I will present you now imvucodes 5 which will be released on 17th of September 2009. It is now about the fifth version of imvucodes within the past 2.5 years and there is a lot new in this version!

Code community: imvucodes 5 exists of a community containing users and groups where user can join to. Everyone can create an own group.

User content: It is now possible for every IMVU user to make up own content at imvucodes. The content can be attached to a group (that you own or manage) and then it is only accessable inside the group.

Image upload: The image upload is finally back! Also images can be attached to a group and the group can be used as gallery then.

Depending on your status at IMVU you have an upload limitation. This value maybe increased in future or on demand. For example, if you own your avatarname (means without Guest_ in front of it) and you are an active content creator you will be allowed to upload up to 260 pictures.

Notifications: This is now a main part of imvucodes 5 that helps you to keep track on updated codes and happenings on imvucodes. imvucodes 5 has implemented three types of notifications. First, there is a typical mail notification, which means you will get a mail when imvucodes updates a main code or a code of a group you are member of updates a code. The same is possible for images. These notification settings can be changed in your account settings. Mail notification will only work if you once verified your email address (typical opt-in mail).

Second, the page shows MacOS-like growl notifications in the lower bottom top right part of the browser when something happens on imvucodes. This news system shows who just logged in, added a code, created a group and even if someone joined a group. Third and last, imvucodes 5 allows you to get mail notifications as push messages onto your iPhone or iPod Touch using Prowl.

Prowl is an app from the AppStore which usually acts as growl plugin on MacOS systems in order to get growl messages as push notifications when you are away from your Mac. Prowl also offers an open API to communicate with. This means: when you provide your Prowl API-Key in your account settings it will send you these notifications directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Advertisement: The past (current) version of imvucodes was overwhelmed with requests of adding user banners for products and pages that are IMVU related. Therefor imvucodes 5 has an improved and better way to add your banner right into the right spot. At the moment there are four banner spots on imvucodes 5. Two of them are rated at 0.1 credit per view (which may change some time) and the other two are completely free to use. Please note: Banners will of course be checked before set active and also you have to request to take part in the banner network of imvucodes 5 before you can upload your own.

Accounts: imvucodes 5 completely relies on the OpenID verification concept. OpenID is a way to login over a second website (in this case IMVU) to gain the information that you are the one that owns the account you want to log in to at imvucodes 5. This makes sure you share your password in no way with imvucodes (just your avatarname) and allows imvucodes 5 to make the page exclusivly for IMVU users.

More sneak-preview pictures:

Her products are unique and funny, as an example we would like to present Pattisier Apron which mainly looks like a female cook

With almost 2000 (yes, twothousand) public clothing products its a huge catalog with like 99% product for female avatars lol.

Anyways, her stuff looks cute and someone who is looking for a nice skintone will definately find one in these loads of colors and variations!

Clearwing, hit the 2000 and go far far ahead in developing more. Good success!

If you got a message on your homepage from an avatar and you want to report it you should use the given “Report abuse” above the message. Like this you can flag a chosen message for review and IMVU will get all evidences to take action.

Also messages containing fake links, disgusting words, spam and very suspicious messages should be reported.

If someone attacks you in the client there is a button as well to report the whole chat. The whole chat history might be send to IMVU in case of clicking the button.

Reporting an issue later after the chat is closed or the message deleted makes it not easy and maybe also impossible to search for evidences of the case. Therefor: If needed, report in time and not too late and of course do not ignore it.

IMVU will block the avatar straight ahead if you report them. Like this they will not even have the chance to get in contact with you again.