2012 is going to be the hottest topic this side of y2k. You have the 2012 presidential elections, the end of the Maya calendar and continuing strange weather taking place all at the same time. Ancientminds and Earthwatch news are teaming together to bring the facts and the fictions so that we can determine the what, when, why, where and how things will play out in 2012.
This week on ancientminds.com, we added several new features to enhance the experience of our users. Listed below are just some of the updates to the site.
Videos
We added video’s to all the ancient minds though out the site. This makes learning about each of these minds more pleasurable. Most video’s come from sources like the BBC and History Channel. There are many many hours of good information in those videos. Galileo Galilei Videos is an example of the new video pages. These pages are simple and to the point
Photo Albums
We also added albums for each and every member. This allows our registered users to add images. Here is my personal Album.
Site Gallery
I have added a master gallery system so that I can create galleries for each mind that is featured on the site. I am currently populating this galleries and should have some posted by weeks end. Leonardo Artwork is an example of the new site gallery.
Additional Infomation
I have begun adding additional pages for each of the minds to give them tribute to the things they created, invented or accomplished. These pages include things like invention lists and the like. Leonardo Inventions is one example.
Facebook Connect
We are working on integrating Facebook connect to the site. Trials are underway at a beta site. We are getting much closer to accomplishing this. We have successfully connected and we are in testing phase.
I will write again soon with more fun updates – Levi Kensing
An Update: The construction of Ancientminds is going very well. We are close to getting the final structures completed. Yesterday we added videos for Nikola Tesla. We also added ALL the quatrains for Nostradamus. Each and every mind in the right menu will have a video page by weeks end.
We are still working on the photo gallery. As with all things, we want to make sure that the gallery is as user friendly and accessible as possible. We expect to publish that by the end of NEXT week.
I am truely excited about the future. Ancientminds.net is starting to grow though the search engines and though Facebook. I want to thank everyone that has joined not only this site but “Liked” our facebook page. Each of you inspire me to keep this growing.
I also released my first web blog video yesterday. It was a blast creating. I am using an Intel webcam here at my desk. I put up a backdrop and added some lighting to make the quality a bit better. After just 4 attempts, I was able to get the video completed.