Hello fellow IHMers,

We’re writing you today to let you know about the release of some new features including one of our best features so far.

Organize your life with our New Collection
The first feature is, of course, the new collection management tool that you have gotten to preview over the last week.  If you haven’t figured out by now, with this tool you’ll be able to easily manage your  entire electronic collection (all the films and tv shows you have rated).  We added searching, sorting, formatting and mass editing to the collection utility.  The new collection tool should also be much faster for those (after loading) with a slower connection as we will be processing updates in the background.  If you haven’t check it out, all you need to do is login and visit the collection page.

Show off your collection with the Flare Page
We have also created some nice “flare” for your personal pages that you can use to link back to your collection or profile.  If you check out the flare page,  you will be taken to the page offering all the different banner and image options along with code to place them on your blog, website or Myspace page.  Feel free to put these on your pages to let people know how much you love movies.

Catch your movie news on the Movieblog
While we have not done much as far as publication for this next addition, it has been around for a few months.  We have been writing about movies and movie news everyday (along with some great contributors) over on the IHM Movieblog.  This blog allows you to get some sneak peeks at trailers, on set pictures or movie news in general.  If you are a fan of movies and like to read or talk about them, you should check out the Movieblog.

Let your voice be heard, Write for Us!
We’re looking to get even more people’s opinions and thoughts on movies heard.  If you think you can write about movies or are that person in your group of friends always spreading movie news, you’re perfect for our blog.  If you think you are up to it, let us know.

Get your changes made when you Contact us!
We spend a lot of time behind the scenes making updates and changing things for the better.  If you are confused or have questions about how something works, feel free to contact us.  We also are always open to hearing ideas or suggestions you have about our site (so much so that we have even created a special ideas email address for you to pass them to us).  And of course, you can always reach us via IHM messages.  See the about page to find the admin’s pages.

Thanks for all your support,
The IHM Staff

Always wanted to link to your collection on IHM or your IHM profile but didn’t know how?  Well, now we’ve simplified that for you.  If you’ve got a myspace account, blog, website or you want something in your forum signature, we’ve created a tool that allows you to choose an image (we’re calling them flare) and it gives you the code to put it wherever.  You can choose your flare image, where you want to link and even the text that shows up when someone hovers over the image.  If you’re interested in putting some buttons around, check out our Flare page.

Also, as a small side note, we’re wrapping up the last bits of collection as we speak.  We’re hoping to have it finished with bug testing and final features by the end of May for an early June release.  If you’re interested in helping test, please let us know.