Abstract: An interactive community websites is adapted to provide a more immersive experience for members. Various elements in the web pages displayed to a member may be dynamically modified depending upon conditions then existing at the location of the member. Members are also enabled to easily create new forums and online galleries, and to provide secret content. A member can designate their friends in the community website and, when posting content, can select whether the content should be invisible to any members that are not designated as being their friends. When a member uploads images into an online gallery, a variety of randomly generated effects can be applied to the images so that the gallery more closely resembles the appearance of a scrapbook.