Many new exciting new features and upgrades have been taking place on Zymmetrical recently, so much so we have been hardly able to keep up on communications about what has been updated. Here is a quick summary of recent changes:

1. Site layout changed to full-screen width to please designers with large screens

2. Completely new social interaction system, example visible here. Some highlights from this system include:

* Twitter Integration - optionally add your Twitter account info (no worries, fully encrypted and secure) and whenever you enter an entry in the "Journal" it will automatically post it to Twitter too.
* Groups and Profiles - Make your own groups and add friends and associates, highly customizable profile fields
* Private Messaging - New and improved, with instant popup new message notification across the site
* Unique Privacy Settings - You can share as much or as little info as you like, every profile field has multiple options for privacy
* Accept, Reject or Ignore - Full control over who you interact with
* Advanced Member Profile Search - More options, faster connections
* Photo gallery - Easy to use, post and share images
* Activity Feeds - See who is doing what in realtime
* Unique Web Addresses (coming soon) - Get a pretty vanity URL like "www.zymmetrical.com/yourusername/"

There is really too much to list here, and we are still in progress with rolling this out and integrating it throughout the site, so have a look and stay tuned!

3. Improved suggestion box at http://zymmetrical.uservoice.com. Have an idea for improvements or pet peeve with an existing site feature? Quickly and easily get your idea documented, and voted on by other members. See something in there you like? Vote it up!

4. New Blog system at www.zymmetrical.com/blog/. Nothing revolutionary here but it was getting lonely on the old blog system, so we have now added Comments, Trackbacks and some other features essential for a healthy blogging experience.

5. Weekly email sales report is now available in the Sales Manager. If you would like other kinds of reports, just drop an idea in the suggestion box.

6. Two exciting projects going on behind the scenes in our Labs, not much can be shared at this point other than they are all ground-breaking and great for Artists. Check back on the Labs page soon for a preview of these projects.

We are excited to introduce two great new improvements to getting paid at Zymmetrical:

1. Scheduled payments to your Zymmetrical Prepaid Debit MasterCard®.

It's fast, secure and offers you the most flexibility with your money. Once you have registered your card, we send you your money automatically on the 15th of each month, when you have a minimum of $20 in owed earnings.

Apply today by going to your Sales Manager page, clicking 'Payouts' and selecting the 'Payoneer prepaid Mastercard' option. Start getting paid faster while cutting the costs associated with other methods of payment.  Other benefits include:

• Use everywhere MasterCard® is accepted - online and at any point of sale

• Withdraw cash from any ATM - in your local currency.

• Your funds are secure. As long as the PIN stays uncompromised, your funds are MasterCard protected even if your card is lost or stolen. A replacement card will be mailed to you and the balance transferred.  

• No bank account needed

• Online access to your account, payments, balance and transaction history 24/7

We are excited to offer you this new method to receive and manage your payments, making Zymmetrical a better place to do business. 

For questions about the Prepaid Debit MasterCard®, contact Payoneer:

Live assistance: www.payoneer.com
Email: support@payoneer.com
Voice: Within the United States:   1-800-251-2521 x2
          Outside the United States: 1-847-461-1386 x2



2. Scheduled payments to your Paypal account.

No more having to make 'Money Requests' in Paypal. Now simply register your Paypal email account address in the 'Payouts' section of your Sales Manager , and we will automatically send you your owed earnings on the 15th of each month, when your account has a minimum of $10 in it. Easier for you, easier for us.

Other recent improvements..

So.. keep in touch!

Our Message Forums just got an extensive overhaul, with the goal to make it an absolutely comfortable place to communicate in - whether it's a suggestion or question about the site directed at us, or shooting the breeze with fellow Creatives.  

What is shiny and new:

- New search capabilities multiple filter and criteria options. 

- Points and rewards system.

- Improved forum navigation with AJAX Printer friendly option for topics.

- Email topic to a friend.

- Tag topics with keywords.

- Who’s Online with up to the minute accuracy.

- Improved upload capabilities for topic attachments.

- Use Quick Reply to quote multiple replies from multiple pages.

- Quickly jump to first unread post or the last post of a topic.

- Option to hide avatars and signatures of other users.

- Improved topic status capabilities.

- Improved method for creating polls.

- Improved support for mobile devices.

- Email notifications are sent as plaintext and html.

- CAPTCHA support to prevent spam from anonymous users.

- Automatically detect URLs in posts and convert to links.

- Automatically reduce the size of extra long links.

- Numerous performance improvements.

If you haven't participated yet, come on down and get involved - Zymmetrical thrives on your individual expertise and personality.