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Your images are needed!

Admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:35:48 GMT

Thanks for being a part of DA. Recently, a technical site change was made to alleviate a bottleneck within the voting system that was created as a result of the numerous site changes when we moved to DAv3. As a result of this, many users were able to vote where they had previously been constrained. As a result of that, the vote ratio went from approximately 2:1 to over 5:1! That means any image in the system is, as of this writing, getting over 5 votes per day! This is why your images are needed!

It seems clear to me that the changes to improve the voting ratio have been even more successful than what was imagined and it indicates there is an abundance of voters and a lack of images. At present, there are only about 1,400 active images in the system whereas there were over 10,000 before the move to v3.

So, if you have images that you'd like to submit for feedback, now is a perfect time. I believe you will be happy with how many votes your images will rake in.

Sorry for the outage!

Admin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:49:47 GMT

The DailyAwards.com website was down for an extended time from Saturday (Feb. 24) to Tuesday (Feb. 27). The cause of the outage was server failure.

The site has been restored and the last of the images are copying over as I write this. I want to apologize for this extended outage and say that I will do all that I can to prevent this from happening again.

As a way to apologize, all users can add a month to their account using the coupon code at the end of this message. Thank you for sticking with the site thorough this trouble and I hope everything gets back on track soon.

If you encounter any issues with the site, you may respond to this message.

Sincerely,

Eric Elsten
DailyAwards.com

Coupon Code: freemonth

DailyAwards.com Birthday Celebration

Admin — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:39:20 GMT

DailyAwards.com will be one year old on January 25, 2007. Thank you for helping to make this site a success! The past year has come with a lot of change that has resulted in a solid foundation for the future.

As a way to say thank you for being a part of the site, every user can pick up a coupon for a free one-month subscription! Just visit the homepage and click on the birthday link at the top of the page! There are no strings attached. Just make sure you add your subscription before the end of the birthday celebration (1/31/07).

I hope everyone takes advantage of this and has an opportunity to try out the advanced features at no charge. If you currently have a subscription, pickup the extra month and add it on to your current term, or use the coupon for adding image uploads.

Again, thank you for being a part of DailyAwards.com in 2006. I hope you continue to enjoy the site throughout 2007.

Sincerely,

Eric Elsten
DailyAwards.com

Rating Calculation Change

Admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:17:05 GMT

Thank you for being a part of the DailyAwards.com community. I hope your experience is going well. For the past few months there has been discussion off and on again in the forum regarding a weight cap for standard image ratings. This issue has reached a critical point where implementation is likely to happen.

I would encourage you to visit the current discussion on the topic and contribute if you have some ideas on the subject. You can find this thread at the following URL.

http://www.dailyawards.com/DAForum/Topic2469-21-1.aspx

The idea is as follows:
Today, the signature rating is calculated based on the votes from the top 7.5% of the community. Also today, standard ratings are derived from the votes of all users (including the top 7.5%). This proposal would cap the weight effect from signature members (the top 7.5%) on the standard image rating.

As an example:
Today, an image gets the following votes
Weight: 3 Score: 9
Weight: 300 Score: 7
Standard Rating: 7.0198

Under the proposed system:
Weight: 3 Score: 9
Weight 300 Score: 7
The 300 weight user is capped at the threshold weight between standard and signature weights (today that is a weight of 11)
Standard Rating: 7.4286

This proposal would effectively give all users who are not in the top 7.5% of the community more power over the ratings of the standard images.

An important note: Signature ratings and votes WILL NOT be impacted by this change. This change only applies to standard ratings.

Once again, thank you for your participation at DailyAwards.com. I hope you find this proposal to be a positive move but either way, I do hope you will visit the forum and contribute to the discussion.

Sincerely,

Eric Elsten
DailyAwards.com

I hope you have been able to join us

Admin — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:26:27 GMT

Thank you for being a member at DailyAwards.com. I am writing to say that I hope you have been able to transition to the new site without much trouble. Also, if you have had an opportunity to explore the new interface, I hope it meets your expectations.

I know there might be some users still confused about how to get connected. Because of this, I am including some instructions below this message that should help get everyone back online.

This new platform is a very exciting change for the site. I look forward to developing new innovative features that will make DailyAwards.com the best online photography competition.

In the future, look for the addition of a favorites list, advanced site-wide statistics, account info since your last logon and more.

As always, if you have any suggestions or have encountered any problems, I encourage you to utilize the new, integrated forum (http://www.dailyawards.com/DAForum/) or email me directly at info@dailyawards.com.

Best of luck!

Sincerely,

Eric Elsten
DailyAwards.com

To get connected:

It is important to know that you have been automatically assigned a username to use for the new site. You can no longer sign on with your email address. Follow the steps below to get your new user name and connect to the site.

0. Make sure dailyawards.com is not blocked by any spam filters you may have setup.
1. http://www.dailyawards.com/Logon.aspx
2. Click the link to get your new username. You can enter just your email address to have your account name e-mailed to you. Enter both your email and password to display your new account name on the screen.
3. (Optionally) From the logon page, click the link to get your password.
4. Enter your new username and password at the URL in step 1. (Important: Be sure to enter the full user-name, User1234, for example)