Remember how we had that great new feature that was coming "soon"?

Well, "soon" is now... though "feature" may have been an understatement.

It's actually a whole bundle of features, including...

Separate Online Buddy settings   Yes, the wait is finally over! The things you now share with your contacts, whether it's your content or profile information, may now be selectively shared (or not, if you choose) with your "Online Buddy" contacts. (Confused? Click here for a complete explanation.)
 


Flash-enhanced photo slideshows  Using our certifiably awesome Flash-based video player as a base, we've created a slick, optimized photo slideshow player. Find your favorite photo album and give it a try; it is nothing short of amazing. (Cool bonus thing: you can now embed slideshows of your photo albums elsewhere on the Interwebs, just like you can videos!)


Filter Inbox by your replies
  We've added a new filter to everyone's Inbox. It's called "I've Replied" – select it to filter your Inbox to only display content to which you've replied, making it easier to keep track of the conversations you're interested in. (As with all filters, click the "Custom" link you'll find near the top of your Inbox to set it.) In addition to this preset filter, there's a brand-new "only posts I've replied to" option that can be added to any custom filter.
 


Block HTML in your guestbook  The choice is yours – you can now choose to only allow others to leave text replies to your guestbook. Say good riddance to large, flashy, glittery animated images (and other paragons of tasteful, modern graphic design.) Unless, of course, you like that sort of thing. If you do, feel free to continue allowing them on your guestbook.


Easier social bookmarking  If you ever link to great content you find on Multiply using an outside "social bookmarking" service, you'll be pleased to know that we've replaced the old, individual bookmarking links with a simple, single link to an outside service responsible for keeping these links up to date. (Click the "Share" link you'll find under any post, followed by the "Add to" link.)

 
 

Photo album navigation beautification  You guys asked for it, and here it is. We've made navigating Multiply's great new (fasterer) photo albums more visually pleasing, making the text controls look like they actually belong on your page.


Fix for deleted guestbook replies
  If you've ever deleted a reply from your guestbook, are you tired of seeing "Comment deleted..." in its place? Us too. That's why we've come up with a pretty intelligent way to not display those... while also preserving the guestbook's reply pagination.


New contact imports  Actually, they're old... but new again! We're proud to welcome back our contact import tools for Myspace and Friendster. We've missed ya, ol' buddies.

Now, wasn't that both pretty soon and a lot more than you were expecting?

As always, let us know what you think of these features!

191 Comments
gutocps wrote on Feb 8
Filter Inbox by your replies
Wow!!! Finally a feature that I'm going to use a lot! Thank you, guys!

(Was I really the first to comment? :)
rachel70 wrote on Feb 8
Now, wasn't that was both pretty soon and a lot more than you were expecting?
Yes thank you- look forward to using some of them!
sarcastik1 wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8
I like the new slideshow but it has one flaw. There seems to be an inappropriately small area for the Photo title, even when viewing full screen. If the name of your photo isn't relatively short then it gets cut off.

The guestbook entry html block is a wonderful thing.
rezashakiba wrote on Feb 8
Block HTML in guestbook is wonderful, thanks :)
bluenotesorchestra wrote on Feb 8
I'm feeling fine on Multiply. :P
judiline wrote on Feb 8
Goodness! I just sent out re-invtes to all my online buddies to friends but only half of them replied so far :( Will that stop my online buddies from seeing what I post now? I run a christian site and its actually for everyone...
In Christ
Judiline
lamuerte wrote on Feb 8
Block HTML in guestbooks The choice is yours – you can now choose to only allow others to leave text replies to your guestbook. Say good riddance to large, annoying, flashy, animated images! (Unless you're into that sort of thing; feel free to continue allowing them on your guestbook.)
so how do we know if it is already being implemented?
pez wrote on Feb 8
Goodness! I just sent out re-invtes to all my online buddies to friends but only half of them replied so far :( Will that stop my online buddies from seeing what I post now? I run a christian site and its actually for everyone...
In Christ
Judiline
There's no need to move them from online-buddy to friend, unless you've been posting all of your content for "friends only". Having them in different categories now just gives you more options going forward.
everdred wrote on Feb 8
so how do we know if it is already being implemented?
It isn't unless you enable it. To do so, edit your Guestbook as you normally would ("Customize My Site" and click the appropriate "Edit" link) and enable the "Don't allow HTML in comments" option.
judiline wrote on Feb 8
Thank you pez. that is a relief :) Great!
In Christ
Judiline
wolvesandrainbows wrote on Feb 8
Luv this place !!
Thank you !!
arvinlexter wrote on Feb 8
I'm sooooooooo happy =D They look great
U guys are Innovators. Wooooooooooo
Thnx!!!
geekintx wrote on Feb 8
No glitter in my guestbook! Yeeehaa!
dantcer wrote on Feb 8
OH HAIL YEAH!! lol See what happens when I go offline with a migraine for day? lol

I should have more migraines? LOL


WAY TO GO!!!!
everdred wrote on Feb 8
dantcer said
I should have more migraines?
I vote yes.

(No pain, no gain. :)
anthony6 wrote on Feb 8
I like to multiply and eat icecream
danbirchall wrote on Feb 8
Yay! Some very useful features.
dantcer wrote on Feb 8
LOL Everett. Can I switch out the migraines for... a leg cramp perhaps? LOL
hanzrobin wrote on Feb 8
[Does several double back flips]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. No more HTML in the guestbook.

Not to mention all of the other goodies.
onlymissy wrote on Feb 8
Thanks so much for all these - the no HTML on guest book is my favorite... Again, thank you!
becca360 wrote on Feb 8
wow! thank you! No more giant glitter graphics...I could kiss you!
billydakid96 wrote on Feb 8
oh my gosh! it's finaly here!

and... and... there's none of those "comment deleted" stuff! way to go! I also love the No-HTML tag on guestbooks.

keep up the good work!
notfallingapart wrote on Feb 8
awesume thanxU!!


...thats how we roll =]


afterinfo wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8
Outstanding - Pure - Excellence Now I Know why I Stayed with Multiply
Cause of there Respect For The Member & Other Users......

The Xtra,s you have added are P E R F E C T....
Been watching Mr, P In the Multiply Video on my site over n over again * _ *
You Rock Dude.........

I Wish To Donate If & When Possible To The Multiply Cause...

p.s. -- Flys round n round the room.........
bluzone2087 wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8
Say good riddance to large, flashy, glittery animated images (and other paragons of tasteful, modern graphic design.) Unless, of course, you like that sort of thing. If you do, feel free to continue allowing them on your guestbook.
Block HTML in my guestbook? No thanks. It will be so boring.
lfom wrote on Feb 8
A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Thanks a lot, and keep up the excellent work. =)
luckebabe wrote on Feb 8
I'm impressed with multiply!!
stormkings wrote on Feb 8
Multiply is THE BEST!
alleycat20093 wrote on Feb 8
wow this all sounds really great and very nice
i just hope it doesn't mess up my css and my
page like it did the last time

this kind of stuff makes me nervous!
boyscout615 wrote on Feb 8
Multiply is so much nicer than a lot of other social networks. Am so happy to be here!
tintalasia wrote on Feb 8
I absolutely love the slide show feature. Very nifty! I will miss the ability to post a link or, say, italics in guestbooks, but it is a small price to pay for a well ordered and well laid out page.
puma1504 wrote on Feb 8
Multiply is not nicer only but SO DIFFERENT than anything else out there................. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
steviejae wrote on Feb 8
WOW!!!!!! I am so impressed...we got in early...this is gonna be the best place to be, if it isn't already! yipee!
tina34 wrote on Feb 8
Thank you guys..you are great...if I could I would give you a kiss and a hug!!....:D
meirav wrote on Feb 8
Add me to the list of very happy customers :-)

Thank you!
margypsie wrote on Feb 8
Thank you... you've made me feel quite at home! You really are brilliant at pleasing us, the users:) Thank you!
chelheartdon wrote on Feb 8
Clear all captions option for albums please!
coranewf wrote on Feb 8
Very awesome! I really am very happy with Multiply!!!
lfom wrote on Feb 8
Clear all captions option for albums please!
Sorry, where do you see it? All my albums doesn't have the text in upper case. Maybe your custom theme is causing this...
arizonanightowl wrote on Feb 8
I absolutely love the slide show feature. Very nifty! I will miss the ability to post a link or, say, italics in guestbooks, but it is a small price to pay for a well ordered and well laid out page.
I dont think you will lose this ability - unless the guestbook you are adding to, decided to use the "block html" - you have to choose it if you want to lose it

so I think you should be ok?
zebaron wrote on Feb 8
You guys just rocked my day. I am ecstatic at the ability to shut off HTML in the guestbook... giddy as a schoolgirl, even!
imacountrygirl wrote on Feb 8
Wow!!...I'm just....WOW!!! This is awesome...thank you Multiply!!!
jenny3jellybean wrote on Feb 8
THANK YOU!!!!



"Filter Inbox by your replies We've added a new filter to everyone's Inbox. It's called "I've Replied" – select it to filter your Inbox to only display content to which you've replied, making it easier to keep track of the conversations you're interested in. (As with all filters, click the "Custom" link you'll find near the top of your Inbox to set it.) In addition to this preset filter, there's a brand-new "only posts I've replied to" option that can be added to any custom filter."


Still wish we didn't have to jump through hoops to get to the filters - drop down on the inbox page would be great!!!

Keep up the good no great work!
crystalblue01 wrote on Feb 8
angelsbreath wrote on Feb 9
I've LOVED YAs from the start...~SMILES~

Thank Y/you A/all
kimmie littleone
joshmonkey wrote on Feb 9
LOL, I probably won't use most of those features, but I want to say thanks anyway, because you guys are so great at listening to what people want and responding to it. And I'm just SO HAPPY that the Guestbook comments are now showing as New notifications again! Yippee, Multiply are wonderful :D
6465 wrote on Feb 9
Wow! Thanks! Love you, Multiply! ^_^
nandalusi wrote on Feb 9
Hmm thanks a zillion multiply... I really like this place... more features and great people are here
studlydudly wrote on Feb 9
coooooool thanks
bindra wrote on Feb 9
Thank you.
lamuerte wrote on Feb 9
the Guestbook comments are now showing as New notifications again
err..yes..but try posting comments to your own guestbook..it doesn't show up as new notifications..still grey in colour..or is it mine only?..
nicnuydz2420 wrote on Feb 9
Fix for deleted guestbook replies If you've ever deleted a reply from your guestbook, are you tired of seeing "Comment deleted..." in its place? Us too. That's why we've come up with a pretty intelligent way to not display those... while also preserving the guestbook's reply pagination.
Uhh, how do you use this?
:D
thedudeoforkut wrote on Feb 9
Yay! Some very useful features.
zOMG! Multiply made Dan happy! The villagers rejoice!
dangermouse007 wrote on Feb 9
You guys are too cool, now, can we have tick boxes next to the entries in our "inbox" so that we can delet a whole load at once instead of only one at a time?
Ta muchly!
yuri2nd wrote on Feb 9
another job well done from multiply... alavet!!!
citybreezes wrote on Feb 9
Well this is the place to be "Multiply"......... great team who listen to our requests, and come up Trumps every time.

Thank you all you great folk at Multiply
rruzie wrote on Feb 9
Double thumbs up!! Now let me go check what you're talking about!!
Thank you!!!
irianithewitchnz wrote on Feb 9
Thank you so much for the "block HTML in your guestbook" thingy. I love it already!!! That was the Best Thing.
guest4second wrote on Feb 9
Ty so much for every thing, I'm feeling pretty good of being on Multiply.
kcajcauorek wrote on Feb 9
this is the bomb...
mythicalgargoyle wrote on Feb 9
RIGHT ON
ohbingung wrote on Feb 9
nice. thanks
cristinateixeira wrote on Feb 9
Touché!
You are the first, you are the best, you are number one!
Thank you guys!
redeyewire wrote on Feb 9
great info...
kekekinilow wrote on Feb 9
Fantastic one.....I love it.....Thanx multiply.......Ur the best.
bindra wrote on Feb 9
err..yes..but try posting comments to your own guestbook..it doesn't show up as new notifications..still grey in colour..or is it mine only?..
Of course it doesn't. Do you think that you need that?
To remind yourself that you JUST commented on your own guestbook? :-)
lamuerte wrote on Feb 9
bindra said
Of course it doesn't. Do you think that you need that?
To remind yourself that you JUST commented on your own guestbook? :-)
oh..ok3x..just to ensure though..sorry..but still..it shows blue colour once only..initially..
subsequent new comments still show up in grey colour..;/
tejasmidget wrote on Feb 9
Love the photo slideshow! The new posting options are great too, one thing more would make it perfect....... A checkbox in the custom filter settings to exclude online buddies would be a welcome shortcut.
stefnee11 wrote on Feb 9
I love the new privacy options with the Online Buddy settings... and... thank you thankyou thankyou for letting me block the html in my guestbook!!!! *does a little Anti-graphics jig*

:)
aprilthirteen wrote on Feb 9
Coolness. :D Thanks for these. Multiply's the best. :D
albertbcs wrote on Feb 9, edited on Feb 9
can you bring back the download thing????even if the only one who can download is our contact????plzZ...or just put a feature where we can hear the playlist on multiply.....
tess1959 wrote on Feb 9
Sorry but this is off topic.....But when I use the "custom theme" with my own picture to download, why is the picture so large. This was never a problem for me before. Even using the same picture. Someone help me PLEASE.....
lamuerte wrote on Feb 9
Sorry but this is off topic.....But when I use the "custom theme" with my own picture to download, why is the picture so large. This was never a problem for me before. Even using the same picture. Someone help me PLEASE.....
gutocps wrote on Feb 9
Touché!
You are the first, you are the best, you are number one!
Oh Cristina, THANK YOU!

(I guess you're talking about me, since I was the first to comment! lol ;-)
lamuerte wrote on Feb 9
Sorry but this is off topic.....But when I use the "custom theme" with my own picture to download, why is the picture so large. This was never a problem for me before. Even using the same picture. Someone help me PLEASE.....
jedimaster10 wrote on Feb 9
lfom said
Sorry, where do you see it? All my albums doesn't have the text in upper case. Maybe your custom theme is causing this...
i think she's talking about having NO caption at all. if you delete the photo's file name and click save, as in when you're in the edit mode of a photo album, the file name's still there! ie: 100_123.jpg
auto-delete captions would be a nice bonus too.
jedimaster10 wrote on Feb 9, edited on Feb 9
Flash-enhanced photo slideshows Using our certifiably awesome Flash-based video player as a base, we've created a slick, optimized photo slideshow player. Find your favorite photo album and give it a try; it is nothing short of amazing. (Cool bonus thing: you can now embed slideshows of your photo albums elsewhere on the Interwebs, just like you can videos!)
With the new feature, you can't click on a pic and reply to it anymore can you? That's why i use slideshow in the first place!
EDIT:
i meant, you have to go to the album and click on the thumbnail to reply to that one pic. Unlike before you can go to slideshow and clicking on an image will directly take you to the thumbnail so you can post a reply.
Very small issue but all in all i am happy with the upgrades.
lfom wrote on Feb 9
i think she's talking about having NO caption at all. if you delete the photo's file name and click save, as in when you're in the edit mode of a photo album, the file name's still there! ie: 100_123.jpg
auto-delete captions would be a nice bonus too.
Oh, I see... But them if all photos have no caption at all how one would refer to them? And I think that the options to order photos need a caption also...
icecast wrote on Feb 9
Multiply is the best!!!
enniarief wrote on Feb 9
THANK YOU!!
babatngon wrote on Feb 9
Well done y'all! Keep it up!
Thanks...;-)
dantcer wrote on Feb 9
One of THE MOST impressive upgrades yet!!! (Of many!)
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saiavatara wrote on Feb 9, edited on Feb 9
pez said
There's no need to move them from online-buddy to friend, unless you've been posting all of your content for
I see. But tell me about it please Pez; There are many kind people that add me and I don´t know anything about them. they wish to be my friends and choose "friend" in the invitation. But I don´t want to take risks about their contents appearing to the ones I really know. And don´t want to be unkind to them declining their invitation without a reason.
I asked you for a feature, in the moment of accepting as invitation, like:

"""sunset2008 invites you to be his friend"""

And you have these options:

*accept
*decline
*accept sunset2008 as ONLINE BUDDY


and another feature related to this issue, downgrading the now "friends" that we don´t want to delete but don´t want to have them properly as "friends", because they may like to post improper posts every now and then.

Could you please consider this point !

Thank you for your attention. May all the world be happy! Sairam!
chantal86 wrote on Feb 9
THANKS for the the option about the guestbook being bombarded with graphic comments. rarr


icky icky glitters. :|
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joyce181147 wrote on Feb 9
wow you have done it again..it gets better here all the time...thanks multiplym team.. you are awsum........
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lamuerte wrote on Feb 9
everitime us get new coment the guessbook shoold be blue agin
that shd b e way..yes..
gutocps wrote on Feb 10
I asked you for a feature, in the moment of accepting as invitation, like:

"""sunset2008 invites you to be his friend"""

And you have these options:

*accept
*decline
*accept sunset2008 as ONLINE BUDDY
Yes, that would be great!

As for the ability to downgrade friends to online buddies, this feature already exists: just go to your Contacts page, click on the selected contact's headshot and in the menu that pops up you'll find the option you need: "Change Relationship"
maryfaliha wrote on Feb 10
Thank you so much for the "block HTML in your guestbook" thingy. I love it already!!! That was the Best Thing.
I knew Iri would love this feature. LOL.
keir32 wrote on Feb 10
Sounds impressive
theoriginalgirly wrote on Feb 10
yay! Love these features!! :)
koishii17 wrote on Feb 10
wonderful new features :) i especially like the Photo Album navigation thing =)
bluzone2087 wrote on Feb 10, edited on Feb 10
can you bring back the download thing????even if the only one who can download is our contact????plzZ...or just put a feature where we can hear the playlist on multiply.....
I agree with you! We want downloading and sharing of our music files back! This is what makes this site unique! Now that this feature is removed (temporarily), I hope that they will bring it back, but please, no third party service that will handle this feature! Only Multiply and Multiply alone can provide that kind of service, and not Mercora. I admit, that 30-40% of my music collection are from personal and group pages of Multiply alone.
And let me reiterate this message by one of the groups that I've joined: Sharing (music) is not stealing!

Edit: I hope Mr. Pez will be irritated by this blog entry below, and I agree with it: The Mike Abundo Effect - Filipinos: Scr*w Multiply, Use Friendster
luluone wrote on Feb 10
How can you be so smart? what do you eat? hehe
thanks a lot awesome MP
lamuerte wrote on Feb 10
I agree with you! We want downloading and sharing of our music files back! This is what makes this site unique! Now that this feature is removed (temporarily), I hope that they will bring it back, but please, no third party service that will handle this feature! Only Multiply and Multiply alone can provide that kind of service, and not Mercora. I admit, that 30-40% of my music collection are from personal and group pages of Multiply alone.
And let me reiterate this message by one of the groups that I've joined: Sharing (music) is not stealing!

Edit: I hope Mr. Pez will be irritated by this blog entry below, and I agree with it: The Mike Abundo Effect - Filipinos: Scr*w Multiply, Use Friendster
i don't think its nice of you to say that ..bluzone..
here you are ..a Multiply user n now quoting the link there..
y not we all gather our support to Multiply cos of what they are facing with EMI now instead?
let us just hope everything will be resolved soon..
sutara wrote on Feb 10
Way cooler than before!!!! Thx a lot!
dantcer wrote on Feb 10
I have a suggestion. Let's offer a REWARD for any thread at the Staff Blog that actually stays on topic. lol
stormkings wrote on Feb 10
Great updates, thank you! :)
jadedlady wrote on Feb 10
I'm loving all these new features and the way Multiply makes this site a fun place to be!
maryahlity wrote on Feb 10
Wow this is so nice, thanks for this new features.
vegas1love wrote on Feb 10