IndexWa.org Fourth Anniversary

Today, IndexWa.org celebrates its 4th Anniversary. Who would ever have thought that a small town site would register 2.8 million hits in the 1st half of this year?

Our gratitudes go out to all of our supporters and travelers who come to visit our Small Town – Big Site.  Vox populi!  The voice of the people.

Thank you.

*On a side note, on July 28th, 2011 our forums celebrated their first anniversary.

IndexWa.org Forums

We post in both the Blog and our Forums but we do not CROSSPOST. So there is information on events and important items as well as general chatter in our forums.

Check them out today. http://www.indexwa.org/forum or click HERE.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Ed

72 Hours Possibly Before Complete

Well, when we started the migration of the databases, it was a 72 hour project. The forums are still down so after 45 minutes on the phone with tech support, it turns out THEY made a mistake during the transfer of the Forums and it will be up within 72 HOURS AGAIN!!!

If it were not for our donors on this site, we would have been gone as all this cost money. So far about 85 bucks!!!! Arrrrrrrgggghhhh..

Sorry and thanks for allowing me to vent.

*OH THE HUMANITY*

Forums: Subscribing & Unsubscribing From Topics or Forums

We have set up a tutorial on how to Forums: Subscribing & Unsubscribing From Topics or Forums.

The topic is in our forums as we can’t post to the Forum and Blog or Goggle may ding us for duplicate postings.

You may read the article HERE.

It’s a good read and we have incorporated some photos to make it easier for you. You must have an account on our forums to be able to read the whole article.

Something New For Donors on Our Forums

We installed a new feature today for donors. ANY donation amount to IndexWa.org will give you the following feature(s) in your control panel on our forums.

Full control over your user name color which includes:
-border
-color
-background
-font style
-text decoration
-font weight

This is available through drop down dialogs (which are colored for easy choosing).

For a user to change their color(s), it’s in the main profile section (where you can change interests).

By the way. If donating via Paypal, there is an area you can donate as a gift. We are not charged for gifts. Only donations. It’s not a big deal and is minimal but every penny counts to keep things running.

For those of your whom do not wish to use Paypal, view our blog for other ways to donate.

Forums Up and Running!!

Our Forums are up and running. We do hope you enjoy them and make use of them. We have been through this one other time in 2008.

This time we spent countless hours asking many people questions and trying to make it just right. We know we can’t please everybody but we do our best.

Keep in mind that even “outsiders” can post here too. There is one area that is really targeted at Index or the Town, but outsiders are more than welcome to post.

Please contact us if there are any issues or you think the rules need modification or anything.

Additions or Deletions to the Forum? We tried to put something in there for everybody. Let us know.

Here is the link to the Forums -> http://www.indexwa.org/forum/

Interested in Forums?

We have been tossing around the idea of opening a forum on the site. At the time we do not know if it is a good idea so your input is needed. To avoid any spammers and/or slamming, disrespect to others etc; it would be a moderated forum and a moderator/moderators would be assigned to forums. In other words if a person posted something that was not appropriate, the post would not be made public and/or the user could be banned from the forum. The layout of the forum can be viewed at forums are closed. This is JUST A SAMPLE and we can alter it to suit the public’s wishes. We are here to serve you as we want a respectable site and we want YOU to be happy.

We really would like your thoughts on this. If you are willing, please reply to this message if a yes or no OR you may go the Town Blog and post your comment publicly (you must create an account or be logged in to do so). You may also use the Contact Us form on the Blog if you wish.

Again, this idea is in its infancy and we do not want to start something on the site that users have no interest in.

Thanks to all!!