During the course of the last few months, progress on Total Format has been a little slow and at times hit a complete stand still, this has been down to my need to sell my previous home and move into an alternate property. Over the last few days i have completed that sale and I am now in my new home, albeit still living in a sea of boxes at the moment. I am sure the importance of this period has not been as clearly understood by the community as it has been for myself, as i've not wanted to needlessly worry the community at how close Total Format was to needing to shut down for a few months due to financial restraints, but to put it bluntly, Total Format was as close as 9 days away from being shut down at one point. The financial situation has now been aleviated, however, at this time, I would ask that every community member do their bit to make sure Total Format is active and thriving, as to secure the long term future of the site, I still need to increase my income.
For information purposes, the following list has been scribed by myself over the last few days and weeks to help the team, myself and the community know what is planned and what the future holds for Total Format.
- Update review system (complete overhaul)
- Donations section (put back in place properly)
- News Section (a proper seperate system - part built)
- MMORPG Section (part built)
- KIDS TV Section (part built)
- Music Bands Section (part built)
- Celebrities Profiles Section (part built)
- RPG Section (part built)
- Update Sitemap
- Update Advertising page
- Update About Us page
- Update/revamp Horoscopes (needs to load quicker)
- Premium Accounts (????? still humming on this one, no point with forums so crappily quiet)
- Arcade Games (got another 3,000 or so to install)
- Add Games Back (the ones such as Sudoku and the likes)
- Better Hangman (It needs revamping, it feels old and unprofessional)
- Articles Section (TF needs a proper articles section)
- Anime Section (part built)
- Shopping Pages (needs completing)
- Forum Update (needs updating to latest version AGAIN)
- Add more radio stations
- Redesign frontpage of TF (already planned, just needs implementing)
- TF TV (similar to TF radio tuner)
- Banner Exchange (part built - good for getting traffic to TF)
- Cheat Section (part built)
- Add more jokes to joke section
- Add more trailers to trailer section
- Finish filling gallery
- Various header updates for sections
- More directory listings
- Amazon shopping feature (part built)
There are many more smaller behind the scenes bits that will also be worked on, but those are the main points that will take effect over the following weeks.
Please also note however, that during the next few weeks, I will hopefully be taking on a full time job for the longterm, for one thing to hopefully increase my skill levels with web design, but also to allow me to improve my financial situation dramatically and so that I can actually lay down plans for my personal life, including the want for actually being able to afford to get married at some point and even possibly raise a family, this needs to be done as my current income is no where near enough to maintain any kind of life, never mind the kind of life I feel I deserve to be enjoying. This will slow the progress of the development of the site down a little, but between now and then I will be working flat out to get as much as earthly possible done and once in full time employment I will spend much of my free time continuing to build and improve Total Format.
The future of Total Format is bright, but it needs the community active and joining in to make it thrive. If you do your part, I promise I will do everything needed and possible on my part to make Total Format as positive and enjoyable experience for you as I can.
Total Format Getting Back On Track
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