New Homepage Look

Last week we updated the homepage. We wanted to add a little more excitement to it:

1. Introduction Update - we thought it was a little too static, so we added some more color to it and a countdown to our beta 0.3. One of the cool things about us is that we'll constantly be releasing improvements to iloho so we wanted to show that off.
   
2. Contest Flash - The contest didn't stand out enough so we changed some of the typography in the contest flash, no biggy, but we hope people can now see it.
3. Contest Standings - We'll update these every week. We wanted people to know if they're going to win or not, so hopefully, this will attract visitors who want to win. Check it out every week to see the standings!
4. Top Posts - we changed this whole concept, we used to have the top groups and top itineraries on the right so people could see what's going on with the rest of the site, but we felt that this might be unnecessary, because people usually navigate to where they want to go. Here we changed the top posts to top all-time posts and we gave the articles a score instead of a static one to five count.

Here's the old homepage:

What we've been up to at iloho

It seems that we've been neglecting the blog here. We've been quite busy with getting iloho launched and we'd love for anyone that stumbles upon this blog to visit our site (www.iloho.com). Of course, we always want to hear feedback from people, good or bad (info@iloho.com).

That being said, we've spent some time before the launch designing a cool travel contest that runs till the end of August. Check out what you can win at http://www.iloho.com/static/contest.

After we launched on the 18th, the team has been busy with bug fixes, plus minor usability and cosmetic changes.

Three things happened right near launch day that were huge issues.

1. No one had a clue how to use the site so we had to add in a whole header explaining the site. Something we had planned for, but got lost in the commotion of launch.
2. We had a big issue with hotmail users not getting our emails, the emails didn't even go into a spam folder. We had to turn off verification for hotmail users.
3. We redesigned the entire itinerary section. It was a several step process that could be saved as draft, and although the draft idea was and is a good one which we still hope to implement, the UI was far too clunky to use, so we dropped it for a single page submission.
   

Since then, we've just been correcting small bugs, plus adding little visual things, my favorite was our new "lickable" search box. This week we're starting to move beyond bug fixes and add new features, which we will be doing constantly so stay tuned!

iloho.com Launched

Last night we launched our website: www.iloho.com
Sorry we haven't posted anything recently, but we've been busy trying to get the site fully functional.

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SunBrite to Unveil 46-inch All-Weather Outdoor LCD

If you are more of an outdoor person then you don’t need to settle for an outdoor TV that is any less then what you have got indoors, at least if it’s less then 50-inch! The outdoor TV sets are getting bigger by the time. The best is coming! SunBriteTV is introducing a 46-INCH HD ALL-WEATHER OUTDOOR LCD at InfoComm, June 15-17, in Anaheim, California.

The all-weather enclosure is designed to withstand all outdoor hazards including dirt, rain, insects and scratches. The dual air flow system keeps unit cool and dry in temperatures up to 122 degrees F and the internal thermostatically-controlled heater activates automatically when the TV’s internal temperature dips to 32º F. In cold, the heater provides a 20º F. temperature rise, allowing the TV to safely remain outdoors in temperatures as low as -24º F. The TV will feature a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels with 1600:1 contrast ratio. SunBrite’s watertight cable entry system and cable pass-through design ensures quick and easy hook-up to the wide selection of video inputs, including HDMI, component, VGA, S-video, composite and RF.

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Wanna go out somewhere for summer? Forbes has recently published world's top summer adventure travel spots. Swimming with a dolphin or sailing the Virgin Island.. What a nice summer!




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