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Good News: New URLs for your websites (Срд, 24 Сен 2008)
Finally, we change over to more easy readable URLs (=internet addresses, please check Wikipedia for further information) that are going to be loved by search engines. Example: The URL of a page called "about me" was the following until now: name.jimdo.comc/about_me.php. From now on, it'll be name.jimdo.com/about-me/. Pages on the second navigation level will be included in the new URLs, e.g. name.jimdo.com/about-me/friends/.  Your advantages: For search engines, it's much easier to find these URLs - so the chance that your website is found, increases (the SEOs among you will be happy about that news! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization) Looks better and is easier in all ways - If you send the link via email to friends, if you integrate the link on another page of your website or if you tell somebody a link on the phone... Info for the pros: URL encoding in UTF-8  Before and after – comparisonLet's assume that the navigation of your website is the following: Your Pages Before After Home /index.php / About Me /about.php /aboutme/ Trips /trips.php /trips/ Skitrip /skitrip.php /trips/skitrip/ Sailing /sailing.php /trips/sailing/ Pictures /pictures.php /pictures/ Videos /videos.php /videos/    What do I have to consider?First, the most important thing is: Even though the links of your page will change - the old links will still work fine. Example: Your page name.jimdo.com/sailing.php will change into name.jimdo.com/sailing/ - Friends and Google only know the previous link. But we built it in a way that they are redirected automatically to name.jimdo.com/sailing/. Your friends might not notice the change, but Google recognizes it at once and saves the new link at once (for pros: 301 moved permanently). You should consider that pages in the second navigation level repeat the name of top page. Example: /skitrip.php changes into /trips/skitrip/ -> check if you like the names of your pages. Otherwise, name them whatever you want to.When and how are the changes made? All new websites get the new names immediately. The URLs of older websites are changed directly at the moment, if you change the navigation. Within the next weeks, we'll change all existing pages to the new name scheme. We're looking forward to receiving your feedback!   All the best, Your Jimdo Team   P.S. Of course, we tested everything in detail, but sometimes we overlook something. So if you should notice any errors or any noticeable problems, please let us know and write an email to support@jimdo.com - THANKS!  
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Your most wanted Jimdo feature (Втр, 16 Сен 2008)
  At the beginning of July, we asked you to vote for the next Jimdo feature in our forum (take a look at it here). As a little reminder - you could vote for one of the following features: Restore/backup Own forum Poll Music player Counter Customisable fields for your contact forms Continuously adjustable image sizes Flash banners The poll was finally closed on September 1st. Actually, it was a nip-and-tuck race between "Restore/backup" and "Own forum". It was so close that, summing up the votes of the English and the German forum, the score was even....and the winner is...We thought about how to solve this stand-off and decided to develop "Restore/backup" as the next Jimdo feature. We really think that this is very useful and might be a great help after deleting something accidentally. Since it is a quite complicated process to develop such a feature, we won't be able to release it tomorrow :) But don't worry, we're working on it!   Those who voted for the own forum: Don't be disappointed! There are other ways to integrate a forum into your website! Several providers offer forum widgets for free - so it's not impossible! In our forum there are some posts in which an own forum is already discussed. Maybe you'll find some good tips here?   So, thank you all for voting! The winners of the JimdoPro packages will be informed by email! Congratulations to you!   Best regards, Your Jimdo Team
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