DYK 72: Did You Know?

That even though we are primarily an Animorphs community; Animorphs related posts account for only 12% of all posts on RAF?

Now you do.

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Animafia session SIX starting!

Anybody interested in a little forum fun, feel free to check out our mafia game.
If you're unfamiliar with the rules,we've got you covered.

Sign-ups are now; don't miss it!

Thanks to Enki O for her donation!

Only a month in and Enki has already contributed to RAF with a donation.

She'll enjoy the new Gold Member ranking and the 50 karma points that accompany it. Have fun in the D-lounge!

Thanks Enki!

DYK 71: Did You Know?

That members of our Animorphs community re-read and discuss Animorphs on a weekly/bi-weekly basis?

Now you do.

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Thanks to Genies9 for her 3nd donation!

First off, I must say thank you to Steph for donating for a third time since joining our Animorphs community back in October 2009.

What is more cool is that she will enjoy an additional 50 karma points and will jump to #5 on the RAF donar leader-board.

Kudos to you Steph!

April, May, June, July 2010 Statistics

I have been a bit lax in updating the general public on our usual monthly RAF statistics provided by Google Analytics. I have not posted since March 2010 the monthly stats on Twitter. So here's the rundown of all that was not updated.

April 2010
May 2010
June 2010
July 2010

Year 2 With Google Analytics

Our second year with Google Analytics has come and gone. So here is a rundown of July 14 2009 to July 14 2010 on Richard's Animorphs Forum.

Click to download PDF.

For reference, here's our first year.

DYK 70: Did You Know?

That Animorphs will be re-released in 2011?

Now you do.

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Thanks to Kit Epoch Pie for his donation!

Only a member since April of this year, Epoch has already been generous enough to donate to our beloved forum. In return he receives the rank of Donator, access to the D-Lounge and an additional 10 Karma points. Thanks Epoch!

Goodbye 71 Members

If our member count looks weird, ie, a little low, that is because I just did some house cleaning.

Members who never activated their account had their accounts removed. These accounts dated back to October 2009. Total members deleted were 71.

DYK 69: Did You Know?

That the oldest attachment still viewable on RAF Forum was uploaded on July 26 2008, exactly two years ago?

Now you do.

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Thanks to 11:11 for her donation!

She's been a RAFian for less than two months, but she's already been generous enough to donate to us. As always, she receives the rank of Donator, access to the D-Lounge and 10 Karma points. Thanks Sara!

Thanks to Intrepid for her donation!

Being one of our most ancient of RAF Elders, Intrepid is one of the few members who can claim to have been a RAFian even longer than myself (by a whole 2 days I believe). Though some of our newer members may know little of her awesomeness, she is a valuable part of RAFhistory and we are privileged to still have her around. Why not follow her shining example and donate to RAF yourself? Every little helps! :)

Thanks again Intrepid!

Thanks to Lignum for his donation!

New-comer, and by that I mean; he hasn't even posted yet, lignum has donated. He will now enjoy all the benefits of Gods, plus the ability to store 1,000 personal messages. He has also been awarded 10 karma and now has access to the D-Lounge.

You too can donate by visiting RAF Donate.

Thanks lignum! I hope you enjoy it here on The Ultimate Animorphs Forum!

Best Day EVER on RAF eBooks

Yesterday I tweeted that our Animorphs (Everworld, and Remnants) eBooks section of Richard's Animorphs Forum, aptly titled RAF eBooks was witnessing a surge of users coming from the popular website reddit.com (link to the reddit link). That surge resulted in 75 users being recorded as online on our Forum. This number is a new record; two weeks to the day that 74 members broke the previous record of most users online.

That is only one part of the story. What members were actually flocking were our eBooks pages. Here are the numbers for RAF eBooks yesterday provided by StatCounter:

1. Pageloads: 11,188

2. Unique Visitors: 4,101

3. First Time Visitors: 3,590

4. Returning Visitors: 511

See those statistics in bold? Those are all-time records.

To put things into perspective:

DYK 68: Did You Know?

That the current RAF Logo was introduced five (5) years ago?

Now you do.


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DYK 67: Did You Know?

That as of June 2010, there were 30 Gods (members who have posted 5,000 times or more) on our Animorphs community?

Now you do.

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Share your Animorphs love!

Yesterday, I received an email from the authors of Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld (just to name a few) updating me, and subsequently the entire forum on the Animorphs re-release and future in the eyes of the publisher: Scholastic. They also want our help!

Here is part of the email:

Katherine and I have some information we'd like to share, and a favor we'd like to ask.

Not sure if you've heard this yet but ANIMORPHS will be re-issued in spring/summer 2011. That is definite and official.

An editor at Scholastic is combing the first two books for outdated references, sending suggested fixes, and asking us to approve. Which we've now done.

Scholastic will re-cover the books using something called a lenticular cover. So far as we know it's just the first 2 books, then I guess they'll wait and see how sales go before issuing more.

Scholastic has asked us to prepare a small video to show at the sales meeting in early August. We realized that the sales people probably don't really know what ANIMORPHS has meant to so many people. So we wondered whether RAF participants might be interested in sending us some brief video clips just saying what ANIMORPHS has meant to them. ...

READ MORE

Thanks to LazyStalkerKitsune for her donation!

A beloved member for not far off two years, this is Jamie's first donation to RAF. Follow her example and keep RAF alive and kicking for years to come!

Thanks again Jamie! :)

Megamorphs ch 3 is available!

We're pleased to announce the third chapter of Megamorphs 1 is ready for download.

Find it here.

DYK 66: Did You Know?

That in 2009, 66% of all the people that visited RAF reside in the United States?


Now you do.

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DYK 65: Did You Know?

That over 48% of all the posts made on Richard's Animorphs Forum have been made in the Bored Board?


Now you do.

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Animafia Starting

Animafia is starting back up after a period of disuse.
We need players to join, so don't hesitate to head on over and play!

DYK 64: Did You Know?

That over 37 members of Richard's Animorphs Forum have donated?


Now you do.

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Thanks to Kelly for her 6th donation!

Our beloved long-time and multiple-time member/donor, Kelly has once again proved she loves our little Animorphs community.

Thanks Kelly! And enjoy that additional 10 karma.

Top Posters of the Year + More

In addition to being able see the top posters of the day, week and month; starting today you will be able to see who are the top runners for the year.

Visit our Statistics Center for the new details.

DYK 63: Did You Know?

That donations account for 60% of our revenue? The other 40% from advertisements?


Now you do.

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Where Do Donations Go?

As per a thread that was created in the Staff Lounge; along with outright requests to 'see the books', it seems like persons want to know where their donations are going. Fair enough.

As I have said many times before, RICHARD'S ANIMORPHS FORUM, because we moved from a free, remotely-hosted system, started to become dependent on funds for upkeep.

Here are a list of common expenses:

1. Domains: 7 domains are currently paid for and being run under RAF.

2. Servers: 2 shared servers are used by RAF. Server /host related costs fluctuate. We are charged for backups for instance.

3. Software: RAF from time to time purchases software for users to use, or for development purposes.

4. Advertising: a forum without members is not a forum after all. I use paid services to promote RAF. This is the biggest expense outside of regular expenses.

For definite purposes, here's a list of actual numbers: you can see how each month will fluctuate in income and expenses.

April 2010
Expenses - $30
Donations - $104.19

May 2010
Expenses - $33.49
Donations - $23.11

June 2010 (So far)
Expenses - $57.1
Donations - $0

A little something to note. As we get bigger, the bigger the servers will need to be. Next year it is expected that server costs will triple per month.

DYK 62: Did You Know?

That the Richard's Animorphs Forum Animorphs eBook Project finished uploading all the Animorphs eBooks on December 11 2007?


Now you do.

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New Month, New Bills: Donate!

A new month means new bills to be payed. Keep RAF Alive: Donate!

http://animorphsforum.com/donate

Tobias banned

The member Tobias has been banned from RAF for posting inappropriate content on the forum. Please keep in mind that posts of a pornographic nature will not be taken lightly. This was a collaborative decision made by staff, and further discussion of this topic will not be allowed. Accounts created to argue the ban of this member will also be banned.

This action may seem abit harsh, but please remember that on RAF, we do not take breaking the rules softly.

DYK 61: Did You Know?

That there were 3.8 million ad impressions on Richard's Animorphs Forum in 2009?


Now you do.

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Thanks to Kit Pez001 for his donation!

Kit Pez001 is coming up on his two years on RAF. That didn't stop him from contributing some well needed money to the RAF Donation Fund.

You can do so too, by visiting RAF Donate.

Thanks again Kit Pez001.

DYK 60: Did You Know?

That RAF eBooks (Animorphs, Everworld & Remnants eBooks) crossed the 1 million hits mark on Tuesday February 2, 2010?


Now you do.

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DYK 59: Did You Know?

That all the Remnants eBooks (by K.A. Applegate) are available for download free on Richard's Animorphs Forum?


Now you do.

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Thanks to Hunter for his donation!

Member for four (4) years; Hunter, has just donated for a first time. This contribution will bump him up to the Donator group, which will give him many perks; one of which include access to the D-Lounge.

Thanks again!

Thanks to BaronConall for his 2nd donation!

Our first donor for May 2010 is someone who just donated last month: BaronConall. Thanks again for your contribution, and for your graciousness, you have been given an additional 10 karma points.

DYK 58: Did You Know?

That you can ignore users' posts on RAF?


Now you do.

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400,000 Posts

What do you know? Richard's Animorphs Forum is crossed the 400,000 post mark today. Our last 100,000 milestone happened on November 19, 2009 when we hit 300,000 posts..

DYK 57: Did You Know?

That Richard's Animorphs Forum staff member Claire in October 2009 embarked on her world trip where she met a few RAFians?


Now you do.

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Top 10 posters this week get 10 karma points!

Notice a trend? It's Karmapalooza time!

Our top 10 posters this week have been rewarded with an additional 10 karma points.

DYK 56: Did You Know?

That on average 80% of the visitors to Richard's Animorphs Forum have been here before?

Now you do.

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Top 10 posters this week get 10 karma points!

To show my appreciation to our active members, I have decided to applaud the top 10 posters on RAF this week. The list of most active members are:

1. Genies9
2. Aluminator
3. Spartan-281
4. VisserZer0
5. itw2009
6. estrid
7. Phoenix004
8. Oni no Kage
9. Cerulean
10. Meta Shorty

Thanks guys. Now go show off your inflated karma.

RAF now has 2200 members!

Your eyes are not deceiving you: Richard's Animorphs Forum now has a total of two thousand, two hundred members. It took our community to grow by 100 members in one month and 3 days.

DYK 55: Did You Know?

That these DYKs are authored weeks (and sometimes months) in advance by Richard?


Now you do.

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New Staff Members: Estrid & Terenia

I would like to congratulate estrid & Terenia on being chosen to join the RAF Staff. They will Initially join the team as Jr. Staff. It only took 10 days to completely reshuffle the Richard's Animorphs Forum staff complement.

Both estrid and Terenia have joined the short list of RAF Staff members in our almost 7 year history. The other members in present and past include:

Richard
goom
Russell
Intrepid
Adam
Cam9037

Claire
Mike
PotionsPunk
Druid
Skater
Jay
Neodan
estrid
Terenia

RAF school

Here at RAF, we're lucky to have some wildly talented and intelligent members who have decided to contribute their knoweldge and teaching skills. RAFschool classes have been set up in a variety of subjects, from languages and mathematics to architecture and philosophy!

I've set up a sub-board in general to include the aforementioned threads.

Sign up for or start your own class!.

RAF on Tapatalk

Do you have an iPhone, Droid / Nexus One (Andriod), Blackberry or S60 (Nokia phone)?

If so, you're in luck: RAF has partnered with Tapatalk to allow you to browse RAF Forum on your mobile device using the Tapatalk app. This is the closest thing RAF has to a mobile app.

If you used to browse RAF on your mobile phone, then you are most likely aware of RAF Mobile  (m.animorphsforum.com) which took you to our slimmed down version of the forum.

Now you can use the native Tapatalk app on any of the above mobile devices.

To get the application on your device, you can simply access RAF on your mobile device and an alert will tell you how to download the Tapatalk application. From the application, just search for Richard's Animorphs Forum (or RAF) and you are on your way.

Or you can visit the Tapatalk website and get download links for your phone.

Because I use the iPhone here are some sample screenshots.

RAF on Safari alerts the user telling them that Tapatalk is available on their device:

Once the app is downloaded, search for Richard's Animorphs Forum:

Once you've found RAF, login, and you will see the forum formatted for your device:

Yes, you can post a reply, new topic and add attachments also!:

Thanks to Aluminator for his donation!

Thanks to Aluminator who just entered the relm of Gold Members. In addition to the fancy new color that distinguishes himself, he will enjoy 50 new karma points, and access to the D-Lounge.

Thanks Scott!

DYK 54: Did You Know?

That the Richard's Animorphs Forum Blog started on February 11, 2007: almost 4 years after RAF?


Now you do.

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Thanks to BaronConall for his donation!

Another brand new member has donated. While donating to RAF is BaronConall's way of saying thank you to Richard's Animorphs Forum, it's time for us to say thank you.

Of course, as a Donator he will enjoy an additional 10 karma points, the fancy gold color and access to the exclusive D-Lounge.

Oh and welcome to RAF. We hope you enjoy it here.

Thanks to Slyclops IX for his donation!

New-comer to Richard's Animorphs Forum and first-time donor Slyclops IX / Brian has donated. Welcome to RAF, welcome to the elite club of donors, and of course thanks for your contribution.

Brian will now enjoy a myriad of benefits bestowed upon Donators and Gold Members.

If you want to donate to RAF, feel free to hit up RAF Donate, and make your donation.

DYK 53: Did You Know?

That these RAF Did You Knows (DYK) have come out every week on Monday at 10:00am EST for one year now?


Now you do.

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RAF Staff April 2010 Changes

It's amazing that with four of the best persons suitable for the job of RAF Staff, chosen some years ago, others in the not so distant past, one would reach the point where each of them are on their way out of the staff building. Okay, it's not a building, but rather a very elite club of RAFians who have shown themselves to be dutiful, trustworthy, and dependable.

As most of you are aware, thanks to my position at a 9-5 job, I have become exceptionally busy since March 1, 2010. It's at these crucial times I depend on the persons who I've selected to look after the forum. It is quite unfortunate that we have reached the point where I must blog about the demotion of the entire RAF Staff (Claire, Kevin, Mike, Russell).

When there are no posts or trickling posts in the Staff board it is usually indicative of two things.
1. There isn't anything of worth that the staff must deal with.
2. The staff isn't active in the forum.

I can safely say that #1 is not the case. Why? There are quite a few things that were outstanding. So that leaves us with the dreaded issue of staff inactivity.

At no point should a thread / issue to be dealt with be sitting down for days; unanswered, untended to. This was the case. As a result I feel that it is time to do some re-shuffling. Whoever wants to remain on board with myself heading the team can feel free to do so. I will however, take special interest in how each and every one of the staff members participate and take initiative with regards to the forum and issues relating to it.

As I said on Twitter, if you feel that you can be active each and every day, take initiative and have the interests of Richard's Animorphs Forum at the forefront of your online life; then feel free to send me a message saying you wish to be selected for joining the RAF Staff.

Update (April 5):
goom has been placed back on the administrator team.
Update 2 (April 7)
Phoenix004/Mike has been placed back on the Sr. Staff team.
Visser 3 / Russell has stepped down from staff duties.

Megamorphs ch 2 is out!

We're excited to release the second chapter of Megamorphs 1.

Get it here.

Thanks to Genies9 for her 2nd donation!

Alert the press: another member has donated. This time it is Genies9 who donates for a second time.

Her first donation gave her Donator status, this second contribution elevates her to the Gold Member league.

Thanks Steph!

Thanks to comet266 for her donation!

What do you know? We have another first-time donor on the books! Say hello to comet226 who joins the growing list of RAF Contributors. She will now the perks given to those who donate.

Thanks comet226!

Ghost Tiger Banned

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We're not fooling around this April; the member Ghost Tiger, another Venom account, has been banned from RAF.

Props to estrid for contacting me about it.

DYK 52: Did You Know?

That Richard's Animorphs Forum is currently primarily hosted by HostGator?


Now you do.

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Thanks to estrid for her donation!

Alas, it is time again to thank someone for their donation. This time, it's first time donor estrid who has contributed to RAF.

If you check out our member ranks then you will see that she will enjoy an additional +10 karma, along with access to the D-Lounge.

Thanks estrid! 

DYK 51: Did You Know?

That Richard's Animorphs Forum's first member; Asmodeus, joined RAF on May 23 2003, the day RAF was unveiled?


Now you do.

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2100 Members

Our 2100th member, maddylynn87 registered just moments ago. Our last milestone, 2000 members happened only 23 days ago.

DYK 50: Did You Know?

That Richard's Animorphs Forum is the must populous Animorphs forum on the internet?


Now you do.

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Thanks to omn for his donation!

Spanking new member, omn, who hasn't even posted yet, has donated. If he can, then so can you. As a donator, omn will enjoy the ability to store 1000 personal messages, an additional 10 Karma Points and access to D-Lounge.

Thanks OMN and we hope you stay on RAF.

Thanks to Cerulean for his 3rd donation!

Well, our desperate cry for donations are apparently not in the woods far away from ears. Cerulean, who first donated way back in 2008, and again in 2009 has yet again decided to help out the best Animorphs community on the Internet.

Since he already donated, he already knows what awaits doners on the other side. But he will walk away with an additional 10 karma points for his contribution.

Thanks again!

Thanks to itw2009 / Courtney for her donation!

Relative new-comer Courtney joins the (thankfully) ever-growing list of RAF Donors.

She will enjoy an additional 50 karma points along with the perks Gold Members receive.

Thanks Courtney!

DYK 49: Did You Know?

That Richard's Animorphs Forum Chat Room (RAF Chat) used to be open only on Sundays?


Now you do.

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