Thanks to everyone that has taken a look so far!
I'm getting impatient for the move as I really like the cleaner look and I want to start using it RIGHT NOW.
Probably a couple of months still to go though, hopefully before Christmas.
I'll really be glad when we have migrated our content over as I find the Tatiana Show to be really boring. I just keep imaging how great everything is going to look when it'sactually populated with a variety of information.
On the bright side, my alter ego The Dragonslayerescaped Skyrim and got to look around a bit 
Thanks, Nora!
By nature all of our site members are pretty computer savvy so I'm thinking it will be easy for everyone to adapt.
There are a lot of improvements under the hood and content is much easier to categorize & organize. I'm really looking forward to seeing al the content we've built up over four years slotted into the prototype. That's what will make our new house a home 
Thanks for taking a look, Leena!
The look is very different so I suspect it might come as a bit of a shock and take a while to get use to.
Dear Courtiers
It's early days yet but I thought you might like a sneak peek at the new Royal Courts site.
Hold on to your hats ...
Here it is ...
Royal Courts of Second Life (Beta)
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Caveats:
It's changing from one minute to the next so what you see & do now may be completely different the next time you visit.
Ning is still working on providing functionality. Events do not exist yet, neither do Photo Slide Shows, Messaging and other features that will beincluded ASAP.
A big advantage of 3.0 is that it works well with mobile devices & tablets. This also means that the content is much more streamlined and the look is much cleaner. This maygiveyouan initialshock considering the format of the current site.
Speaking of content, right now it looks like "The Tatiana Show". Sorry about that but I needed some quick test content that I didn't mind losing should something go wrong. I did try to place enough content in spots to give you a rough idea of how things would work.
I've tried to use the functions "right out of the box" with only minor CSS custom coding. I like custom coding as much as the next hacker but I hate maintaining it. This means that it could be a lot fancier but I think it will evolve as Ning catches up.
With the new ability to Categorize & the new Group functions, there is a lot of organizationwork to be done. I'll post separate discussions so we can talk about doing this.
Conditions of use for this free, sandbox site mean that we cannot accept new members at this time.
Take a look, see what you think & please come back here todiscuss it!
Hello Jerit!
It's good to hear from you! I know my own involvement onmany sites tends to ebb & flow over the years. I think it's kind of a natural cycle. I'm glad that you think Royal Courts is still useful to you and it will be waiting here when you have more time for it.
In fact, there are a lot of exciting changes coming soon that will make it even better. Keep an eye out and I'll be revealing them here as we progress
ROFL
You are most welcome! Thank you, after alllaughter is the best medicine )
ETA: and cup cakes, and chocolate ...
... opens a large bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol ... takes two for herself ... passes the rest of the bottle to Aldo
Time to take a look at where we areso we canfigure out where we're going
Members (828)
Groups (117)
Events (918)
Forum Discussions:
General Discussion (188)
Getting Started (16)
Social Announcements & Introductions (50)
Court News, Rules & Etiquette (117)
Marketplace (604)
Architecture (18)
Book Lovers (8)
Bloggers' Corner (58)
Food (9)
Property Rentals (10)
Blog Posts (370)
Photos (6,896)
Videos (397)
Whew! That's a lot of content for a niche site
Good question, Fiorino.
My understanding is thatALL of our current content will be migrated over to the new site. So all the blogs, photos, forum discussions etc. should make that move.
This is one of the reasons we've already started the clean up process as this is a good time to remove content that we don't want to migrate.
Ning is working on migration software and they are currently estimating that it will be up and running in October. I wouldn't hold my breath for that date but at least we have a ballpark estimate. As part of our migration strategy I think it is prudentto wait until some of the bugs have been beaten out of the software before we do our own transition.
I am currently working on a "sandbox" version of the new site, which Ning has provided to me free of charge until the migration software is working. They haven't mentioned how longwe will have to make the transition before they start charging for two sitesbut that will be a consideration as well.
After all the content is moved some of it will have to be rearranged before the site is looking its best but at least we will be up and running
