Important: the future of Photoshopgurus

[Gaussian]

Hi everybody,

I would like to say hello to everyone on this board as the new owner of Photoshopgurus.com. I?m happy that Mark trusted the future of Photoshopgurus in my hands, so thank you Mark.

Some background

I?ve been a very active member/ moderator of this board for 1 ? year. I?ve got to know this place as a friendly and helpful community with some wonderful people.
Frustrations on my side have caused some friction by which I was forced to leave, but time passes, we try to learn from our mistakes and try to use them to our advantage.

Soon after I left it was obvious that I needed to start my own site, so I started with a plan and opened my first major site on March 2005. That site has been pretty successful so far and actually doing better than I expected before I started.

This gave me in the long run the confidence to consider a second site. PSG was never in the picture, but when I read that PSG?s future was in danger I could simply not ignore it, knowing how much PSG meant for me years ago, but also how much it means or meant for others.

I?ve done some research as how my current site and PSG can continue to support the Photoshop community, without competing with one another and I?ve come up with a plan that pretty much balances the two sites. I think that in the long run both sites will benefit from this.

Photoshopshopgurus is this year 10 years old, which is pretty amazing when you see so many Photoshop sites pop up like dandelions on your lawn, yet disappear in a matter of 1 to 2 years.

The last couple of weeks preparations were made to make the switch. It takes a while for the domain name to propagate all over the world (so that it points to the new server), so some people will still end up on the old server. This situation should change in less than 1-2 days.

Mark has been extremely busy with work for quite a while now, so it?s understandable that he wasn?t able to dedicate enough his time to this site, so it?s not surprising that the amount of visitors has decreased.

To bring the site back on track I need to go through a lot of things, so please be patient with me.
The main focus will be on promoting the site to have more visitors and to reduce maintenance. This will automatically lead to a different looking site and forum, some expansion, but the whole concept of Photoshopgurus stays the same, which is a friendly place for people who want to learn Photoshop or want to share their art, designs or ideas and don't forget.... have some good old fun!?

Note that to increase the traffic I need to make several changes that take a lot of time. Also traffic won?t increase over night; it takes weeks if not months but expect some improvements. Where this all leads to, I don't know, but you can be sure that I'll do my best and that time is the only limit.

Photoshopgurus? moderators will be contacted in private about future plans.

More information will follow.?

[namvet]

Neo .. I am pleased to read your above post stating that PSG will continue. I thank the Keeper for originating PSG and for all the work he has done for various members in the past ... and I wish the Keeper very best with his new ventures

[Moth]

Welcome aboard!

[p?tr?]

Wow. I am very glad to see that this site won't dissapear after all. Not only will this site continue, but it looks like you have some more upgrades/expansions up your sleeve too, neo.
And, I wish Mark the best of luck and thank you for this wonderful place you've created!

[dv8_fx]

A hearthy congrats to Mark, mods and everyone who kept the place alive all these years.

After a looooooooong absence, it's nice to see the house doing well.

Me thinks it's time to clear off me cobwebs............

dv8_fx

[namvet]

dv8_fx ... welcome back!! ... if you need a hand with those cobwebs just say ... :P

[dv8_fx]

hehehe... no prob. Gotta re-acqauint myself with the warp drives...... . Maaaan, my locker's dusty..... *cough.........

[Shaun]

Nice to see more members coming back.
Cheers!

[SCync]

First off, thanks and congratulations to Reg for stepping up to the plate in order to keep this community afloat. I hope and trust that the standards that Mark established for this forum are maintained, mainly professionalism, courtesy, and maturity (to a point ).

It's also good to see some of the old class coming back for a look and a word.

Congrats to namvet, on becoming a mod. Can't see anything but good coming out of that decision.

To Mark, thanks for all you've put into this project over the years. Good luck in all future endeavors, and hope to see you pop in for a cold one from time to time.

So Reg, good luck with this and let's hope we can get this place back to where it deserves to be, best damn PS resource on the Web.

Steve

[ronmatt]

Well, well, verrrrry interesting.......... My two favorite forums, Lunacore and PSG both run by the same person..... This must be a plot Is the FCC aware of this? How long will it be before this guy takes over Google or maybe the entire internet????

Should I continue to post on both forums? Have I used enough avatars
Do these things actually make MONEY?

Good luck and thanks for resurecting the PSG