If Image Filtering is enabled, all images in Link Previews come through MyOwnSite.

This means your only connection for news feeds and previews is to MyOwnSite. For employers tracking internet usage, it's often better to show visits to a single site than to 10's or 100's simply because you're viewing a few news articles....

Link Previews are popup windows that allow you to view more information about an article.

They load very quickly, and often times give enough information that you don't end up having to visit the website the article is actually from....

Added history page to make reporting of updates much easier. It's available at http://www.MyOwnSite.us/history/

Most recently added enhancements are:
Added Automated caching of popular feeds to improve user response
Added Recently Clicked Links feed module for user logged in
Added Popular Links feed module for user logged in
Added Mirroring to backup site - http://www.MyNewsFeeds.net - mirrors database every 30 minutes
Added Email link functionality - emailing adds to link popularity
Added Recent...

Adding and removing Bookmarks no longer requires reloading the site. Simply add or delete a Bookmarks, and the module will refresh itself....

All module activity is now done via the [+ Add New Modules] link at the top right corner of the site.

There are many feeds pre-populated in dropdown boxes for you to choose from, relating to news, sports, recipes, entertainment, etc. Simply choose the one you wish to add and click the Add button.

Bookmarks, Weather, and other module additions are handled there as well. Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think of the updates....

MyOwnSite has undergone what can only be described as a mini-overhaul. From a high level, here's what's been improved/added:

1) Large portions of the code have been cleaned up
It's still not as tidy as I'd like it to be, but a bunch of legacy code has been removed and some of the remaining code has been made more efficient.

2) Rearranged layout
All of the add-content boxes have been moved from the bottom of the pages to the top, and subsequently hidden. To add modules, rename tabs, mass-move m...

A Bookmarklet is now available for adding new Bookmarks to MyOwnSite.

What does it do? It's a Bookmark (Firefox)/Favorite (Internet Explorer) that you can click when you are on a website you'd like to add to your MyOwnSite Bookmarks.

After logging in, near the top left of the screen, you should see some text indicating how to add the bookmarklet to your Bookmarks/Favorites. In Internet Explorer, be sure to add it to your "Links" and make sure your "Links" toolbar is showing at the top of IE.
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A new email module has been added to MyOwnSite. Simply fill in the necessary information, and it will add the module to whatever Tab you're currently on. The module refreshes automatically every 5 minutes, so you're never behind on communication. This should be great for checking personal email accounts while at work or away from home.

Currently, only standard POP3/IMAP accounts are supported. Gmail support should arrive soon....

For anyone with lots of bookmarks (like me) there should now be a very noticeable performance improvement in loading the module. Let us know if you notice anything unusual with it....

Special thanks to Joud Mansour who contributed a new weather script to MyOwnSite. To see the new weather module, just add a new one to one of your tabs.

The updated module now displays images indicating weather conditions at a glance.

Thanks for the script Joud!...