Two thousand fourteen is upon us and we now count down the days until summer returns. Hopefully it passes fast! So, the website. We’re going good. The peak of the forums was pretty much around the console launches. The forums were getting hit pretty hard on a daily basis but it ran smoothly with nary a hiccup. I was happy about that. With the console launches behind us the forums have gotten back to a ‘normal’ level. Not much is happening in the video game world so the news is slow at the moment. As the next wave of next gen titles gear up for launch the site will get more hectic. We’re on a pretty stable virtual server right now and it’s served us very well. Other than the actual transition to the virtual server, the site has been running strong.
What’s in store for UnionVGF going forward? I’m looking at a new theme that is the best I’ve seen thus far. It’s stylish and more feature rich than the current themes. If it works as I want it to it will become the new forum standard. After I’m done testing it I’ll put it up. Not sure when that will be. It will just appear. The site is due for an update but I’m not done testing it out yet to make sure the transition to the update runs smoothly. There will be a few other additions made to the site through out the year. I test a lot of additions out but if they don’t run smooth or add to the site I don’t use them. There also may be another forum category added in the future. The mods and I have discussed it and I’m still toying with the idea and figuring out the best way to employ it if I decided to run with it. It’s not a guarantee so I’m gonna keep it under wraps right now.
We’re currently at exactly 850 members and no spammers… though they do try to register. I like being able to approve each member individually. That far exceeded my expectations. I thought we would get maybe 200 members at most. To be at 850 members is pretty cool. The counter for posts is just over 91,000, it’s actually over 96,000 with deleted posts, and over 2,100 threads. We’ve had 34,400 visitors since October 16th and 1,500,000 page views. The average visit length has dropped a couple minutes but it’s still averaging 13+ minutes per visit. Not much to compare it to but I like the look of the numbers overall.
As always, my door is always open. If there’s anything you would like to see on the site shoot me a PM. Ideas from the community members is always encouraged and helps the site grow. Thanks everyone for being a part of the site. It couldn’t be possible without all of you. I really do appreciate it and thanks for being a part of our community!
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What’s in store for UnionVGF going forward? I’m looking at a new theme that is the best I’ve seen thus far. It’s stylish and more feature rich than the current themes. If it works as I want it to it will become the new forum standard. After I’m done testing it I’ll put it up. Not sure when that will be. It will just appear. The site is due for an update but I’m not done testing it out yet to make sure the transition to the update runs smoothly. There will be a few other additions made to the site through out the year. I test a lot of additions out but if they don’t run smooth or add to the site I don’t use them. There also may be another forum category added in the future. The mods and I have discussed it and I’m still toying with the idea and figuring out the best way to employ it if I decided to run with it. It’s not a guarantee so I’m gonna keep it under wraps right now.
We’re currently at exactly 850 members and no spammers… though they do try to register. I like being able to approve each member individually. That far exceeded my expectations. I thought we would get maybe 200 members at most. To be at 850 members is pretty cool. The counter for posts is just over 91,000, it’s actually over 96,000 with deleted posts, and over 2,100 threads. We’ve had 34,400 visitors since October 16th and 1,500,000 page views. The average visit length has dropped a couple minutes but it’s still averaging 13+ minutes per visit. Not much to compare it to but I like the look of the numbers overall.
As always, my door is always open. If there’s anything you would like to see on the site shoot me a PM. Ideas from the community members is always encouraged and helps the site grow. Thanks everyone for being a part of the site. It couldn’t be possible without all of you. I really do appreciate it and thanks for being a part of our community!
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