Woof, everyfur! I haven't written in my blog fur about a hundred years, but I have important news fur anyfur who loves Dogster! (If you don't love Dogster anymore, you may as well go on to another blog. We still love you, but this won't interest you.)
Lori at HQ just posted this in the All Paws Bulletin group:
"Since i-5 Publishing acquired Dogster and Catster in July, they’ve
dedicated an amazing amount and time and resources to addressing the
many issues that came with the lack of maintenance and neglect of the
Community areas over most of the last three years. The 1-5 transition
team fixed many things, but some of the issues are so severe, that they
just can’t be fixed.
"The good news is that the i-5 transition team has decided to rebuild
the Community areas of the site on a new platform that will not only
repair the features, but also make them function even better! All data
and functions (Pet Pages, Groups, Forums, etc.) will be migrated to the
new platform WITHOUT THE FLEAS!
"This project is already underway, and we are targeting the first
quarter of 2015 to launch the new and MUCH improved Dogster and Catster.
All of your suggestions have been shared with the transition team and
will be considered in the process of rebuilding.
"Over the next few weeks, I will be formulating a timeline for the
launch, to include, updating members of the Community, and assembling a
group of vital Community members, Forum Moderators and key advisors to
test the site prior to launch. I will keep you posted in this group
every step of the way.
"You should all be very proud of the wonderful community you’ve built
over the last decade. I am delighted that i-5 recognizes this and is
dedicated to giving all of you a place to express and share your love of
dogs and cats.
Thanks for your patience and support. We love our Community!"
Someone asked, What about our pals who have deleted their pages but might want to come back? Lori said that if they hurry and let HQ know (e-mail support@dogster.com or support@catster.com), their pages can still be recovered!!!! Oh, I hope I hope I hope somefurs that I miss so much will want to join us again. There is a lot of stuff still broken at Dogster, but it nevfur did go away! We wouldn't let it, BOL!!
Crikey Hershey. That's good news indeed. I tried to hang in there but found it just too difficult. I still pop in from time to time to check out how it is going though and I will be there with bells on when it becomes viable again.. I love dogster. I sure hope the ones that deleted everything will reconsider. I was reading some of them from day one and all of a sudden they were gone! I, too miss them and the wonderful stories they had to tell. How are you and Winkie going?
ReplyDeleteWe're doing great, Charlie! We've missed YOUR stories! It's been a hard year on Dogster, no fooling. We'll be glad to put it behind us!
DeleteI did try to do some diary entries, Hershey, but they kept disappearing and I couldn't comment and oh ..... you know!! It's good to know you and Winkie are ok. AND Rosco ...... how's Rosco .... do you know?? I did try the forum things but I was a bit confused there and couldn't really follow what was going on. My Secretary wasn't much help I'm afraid. She has very limited computer skills. Crikey I missed you!!
DeleteThe diary entries have stopped disappearing, but we still can't leave comments. Must be one of the things that can't be fixed. Rosco and everyfur at PTLF are doing just fine! Well, Pogo has something torn in a rear leg, so we're sending her a lot of POTP. If you can get in and come to Hershey's Place at Furiends Furever, I promise you won't get confoosed. There's hardly anything going on in there these days, BOL!! We all miss you!
DeleteWe...Freckles and the kitties, cause Catster must be part of this, too...are happy to hear this.
ReplyDeleteWe are like you, Charlie, just pop in see if things are there, and go back to blogs...but we like the blogs too!
Well, we are happy that we didn't leave, we just took a long hibernation with some stretches to see if the sun was out yet...looks like it soon might be!
Thanks fur the pupdate!
Yes, it means Catster, too! Sorry fur the ovfursight! We can't blame anyfur who needed to take a D/C vacation this year. Some days it's just the only thing that made sense! BOL!!!
DeleteHi Hershey. It's great to hear from you! Joey dog and I have been wondering how you and Winkie have been doing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the doggie blog news. We've never been to Dogster though, but we'll check it out for sure. I hope my human can figure it out.
Woof Chester!! I'm embarrassed how seldom I drop in to this bloggie place, because so many of my good furiends are here. But I spend so much time at Dogster! Do come and check it out. My page is #854601, here's the link: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/854601. You can send me a p-mail when you get there! There is stuff not working, or not working right, but there are still lots of places to play and make new pals! (And BTW, if my mommy can figure it out, ANY hooman can figure it out! BOL!!)
DeleteHershey, we are happy to learn this. Mom does check Dogster everyday, and hopes that soon it will be as much fun as it used to be. Paws crossed that some of our pals come back to Dogster.
ReplyDeleteI think it's gonna happen, Buddy!!
DeleteI heered wumours 'bout stuff goin' on, Hershey! I weally hope fings start impwovin' cuz Momma an' I weally miss Dogster, tu. Bwoggin' r fun, bud we wike da stwucture Dogster gived us. R I tu late tu see if my Dogster stuff can be founded? Hershey???
ReplyDeleteZAIDIE!!!!!!! Oh, pal, we miss you SO MUCH!!!! Pawlease tell your mommy to send an e-mail to support@dogster.com right away to see if your page can be recovered. Lori said to do it quick, but she didn't say how quick. It would be so great to see your face there again!
ReplyDeleteThe worst thing that's too broken to fix is, we can't leave comments on diaries. That's something that we won't get back until the new site gets built. That might be anofur six months or centuries or something. But we can still send p-mails and chat in our groups. So we're still togefur and we're still Dogster Strong!!! We even have a bunch of Christmas card exchanges going! (We sent you one! We were just hoping it would be okay! Just wouldn't be Christmas without our LWD pal!)
Ob corse it r ok tu send me a Chwissmus card, Hershey! I wuff yu pupses!
DeleteMomma sended a message tu support@dogster.com wast nite. Hur awweady gedded a wesponse! Anywayz, dem sed dem wood twy tu find my pwofile, bud Momma sez dat if dem can nod find it an/or Dadda can nod figure out how tu put my pwofile (dat we saved), we will start fwesh.
Momma needs tu wate a while afore we head back tu Dogster, bud jus' knowin' dat fings r geddin' bedder ober dere r da bestest nues we hab heered in monfs! We weally miss Dogster. Bwoggin' r fun, bud Momma wikes da stwucture ob Dogster. An' we miss it! I menshunned dat??? BOL :D
Your mommy will be smart to wait befure trying to play on Dogster like old times. It will be more work than fun fur a while yet. We stuck it out because my mommy's a glutton fur punishment, BOL!!! But if you can get a page back up in the meantime, that will be wonderfur!!!
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