Ellsworth
08-22-2010, 07:28 PM
We have been working diligently on the next website update. Everything should be ready to roll out sometime within the next 7 to 14 days. Once we have a firm date I'll let you all know asap.
We have been rigorously beta testing the site update on our test server. A lot of bugs have already been fixed on the new site, and we will surely catch and fix more before the roll out.
When we go live there will still be some bugs present. It's just impossible to roll out a 'perfect' update when working with such a large customized website. Your patience and help with the website update process will be greatly appreciated.
The website will remain largely unchanged, but there will be a few significant differences. For instance, we're switching to a fixed width format. That's pretty much industry standard now, and it should fix the 'floating box' issue that some people experience (especially on laptops or small monitors). Also our photo galleries will be in a totally different format. We're still exploring options but our goal is to allow people to browse larger versions of the pictures more rapidly. The forums will probably look a little different too (the quote box might be shaded, the member badge might be on the right). The color scheme will remain the same, and the general layout of the site and forums will be unchanged.
After this update things might look a little different, but not by too much. Don't worry, we'll try to not shock you ;)
After this we will have one more update sometime this fall to get us current. Once we're all done with this phase of catching up on the updates, we'll be having a free member's only raffle as our way of saying thanks for putting up with the website's 'construction dust.' You can get a preview of prizes in <a href="http://www.loghomebuilders.org/image-galleries/lhba/online-raffle-prizes">the prize gallery</a> (and we'll be adding more later). We'll have an online sign up form, which we'll publish once the updates are all done.
So thanks again for your patience and cooperation... and for being the best bunch of folks on the whole WWW.
We have been rigorously beta testing the site update on our test server. A lot of bugs have already been fixed on the new site, and we will surely catch and fix more before the roll out.
When we go live there will still be some bugs present. It's just impossible to roll out a 'perfect' update when working with such a large customized website. Your patience and help with the website update process will be greatly appreciated.
The website will remain largely unchanged, but there will be a few significant differences. For instance, we're switching to a fixed width format. That's pretty much industry standard now, and it should fix the 'floating box' issue that some people experience (especially on laptops or small monitors). Also our photo galleries will be in a totally different format. We're still exploring options but our goal is to allow people to browse larger versions of the pictures more rapidly. The forums will probably look a little different too (the quote box might be shaded, the member badge might be on the right). The color scheme will remain the same, and the general layout of the site and forums will be unchanged.
After this update things might look a little different, but not by too much. Don't worry, we'll try to not shock you ;)
After this we will have one more update sometime this fall to get us current. Once we're all done with this phase of catching up on the updates, we'll be having a free member's only raffle as our way of saying thanks for putting up with the website's 'construction dust.' You can get a preview of prizes in <a href="http://www.loghomebuilders.org/image-galleries/lhba/online-raffle-prizes">the prize gallery</a> (and we'll be adding more later). We'll have an online sign up form, which we'll publish once the updates are all done.
So thanks again for your patience and cooperation... and for being the best bunch of folks on the whole WWW.