Posted by: Ilija Brajkovic on: 01/12/2009
At this moment, ShoutEm hosts more than 10000 microblogging networks. With 18 pre-defined styles it’s easy for every network creator to have his/her microblogging network to look just the way he/she wants. But, some network creators want to be special, and edit pre-defined skins to have even nicer look of their network.
Today, we want to give credit to 5 network administrators who invested some time and made great designs for their networks. Of course, one could disagree with our choice (if you do, please post your favorites in the comments), but this is our choice of 5 the most beautiful microblogging networks created on ShoutEm, in alphabetic order.
1. CaribTweet is network for Caribbean Tweeters. It has nice Caribbean-style design, with a beach, sea and palms as the background. In these cold winter days, it makes us want to be somewhere warmer.

2. HorseTweet provides a one stop shop for equine enthusiast to find events and news! It also provides the tools to find and befriend equines in your local area that share your particular brand of horsemanship from Rodeo to Dressage! It is the only network in this list with a dark theme, but we all have to agree; it’s great!

3. Kukurooku is simple micro-blogging service you can use to share “what’s happening” with family and friends using text, photos & videos. Its design is mixture of two colors: yellow and blue, with a beautiful background image.

4. TruthSmack is a running journal of everything that is true. If you know something to be true, share it with the world here. The site features a nice blue theme, with some light colors and a cool logo.

5. TwitCasas is the best place to find all the houses. It features a smooth light theme with readable text and a beautiful blue and green background. A nice example of how sometimes simple designs work best, at least when it comes to microblogging.

You think you can do better? Then show it to us! Go to http://www.shoutem.com , create new network and make great design for it. If you need help, check out our advice on how to launch your community website with a bang.
@Carolyn , you have to add the address of the network on shoutem.
For example if you want to connect to http://truthsmack.com/ via ping.fm, just say truthsmack.com
I just added zrikka.com (which is network created on shoutem) and it works like a charm.
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04/12/2009 at 02:34
Just one question. What is the name of the server that ping is asking for when I try to add the Shoutem network.
I have tried the Urls for both blog.shoutem.com and just shoutem.com as well as the domain names on their own.
I didn’t have any probs with adding twitter, etc.
Please help me with this little tidbit. Thank you, Carolyn