Monday, May 14, 2007
RAF Awards & Move Cancelled
Both the move to a new forum system, and the RAF Awards that were recently planned have been cancelled. Don't count out both in the future though. The awards are in my sights for the end of the year.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Our History
Since I have just created a personal website for myself, I began wondering how it would compare to the first website I ever created. Richard's Animorphs. Then I realized that Richard's Animorphs was created six years ago, when I was a wee-toddler. According to statistics which I deleted just last year (along with the entire Richard's Animorphs Main pages) "Richard's Animorphs" was hosted by Geocities, and 'designed' by hand beginning February 2001. At that time only 8 hits was recorded.
The main aim of the site was, and is still today facilitating a place for Animorphs Fans to come and get information on the dead series Animorphs (which just died when RA started).
There were quite a number of pages which included Richard's Animorphs Books (where one could located the Animorphs Books), Book Information (where there would be 'detailed' data on the books), Character's Bio (self explanatory), Quiz , and a 90s styled Guest Book.
All these pages were created, updated by me, in my spare time (most likely when I was procrastinating).
A Message Board was created (Richard's Animorphs Message Board (not so catchy huh?) which was initially hosted by Bravehost (which still aparantly exists today (http://www.boardhost.com/), then I moved from them to some unknown service provider, then in 2003 (two years after RA started) the move to Conforums happened. And as with everything web wise, I knew nothing about the software, so design and general esthetics were not a priority.
As for Richard's Animorphs Forum's history, it was created on May 22, 2003 (not many know this as the date of its opening is generally regarded as RAF's birthday), I called on a fellow, Cameron; to assist me with moderating the forum. He was RAF's second member, behind myself.
His profile can be seen here. Unfortunately, after not even a year, he disappeared into thin air, and numerous attempts at contacting him failed. He is probably best known today as the starter of RAF's biggest thread, The Continue Game which has over 7000 posts.
RAF's first real member is Asmodeus who yes, after four years only has 173 posts. He was to my knowledge RAF's oldest member, currently at 23, and administrator of Extreme Animorphs RPG.
Initial members who stand out are Ash who registered in July of 2003, and was RAF's top poster for quite some time. Jessica who registered in October of 2003, and intrepid (now Intrepid) who registered in August of 2003. Intrepid was promoted to RAF Staff on December of 2003, and was RAF's third staff member, and first female staff.
Other previous staff members included, as mentioned before Cam9037, skater, Druid, PotionsPunk (who moderated the now gone Harry Potter Board), Jay, and Neodan.
The main aim of the site was, and is still today facilitating a place for Animorphs Fans to come and get information on the dead series Animorphs (which just died when RA started).
There were quite a number of pages which included Richard's Animorphs Books (where one could located the Animorphs Books), Book Information (where there would be 'detailed' data on the books), Character's Bio (self explanatory), Quiz , and a 90s styled Guest Book.
All these pages were created, updated by me, in my spare time (most likely when I was procrastinating).
A Message Board was created (Richard's Animorphs Message Board (not so catchy huh?) which was initially hosted by Bravehost (which still aparantly exists today (http://www.boardhost.com/), then I moved from them to some unknown service provider, then in 2003 (two years after RA started) the move to Conforums happened. And as with everything web wise, I knew nothing about the software, so design and general esthetics were not a priority.
As for Richard's Animorphs Forum's history, it was created on May 22, 2003 (not many know this as the date of its opening is generally regarded as RAF's birthday), I called on a fellow, Cameron; to assist me with moderating the forum. He was RAF's second member, behind myself.
His profile can be seen here. Unfortunately, after not even a year, he disappeared into thin air, and numerous attempts at contacting him failed. He is probably best known today as the starter of RAF's biggest thread, The Continue Game which has over 7000 posts.
RAF's first real member is Asmodeus who yes, after four years only has 173 posts. He was to my knowledge RAF's oldest member, currently at 23, and administrator of Extreme Animorphs RPG.
Initial members who stand out are Ash who registered in July of 2003, and was RAF's top poster for quite some time. Jessica who registered in October of 2003, and intrepid (now Intrepid) who registered in August of 2003. Intrepid was promoted to RAF Staff on December of 2003, and was RAF's third staff member, and first female staff.
Other previous staff members included, as mentioned before Cam9037, skater, Druid, PotionsPunk (who moderated the now gone Harry Potter Board), Jay, and Neodan.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
RAF Statistics
RAF had its most active day yesterday, April 23, since February 4th in terms of pagevews.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
REALLY contemplating move
In our 4 years I have never moved from Conforums. But I think for the 4th birthday of RAF I will make the move to SMF, a wholly hosted board system.
Unfortunately, all posts, members, etc will be removed. On the plus side, more features, and functionality.
What do you think? Sound off below, or at RAF.
Richard's Animorphs Forum Awards 2007
After an almost two year hiatus, RAF Awards are back. Beginning the second week of May of 2007, the 2007 awards should be in full swing.
For a list of previous winners of varying categories, click here.
+Categories have not been decided on yet.
For a list of previous winners of varying categories, click here.
+Categories have not been decided on yet.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
The Invasion: Animorphs Book 1: Coming Soon
The first Animorphs e-book is in the works.
Watch this space
July Update: Go to the RAF Ebook Project page for more information.
Watch this space
July Update: Go to the RAF Ebook Project page for more information.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Locked out? My bad.
For the past 8 or so hours RAF was accidentally password protected. Sorry for the mishap guys, an gals. I've removed the block, and RAF should be back to normal. :)
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
RAF. No More?
Hosting and domain services are guaranteed until April 2008, but what after April 30, 2008?
By 2008, April, RAF: Animorphs Forum.com would be five years old, or in forum terms... old. RAF Started exactly three years after K.A Applegate finished the book series Animorphs, an oddity for a fan site, but since May 2003, RAF has seen over six hundred (600) registrations, and over one hundred and fifty thousand posts (150,000). But with interest beginning to wither, the question of 'how longer' begins to pop up.
That being said, there's still a definite one year left out of RAF, so enjoy the community, after all, that was the purpose of RAF: coming together to relive Animorphs.
By 2008, April, RAF: Animorphs Forum.com would be five years old, or in forum terms... old. RAF Started exactly three years after K.A Applegate finished the book series Animorphs, an oddity for a fan site, but since May 2003, RAF has seen over six hundred (600) registrations, and over one hundred and fifty thousand posts (150,000). But with interest beginning to wither, the question of 'how longer' begins to pop up.
That being said, there's still a definite one year left out of RAF, so enjoy the community, after all, that was the purpose of RAF: coming together to relive Animorphs.
Two Year Statistics
'Messenger + Richard
Chat with me on Windows Live Messenger (Formerly MSN Messenger) or on Yahoo! Messenger. You can add me at richard@animorphsforum.com
I am mostly online, so any thing you wish to talk about outside of RAF, is welcome.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
RAF Uploads
Created so members can easily upload pictures, text, and compressed (zip) files on RAF. First you have to create an account, which can be done easily. RAF accounts are different from that of RAF Uploads, but once an account with RAF Uploads is created, simply click on the Upload link your personal bar to upload.
You can, after registration, modify your uploads, and get the link so that your file can be posted on RAF.
New Board!
A Suggestions board has been added to RAF for the 2nd time in our almost four year history. This board is available for members, and guests to post suggestions with regards to RAF, and also serves as a support board.
New Banner & Template Changes
I have updated the RAF banner. After almost a year of the same banner,
the update brings in a breath of fresh air.
Interesting thing about the banner is the simplicity: the 5 Animorphs to the left, and the RAF logo to the right.
In addition to the updated banner, the new and old icons on the main page that tells you when there are new posts to a board, has also been updated with the RAF logo.
Images such as post | modify | delete etc, have been reverted to the default images.
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