Welcome Volleyball Lovers

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Seasons Greetings,

With the holidays upon us yet again, we wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.

Sincerely,
VBLIStaff

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Official VBLI Member Blogs

Each member can now create their own blog. You will be able to manage your blog in every aspect. Below you will find some but now all of great features in our new system:

• Settings
  You can customize how your blog works here. Many options here will set the defaults for every entry. Also, you can edit their blog style, category, and also specify whether or not they want a private blog.
• Manage Blocks
  Here, you will be able to edit the blocks that they are able to have on their blog. See the blocks section.
• Manage Entries
  This is where users can see many of their entries at once, and perform tasks such as editing, deleting, setting multiple entries to private, drafts, or stick them.
• Manage Comments
  Users can view all of the comments posted in reply to their entries. Depending on permissions, they will be able to edit, delete, and perform any other administrative tasks.

Like most blog systems, we allow users to have "blocks". Blocks are user-customizable sections that appear to the side of their blog. There are 3 types of blocks

• Simple Blocks
  These blocks contain one form element, and based on how the administrator has set up the block, it appears in the block. This is typically used for something like an "About Me" block.
• Complex Blocks
  These blocks contain can contain many pieces of data. The administrator can specify which columns (form elements) the block has, and also how many rows of data the user can enter. How this data is presented is completely up to the administrator. Some example blocks would be: "Favorite Websites", "Favorite Songs", etc. Each block basically acts as its own table of data!
• Content Blocks
  These blocks contain a template, and PHP code. These are the most common blocks, and the most flexible. The archives, calendar, favorite entries, (etc) are all generated using these blocks.

Key Blocks

• Calendar
  Shows the current month on a calendar, and any day where you have entries becomes a link to see entries posted on that day. Users may also browse by month.
• Monthly Archives
  Lists every month/year combination where you have posted entries, and shows the number of entries posted. Clicking on the date will show entries posted in that time period.
• Categories
  Lists all of the categories which you have used, and how many entries were in each. Like the archives, clicking on a prefix will show all entries posted in that category.
• About Me
  Allows users to enter some personal information about themselves.

Entries Of course, a blog system is nothing without entries!

• Private Entries
  Users can create private entries, which would prevent non-buddies from viewing it. You may also give out permission to view private entries.
• Sticky Entries
  Users can 'stick' an entry, as you would a thread. It will appear at the top of their blog until they unstick it.
• Draft Entries
  Users can post entries as draft entries, which would make it invisible to everyone but themself. They can either publish it manually, or set an auto-publish date.
• Rate Entries
  Users can rate entries, so everyone can easily tell the good from the bad! This is also shown in the top entries area.
• Send to Friends
  Users can Send send links to entries to their friends!
• Subscriptions
  Bloggers can subscribe to other bloggers' entries, so they can recieve email notification (instant, daily, or weekly) when any new comments are made.
• Favorite Entries
  Users can add an entry to their favorites! Favorites will stand out when viewing blogs, and the entries which are favorited by the most users will show up in the top entry statistics.
• See Who is Viewing
  Optionally, you can have the users who are viewing an entry or blog listed at the bottom.
• Syndication
  All of your and entries will also have highly configurable RSS feeds, which you can add to Myspace or other systems.
• Categories
  Users can categorize their entries to any site-wide categories, and also any user-created entries if they have permission. You can browse by category, as well as narrow results (even in the feeds)!

Click Here To Get Started

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Did you know that once you create your very own Blog you can check a the box at the end of any "New Thread" (Send a copy of this post to your Blog as a new entry) and it will be added directly to your Blog.

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Players,

We just posted the Yankee Region - CCRI - 01-07-2007 Pictures, Click Here.

We are always looking for some great shots from your leagues and or tournements. We all to often get requests to shoot events at locations all over the country, however it's impossiable to photograph every event. Therefore we always look for people that have a camera and want to share their volley experiences with other players. If you are one of these people and can take at least one-hundred pictures or more per-event let us know via the "Contact Us" link and you can become an Offical "VBLI SHOOTER".

See you one the court,
VBLIStaff

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Players,

Over the past few weeks we have received several suggestions on additional features and functionality to our community. With this latest batch up updates you now have more colors and styles to choose from.

We have redesigned the layouts and implemented something called global templates. This means your look and feel will remain the same as your browse all areas of VBLI.COM. The best part is you will have more color choices, look at the lower left hand corner of the any VBLI page and you will see the famed "Quick Style Chooser", simply select your favorite color.

There's much more to come!

See you soon.....
VBLIStaff

[Glenn]

VBLI GOES OUTTATOWN - THE ADVENTURE BEGINS - 04/21/2007

Last year Luis Garrido the owner of Outtatown Productions located in Phoenix Arizona invited VBLI to attend their semi annual Rocky Point Mexico tournament. Little did I know what this amazing man had in store when making his invitation! Luis has done it yet again, and is inviting us down yet again. We have a list of people already attending are you coming?

Click Here For A Recap of The Last Event

Pictures From The October 11th 2006 Trip

Information and Discussion About The April 21st 2007 Trip

Direct Link To Outtatown Event Web Site

[revjim27]

After hearing so many great things about last time I'm already putting in OT so I can bank some $$ for it.

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Attention Players,

VBLI recently launched ProjectVolleyball.com! We are continuing to add features, however, please take a minute to place "Your Mark" on the map. At this time only registered VBLI members can post their mark, this prevents spam. Not registered click here, It's Super fast and 100% free!

Regards,
-VBLIStaff

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Players,


Please join us in welcoming two of VBLI's newest Moderators:

StephieJean18 - She's has single handedly increased the VBLI membership by over fifty members in the past two weeks. She has taken it upon herself to become an active part of VBLI. We were honored when she excepted the title of moderator.


BHitterDPasser - Our staff became first met this fine gentlemen during our trip to Mexico last year. With an abnormally high jump, great playing attitude and always gets involved his continued contribution to the site, VBLI and the VB community have been noted.

Sincerely,
-VBLIStaff

[StephieJean18]

like i've said, dame otro tequila. i'm in.