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Important Announcement about KOT; Please Read
Topic Started: Apr 6 2011, 03:38 AM (341 Views)
24thcenstfan
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After much deliberation and subsequent consultation with Swidden, I have made the hard decision to change directions with KOT. In the near future, I will revamp and relaunch KOT as a Science Fiction/Fantasy/Entertainment site. Star Trek will remain a part of the board content, but it will no longer be the focus.

I have chosen to make this change for many reasons. The primary reason is that I think KOT has plateaued as a Star Trek community. Current membership activity has become sporadic to almost non-existent, new member registrations are very few and far between and my multitude of attempts at advertising and bringing in new members have overall been unsuccessful.

A secondary reason for this change is that I am hoping that by broadening our focus somewhat, that we will be able to generate interest from a wider demographic of people interested in Science Fiction and related genres (hopefully Star Trek too).

A lot of work has gone into this site over the years, and I am not prepared to watch KOT die off without a fight.

Swidden and I are currently settling on content for the site. I also have to make several other behind the scenes preparations (new theme, creating new advertising content, etc.). As soon as we have everything in place, I will be able to give you a relaunch date.

This decision was not an easy one to make. Star Trek is a part of my heart and soul and in part this change is an attempt to save that part of the site that originally brought so many of us together.

I wanted to make this announcement beforehand so that you can think about the change and provide comments and feedback here if you wanted.

Thank you.
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Data's Cat's Sister
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Good luck with the changes. It's not easy running a board and I see how much effort you have been putting in.

Lets hope these changes bring us lots of new friends.
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Nimor
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Тhis is a fantastic idea - I like it. It'll surely make more people come online and register. And it'll make my knowledge more. :P
Good luck. :)
Edited by Nimor, Apr 6 2011, 09:53 AM.
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24thcenstfan
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Thanks for your support all.

Keeping my fingers crossed. :fingers:
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Nimor
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When is the revamp going to happen?
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24thcenstfan
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Nimor
Apr 7 2011, 04:28 AM
When is the revamp going to happen?
I'm shooting for sometime in the next week or two. It really depends on how quickly I can finish the two themes I am working on.

I am creating a Light and Dark version of the same theme so that people with different visual needs will have more options. Many of the same graphics will be used on both themes, so that part creatively is working out great.

There will be other things that need to be completed, but the themes are the biggest hurdle.
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Nimor
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Оh cool, new themes! I'm waiting for them. :D
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Data's Cat's Sister
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Let me know if I can help at all.
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Nimor
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Same here. :)
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24thcenstfan
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Thanks DCS and Nimor. If I end up needing help with anything, I'll be sure to let you know. :thmbup:
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Nimor
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I can help you with the coding of the themes - I tend to know something about it. ;)
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Nimor
Apr 8 2011, 10:10 AM
I can help you with the coding of the themes - I tend to know something about it. ;)
Thanks. Things are moving along okay on that end. :handshake:



There is one thing everyone can do to help, and that is if you come across any great sci-fi/fantasy images that can be turned into avatars 100x100 that would be great. I'm looking for images for the big Science Fiction and Fantasy Franchises (e.g. Star Wars, Dr. Who, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator/Sarah Connor Chronicles, V: The Series, The X-Files, Fringe, classic science fiction movies/shows, X-Men, Transformers, Harry Potter, Twilight, Merlin, Being Human (BBC and American version)...

If the image is no bigger than 500x500, I can usually scale without losing picture integrity. The closer in size they are to 100x100 the better though.

I also need a link to the original image online. I have to be really careful about what images I use. Some people are okay with you using their images for different purposes and other sites aren't.

If you are feeling froggy/creative and want to create some 100x100 avatars, then that would be great too. Just keep them decent (i.e. appropriate for different age groups to look at).


Anyway, I need to beef up the KOT Avatar Gallery for these types of avatars.
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Nimor
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I can get you images from Stargate and Star Wars.

- goes off searching -
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^^ Thanks. :)


Edit: Topic now closed.

Conversation regarding Avatars can be found on the Avatar Gallery Thread in this forum.

Thank you for your interest. :)
Edited by 24thcenstfan, Apr 23 2011, 03:57 PM.
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