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It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:15 pm
by snubs
New year, new ToO! ...But not the newToO board style. :p
Eugene wrote:Passwords have been reset during the upgrade. If you can't reset your password or need to change your email address, please email: [email protected]

If you find an issue, please post it in the Log of site issues.

What have you all been doing in the meantime? Catspaw, how did you fill the void of your daily ToO check-ins?

Frankly, I kinda forgot about this place, well, I didn't forget, I just wasn't really missing it. But then I got really sad I wasn't able to post about the Christmas Listening party I hosted back on December 22 in the chatroom. :boohoo: We still had a great turnout regardless though!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:27 pm
by Bren
I for one have missed the community/family feeling of the place. For nearly 13 years so many of you have been like an extended family to me and I am glad we can come here again.

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:47 pm
by Eugene
Hello, everyone!! Thanks for your patience with the upgrade... it took longer than anticipated, but we're back now!! \:D/ Things are a little different now, eh? Fancy new notifications, better mobile compatibility, user mentions, and we can now install the ToO as a web app? My, aren't we cutting edge! ;)

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December was the best month of my year so far. I didn't really get into the Christmas spirit until the week leading up to the big day. The big BIG good news is that one of my foster siblings (who was taken away from our family last December without warning) was FINALLY returned to our mother's care!! I still haven't seen him in-person because of the pandemic preventing non-essential travel... but it's such a relief that he's home! He was being abused and neglected in a group home for the past twelve months with little contact with us. Now we video chat and game online every day. :mrgreen: So thankful!!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:27 pm
by Mountain_Girl
Nice new look! Love it!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:41 pm
by Polehaus53
Wow, it came back faster than I thought it would. Good to see the place up and running again! \:D/

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:57 pm
by KnittingFun14
Yay!! Excited to see the ToO again! It looks awesome! Ya'll did a great job getting this back up and running!! So a big thank you to everyone that helped with that!! You guys are great \:D/
Eugene wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:47 pm December was the best month of my year so far. I didn't really get into the Christmas spirit until the week leading up to the big day. The big BIG good news is that one of my foster siblings (who was taken away from our family last December without warning) was FINALLY returned to our mother's care!! I still haven't seen him in-person because of the pandemic preventing non-essential travel... but it's such a relief that he's home! He was being abused and neglected in a group home for the past twelve months with little contact with us. Now we video chat and game online every day. :mrgreen: So thankful!!
Yay!! I'm sure that is so exciting to get your foster brother back!! \:D/

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:05 pm
by jelly
Great work Eugene (and everyone else)! \:D/

Thanks Bren for notifying me that this was live and warning me that I'd have to reset my password. :P

This probably isn't the place to post complaints but I MISS THE GREY THEME ALREADYYYY

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:18 pm
by Petrichor
Welcome back, ToO! Thanks to Eugene and everyone else for all their hard work! \:D/

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:39 pm
by Catspaw
snubs wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:15 pm What have you all been doing in the meantime? Catspaw, how did you fill the void of your daily ToO check-ins?
The void was too big. :( It was impossible to fill. :sniff: But now that I have my good ToO smilies back, life is complete again! \:D/

I already keep more than busy between work, church, friends, and family commitments, so I wasn't sitting around bored. Some of those things were online instead of in person, but still took plenty of time! I did sometimes find myself wanting to post on a certain topic or wanting to check something I knew was on the ToO but couldn't. It's great to have the site back! I'm sure it took a lot of work, so it's great to see other people also returning and happy to see the renewed site. :yes:

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:09 am
by snubs
jelly wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:05 pmThis probably isn't the place to post complaints but I MISS THE GREY THEME ALREADYYYY
Yeah, I think we'll have to create a neutral theme of some sort. :yes:

Catspaw wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:39 pm
snubs wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:15 pm What have you all been doing in the meantime? Catspaw, how did you fill the void of your daily ToO check-ins?
The void was too big. :( It was impossible to fill. :sniff: But now that I have my good ToO smilies back, life is complete again! \:D/
I think everyone missed the ToO smilies the most. xD :boohoo:

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:27 am
by Mountain_Girl
Just a little advice, you might want to post about where to find the chat. It took me forever to figure out how to get there! :lol: ](*,) #-o

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:52 am
by Laurie
So very happy to have the ToO back, I really missed it!! \:D/ I also surprised myself by staying absolutely calm the first day I saw it was down, usually I fly into a panic when a message board I belong to is down. I sincerely thank everyone for their hard work. =D>

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:14 am
by The Top Crusader
Thought it was finally dead, better luck next time. :(

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:33 am
by E II
Really glad to have this place back! I don't always come here a lot, but it felt weird to not have the option!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:37 am
by Laura Ingalls
Yay, it's back! Thanks for everyone's hard work at getting it back up!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:12 pm
by snubs
The Top Crusader wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:14 am Thought it was finally dead, better luck next time. :(
Just admit it, Top. You missed this place the most.

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:17 pm
by Jonathan
I have covid to thank for missing it. All that extra time is what brought me back in the first place. Glad it's back.

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:37 pm
by Peachey Keen
I'm so glad the ToO and my ToO family is back! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ I hope we can get back the same or better usage of this site before it shut down.

Thanks so much for all you did, Eugene!

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:53 pm
by Candy
Okay so I’m not gonna lie. I haven’t been around here in ages. :anxious: but I’ve been checking it faithfully for a while since I joined the discord and I’m so glad it’s back up and running. Good job on the update everyone! \:D/

Re: It's time to say WELCOME BACK!

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:54 pm
by Kaida
Whoop whoop it's back! Yaaayyyy! Good job to all the big brains that made this happen.

(Not me just posting so that everyone can see the new sig snubs made me)