Since 1995 Hobokeni has been dedicated to serving the residents of Hoboken with the most relevant information and listings. We have read all the emails both positive and negative. We have read each one and not only used each to improve our site but we took every word personally. This kept us active and conscious of possible upgrades and improvements. In an effort to continue this service and relationship with the users of Hobokeni we began searching and testing current technologies regarding content management and community based software. As we tested we discovered that what we envisioned as our new site did not seem possible. One of our developers then suggested we review a recent version of a particular software that we had tested over three years ago. We were ecstatic to see their current updated version made our ideas possible. We jumped in with two feet and now hope to launch within days, hours...minutes! Some of your fellow users had been asked early on to "take a peek behind the curtain" and the criticisms were positive.

Considering the history of Hobokeni it was very difficult to transfer the existing forums to the new site ( HobokenChat). This was also true of the classifieds (which we upgraded in May of 2007 - hobokeni.kaango.com). Our goal is to embed these sections into the new Hobokeni. This will happen very soon in the near future as we are developing our own branded Forums that will be included in the re-launch of the sadly neglected JerseyCityi and then implemented into Hobokeni. We decided that delaying the re-launch of Hobokeni was not an option since we had so many new features to unveil.

A little about the new site:
As Hobokeni closes in on its fourteenth year we have discovered something about "Content." Aside from Forums and Classifieds almost ALL content on a Community Site can be classified as two entry types; Directory Listings and Events. All Businesses, Services, Entertainment, Transportation, etc, etc can be found in the Directory. This means everything and anything a resident may possibly be looking for will have an entry under a relevant category. Even the organizations or groups which sponsor or organize an event will have a listing in the Directory. All other listings are current events and can be found in the Events / Calendar section. Events listings are complete with descriptions and upcoming similar events. All entries have "tags" which help users to navigate to similar content and entries.

Obviously in the past four years Blogs have become the center of attention for anyone willing to give their opinion and for those who desire to read those opinions on the net. The Blog has become all-powerful. We now have very advanced Blog software and will be able to have Text, Photo and Video Blogs. We have a list of trusted bloggers who will have direct access to our system to upload entries on any subject effecting Hoboken life and beyond.
In the very near future we will unleash many more features including advanced search abilities, mapping, etc, etc. Please enjoy, test and tryout our new features. We will be compiling and FAQ and will have it ready by weeks end. As always if you have any questions or comments please contact us at webmaster@hobokeni.com.

Get ready, iSites are coming!