Hey Yardbarkers, we will be doing some maintenance on the site tonight (Thursday, Jan 22) and it will be completely unavailable for a few hours. The maintenance will probably start around 11pm Eastern (8pm Pacific) and continue for a few hours. If you try to access the site while it's down, you'll see a maintenance message.
Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for continuing to visit the site!
-AlanaG
Hey Yardbarkers, it's time to get creative! Thanks to 1800clothes.com, we're going to be giving away 3 sets of 36 t-shirts, custom printed with your design! Just go to the link below, create your own Super Bowl party t-shirt design, and save it as "Yardbarker tee". You can upload your own custom images, or use the website's fonts and graphics to create your tee. Designs will be judged on humor, creativity and general awesomeness, and the winners will be chosen by Wednesday, January 14th (deadline extended) - so get your designs in soon!
One note: Please do not use any team logos or other copyrighted images. Any entries containing such images will be disqualified.
Some of you good folks in the Yard have asked for email-address-book integration, which we now support. If you've got a great story in the Yard and want to send it to all your friends, you can now access your Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and also AOL to make the process easier. The integration works for articles and also quizzes. So take the "Most Obese Coach in the NFL" quiz and then send it to your friends. http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/Most_Obese_Coach_in_the_NFL/399769 If you have any questions or additional feedback, please email feedback@yardbarker.com -- thanks! Andrew
Today we launched new widgets in the Yard. They feature the best content from the Yardbarker Network, which is our network of 600+ sports blogs. You can create your own custom widget by team or sport. You can also have a widget that features only content from the Backyard. These widgets can be used anywhere on the web that supports embed code. Test one out on your blog and let us know what you think. As always, we love hearing from everyone in the Yard. How can we make our widgets better? What kind of widgets would you like to see? Dewey PS: Visit the link to create your own widget.
Starting today we're awarding badges to those folks in the Yard who have completely filled out their profiles (and also have at least 25 fans). This badge will show up next to every comment that you post on the site. Everyone is eligible except for verified athletes, who already have a badge of their own. With this badge, you get... nothing. Except admiration from your fellow barkers in the Yard. And isn't that enough? To get the badge, you must be a registered user. When you're logged on, check your main header to track your progress. To achieve 100 percent, you need to: 1) Create an account 2) Select at least one favorite team 3) Upload a profile photo 4) Get 5, 10 and then 25 fans 5) Take a quiz 6) Edit your profile details 7) Select your favorite sport 8) Post a comment 9) Post an article, photo, quiz or list
