Beta Update
Here’s a round-up of developments leading up to our beta release.
Bookmarks
Upgrades to bookmark pages are mostly complete. We’ll add new features asap.
Blog
The blog is still sloppy, we’ll code-it in to shape before we start posting regularly.
Labs
These experimental projects are the last piece of the 2 wichita puzzle to fall in place. Here’s what we’ve been working on:
- Labs: Custom Google Search Engines - So far we’ve completed three custom search engines for 2 wichita Labs…
- Wide Search of the most popular Wichita Web sites.
- Media Scope searches all local TV, radio and news sites.
- Aviation Blog Search is a local-interest search engine covering hundreds of blogs about the industry, flying and all things aviation.
Coming Soon… We are finishing up a Local Blog Search that will cover over 100 of Wichita’s top blogs. Also in the works, a Local Sports Search and custom engines focusing on Wichita schools, government and other local interests.
- Labs: Web Map of Wichita - Another exciting Labs feature we hope to complete in the the next few days. Stay tuned.
- Labs: 2 wichita Site Index -This is our special database of over 1000 local sites, blogs, social networking profiles and other Wichita Web resources. We rank them based on public and private Web metrics (we’ll explain how it all works in the coming weeks). Based on these ranks, we will periodically publish lists of popular sites in various categories, identify new and upcoming sites and follow trends around Wichita’s Webscape. Our first publication will be The Top Twenty Blogs in Wichita, coming next week!
New Bookmark Contributors
As some have noted, there haven’t been any new contributors added for months. This was by design. We didn’t want to overburden “the system,” and we preferred to get our house in better order before we invited our most important guests. (Not to say you Alpha users aren’t important, you contributions have been priceless.)
Beginning next week, we will send out our first round of invites. So, expect some fresh meat, and links.
We also have a beta waiting list that anyone can join, we’ll periodically add new contributors from this list.
Wiki for Bookmark Contributors
We are working on a Wiki for bookmark contributors. This will be a place contributors can learn about bookmarking, check out rules, guidelines, tips and discuss 2 wichita topics with other contributors and admins.
Bugs and such
Please let us know about misspellings, misalignment and other site garbledness. We know they’re there. Thanks.