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Blog Beta successfully started (Thu, 08 May 2008)
  Wow, we're absolutely overwhelmed! So many of you signed up for the Blog Beta and are now busy building up their blogs. Your feedback is just awsome, thank you so much! We almost can't keep up with answering your mails and comments.. :)
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Jimdo Launches its closed beta blog feature (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Our new blog tool is waiting in the wings. Starting now, we are launching a so-called closed beta phase, which allows a participating users to test the new functions. Within the next 4-6 weeks, we will install additional functions and (hopefully) encounter few mistakes. If everything goes well, as we anticipate, we will makes the features available to all members.
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Find new Jimdo friends and invite all your friends to Jimdo! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
  Would you like to find new friends at Jimdo? Or would you like to find out which friends are already Jimdo users? From today on it's very easy to find it out. Afterwards, you can easily invite those of your friends who are missing to Jimdo and so expand your network.
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Big Update: you're now able to add your friends, send messages and follow the newsfeed of your friends (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Dear Jimdo-Fans, we have just released social features such as adding friends, sending messages and keeping track of friends’ newsfeeds within Jimdo. These features will hopefully help you a lot to make your Jimdo-Page a lot more interactive. You can see in the video down below how the new features work.
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How often was a PDF downloaded from your Page? (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Did you ever want to know how often a certain PDF was downloaded on your Page? If you use Google Analytics for more detailed statistics on your Page it'll from today on also show you how often your downloads have been downloaded. See here for more information of how to integrate Google Analytics to your Page. Best, your Jimdo-Team
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Jimdo launches Spanish version (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Hard to believe, but it's true: the 7th language version of Jimdo is online! Recently, we launched an Italian and a Russian version, and now we continue with Spanish! As always, we're really excited what different pages will be created and what feedback the Spanish version will get.
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New Flash Gallery online (Thu, 08 May 2008)
The brand-new Flash Picture Gallery is online and has packed some improvements that the visitors of your Jimdo Page (and you, of course) can enjoy! :)
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New Google Maps Module online (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Which places in the world have I seen? Where did I travel? Where do my best friends live? How can my guests get to my party? Or how do my visitors reach my company?   All these questions can be solved with the help of our new Google Maps Module! Just integrate the module as a new element, place your marks, define the type of your map, the control of the map and its size.
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Happy Birthday Jimdo (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Jimdo's Birthday present: A forum! On February 19, Jimdo celebrated its first Birthday! As a present to you, our users, we finally launched a Jimdo forum "From Jimdo users for Jimdo users". At first, only the German version of the forum went online, but the English forum was launched last week as well. Now, users can exchange their experience in several categories, submit tutorials or arrange Jimdo user meetings. Have fun!
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Jimdo launches Russian and Italian version! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Today we are very pleased to announce that Jimdo is now available in two more languages: Russian and Italian! After successful versions in German, English, Chinese and French, we would like to offer users in the Italian- and Russian-speaking communities their own language versions.
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New Year, new Layouts! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Dear friends of Jimdo. We recently integrated four new layouts now waiting to be tested by you! Just log into your Jimdo Page and chose "Layouts" under "Layout" and pick one of the new ones. Maybe it's time to give your Jimdo Page a new look...?   Have fun!   Your Jimdo Team
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Happy New Year! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We wish you all a (bit delayed) happy new year and all the best to all of you in 2008! We hope that you have celebrated New Year's Eve with style and that you enjoyed the holidays! At Jimdo, we are still looking back on an eventfull, exciting and wonderful 2007: our excitement when Jimdo was launched in February, how happy we were when we got all of your great feedback or when you recommended Jimdo to your friends and family! We're looking back on how fast Jimdo grew in the last year, on the newly added features and developments of Jimdo. At that point we would really like to thank you so much for all your support - without you Jimdo would not have come so far!  
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Merry Christmas (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Just in time we'd like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and all the best! Enjoy the holidays and we'll be back very soon.   By the way, we're processing support questions from tomorrow on again, so you can be sure to get a quick answer to your questions.   All the best again,   your Jimdo-Team
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Do something good - and talk about it! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Many people bring important organizations to life and do voluntary work every day. Often enough there is too little attention paid to their projects and work, and frequently relief projects are not supported enough because of a very low awareness level.
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Who’s going to be the Startup of the year? (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Who will be the Startup of the year 2007? That's what four major US blogs (TechCrunch, GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and VentureBeat) want to find out. They are asking this of their readers and anyone else who is interested and who wants to take part in the decision. The deadline for making a nomination is December 12, 2007. Afterwards everybody is called on to vote. The Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, January 18 in San Francisco.
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P.S.: New Editor shows its colors :) (Thu, 08 May 2008)
About two weeks ago we launched our new editor (see: "Further improvements"). Now we have another goodie for you, which many of you asked us for: You can now also define the color of your font directly in the editor!
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Happy Holidays! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Some of us may be a bit startled taking a look at the calendar: There is less than one month until the major holidays! And every year the same question comes up: What can I get my friends and family this season?? It should, of course, be something personal, maybe not too expensive, but extraordinary and creative. So, why don't you give away a Jimdo-Page for Christmas this year? It can be created individually and e.g. filled with the favorite Christmas songs, recipes or pictures and videos of last years' Christmas. And, by the way, it's for free. Those who are already really looking forward to Christmas or who want to give away a Jimdo-Page for Christmas, can now find a new special Christmas template under "special layouts". For your friends - or you... :)
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Further Improvements (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Last night we made the following improvements: 1. New editor for adding and editing texts. 2. New login-process
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Style your font! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
It's finally online: our new font styling tool! It can give your Jimdo-Page a new look and it helps you to design your Page in a clearly arranged and well-structured way.
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New Widget Module integrated (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Videos, a music player or the current weather report – from now on, you can more easily integrate any kind of widget into your Jimdo Page. In order to include a new widget, all you have to do is add the new widget element, paste the corresponding source code – that's it! Have fun trying out!
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Jimdo works fine with Safari! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
More good news: Jimdo works fine with Safari – since version 3 has been launched! Of course, you can still use the Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera, so that nobody has to do without their (favorite) standard browser. Pages to the People!
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Samwer Brothers invest in Jimdo (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We're really happy to announce that the brothers Oliver, Marc and Alexander Samwer have invested in Jimdo (via their European Founders Fund). The Samwer Brothers have already created successful brands like Jamba! and the German eBay clone Alando. In 2006, they established the European Founders Fund to invest in promising Internet companies. The Samwer Brothers are our first large-scale investor. We are very happy that they're joining Jimdo. They just have such a widespread knowledge and experience that'll help us to grow Jimdo even faster. For you the investment of Jimdo will hopefully result in an even faster development of Jimdo! Pages to the People!
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New background images online! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Do you fancy something new? We just integrated 139 new background images that are now waiting for you to try them out.
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Jimdo now with Google Analytics (Thu, 08 May 2008)
A Google Analytics tool is now available for integration into your website. Google Analytics generates detailed statistics, in addition to your Jimdo statistics, about visitors to your Jimdo-Page. You can, for example, find out where your visitors clicked from, how long they visited your website and which keywords they used to find you in search engines.
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Jimdo is now in French, too! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Vive la France! After the successful launch of our German, English and Chinese versions of Jimdo, we are happy to announce our launch of a French version today! We hope that this is good news to the French-speaking Jimdo community :) and look forward to seeing more French Jimdo Pages! Take a look at the French version here. "Pages to the French" :)
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To each their own – 5 new special templates online (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We have five new templates you can use to beautify your page in a very special way – display your interest in your favorite topic from head to toe, if you want to… You can chose between one of the following "special templates": Horses, Flowers, Rock star, Surfing and Halloween! The new templates look particularly good when you load up your own picture into the heading area. Just try it out and see… Here's the way it goes: Chose "Special Layout" under "Layout" and pick one of the new templates. That's it – you can get started!
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Jimdo Users on stage! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Besides the new look of our website, something else has changed substantially: In order to present yourself best and in order to search for other Jimdo-pages, you'll find a new search feature on www.jimdo.com. Previously, you could only view the most popular Jimdo-Pages - and now we have added to and improved a search function so that you can search through all Jimdo-Pages based on: keywords, similar pages, most popular pages, newest pages, JimdoPro pages or random.
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Big Development -- Integrate your own design into your Jimdo-Page! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Starting now, you can use your own design for your Jimdo-Page. That means that you can not only personalize the content, but also the appearance, of your Page. Cool, huh?
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JimdoPro users get their own E-mail account! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Good news to all users of JimdoPro: At last, when you sign up for JimdoPro we can now offer you your own email account in addition to your own domain. That means you'll be able to use the email address name@username.com. This great new extra does not only offer you great benefits - it also provides some technical features.
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Extend your navigation with the third navigation level! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We're pleased to present a newly-added feature for your Jimdo-Page: the third navigation level. If you add this feature, visitors of your homepage can read through your Page via a more complex navigation bar.
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Jimdo expands its reach to China (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We're really excited to announce the official launch of our Chinese version Jimdo has had a large number of Chinese-speaking users from the very beginning, but, unfortunately, they have had to rely on our English-language version. We are now really pleased to have eliminated this language barrier with our Chinese version. We think it is a really great move to make Jimdo available in China. It's the first step in our strategy to further internationalize Jimdo (Pages to the People ;)).
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Jimdo account settings enhanced (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Jimdo already enables you to edit important information, like your e-mail address, password, language, screenshot, tags and website description directly through your Jimdo Account. (You can also upgrade to Jimdo-Pro on this page.)
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39 new background images for your layouts (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Now we've added 39 really cool background images you can use for your Jimdo-Page.
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Multiple password-protected areas! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
New function: from now on it's possible to set up different password protected areas. That means you can give your friends different access rights than your parents. Cool, huh? By the way, this is one of the many suggestions you made to improve Jimdo. Thank you very much for your support - it's really great!
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Tag your Page! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
The Popular pages section of our website, here, provides a short description of your Page so that potential visitors immediately know what your Page is about :-) Now you can edit the description yourself. Just log into your site, click on "Jimdo Account" and "Description of your Jimdo-Page." Make sure to fill out "Tags / Keywords for your Jimdo-Page," too. We'll use them for a new feature appearing soon :-)
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Welcome Facebook-Users! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Facebook, one of the largest social communities worldwide, just opened up their network to external services (great move!). Since we think that Jimdo is a perfect extension of the Facebook Profile page that every Facebook user has, we just designed a Jimdo application for Facebook. So, if you're a Facebook user who would like to share more information about yourself or something you're really into, you can now easily create your own Jimdo-Page - and a screenshot of your Page will be added to your Profile! Oh, and of course all groups can create their own website, too! :-)
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Update your Screenshot (Thu, 08 May 2008)
As you've probably seen, we're listing the 500 most popular Jimdo-Pages, screenshots included, on our website, here. You now have the option to manually update your screenshot if your Page makes it onto the list.
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Become part of our team and give Pages to the People! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
A job here is probably just about the swiftiest position out there. :-) So, go here to see whether there's a vacant position that'd suit you. We look forward to having you on our team!
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New statistic-tool (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Good news: the new statistic feature is online! Now you can analyze how many people have visited your Page, where they came from, what search engines and terms they used, etc.! JimdoPro-Users get slightly more detailled statistics - they get swifty graphs that display, sort and categorize everything they need to know about their Page - these stats are also downloadable as an Excel file!
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Upgrade to JimdoPro online (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Finally, you can upgrade to the JimdoPro-Page online. So if you wish to use the JimdoPro-Page (features) you can now simply log into your own JimdoFree-Page, click on "Jimdo Account" on the right side and complete the four-step ordering process in minutes. It's of course really easy to upgrade. Looking forward to welcoming you as a JimdoPro user! :-)
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Hardware defect on one of our US-servers (Thu, 08 May 2008)
11:00 a.m. GMT   Unfortunately, we currently have a hardware defect on one of our US-servers. The harddisk is just being replaced and the data copied. No data is lost and your Jimdo-Pages should be up soon again. We'll post here again as soon as the problem is solved. Sorry for the inconvenience this is causing! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at support@jimdo.com
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Happy Easter! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We just wanted to wish everybody a Happy Easter holiday! Here some flickr pictures tagged with "Easter." Enjoy!
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Five new designs. (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We've just integrated five new designs. You can see here how to apply one of the new designs to your Jimdo-Page.
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Jimdo now availabe for Opera 8 and above (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Just a quick note: Jimdo now also works with Opera 8 and above. So, in addition to Firefox 1.5 and above and Internet Explorer 6 and above, you can now even use Opera 8 and above to create your own Jimdo-Page!
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Pages to all the People in the world! Jimdo has just been launched internationally! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Pages to all the People in the world! Jimdo has just been launched internationally! More big news: We just launched Jimdo internationally! Finally the English version is up and we can offer Jimdo to the entire English-speaking community. We have been looking forward to this moment and can't wait how you all like Jimdo! So after testing please make sure to leave your comment here.
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500 MB in JimdoFree, 5 GB in JimdoPro! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Today we have majorly upgraded JimdoFree and JimdoPro. In the JimdoFree-Page there are now 500 MB included! And in the JimdoPro-Page you now have 5 GB! What an upgrade! It has been so cool watching what swifty pages you have created. That's why we are especially happy to give you even more possibililities with the upgrade. Click here for an overview of the integrated features in JimdoFree and JimdoPro.
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Your Fanpage on the big stadium screen during halftime (Thu, 08 May 2008)
The HSV is going to present two of your Fan pages during halftime of the match against Leverkusen on Sunday! Wow, that's cool! All you have to do edis send an e-mail to hsv-leinwand@jimdo.com. We will then randomly draw two of your pages... Important: Due to the limited time, we can only consider e-mails that arrive by Friday, 12 o'clock! So go ahead and apply immediately. Good luck!
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Pages to the Fans. Jimdo cooperates with the Hamburger Sportverein (HSV)! (Thu, 08 May 2008)
The HSV is a major soccer club here in Germany. And we are really really proud to cooperate with the HSV and offer its fans the Jimdo-HSV-Fanpage!
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Short review of the launch in Germany (Thu, 08 May 2008)
We are overwhelmed! Before the launch we were so so much looking forward to this day, but we were of course also nervous. But what happened during the last days is just unbelievable. The ultimate best is your feedback. It is obviously so important to us that you like the way you can create your page! So thank you all for your tremendous feedback, it is motivating us even more!
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New flickr element added. (Thu, 08 May 2008)
flickr.com is a plattform where you can store, share and sort photos. We have just added a new element that is of special use for those of you who already have a flickr account. You can now directly integrate your photos from flickr into your Jimdo-Page (just like videos from YouTube). Thus, you don't have to upload your photos twice. If you don't have a flickr-account, don't worry, you of course can keep on using the integrated Jimdo galleries (which have even has more functions than the flickr gallery).
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New del.icio.us-element added. (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Del.icio.us is a free, online bookmarking service (very useful!). With the new del.icio.us element you can easily integrate your (or others') del.icio.us bookmarks. Why does this make sense? Well, maybe you have a really cool hobby, like surfing around on Jimdo-Pages. Now every time you find a cool Jimdo-Page you can bookmark it at del.icio.us. And you can integrate the new del.icio.us element onto your own JimdoPage to show all of your Jimdo bookmarks. Every time you add a new Jimdo-Page to your bookmarks, it is also displayed on your Jimdo-Page. Cool, eh?
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Pages to the People. Offical Jimdo-launch in Germany. (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Today is the official launch of Jimdo in Germany! We are very very happy to have reached this significant milestone. Now we are really excited to see how you - our new users - will be using Jimdo and what your feedback is like. After testing, please make sure to leave your comment here. Thanks for your support!
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Welcome to the Jimdo-Blog (Thu, 08 May 2008)
Welcome to our Blog! Jimdo is blogging. Right from the German launch on we'll be presenting new features, business developments and, of course, cool Jimdo-Pages! So make sure to subscribe to our feed or check this site regularly!
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