folks about our ninjette.org store, also reachable from the Community Menu at the top of any page. There are a couple dozen products from t-shirts to mugs to onesies to, well, you get the idea. There are several different logos available, and if anyone has ideas for new logos or other products available at CafePress, just let me know.

Our site membership is growing faster than ever as well; we just passed 3000 members a few weeks back, and the signup rate is increasing along with our rise in Google rankings. We now have more new-gen-related ninjette traffic than anywhere else on the internet, by a wide margin. This traffic encouraged us to make a significant server migration awhile back, and it is so far holding up quite well under the increased load. Some of our members have even found some time to step away from their computers and actually meet up for some rides, which I think is the point of this whole thing. Check out the Group Rides section of the website for the latest details on some of the more organized rides.

Thanks again for all of your support for ninjette.org so far. I couldn't be happier about how this place has grown over the past year, and I'm glad that people are continuing to enjoy it!

Best regards,
- Alex

(Ninjette.org doesn't plan to send out more than one of these per month, but if you'd prefer to not receive these going forward, you can edit your options here: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/profi...do=editoptions , and choose to not receive administration emails from the site)
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