Hi Guys!
I'm sorry for the delay on the new banner - Kim sent a note asking for a new theme, and unfortunately themes in phpbb have a lot of code in them (poor software design on their part!), however it's what we have. We have gotten around to updating the header, and I think we will just update the existing theme instead.
On the topic of updates, the traffic and participation for the forum has dropped off considerably over the past two years. With all the great work you guys put into the forums and weekly contests, we would like to help build new members. So to achieve with this, first we have a new Community Coordinator, Brittany! She is an awesome photographer, and very friendly. Amy and I are still here too if you need us. However Brittany will start building connections for the forums and it's contests.
Second, we are going to try shorten the name of the forum to photoshopcreative.net. I understand there might be resistance to change here, and this reminds me of a sermon by my minister a few weeks back. He talked about how he got a new pair of jeans for Christmas from his kids, and he was gracious for his gift. But in his heart he didn't want new jeans. His old ones were just fine. He LIKED the old jeans. His kids kept asking about them, so finally one day he put them on. Hrmm... not bad. Ya know, these jeans are pretty nice! And now, they are his favorite. Change is hard, but if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten, which in our case is declining participation. We will handle all domain redirection so all old links and bookmarks will work transparently. So we are going to try an updated name and theme together for a few months and see the community feels about the change. We can always change back.
We will also be building some new community connections, and will post them in this forum as we create them. So stay tuned!
I'm sorry for the delay on the new banner - Kim sent a note asking for a new theme, and unfortunately themes in phpbb have a lot of code in them (poor software design on their part!), however it's what we have. We have gotten around to updating the header, and I think we will just update the existing theme instead.
On the topic of updates, the traffic and participation for the forum has dropped off considerably over the past two years. With all the great work you guys put into the forums and weekly contests, we would like to help build new members. So to achieve with this, first we have a new Community Coordinator, Brittany! She is an awesome photographer, and very friendly. Amy and I are still here too if you need us. However Brittany will start building connections for the forums and it's contests.
Second, we are going to try shorten the name of the forum to photoshopcreative.net. I understand there might be resistance to change here, and this reminds me of a sermon by my minister a few weeks back. He talked about how he got a new pair of jeans for Christmas from his kids, and he was gracious for his gift. But in his heart he didn't want new jeans. His old ones were just fine. He LIKED the old jeans. His kids kept asking about them, so finally one day he put them on. Hrmm... not bad. Ya know, these jeans are pretty nice! And now, they are his favorite. Change is hard, but if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten, which in our case is declining participation. We will handle all domain redirection so all old links and bookmarks will work transparently. So we are going to try an updated name and theme together for a few months and see the community feels about the change. We can always change back.
We will also be building some new community connections, and will post them in this forum as we create them. So stay tuned!