The Staga Network is currently seeking endorsements, sponsorships and possibly advertising deals.

If you or your company would like to sponsor us in any way, please contact me and let me know what you would like to do.  I would like to place your logo and\or link on our home page as a way of thanking you for your sponsorship.

Your contribution will be used to help in my efforts to advertise The Staga Network, in hopes of driving more traffic to the site.  This ultimately will help us gain more members which will make the Communities more productive, and help the environment.

I am currently only accepting offers from companies with a clear Green initiative.

After more than an entire year of development, I am proud to publicly release version 2.0 of The Staga Network!

I have completely recreated The Staga Network from scratch to ensure a quick and smooth experience for all of The Staga Network’s members. This gave me the opportunity to add many new features while improving some of the existing ones.

For those of you who do not know what The Staga Network is, here is a little information:

The Staga Network is an online community that allows you to connect with the people in your neighborhood for the purpose of swapping and trading items with one another. It is a great opportunity to get rid of the things you no longer use, while benefiting someone else by giving it to them for free. As a byproduct of this concept, you will improve the environment and make the Earth a better place by eliminating unnecessary trash.

For the new release, I have added a number of features that are designed to help make The Staga Network a better community. Some of those new features are:

1. a Feedback link located on every page, making it easier than ever to let us know what you think about the website. You can use this to submit bug reports, make suggestions, or anything you can think of.
2. ability to import your address book from several different e-mail services when you Invite your family and friends. This makes it easier than ever to spread the word to everyone you know!
3. friends lists so you can stay up to date on your favorite members’ activity. You’ll always know immediately when that person has something to give away.
4. the ability to create a member profile for yourself, and view other members’ profiles as well. In addition to displaying a customized “About Me” section, member profiles show all of a member’s recent activity, their friends list, communities they belong to, and allow for other members to leave comments on their profile.
5. a revamped messaging system which now allows you to send messages to other members from almost any page on the site.

Additionally, many changes were made behind the scenes to speed up The Staga Network so the pages load quicker, etc.

I hope that all of these changes and fixes help make The Staga Network a better place, and like always, I ask that you help spread the word to your family & friends so that we may continue to grow.

If you haven’t noticed, it has been a long, long time since The Staga Network received any changes or upgrades.

I have been spending the last few months giving the website a complete overhaul. Essentially rewriting the code from scratch has allowed me to pinpoint all of the little bugs that have surfaced in the past and eliminate them for good.

I have also been able to add some extra features such as…

1. Friends lists
2. Community search
3. A number of page re-designs
4. More control over your posts
5. A new media manager for your post pictures
6. A robust messaging system
7. A more aesthetically pleasing site design
8. A faster experience
9. A feedback system so you can tell me what needs fixing
10. Member profiles
11. A set of slick special effects

I will be posting some screen shots of the new features soon and I will release the new website very very soon - I am trying to keep on schedule with a May 2008 release date.