Becoming a Verified Elf

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Becoming a “verified elf” is part of our process of properly setting up our elf profiles on SantaTrackers.net. A verified elf has a check mark next to their name where ever they appear on the site. For example, this is from Elf Sandy Claus’ profile:

Verified Elf - Profile

This image shows all the elements we want to see in every elf profile:

  1. The Elf Title – Notice that her name is not just Sandy Claus but ELF Sandy Claus. Titles are VERY important to Santa and he wants us to use them. The title “Elf” needs to be in front of your elf name.
  2. The Elf Profile Picture – You should have a unique image for your profile picture. It can be your actual picture, taken with your phone or webcam, or it can be an elf representation, similar to what Elf Sandy is using. You should NOT be using the same image as another elf.
  3. The Elf Cover Image – This is the background image, here it shows as green with a festive Santa and snowflake pattern. It is sized 1350×350. If finding such an image is a challenge for you please let us know and we can help you with it.
  4. The About Me Tagline – this is your elf job position. Most of you can list your job as Santa Tracker Elf, or City Captain if you are one, or any other elf-appropriate title.

Once your elf profile properly reflects these attributes you can apply to receive the check mark next to your name and acquire the Verified Badge, which will show on your “About” page in your profile.

This is the member’s page view of what a proper profile looks like:

Verified - Members View

Notice that this shows the profile picture, the cover image, the Elf title with the name, the check mark, and the “About Me” tagline.

Also note that below the tagline are small images that represent the badges that you have earned.

Here’s a view of what the check mark looks like on the Elf Wall (from a post I made).

Verified Elf - Wall

As you can see, the site looks a lot neater when elves have a “Verified” badge. We want to see as many elves get this badge as possible.

Once you have made the necessary adjustments to your profile you just talk to one of our staff about getting the blue check-mark. Or, we will try to mark you as verified once we notice your profile is complete.

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Watch Your Step!

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Hi guys. Yeah, things look a bit different. And the paint is still wet, so to speak.

I know this is a big change to get used to. But I really do think this will make the new website a lot more fun. Plus, it’s only February. So we have time to work the bugs out of this.

So, what to call this?

Well, it’s a whole new way of elves connecting with elves. This new social platform for Santa Trackers will allow us to roll out all kinds of new capabilities. A lot of the new stuff we want to introduce will come in time. But for now, we just need to get used to customizing our profiles and just talking to each other.

Through this new interface we can make friends and share information. We need to play with it. Get used to it. Then lots of new things will happen.

For now, we know it is full of bugs. But it is set up enough where we can start using it. Just make sure you say something when you see something weird or wonky or just not working. We’ll get it figured out.

Thanks for understanding.

Update on Plans for 2021

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Hi there, Trackers!

I know many of you have been looking forward to news and information about tracking Santa next Christmas. After taking a little time off after Christmas and then meeting with the Big Elves at North Pole Flight Command, the North Pole Tracking Center and the North Pole News Department I can let you in on a few details of our plans over the next six months or so.

These are things we really want to get done before we begin the serious work of recruiting new elves:

  1. A complete website redesign.
  2. Lots of elf promotions. We need MORE elf representatives in each sector.
  3. New elf jobs: we are going to be looking for news reporters in each sector, perhaps some elf podcasters and video producers.
  4. Maybe a specific mobile app just for Santa Trackers. This is a new idea. Don’t expect it this year. But we may ask some of you for ideas and others to participate in testing.

This is just for starters.

As always, we appreciate your comments, ideas and suggestions.

You Gotta Log In

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Attention fellow trackers!

I was in a meeting earlier today and I can tell you this upcoming week is one you will not want to miss. There are some great surprises in store.

This is the time of the year when news comes in two forms — there is news for everyone and then there is news for just elves. This is a reminder that if you want all the news coming out this week you will want to be logged in at SantaTrackers.net.

I think you will like some of the new things coming out this week and the fast announcements that are to be made.

It’s going to be a great week!