Hey Everyone!
Happy [strike]Benevolent Dictator's Day[/strike] President's Day!
Just wanted to post a note about some upcoming changes we're working on behind the scenes before the season kicks off in this Fall. Exact timing is TBD, but I'm going to be implementing some updates to overall site layout over the coming weeks and months. Mostly this will be done to upgrade the back-end software that runs the board and also the front page & article software. These changes will most likely change some of the way pages are displayed & delivered but also update board functionality.
The first step in the plan is that I'm partnering with a well-respected company effective immediately on upgrading and managing our ad delivery platform and site layout. They will control placement and delivery of ads which affects how and where ads are delivered on the site (both on your desktop and tablets & phones). We're in the beginning stages of rolling this out, but it should make the overall site layout smoother and more consistent for all users. You'll most likely notice some changes but overall I don't think the layouts will change too dramatically.
Some of you may hate it because it's change, some of you may hate it because it's ads, but mostly I hope most of you love (or at least tolerate) it because it, hopefully, helps continue to pay the bills! Once this is in place, they will continue to do tweaks as we optimize performance and delivery. If you experience any problems with the changes (i.e. site looks weird, formatting is screwed up, functionality isn't functioning, etc) please send me a PM with all the details. If you just don't like the changes, that's ok, too, but please don't spam me with PMs Hopefully, you'll like what this allows us to do moving forward.
Later in the spring & summer we'll be updating the front page and article content management system and the forum software. We'll let you know about these changes later.
Anyway, just wanted to make you aware of the imminent changes coming this week and others coming as we move through the spring & summer.
As always, thank you for continuing to support us and TideFans each and every day!
Happy [strike]Benevolent Dictator's Day[/strike] President's Day!
Just wanted to post a note about some upcoming changes we're working on behind the scenes before the season kicks off in this Fall. Exact timing is TBD, but I'm going to be implementing some updates to overall site layout over the coming weeks and months. Mostly this will be done to upgrade the back-end software that runs the board and also the front page & article software. These changes will most likely change some of the way pages are displayed & delivered but also update board functionality.
The first step in the plan is that I'm partnering with a well-respected company effective immediately on upgrading and managing our ad delivery platform and site layout. They will control placement and delivery of ads which affects how and where ads are delivered on the site (both on your desktop and tablets & phones). We're in the beginning stages of rolling this out, but it should make the overall site layout smoother and more consistent for all users. You'll most likely notice some changes but overall I don't think the layouts will change too dramatically.
Some of you may hate it because it's change, some of you may hate it because it's ads, but mostly I hope most of you love (or at least tolerate) it because it, hopefully, helps continue to pay the bills! Once this is in place, they will continue to do tweaks as we optimize performance and delivery. If you experience any problems with the changes (i.e. site looks weird, formatting is screwed up, functionality isn't functioning, etc) please send me a PM with all the details. If you just don't like the changes, that's ok, too, but please don't spam me with PMs Hopefully, you'll like what this allows us to do moving forward.
Later in the spring & summer we'll be updating the front page and article content management system and the forum software. We'll let you know about these changes later.
Anyway, just wanted to make you aware of the imminent changes coming this week and others coming as we move through the spring & summer.
As always, thank you for continuing to support us and TideFans each and every day!