lamplighter's Blog

As you may have noticed, I've been doing some work on the site. I apologize for disappearing, and hope to start making things right again. I realize it won't be easy. Eventually I will do a more formal announcement (apology, action plan, etc) but I'd like to focus on a few basics on the backend first. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the speed improvement and staying logged in.

I'm heading out for a bit of a vacation and then meeting up with Steve (aka revird) in England! We will be planning and working out the next phase of the site so expect big things to be coming in September! I'll have limited internet access so if you need anything just give Steve a private message or email, steve at customize dot org.

Its been almost two months since we fully relaunched Customize.org and it is due time for a status update. The reaction to EVO has been fantastic. Traffic is at an all time high and continues to increase. Not only are more people using the site, they are spending much longer on it. We have seen a lot of old faces come back, and just as importantly, we are seeing new users becoming regulars. And of course, all of this wouldn't be possible without our loyal core users, so thank you! ...

Update: April Fools! As most of you have guessed, this was just a joke. Customize.org is here to stay as a pure customization site! I am very excited to announce Customize.org's newest section, poetry! This section has been in the plans for a while now and is a reflection of the direction Steve and I will be taking the site over the coming months. Most of you are already familiar with our friends at deviantArt and ArtUproar. They also started as customization sites and by turning to...

There were two main points of focus for EVO: community and customization. Steve has already made a post on many of the new community-related features ( http://beta.customize.org/blogs/view/19 ). Here is an overview of the new features that we hope will make the whole customization process a lot more fun, positive, and intuitive: "I like it" or "I love it!" -- Every submission now features these two choices. Not only will your votes be saved in your Favorites for future reference, they...