Did we loose some members???

hey everyone!! Sorry i have been gone for a while things have been getting very busy with me as landscaping season is approaching and i have a lot of work to do to get the business ready for this season. This year was the innovation year where we bough all new and extreamly efficient equipment so ew cna really bang out the jobs make some serious money. We just bought a second pick-up truck so we can have 2 seperate crews working now. But anyway just wanted to say that i have not forgot about you guys, once i get settled into the new season you will see my around again haha, hold the standing ovation :)
But it seems that in the move there are just not as many members around, does anyone feel this way or is it just the fact that i have not been around?

no i definately feel that way that we lost a lot of people during the move to this place

The level of traffic is about the same - however the number of posting contributors has seemed to slack off. Also there seem to be an awful lot of members who log in and stay invisible for some reason.

The frustrations with the site the last few days on our prior host was understandable to say the least - and the paradigm shift to this new forum software may be daunting to some who have never seen vbulletin. The range of features it offers though leave plenty of room for growth - Marla and I as well as the rest of the staff have been elbows deep into getting things back into a format some may feel more comfortable with - and on that list of things a skin/style to match the classic look of our former forums is being developed at the same time new features are being integrated.

I imagine once we've got the earth tones back up you'll see a lot more traffic - and maybe disabling the invisibility mode might help the perception of less traffic.

with a little time the people will come back, also you have spring break going on right now all over the country so people are out and about and not posting.

Well... you've still got me.





Love the check mark guys!

Cool beans - I am glad to see everyone all the time. Stick around - it's gonna be insane ;P

My feeling is very much along the lines of Smulkins idea. I think that what happened over the last few days at the old site put a lot of people off. I don't for a second blame the staff at BPs.net for those problems, but they did upset a good number of people. Also, these vboards are very different from our old site in a lot of ways. Remember how freaked out some people got when the staff modified the look for the old site by putting a lot of the links into pulldown boxes!? Now imagine what those same people must think when they come onto this site & EVERYTHING is different. I will admit, I don't post nearly as much as I used to either. I know how to use vboards because I have before but something about it makes it feel, well, not like our old home. I know that the staff is doing everything that they can to make this a great site & I support them 100%. I won't stop coming around just because of the switch but it may take some time for me to "warm up" to the new look.

Rest assured MrZ and all mah good herping bretheren (and sisteren?) that move towards more familiar interfaces is being tweaked toward - but we cant push it out in a crumpled half-baked way all buggy - that would be adding insult to injury. VBulletin DOES a lot of cool things - but it does suffer from the kind of volvo-ish clunkity goodness. Not a lot of fun to drive but you're safe. Chief concern is getting the galleries repopulated and opened for you folks and importing our content (nearly done with the latter) - we plan on offering MULTIPLE interface options - one of which will feature hexidecimal color codes plucked directly from the old site's template and modeled to be as close as it can (without the broken header of course lol).

Your patience and support rocks, all of you - and we only spend time and effort doing this because we liked things (including yawls fine comp'ny) just as much as you did.

Viva comunidad!

Maybe I'm not as savvy as some, but I feel like this new format is torture on my eyes, and I doubt I'm the only one who feels like that. I've been looking around to see if I can change the appearance on my user cp but I've had no luck with that.

I'm glad we are up and running again. I just feel like this isn't anywhere near as user-friendly as the last setup was.

Marla, Smulkin and mle are working like mad to get this site looking more like the old site. Hang in there, and before you know it, it will look more like the BP.net we know and love.

That would be great cus I really miss the colors and the layout.

Anyways, I have not seen led4urhead post since the site move? Where did he go?

wait no, it's not gonna look like the old site, cuz it's gonna look better! *pats self on back*....*takes back pat on back in case people decide that it is not actually better* ok ok, earthtones and no harsh white backgrounds are on the way. and maybe some other fun stuff too. :)

We can't wait to see what you're cooking up mle!

We have probably lost a few members, and some have just been busy with other things. Hang around a bit, and posting will pick back up. The site will be better than it ever was when we're done with it, but it's up to the members what kind of activity we have and community we keep. :community:

White backgrounds on sites have been searing my retinas for days! I can't even deal with it in regular apps and windows - must tweak it away. I guess there was that much positive to say about my old dim monitor lol!

Yes, you guys are not the only photophobics out there; white backgrounds are horrible!
I usually disappear for a few days on end when I don';t come into town for work; we live so far out in the middle of nowhere that we cannot even get cable internet at home! We could get a phone modem connection; but there has not been a phone in our house in 5 years or more, so the phone company wants $250 as a service fee to inspect lines that are already there!!! Thank the stars we have our cell phones; not good enough to get online with though. So whence I must meld with the earth (read: live in isolation for a few days) I shall be gone, but I must returneth!

Indeed I know all too well. Insane hours working on it this past week - it' s killing me. So as soon as the galleries are open we'll be focused on a more palatable less torturous theme ;)

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

Indeed I know all too well. Insane hours working on it this past week - it' s killing me. So as soon as the galleries are open we'll be focused on a more palatable less torturous theme ;)

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Don't forget to re-add the DIY and downloads! :)
Thank you, by the way.

Right behind the galleries, senor. Speaking of which - give me just a little bit more . . .

well so far i like this site alot better, and what even better is i no longer get a virus when i want to come say hello LOL. But just wanted to tell youguys great job on the move and your hard work is definitly paying off in my eyes!

Ive been gone for a while because my computer puked on me and have yet to get a new one. This is the first time in about a month that I have been on a computer and WOW!!! when I got onto ball-pythons.net I thought I had typed the wrong URL. Talk about different...... Hopefully I will get a new computer soon so I can get back into the swing of things. I miss you all.

Yes I was gone thru the whole site host drama and just got back a few weeks ago.
I moved and had to get set up and back online.
I like the new site!

Glad to see you both back! We've made a lot of changes, but kept all the best stuff from the old site (including as many members as want to stay). Carl, I sympathize as I've only been online at home for a few days myself because of computer problems.

Marla
I love your avatar!

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Originally Posted by jotay

Marla
I love your avatar!

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Thanks Jotay! I made it with the custom avatar maker at http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml :giggle: