The more people who use Wetpaint, the more ideas we get on how to make Wetpaint even better -- thanks! Here's a quick update on the newest features, great sites, and people making Wetpaint the most colorful place to be online.

New Features Inspired by Wetpaint Users

It has been a busy month of development at Wetpaint. Check out these new features:

Page Templates
You can now create pre-formatted page templates for your site -- simply click the "Save as a Template" button in the EasyEdit toolbar to save the page's formatting as a reusable template. Or select from the menu of starter templates to create a photo gallery, weekly or monthly calendar, event invitation, and more.

Spell Check
Cut down on spelling errors on your Wetpaint site. Select the Spell Check button on the EasyEdit toolbar. It will highlight any questionable spelling on the page in yelow. Click on a highlighted word to get a list of suggested corrections.

Change Who Can Contribute
Now you can easily change the permissions scheme defining who can contribute to your Wetpaint site. Go to "Settings" in the upper right-hand corner of your site, then click "Who Can Contribute." Confirm you want to change the setting, and you'll be given three options:

1. Everyone can contribute, even anonymously
2. Anyone can contribute who has a Wetpaint account; or
3. Only people I invite can contribute.

Select your desired choice and follow the steps to confirm your new setting. Note: Depending on which permission scheme you choose, users could have more or less access to your site than before. To avoid confusion, we recommend adding a message about the permission change to your home page.

Email Your Address Book
It's now even easier to tell everyone you've ever known about your Wetpaint site. When you click "Invite others" in the Page Toolbox, you'll be given the option to upload email contacts from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, or Plaxo accounts.

Rename The Home Page
When you started your Wetpaint site, the first page was automatically titled Home. You can now rename it by accessing the Moderator Toolset menu and selecting "Rename."

Easily Promote Your Site
We've created Wetpaint buttons and images that you can use in your email and forum signatures or on your blog. Check them out by adding 'promote' to the end of your Wetpaint site URL. Example: http://yourwetpaintsitename.wetpaint.com/promote

An Improved Moderator Lounge
Do you have questions about how to make your Wetpaint site more successful? Do you wonder how to drive more traffic to your site? For answers to questions like these, and to connect with others who are building Wetpaint sites, visit the Moderator Lounge.

Wetpaint Site of the Month

My Hyattsville is a sitefor the residents of Hyattsville, MD, a town located about a mile from Washington, DC. The good folks of Hyattsville are using their Wetpaint site to engage in discussion, post pictures, and pass along local business recommendations. Check out their site and if you're in the area on August 17, be sure to attend Hyattsville's Teddy Bear Parade starting at 6:30pm. Do you have a great site you want to nominate for Wetpaint Site of the Month? Send us a note about it to info@wetpaint.com.

Wetpaint Contributor of the Month

Our first Wetpaint Contributor of the Month acknowledgement goes to JeremyLego who is a moderator on Brickiwiki, a site for Adult Fans of LEGO. Since joining the community, JeremyLego has made more than 225 contributions, including building an amazing gallery of LEGO creations. JeremyLego was nominated by fellow Brickiwiki moderator ACottrell. Be sure to check out all the LEGO action over at Brickiwiki.

Is there a special someone making extra-special contributions to your site? Send us their story to info@wetpaint.com.

That's all for now.
See you next month and thanks again for giving Wetpaint a whirl!

The Wetpaint Crew