Monday, July 30, 2007
And We're Live: Welcome to the new Smartphone Thoughts
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Smartphone Talk" @ 02:13 PM
It took a lot of work - nearly a year off and on - but I'd like to welcome you to Smartphone Thoughts version 2.0. This new version is nicer looking, faster, has more space for content, has bigger ads (sorry, they're a necessary evil), and in general gives us the space and infrastructure to do some very cool things here in the coming years.
It seems incredible that we haven't modified the Smartphone Thoughts template since we launched it, but despite minor modifications here and there it's largely remained the same since day one. I can't even begin to describe how complicated the whole process was, or how much work Fabrizio put into this process - taking all the phpBB data, injecting it into the vBulletin forums, merging two different username databases...the list goes on and on. Suffice it to say that it's been a lot of work, a lot of sweat, but that the results were worth it. The groundwork done on this process will allow us to move Pocket PC Thoughts and Digital Media Thoughts over much easier when the time comes (and that time will be soon).
Looking at the site, I can already see a lot of things that are broken - give us about 48 hours before you start reporting errors. Most of the obvious ones we'll fix fast. I was hoping to show you all the completely kick-ass mobile template that Fabrizio designed, but, uh, it's broken - you'll see a SERVER ERROR page when you hit this site on your mobile device. I'm very sorry about that - I suspect it will be fixed sometime tomorrow. There are a smattering of other changes that need to be made (mostly in the forums), and there are some things that still aren't working fully (newsletter, etc.).
Thanks for your patience as we polish things up - I think you'll enjoy the new digs. Your forum login is the same as it was over at Smartphone Thoughts - same username, same password. If for whatever reason the password doesn't work, use for Forgot Password function and it will be reset. Anything else weird going on? Post a comment and let me know.
It seems incredible that we haven't modified the Smartphone Thoughts template since we launched it, but despite minor modifications here and there it's largely remained the same since day one. I can't even begin to describe how complicated the whole process was, or how much work Fabrizio put into this process - taking all the phpBB data, injecting it into the vBulletin forums, merging two different username databases...the list goes on and on. Suffice it to say that it's been a lot of work, a lot of sweat, but that the results were worth it. The groundwork done on this process will allow us to move Pocket PC Thoughts and Digital Media Thoughts over much easier when the time comes (and that time will be soon).
Looking at the site, I can already see a lot of things that are broken - give us about 48 hours before you start reporting errors. Most of the obvious ones we'll fix fast. I was hoping to show you all the completely kick-ass mobile template that Fabrizio designed, but, uh, it's broken - you'll see a SERVER ERROR page when you hit this site on your mobile device. I'm very sorry about that - I suspect it will be fixed sometime tomorrow. There are a smattering of other changes that need to be made (mostly in the forums), and there are some things that still aren't working fully (newsletter, etc.).
Thanks for your patience as we polish things up - I think you'll enjoy the new digs. Your forum login is the same as it was over at Smartphone Thoughts - same username, same password. If for whatever reason the password doesn't work, use for Forgot Password function and it will be reset. Anything else weird going on? Post a comment and let me know.
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