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Polls with every post!
We have just released a new feature to CommonGate, Polls. When you post you can include a customizable Poll for our readers. Use the feature to get some opinions from the CommonGate readers and make your posts more fun.
After you create a post, there will be a link below that asks if you want to add a poll. Just click it and create your new poll. Once it's created it will show up when readers click on your full post. There they can answer the poll and see the running total results, right after.
We hope you enjoy this new feature, and...
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Emoticons
You asked for it, so here you have a list of some of the most common(gate) emoticons 
To use emoticons, just type the appropriate combination of keys. These emoticons can only be used in the CommonGate environment.
This image only shows you the basic list provided by CommonGate.
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The Top 10 Lies of Web 2.0
Dan Fost (SFGate) writes:
1. We learned our lesson last time. And we're going to cash out before this bubble pops.
2. This is not a bubble. Hot parties, overheated PR pitches, and five or six dozen social networking sites are just healthy indicators of a new boom.
3. It's all about community and sharing. But we told our venture capitalists that our exit strategy will make them rich. (Corollary: But you have to know someone to get into our conference/party.)
4. Online advertising will pay for everything. As if click fraud is any...
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Gate Forum View
We're really excited about a new navigation scheme that we're officially launching today (we just added 'Forum' view!).
Here you have an example of a regular Forum view:
http://gossip.commongat...
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New Layout "Image Format"
You should be able to change the default image size of your gate list (Thumbnail, Medium Image, Full Image).
I just changed this gate to "Full Image" 
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CommonGate Slideshow
A Gallery Slideshow is a collection of photos from your galleries on CommonGate.
You can publish your slideshow on your profile or your posts, or get the code to embed the slideshow on other sites like MySpace. They are in Flash format, so they are small and anyone can see them!
Demo Code: <embed src="http://commongate.com/app/slideshow/19y89fdu57" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"...
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Photo Galleries
As you may have noticed, we have a new 'Photo Galleries' feature. We are really happy with the response we’ve got so far (note that this feature is still in beta).
Thanks for the feedback!
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New Set of Backgrounds
I just added a new set of backgrounds.
<style type="text/css">
body{background-image:url("http://static.commongate.com/images/bg/NAME");}
</style>
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Hi everybody
This is the Official CommonGate Blog.
We're going to post here all the updates, news and changes that we are making to the website.
We're here to help you. Send me a message if you're confused by anything.
Also, feel free to tell us what features you want to see on Commongate.