Welcome to the new and improved Connect forum!

[TraciC]

For months, we’ve been hard at work updating Connect to make it a more enjoyable and inclusive experience for everyone. Many of our updates are the result of direct feedback, including suggestions that Local Guides made at last year’s big event in California. So thank you! We’re so excited to finally share this redesign with you.

Caption: A photo of a phone displaying the Travel section on the redesigned Connect website surrounded by various pins, a passport, two polaroid photos, a plate of gummy fish, and other colorful props.

On the new Connect, we wanted to make it easier to discover posts you care about most. We’ve created site sections based on popular topics. Whether you’re a foodie or a photographer, you’ll find posts you’re interested in with just one click from the site menu.

If you want to read about Local Guides news and Google Maps updates first, check Announcements frequently. Here, you’ll get insider information straight from Googlers, and before official emails go out.

Local Guides come from all over the world and speak many different languages. To make Connect a more inclusive experience, the forum is now available in 33 languages. We’ve also updated our accessibility features so that Local Guides using screen readers can more easily participate on Connect. Now, even more Local Guides will be able to discover your amazing contributions and create their own.

While we’re incredibly proud of the Local Guides program, we also know there’s always room for improvement. That’s why we’ve launched the Idea Exchange, a way for you to share your feedback with us directly. Use the Idea Exchange to share your ideas for Google Maps, Connect, perks, and more. You can also vote on ideas from other Local Guides, ask them questions, and offer suggestions. Popular ideas will be reviewed by Googlers and taken into consideration.

We hope you love the new Connect as much as we do! In the comments, let us know what you think and which features you’re most excited about.

[VBenedict]

Of course @TraciC  I will be using the Idea exchange as usual... in order to support the efforts of continuing to dwel in the best Social Platform ever.

[YasumiKikuchi]

Thank you for making a fashionable design!
We expect the self-introduction column to be useful for revealing your identity to map users.
And I have great expectations for Idea Exchange!

[LucioV]

Thanks @TraciC and thanks for the beta testers that worked hard for us! Still having an error accessing boards and still many threads are unreachable too. Going climbing now, will explore new functions later 

[LucioV]

LOL @OSAMA i have half the badges i had and no 10k badges at all 😂😂😂😂

[Golam]

Great initiative ,looking awesome also thanks for improving LG Connect Site.

[HiroyukiTakisawa]

Thank you @TraciC and the great team!!!

[LucioV]

No i was wrong i have got the 10 k badges, sorry i cannot edit if delete my post

[ndraverne]

Application please 🙂

[Rezgar]

Hi @TraciC
Great Job, Congratulations Dear friend!!
Thank you for sharing.


Best Regards
Rezgar

[SuzanneBozz]

Nice! The translation works very well. I am impressed!

[OSM]

Thanks a lot @TraciC . Sending you some Jalebis (an indian snack)Jalebi

[Ale5ander]

What a big rework you made!

[ndraverne]

@kasiyanta membutuhkan usaha lebih untuk melihat postingan yang kita mau laporkan ke moderator sebagai spam atau iklan.

[PaDeSSo]

Untuk format baru om @kasiyanta dan kang @ndraverne bisa melaporkan konten spam atau iklan dengan =

1. Klik judul thread

2. Dibawah pesan ditemukan ada 3 titik biru dalam lingkaran, klik lalu pilih yang paling bawah

Semoga bermanfaat

Salam

PaDeSSo - Bandung

[ShravanJain]

Wow I liked the new theme or should I say portray of this website.

You did a wonderful job @TraciC and team,thank you for being so awesome

[bdmafuz]

Congratulations @TraciC and your team.

[AgenceVV]

Awesome ! The UI is great. I didn't expected that coming back from holidays. Good job !

[KhamphoutS]

Wow... This look is wonderful 

[Lera76]

Hallo @TraciC Thank you for information

[KimLong]

Wow @TraciC! The interface is clean, informative and just stunning. I am sure I will like it more when I dig in deeper. Congratuation to the Local Guides team!

[RahmatHarmanP]

siap dan sedang bereksplorasi sm navigasinya nih @kasiyanta 

[NirajBhusal]

Awaited update in Connect with amazing UI . Thank you so much @TraciC

Namaste, Niraj

[davidhyno]

Beautiful ! 

Great work as usual!

Thanks to everybody for this great updating!

Bye,

David

[OmerAli]

Thanks @TraciC

I like the new clean fluid interface .I am still getting 'permission errors' and I hope it will get sorted soon

[SalmaanN]

Hi @TraciC

Thanks a lot to Local Guides Team for all their efforts for making this Connect a much more improvised one. The new design is one of the things which I like the most. Also, I am able to easily find all my previous posts in Connect through my Profile. That is just awwwesome. There is so much more to explore in this new refreshing Connect. Thanks again! 🙂

[ktvonlinemaitrang]

hay qua ak

[bhaskar_arin]

@TraciC

The new improved UI was superb, its was so cool, we are getting all in one place

[TravellerG]

Dear Friend @TraciC

Yes, this site looks more professional; we need to get used to it. We all here support all improvements!!

Would be grateful if an Android & iphone "Apps" are made available,

Thanks

[JanVanHaver]

@TraciC please check the section

About this forum > Meet a Google Moderator

I think it is currently showing some of the test accounts that are probably not intended to be shown there.

[AIMAN_SAEED]

I can't explain how beautiful the layout is of LG Connect now! Amazing UI/UX, great material design - clearly reflectes the ideas shared at I/O 2018. 

Loving the Ideas Exhange feature where we local guides can share our ideas 😄 
And @TraciC, I can't help but say that I am loving this post featured photo and If I'm not wrong there is this lable pin of Local Guides Logo - I SO WISH I can attend Connect Live 18 and get my hands on such cute goodies 😛 

Wish to meet you all one day, soon InshaAllah 

[FaridTDF]

Es la mejor noticia que nos diste @TraciC, esto marca un hito en la vida de Connect y para todos los Local Guides del mundo la herramienta de comunicación más grande hasta el momento. Con todas las secciones que tiene, una mejor que la otra. Ahora es más fácil encontrar los temas destacados. Un gran aplauso 👏👏 para todos los programadores, diseñadores, tester y a todos los demás que de una u otra manera participaron y un especial reconocimiento a @brittym y @ArielleM_ que estuvieron detrás del telón preparando todo para que hoy podamos disfrutar de este mejorado ambiente. Solamente gracias y felicitaciones por el buen trabajo realizado.

 Saludos Farid

✋👇

For the case that has difficulty, in reading my answer, in the upper right part of the screen, in the drop-down menu of languages, you can select the language, in which you want to read the post.

[iDepp]

it's looks amazing and better! the connect layout is easy to understand. Thank you Google Local Guides Team and @TraciC

[Ranjan_Kumar_Swain]

It's very bad dicision

[MaxWalsh]

Me encanta el nuevo connect @TraciC es bueno saber que ha cambiado para mejor, mucho mejor diría yo. Ahora me tengo que familiarizar con todo esto, pero está mas ordenado.

[selormOnray]

great. looks much better and attractive

[Jesi]

It looks so good! Thanks to everyone who helped create it!

[Gio51x]

Congratulations on the new graphic and communication interaction, you have also included the You Tube area which is also useful for improving and refining my Local Guide activity.

[Anggarawepe]

Great new feature.. I like it,,

Thank you so much for the team...

Terima kasih

[WalterSanders]

Hallo zusammen

Prinzipiell ist der neue Aufbau sehr gut gelungen leider vermisse ich die Trennung nach Sprache bzw. Region. Kann man das irgendwo einstellen?

Gruß Walter

[Sami-ur-rahman]

It's good but it takes time to get familiar with the new things.

[Prodeep]

Thanks @TraciC and team for the slick and fast update! Though am yet to refresh on the other options but love the overall look! Thanks again!

Cheers,

Prodeep

[PaulPavlinovich]

Woohoo it's live - yay @TraciC and everyone else who has been working so hard behind the scenes to make this happen!!

[HeyJoe]

Thank you @TraciC for the new upgrade / update. I love it so much. S/O to LG Team for the amazing job. 

There are some issues like few missing badges I am sure it will be sorted or still on migratin progress withing 48 hours. 

I love would still love to see a spot where i can see updates from area / region and pinned post to be on top as always. 

[alisiaraisa34]

ধন্যবাদ আইডিয়া চেঞ্জ  করার সিস্টেম চালু করার জন্য।

[ShafiulB]

@TraciC Thanks for the announcement.  Its Looks so exclusive and i saw this change when it was lunched for  idea exchange beta testers.

Happy Guiding! 

[Haruki]

Really big improvement.

Greetings from Brazil!

[UmbranoS]

Looks promising. Looking forward to get more involved.

Greetings from Sweden

[PaulPavlinovich]

Hi @WalterSanders you can post your local language posts right here in Local Stories and let translate take care of it. Local Guides is a global community.

I don't know if the language boards are coming back but I'll ask in the mods forum for you.

Regards Paul

[AngieYC]

Hello @WalterSanders,

Please excuse my answer in English. 

Thank you for your nice feedback.

We changed Connect to make it a more enjoyable and inclusive experience for Local Guides like you. We’ve made it easier to discover posts you care about and find out about the latest program updates. 

But still feel free to communicate in Connect with any language you prefer. In addition to that I will move your post to this Welcome to the new and improved Connect forum! thread to always get some updates. 

[SP31]

This is incredible - I'm in love! Many thanks and kudos to everyone behind this!