At this point the old database is almost certain not to be recovered, and I am focussing on rebuilding this version of the site...
but
bigger and better than ever before!
Thank you for your huge shows of support, in posts,
thanks, donations and encouragement. It means a lot to me
Recent updates to the site include :
* Cosmetic upgrades : Drew and others have been contributing a ton of
logo designs to the site. With their help, we have got logos, banners, and
almost 600 new smileys.
* Core feature upgrades : Thanks to many requests,
the galleries, wiki and blogs, are now fully integrated into the site. For example, edits of the answers wiki are conveniently linked to your forum account, and you can even setup a private blog by limiting access to people on your forum buddy list... all from your UserCP.
* Behind-the-scenes upgrades : Flashchat is back, and now faster than ever. Due to upgrades, it should no longer slow down the rest of the website either! In fact, the site as a whole should appear faster and more powerful now than ever before.
* Ripple-effect upgrades : There are some upgrades which seem really small, but which will have a big impact on the site in the long term. One of these is that each post and profile now shows how many uploads its owner has made to the gallery, and how many forum threads they have posted. This provides an incentive to create new interesting threads... which does a lot to help the forum grow. So does the "Referrals" count, which provides an incentive for people to refer their friends to sign up here. Another example is that the reputation system is now back and set-up very similarly to how it was on the old site. Even now, we're starting to get our first VIPs, who of course have their own forum and gallery waiting for them.
The VIP system, unique to us, allows people to build trust in the community by the quality of what they post, and is a major building block for our open and friendly community.
There are more good things to come. I have a plan in motion to grow the community and build on the great success we have had.
But, I hear you ask...
what can I do to help?
Well, there are three things you can do that would really make a difference.
(1) Encourage other sites to link to us.
If you could encourage any other AB/DL/TB/babyfur sites you visit to link to us, that would be very helpful in growing our community here.
(2) Contribute your knowledge to the wiki.
The
ADISC Answers Wiki is up and fully working - ready to serve as a vault for your knowledge. Already, members are creating new articles and tutorials, both to help teach the next generation of TBDLers, and to create documentation such as diaper reviews and answers to frequently asked questions.
(3) Post your requests.
Can you think of a way that the site could be better? Post a new thread about it in
the administrative stuff forum! I'm proud of the fact that we have such a good record of implementing the features and changes that you the community want. However, to keep doing this, we need you to send in your requests. They can be about pretty much anything related to the site, and I make sure to reply to each and every one. If you don't want the request to be public, that's ok too - you can post it in the
requests forum (seen only by moderators), or send it to me via
forum private message.
The future's bright, the future's ADISC