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[Paulie]

I stopped visiting www.abandonia.com for a few months and when I came back the design was totally different! I really liked the old one. What happened? Why did it change?
I apologize in advance if my question was already answered in another thread. Thanks :laugh:!

[gregor]

it was a bit more that a few months.

[Nick]

Yes, yes... It was a mistake. I don't know why admins decided that design must be changed.

[Sebatianos]

It changed in December, about half a year now...

[Mighty Midget]

There are some obvious benefits for the admins and mods. One thing is we haven't had any bots since we changed. That's always a good thing. The guys at Reloaded have the old design and they are constantly fighting them bots.

Other than that, the new design has a few features not available with the old design. Ask someone who knows what he's talking about for details there.

[_r.u.s.s.]

Originally Posted by Mighty Midget

There are some obvious benefits for the admins and mods. One thing is we haven't had any bots since we changed. That's always a good thing. The guys at Reloaded have the old design and they are constantly fighting them bots.

Other than that, the new design has a few features not available with the old design. Ask someone who knows what he's talking about for details there.

it's not with the design, it's with the engine

the site design could be totally different, even almost the same as the site before. it's just a graphical layout, what can be so unprogrammable in here?

[Scatty]

Fact is, whoever is pulling the strings behind Abandonia now, they don't seem to be giving a **** about making it a better place for everyone to visit.
The work is done here as far as I can tell mostly only by Fifth Horseman and some of the moderators who are still visiting here, and the updaters, but there has been only little improvement in the current layout of the site which would probably require someone with more direct access to the site.

[The Fifth Horseman]

It changed in December, about half a year now...

actually, it was mid-November from what I recall :P

but there has been only little improvement in the current layout of the site which would probably require someone with more direct access to the site.

You're right about that part, Scatty.
Unfortunately, Kosta is pretty much our only real contact with Studentis, and he's been away for some time.

[Sebatianos]

Originally Posted by Scatty

Fact is, whoever is pulling the strings behind Abandonia now, they don't seem to be giving a **** about making it a better place for everyone to visit.

That claim is overexagurated. It's not that nobody gives a **** about making the site better. People do care, but there are things that have been different in the past.

Studentis group is not really a part of the abandonware scene and they are "our technical support". This means that they probably see us just as one of the customers in line and not as a pet hobby project they'd like to work on 24/7. And Kosta is more or less the only link to them (although there is the aaa_admin, but there was never a sense of personal conection to that person). So things are progressing much slower then eager user would like them to progress.

Oh and I guess most people got busier with their real lives (I see on my own example - I'm posting/spaming much less then what I used to, due to personal problems I'm in at the moment), I know Kosta used to live at home and was at a faculty that wasn't too demanding, living in the comfort of his home - in the haydays of Abandonia, now he does have many other worries and Abandonia was forced of the top spot on his priority list. I bet you've seen things like that happen before, you've been around here long enough and in high enough circles...