Author Archives: Chris Stock

eNeighbors for free?

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Neighborhoods now have the opportunity to offset the cost of their website by selling the sponsorship position on their public sign in page.

If you have a sponsor interested in advertising on your website, simply email us at ads@eneighbors.com with the following:

  1. Advertiser Contact Information
  2. Headline – maximum 25 characters
  3. Description Line 1 – maximum 35 characters
  4. Description Line 2 – maximum 35 characters
  5. Website URL: maximum 1024 characters

A sample ad is shown below:

Site Sponsor Example

For those neighborhoods that do not currently have a sponsor listed on your homepage, you may begin selling your space immediately. For those that currently have a sponsor listed, you will have to wait until the end of that sponsor’s current agreement before you can sell the position.

Below is an example of the sponsorship postion on the public sign in page:

Villas of St. Andrews

Product Update: Password Reset

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Not being able to sign into a website can be one of the most frustrating experiences online, which is why we’ve improved our password reset process to be as quick and simple as possible.

If you’re having trouble signing into your account, you can reset your password at http://www.eneighbors.com/forgotPassword.do. Simply enter your email address and we’ll send you an email with a link to reset your password. Click the link, enter a new password, enter it again to confirm and you’re done. We even automatically sign you in to your account after you reset your password to save you a few extra steps.

Here are a few other helpful tips if you’re still having trouble signing in:

  1. Make sure that you’re using the correct email address. Many times, you are entering the password correctly, but your email address isn’t correct.
  2. Make sure that caps lock is not on. I know, everybody knows this but it can still happen. I’ll admit I forget from time to time.
  3. When signing in, use your password and NOT your PIN. Your PIN is used to register new accounts associated with your street address. After your register, you will only use your password that you created.

If you’re still having trouble, don’t hesitate to email us at support@eneighbors.com for help.

Forgot Your Password?

Product Update: Email Your Neighbor

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Emailing your neighbors got a little easier this morning.

First, many residents have requested a way to save the messages that they send to their neighbors, so we’ve added the ability to email a copy of your message to yourself. In the screenshot below, you can see that there is a new checkbox called, “Send a copy of this email to me.” This is the default setting. If you don’t want a copy sent to you, simply uncheck the box.

Second, and more importantly, your email address will now be included in the email that you send to your neighbor so they can reply directly to you, without having to go back to the website.

And finally, we still do not display email addresses anywhere on the website in an effort to protect our users from SPAM and other unwanted email.

Email Your Neighbor

Our Kansas City Neighborhoods

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We have neighborhoods in 9 states now that range in size from 35 homes to 2300 homes. Our core market is the Kansas City metropolitan area. A list of neighborhoods that are currently online in the Kansas City area is provided below:

Arlington Park  (Olathe, KS) 
Autumn Ridge (Olathe, KS) 
Briarcliff West (Kansas City, MO) 
Communities of Northbrook (Kansas City, MO) 
Coves (Kansas City, MO) 
Coves North (Kansas City, MO)
Crimson Ridge (Shawnee, KS) 
Deer Creek (Overland Park, KS) 
Deerwalk (Shawnee, KS) 
Falcon Valley (Lenexa, KS) 
Forest View (Olathe, KS) 
Grey Oaks (Shawnee, KS) 
Highlands Ranch (Leawood, KS) 
Hills of Walden (Kansas City, MO) 
Homestead Woods (Lenexa/Olathe, KS) 
LeaBrooke (Leawood, KS) 
Links at LionsGate (Overland Park, KS) 
LionsGate (Overland Park, KS) 
Maple Brook Park (Olathe, KS) 
Nottingham by the Green (Overland Park, KS)
Nottingham Forest South (Overland Park, KS) 
Oak Park (Overland Park, KS) 
Oaks Ridge Meadows (Lee’s Summit, MO) 
Oxford Pointe (Overland Park, KS) 
Park Crossing (Overland Park, KS) 
Parkhill Manor (Olathe, KS) 
Parkhurst (Lenexa, KS) 
Parkwood Hills (Olathe, KS) 
Ravenwood Place (Olathe, KS) 
Regency By The Lake (Overland Park, KS) 
Riss Lake (Parkville, MO) 
South Hampton (Olathe, KS) 
Steeplechase (Leawood, KS) 
The Pavilions (Leawood, KS) 
Villas of St. Andrews (Olathe, KS) 
Westwoods (Liberty, MO) 
WhiteHorse  (Leawood, KS) 
Wilshire Farms (Overland Park, KS) 
Woodland Creek (Olathe, KS) 
Woodland Reserve (Lenexa, KS)

If your neighborhood is not online yet please check us out and/or request a demo. We love to hear from property managers, board member, residents, and interested parties.

Comments: Better when you can see them

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The commenting system is getting an upgrade tonight. By popular demand, we are adding a comment counter to our news postings that will be included in the eNewsletter so you know what news articles are getting the most comments and can join in on the conversation without having to check the site again and again.

Special thanks to Kim Goings at Level Five Solutions for getting this pushed out so quickly.

 Oh, I almost forgot. We also bumped the character limitation on comments from 500 to 1000, so you have more room to say what you want.

EveryBlock Launches

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EveryBlock launched today. A good overview of the site is available at TechCrunch.

Here in the Loop (Chicago) it works really well. It has good content and useful information and it’s laid out in a very hierarchical manner, which makes it easy to navigate and find information. There is virtually no learning curve to get used to the site.

As I played with the site, I found myself having fun reading about the missed connections in the area and seeing photos that people had taken in my zip code. At the same time, I was alarmed to find out about the aggravated battery with a knife incident that occurred a few blocks away. When I read about this crime and others like it, I found myself wanting to comment on it to provide or get more information.

Bottom-line: The site does a great job of aggregating information from other sites, but will it become the source of information as well by allowing users to directly contribute? I hope so. Congratulations to the team.

EveryBlock was one of the big winners of the Knight News Challenge in 2007. eNeighbors has applied for funding for 2008.