Today's Featured Friday website will make you wish you live in the UK (if you don't already). Twin Peaks Outdoor Activities is located near the Derbyshire Peak District and (like the name suggests) is an outdoor activity provider! Go through Twin Peaks Outdoor Activities to do team building activities, outdoor education, or just go on fun adventures with your families, friends, or groups.

Visit TwinPeaksOutdoorActivities.com to see a beautifully laid out site with great images of outdoor adventures that the group has taken. Perfect for schools, youth groups, families, hen & stag groups, and adults alike. Have fun going climbing, caving, trekking, or doing watersports (and those are just the activities that are listed on the front page!).

If you want your site to be featured next Friday, submit it at spotlight-site.tripod.com! 

Posted by team-blog at 1:16 PM PST

Updated: Friday, November 18, 2011 1:19 PM PST

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Center for Cretaceous Studies is a premier destination for learning and discovering the many amazing aspects of living dinosaurs.  You heard that right, valuable research is currently being conducted on our living and breathing Cretaceous friends and this site brings all that valuable knowledge to your finger tips.

The C4CS site really helps you gain a better understanding of all the hard work and effort that goes into Dinosaur Behavioral Studies. The site is full of helpful tips if you were to ever encounter a dinosaur so be sure to take notes.  Take a trip to their facility so you can check out the indoor dinosaur paddocks or make a romantic dinner reservation at the Kretaceous Kitchen.  Though I recommend you get your affairs in order if it becomes a one-way vacation!

Also C4CS has some great historical photos that detail the organization's early days under the amazing leadership of Dr. S. Beckmann.  Plus in the photo section check out Sam and Sue, the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex - they are quite impressive!  After you visit their Gift Shoppe, I recommend you sign up to join in on a Dino-Dig - it sounds like an exeperience of a lifetime!

Check out Center for Cretaceous Studies today!

Posted by team-blog at 2:05 PM PST

Updated: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:12 PM PST

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Today all sites have officially made the migration from Webon to Zeeblio. Over the last few weeks, we have let you test Zeeblio out and listened to your feedback while making changes based on your requests. Finally, we were able to transfer everyone's sites over to Zeeblio.

What does this mean for my Webon site?

All of your hard work has been ported over to Zeeblio. Your text, images, videos, add-ons - anything that was in Webon is now in Zeeblio. 

What if I come across a problem?

If you find that something is gravely wrong with your site (not just my Weather Zombie add-on went away and now I have to re-add it!), don't publish your page and contact customer support. Publishing your page will overwrite your currently fine Webon site and will publish anything that may be incorrect. 

I didn't try out Zeeblio because I thought I was able to keep my Webon site. Can I go back?

We have created Zeeblio to make your experience better. We have listened to customer feedback more than ever which is why we gave you the chance to try it out first before migrating everyone over. For members who previously had Webon sites, Zeeblio will come to you as second nature. Zeeblio is built with Webon users in mind but has some major alterations to make features work better and look sharper. We cannot move websites from Zeeblio back to Webon but would love to hear any feedback in order to make your experience better on Zeeblio by clicking the "Feedback" button in your builder. 

What features are different from Webon?

To learn more about Zeeblio, check out our past blog posts and read up about it on zeeblio.com. 

Is Zeeblio free? 

The Zeeblio builder is completely free. Your current plan structure will not change at all with this migration. 

Want to learn more? 

Go to zeebliohelp.tripod.com to get in-depth descriptions about all of the features of the builder. You can even submit requests for new articles to be added to the knowledge base on the home page. 

If you have any troubles at all during the migration, contact customer support .

Posted by team-blog at 7:44 AM PST

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Congratulations to the Site of the Month winner for October, David-Tennant.com!

David-Tennant.com will be featured on HotBot.com for all of November as the hotSite of the month as well as the front page of Tripod! Congratulations! 

Submit your site for the chance to win Site of the Month and to be featured for a week at spotlight-site.tripod.com!

Posted by team-blog at 5:32 AM PDT

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Vote for your favorite Site of the Month! Visit siteofthemonth.tripod.com to select your favorite!

Posted by team-blog at 11:57 AM PDT

Updated: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:35 PM PDT

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To celebrate the launch of Zeeblio and to thank all of you for testing it out and sending us in feedback before we fully move from Webon to Zeeblio, we'd like to give you the opportunity to win an awesome prize!

All you have to do for your entry is Tweet to spread the word about Zeeblio! Click Here to learn more about the contest rules and to enter!

Ultimate Grand Prize: 

iPad 2 Bundle which includes an iPad 2, $100 iTunes Gift Card, iPad black leather smart cover, iPad dock, and a wireless keyboard.

First Place Prize:

iPad 2 plus 1-year plan upgrade to next account level*. 

Second Place Prize:

1-year plan upgrade to next account level*. 

Third Place Prize:

6-month plan upgrade to next account level*.

*If you have already signed up for the highest level account and you win first through third place prizes, we will credit your account for the next 12  or 6 months. 

Posted by team-blog at 5:57 AM PDT

Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:18 AM PDT

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David Quintanilla is a popular southwestern photographer and owner of David Quntanilla Haus of Photography. His work is exciting, colorful, beautiful, and inspiring. He has photographed many influential people and famous celebrities but also does wedding photography, quinceaneras, and advertising work.

David's website is fun and bursting with color. Navigate through the different pages to see the print work he's done, his exhibits, mentions of him in the press and videos, and also read a short bio.

One thing you should definitely check out on David's site is his campaign that he started: Boycott Hate. He photographs people for free in support of the campaign. The campaign protests the controversial law that was passed in Arizona that enabled law enforcement to ask anyone for documentation of legal status just based on their discretion. 

Check out David's exciting web design as well as all of his work at davidquintanilla.com.

Submit your site to be featured next week at spotlight-site.tripod.com. 

Posted by team-blog at 6:29 AM PDT

Updated: Friday, October 21, 2011 6:44 AM PDT

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Ever wanted to learn how to play the guitar? This Featured Friday site can actually help you do so! I've dabbled in playing the guitar since my teenage years but I always absorbed the most when I had someone teach me either one on one or in a class environment. Lance Vallis teaches guitar out of Portland, OR but if you live anywhere else, don't fret (no guitar pun intended!) - he can teach you over Skype!

You can browse Lance's site to find videos and tabs, perfect for someone just learning how to play the guitar. Additionally, learn more about Lance and his career through videos and a bio on his About Me page, read his thoughts on his blog, and catch a show by seeing the list of his upcoming gigs (you do have to see gigs in person, no Skyping in!). Lance's site is great for anyone who appreciates guitars and music in general. His design is simple, easily navigated, and matches his content. If you are at all interested in taking lessons from Lance, you can purchase lessons one at a time or in a group of 4 to save money!

Check out Lance's website at LanceVallis.com and submit your website to be featured next week at spotlight-site.tripod.com. 

Posted by team-blog at 12:48 PM PDT

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You may be wondering just what is in store for you with the launch of Zeeblio. When you get to try Zeeblio out next week, be sure to test out these new features:

Site Wizard 

Since Zeeblio has a new layout and new features, we wanted to give you a chance to get introduced to the site through a wizard guiding you through all of the different locations in the builder. Try building a new site with Zeeblio for fun to test out the Wizard and read what it has to say about all of the new features!

New Add-Ons 

Media posting add-ons have increased greatly in Zeeblio. Picasa is one of your options to create photo thumbnails on your site along with Flickr, Photobucket, and one linked to your Media Manager. Take a look at the Picasa photo album:

We have also added to basic add-ons, creating a heading block, list block, and a column tool. The column tool is great for placing images, add-ons, or text next to each other and having them evenly spaced out. Take a look:

Interface & Features 

If you have watched the video or seen any screenshots of Zeeblio, you will notice a new setup that is slightly different to that that you were famliar with in Webon. We have added a new tab - the Site Tab - which gives you information on your site, Promotion & SEO, plus we added helpful organization to the tabs. One big improvement is the Text Toolbar. Instead of being a tab, it is now ever-present so you can edit your text without having to click in and out of tabs. Take a look at the updates:

Be sure to try out Zeeblio next week to see all of the new features we've created!  

Posted by team-blog at 8:49 AM PDT

Updated: Friday, October 14, 2011 8:55 AM PDT

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We've been listening to your feedback and have been hard at work for the past few months to improve Webon and Tripod to meet your requests. As we began upgrading Webon, it quickly became apparent that we weren't just making small changes here and there. While the basic functionality and features of Webon were remaining the same, many aspects of the editor were drastically changing.

These exciting changes don't just run skin deep.  Underneath the hood, Webon isn't the same builder any more, and with such radical changes (and even more updates planned for the future) it no longer makes sense to refer to this tool as Webon.  So, with great pleasure, we're proud to introduce to you Zeeblio.  A new beginning in building fun and easy to maintain websites.

Zeeblio is faster and more sleek with an updated interface making it easier to maneuver around and update your website.  Transitioning from Webon to Zeeblio will be an easy process since Zeeblio is built on the foundation of the best parts of Webon. We've listened to your suggestions on how draging and dropping in Webon could be improved, and have made this a more refined process. Check out zeeblio.com to watch a quick video of Zeeblio in action and to read more about the new and improved features. 

With these changes to our site builder, it made sense to release another update that we had been planning for some time: Tripod is getting a series of updates over the next few months.  The first of these changes will affect Tripod visually with redesigned pages and an easier to use control panel.  In the coming months, you can expect many new and exciting features to be added to Tripod.  Some of which, you've been asking for a long time. (more on that soon!)

Next week we'll be releasing the brand new Tripod with Zeeblio for you to try out.  Webon will still be around for the remainder of October, giving you time to continue to update your website with Webon, while getting comfortable with Zeeblio before before it replaces the former.

Posted by team-blog at 9:00 AM PDT

Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:50 AM PDT

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