Tatiana's Tea Room: Take Two
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Drop by anytime, Candace. I think that plaster dust becomes us (both in RL & SL)
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Drop by anytime, Candace. I think that plaster dust becomes us (both in RL & SL)
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Thank you, Aldo! Those are the pictures, in the Dining Room, that I was telling you about.
Merci beaucoup, Comte 
It's a wonderful feeling to have it finally being used.
A new chapter is beginning for Tatiana's Tea Room and I couldn't be more excited!
Renovations on the Petit Trianon have finally reached the point where it was possible for me to start setting up shop. I've been busy setting tables, arranging flowers and researching new artwork. In other words, I've been living my SL decorator's dream 
In order to move things along, I've had to compromise on some of the authentic Petit Trianon detailing especially with regard to the boiserie that makes each room so unique. It's already been a six year journey for this re-creation and I though see no end in sight I'm still having a great time working on it.
I did manage to track down and install the four paintings commissioned by Louis XV for the Dining Room, quite a tale, best told on another day.
You will find that those rooms which are still under construction have been locked as I certainly don't want any unsuspecting avatars falling through a hole in the floor!
Even with some rooms closed, there's still lots to see on both the main & ground floors. Hopefully the numerous floor plans and a few discretely placed teleporters (for those just too impatient to walk from one end of the chateau to the other) will help you find your way and give you a feel for the original architecture.
So drop on by and take all the time you need to explore Tatiana's Tea Room . You'll most likely find me there, covered with plaster dust 
Originally published at Tatiana's Tea Room: Take Two
Wishing Everyone the Happiest of Holidays with a Wonderful New Year to Follow!
Please see the updated opening post for January 11, 2015. Thanks!
You're very welcome, Leena.
Being intimately familiar with IT project delivery schedules & their pitfall I'm really not surprised at the delay but that doesn't keep me from being impatient.
I wish they would hurry up!!!
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Hello Everyone
Ning is making progress on 3.0 and has started a limited migration process. Unfortunately they are still missing both Events & Videos which means that we are still in a holding pattern.
On a positive note, some of their recent additions/updates will make for a better site experience & I'm really looking forward to the day that we can switch over.
Thanks!
January 11, 2015
Hello Everyone
As you can see, over a year has passed since the last update. Sadly, Ning has made no progress on the outstanding functions that we need for Royal Courts. This includes Events which I believe is critical to our operations.
Many Network Creators have given up and are now moving to other platforms. I'm going to investigate this a bit and see if this is feasible for us. I want to have some information and a bit of a plan just in case Ning decides to close shop altogether.
On the bright side, there does appear to be some alternatives that will allow us to migrate all (or most) of our current content.
Thanks!
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December 10, 2013
Hello Everyone
It's been a while since my last report on moving to Ning 3.0. As you may recall, Ning had planned to have early migration tools out by the end of October and from that I was guestimating that we would be able to move sometime in December.
Well, as typically happens with a lot of software development, Ning missed their target date for the migration software and then went silent. As you can imagine there are many Network Creators fuming about the delay & lack of communication. And you thought LL was the only company to face these problems 
Anyway, today Ning came out with Migrating to Ning 3.0 Status Update which includes:
Since our last update , the engineering team working behind the scenes on the migration process has made serious advances. We currently support migrating the following elements of 2.0 networks, with more to come as we continue to make progress:
I'm glad to see that they are moving along but you will notice that they haven't tackled Events or Videos as of yet. From what I can gather these will be added sometime"in the new year".
Since these are important features for our community we are going to have to wait a while longer. I'll keep you updated as I find out more.
Please note that we are not accepting new members on The Royal Courts 3.0 (beta) site .
When the migration tools are complete all of our current members & their content will be transferred automatically. I'm really looking forward to that
Any questions, just give me a shout!