We have changed the way we support multiple languages, and now all listings on the site are translatable whenever you want, into over 50 languages. I know, the translations aren't perfect, but not bad.

BTW: You may wonder why we chose the 7 languages flags we did.

English, French, Spanish and Chinese are the top 4 languages in North America.
Arabic and Hebrew where added because I find right-to-left languages intriguing.
And the 7th language, Swahili, was added because my wife, and co-editor, is Kenyan.

David

If you log into the site, you can vote for your favourites.

For example, once logged in, go to 'Dance schools'. You can vote for your favourite dance schools by clicking on their stars beside their names in the lists. You can then do the same for 'Dance associations', bands, djs, etc.

To vote for your favourite events, you can click on the stars near the event names on their own pages.

Just a reminder that logged-in members of the site are free to comment on other peoples blogs.

You can do alot of other things while logged in as well:
- vote for your favourite dance schools, nightclubs, bands - by clicking on their stars
- send private messages to other members of the site
- post to your own blog for others to read
- add dance organization listings and dance event listings
- set your exact location and timezone in your account to get all listings personalized from your own location

I have had a few of our members ask for a feature that could help them find a dance partner. Is this something that people would want?

What information would people be willing to provide if such a feature were added to this site? As this information would have to be publicly visible, what information would people be willing to share in their request for a dance partner?

Perhaps their sex, the sex of the partner they are searching for, their age, what dance styles they are interested in finding a partner for, their experience level? Is there anything else that comes to mind?

Would people feel uncomfortable if this request was associated to their current userid? (This would allow people to respond by private messages - without sharing email addresses)

Feel free to comment.

MEMBER BLOGS WITH COMMENTS

Finally, we have also added member blogs. Log in and create your own blog entry for everyone to see. Write a little about yourself, or your dance adventures. Other members can then comment on your blog as well. Looking for a dance partner, or bought some great new dance shoes? This is the place to post it. You can post, edit, and delete your blog listings using the new item 'Members blogs' in the menu. You can also comment on others blog postings from there.

PRIVATE MESSAGING

We have also added private messaging. You can now send messages to other members and organizations on this site. All you need to know is their id. And you can message back and forth without revealing your real email address. Not only that; if you send a message and the person is not online, we'll automatically email them to let them know that there is a message waiting for them here! To manage all your messages and options, there is a new item in your menu: 'My messages'.