Hey everyone!
I just wanted to make a quick post to let you all know that a new website has been in development for a little over a month now. We love the current one: http://www.theparanormalsociety.org/ , but there have been a few issues with it and we want more member interactivity. So, the only real solution was to have a completely new site developed. Our friends at Connect it! Web Services have volunteered to do this task for us... at no charge! Big thanks to them because at this point in time, we just couldn't afford to dish out the kind of money it would take to get what we wanted.
Anyway, the new site will be awesome! It will contain all the content of the current site, plus it will have interactive features like member signup, the ability for members to create their own in depth profile including the addition of HTML so you can embed things like a music player, photos or whatever you'd like. You'll also be able to IM other members, you'll have your own email/message box, you'll be able to start your own photo gallery that will link to your profile, you'll be able to upload and contribute photos, videos and EVP's. You can also submit your weblink and banner automatically, you can upload your stories directly to the site rather than emailing them. Another feature that we LOVE is that you will be able to contribute directly to The Paranormal Library. There will also be a new Wiki feature that is called " WikiParanormal". This will allow everyone to build a paranormal wiki, which has been a goal of ours for a very long time. We'd like to have everyone contribute and build the Wiki, sort of like Wikipedia.
Another nice thing is that you will be able to write your own articles and display them, all from within the site. The chat room will still be there, as well as the forum. The current photo gallery will be taken down and replaced with an incorporated flash gallery. This is also where you will be able to contribute your photos or have them analyzed. You will have the ability to purchase banner ads, which will be placed in different areas of the site.
One of the coolest things is that we've partnered with our very, very good friends at The Shadowlands and Ghost Hounds to bring you the absolute largest haunted places community. Here you will be able to find stuff like legend tripping and places to investigate or just visit.
All in all, we're really pumped about it! This new site is going to be SO awesome! Check out the sneak peak screenshot below. The look may change a bit as this is the beta view. Hopefully it will up and running within the next two weeks.
If you have any feedback, please let us know by posting here on the forum. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the past year! 2009 will be a good one!
Happy Hunting!
Chris
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