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Jenna Bush: One of Today's Highlighted Profiles

http://www.geni.com/people/Jenna-Hagar/6000000000140743438

Barbara's twin, Jenna Bush, is the other highlighted Profile.

Barbara Bush: One of Today's Highlighted Profiles

http://www.geni.com/people/Barbara-Pierce-Bush/6000000000517595488

On December 29, 1845 Texas became the 28th state of the United States. In honor of that day, fellow Texan Barbara Bush is one of today's highlighted Profile.

Profile of the Day: Al Gore

http://www.geni.com/people/Albert-Arnold-Gore/6000000003626809721 

Al Gore, the 45^th Vice President of the United States, is our Profile of the day.

Profile of the Day: Calvin Coolidge

http://www.geni.com/people/President-Calvin-Coolidge/6000000002530536418

On this day in 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lights the first national Christmas tree at the White House. He was the 30th President of the Untied States and is our Profile of the Day.

Profile of the Day: Marcel Proust

http://www.geni.com/people/Marcel-Proust/5327778888470121672

On this day in 1912 Marcel Proust, French writer, had one of his pieces rejected by a French Magazine. It was an excerpt from Remembrance of Things Past. Today he is our highlighted Profile.

Today's Highlighted Profile: Elvis Presley

http://www.geni.com/people/Elvis-Presley/6000000003104470825 

On this day in 1957, Elvis Presley received his draft notice for the US Army. He is today's highlighted profile.

President Abraham Lincoln: One of Today's Highlighted Profiles

http://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Lincoln-16th-President-of-the-United-States/6000000002686627053

On December 18, 1865 Slavery was abolished in the U.S. by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Today's highlighted profile is President Lincoln.

Hugh Grant: One of Today's Highlighted Profiles

http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000007088976585

Did You Hear About the Morgans? What about Hugh Grant? Well, he is now in the largest tree on Geni!

Roy Disney: One of Today's Highlighted Profiles

http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000006903121709

Yesterday, Roy Disney passed away. Today, his is one of our highlighted profiles.

Meet the new Geni profile

In the three years since we launched Geni we've added a ton of features such as videos, timelines, recent activity, and now public discussions. All of these features have been added to your profiles, but the basic design hasn't changed. This has led to some overcrowding, making it more difficult to find what you want on a profile. Today we are rolling out a new profile design with three goals:

• Make information easier to find
• Better readability
• Room for new features

Here's a guided tour of the new profile:

Basics

The top of the profile still includes the profile photo and the same information to the immediate right of the profile photo: Name, Immediate Family, and so on. The action buttons that were under the profile have replaced the recent activity module (recent activity has moved to the Overview tab, see below). The links that used to appear at the bottom of the profile, such as request management, now appear in the new More Actions menu under the other action links.

The background color of the basics section helps you identify what type of profile you are viewing; a blue background means the profile is a Geni user, a gray background means it is an unclaimed profile. We've also added a diagonal black stripe to indicate a deceased profile, just like in the tree.

Overview tab

Underneath the basics you'll find a series of tabs. The first tab is the overview tab. This tab includes the most frequently viewed information such as recent activity, photos, and the guestbook.

The recent activity module has been enhanced to include full stories just like your family news on the home tab. We've also integrated the latest news for better visibility and easier updating.

Info tab

The info tab contains reference information that isn't viewed as often as the information on the Overview tab: Personal, Education and Work History, and Favorites. Giving this information its own tab keeps it from cluttering the face of the profile while keeping it easily accessible when you need it.

Timeline tab

The profile timeline now has its own tab as well. This creates space for additional timeline controls right on the profile, such as a date range slider and event type filters.

Discussions tab

The discussions tab is part of the new "public discussions" feature. On your profile it lists all public discussions that you have started. On unclaimed profiles it lists all public discussions that mention that profile. This is a great way to communicate around a specific profile and meet other Geni users who share your research interests. Read more about Public Discussions.

That's the new profile in a nutshell. You'll find all of the information from the old profile, plus some new goodies. As always, we'd love to hear your feedback.

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