We've been hard at work at a major overhaul of the Acrobat Connect Pro Community Site, ConnectUsers.com. If you've visited the site recently you've probably seen many of the new features in action. In this article, you'll get an overview of how all the ways we've improved the site and how these enhancements are meant to help you become more successful with Connect Pro.

?

• New Look-and-Feel: The site has been given a completely new visual look.
• Improved Navigation: Second-level navigation items are included in the top navigation bar and contextual information is displayed on the right side of certain pages.
• Redesigned Homepage: We've rebuilt the homepage from the ground up so that you can quickly and easily keep up to date with all of the latest developments in the Connect Pro user community.
• Browse By Topic: Site content has all been tagged so that you can view all site content related to a specific topic regardless of what section it resides in.

?

The ConnectUsers.com Forums have a wealth of new features including the following:

• Site Wide Topic Integration: When posting you can now assign a site wide topic. A tagged forum post will display when you select from the list of site wide topics.
• Accepted Answer: You now have the ability to mark a response to your topic as the "Accepted Answer" so other users can better benefit from your learnings
• User Levels: Users are now assigned a member type based on how many posts they have submitted to the forums.
  • Greater than 250 Posts = Host
  • Greater than 100 Posts = Presenter
  • Greater than 5 Posts = Participant
  • Less than 5 Posts = New User
• Integration with Public Profiles: Now you can learn more about who is responding to your post or starting a new thread by clicking on their member name. Keep reading for more information on Public Profiles.
• Improved RSS: You can now subscribe to an RSS feed for a specific forum. RSS feeds now also include full message text so you don't need to navigate to the ConnectUsers.com site to see your response.
• New Forums: Utilize our new forums for Adobe Captivate, Event Management, as well as Suggestion Boxes where you can share product and site feature requests.

?

We've created a new area of the site called Community where you'll find User Group information, Member Directory, and more.

• Best Practices User Group: As part of an increased effort to create an ongoing conversation with our customers, we have launched the Best Practices User Group where every month, you'll hear from product experts talk about the topics you care about.
• Member Directory: Keeping in step with the social web, we have unveiled a member directory where you can find other Connect Pro users.
• Public Profiles: By default, all of your information is private, but you can complete a public profile containing information about your product usage, your industry, etc. and make it viewable to the rest of the community.
• Community Gallery: One of pillars of the community going forward is the sharing of information and best practices with each other. To facilitate this, we have created a Community Gallery where anyone can submit a recorded meeting, Presenter presentation, or anything Connect Pro related that you think others can learn from or that you just want to show off.

?

The News section remains largely unchanged, although if you have not been to the main news page in a while, then you probably have not noticed that we now provide direct access to blog postings on the Connect Pro Team Blog and Paresh Kharya's Blog on Adobe Presenter. Also, you can now subscribe to an RSS feed to make sure you are notified when new news items are posted. You'll also want to subscribe to our monthly newsletter which we'll be starting in in the next few months.

We've changed the way that we organize the Events area of the site and have included a new Recorded Events area where you'll be able to watch recorded user group meetings and other relevant content on demand.

?

The Learning Center is a super-section of the old Tutorials area of the site and includes two new areas Topic of the Month and Additional Resources.

• Topic of the Month: Keep growing your Connect Pro knowledge by staying on top of our always changing Topic of the Month. Each month we choose a specific topic and create a wealth of tutorials, downloads, and other items related to that topic.
• Tutorial Filtering: You can refine the list of tutorials listed by expertise level, or use the Browse by Topic feature to see tutorials listed by topic.
• Tutorial RSS Feed: You can now subscribe to an RSS feed to make sure you are notified when a new tutorial is posted.
• Additional Resources: Unable to find what you are looking for on ConnectUsers.com? Check out this comprehensive list of other resources you'll want to explore.

?

We hope that you enjoy these new features and that they help you better connect with the rest of the Connect Pro and Adobe Presenter community. As always we'd love to hear your feedback. You can post to the ConnectUsers.com Suggestion Box or drop us a line via the website feedback form.

?