Many Changes
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:32 am
Fellow SkirtCafeterians... I have completed an overhaul of SkirtCafe, which should reflect who we have become in the past year and where we are going in the future. Please feel free to comment and criticize:
1. There is a new "Introductions" forum specifically for new members to introduce themselves. Old members, please welcome new members there. This will make the Cafe more welcoming to new members. A few recent "introduction" threads have been moved to this forum.
2. The Cafe rules have been modified somewhat and posted as a sticky under "Introductions." To those who have been around a while, there is nothing really new or surprising there; but please consider looking them over again.
3. The text at the top has changed. There is now a link to the rules sticky.
4. The conversion from vBulletin is pretty well complete, so the bold text to that effect has been shortened. The administrator email is always prominently displayed, for anyone who might need technical assistance.
5. "Kiltorama" has been renamed to "Kilts, Kilts."
6. There is now a space for the ladies. This is experimental, we will see how it goes, the rules might need to be tweaked a bit. In general, this is a place for the ladies. For now, I'm asking that men only start topics when asking advice or opinions of women. Once a thread has started, men should reply to threads if it seems we've been invited to do so.
7. There is now a Freestyle forum for "less masculine" fashions. In principle, this forum is not needed: all fashions choices have always been acceptable on SkirtCafe, as long as men are presenting as men. However, some have felt that discussions of fashions we might consider "less masculine" --- say a frilly nightgown --- are less than accepted at SkirtCafe. So now there is a forum just for that topic. This is experimental, we will see how it goes.
The new Freestyle Fashion forum does not change in any way the underlying principles of SkirtCafe. SkirtCafe does not judge what is and is not "masculine," and accepts all fashion choices for men. Moreover, SkirtCafe has never been about and is not about transvestite stuff or cross-dressing. We are committed to fashion freedom for men.
8. Private Messagine is now enabled. I don't have much experience with using it yet in phpBB, but hopefully it will be pretty easy for us all to pick up. Unfortunately, PM message boxes are not very big, and as of this time, I do not have any (easy) ways to transfer PM's to email. Moreover, I will make a best effort to preserve members' private messages; however, I can make no guarantees that they will not be accidentally lost in the future. It is still possible to email members through a web form, as before.
1. There is a new "Introductions" forum specifically for new members to introduce themselves. Old members, please welcome new members there. This will make the Cafe more welcoming to new members. A few recent "introduction" threads have been moved to this forum.
2. The Cafe rules have been modified somewhat and posted as a sticky under "Introductions." To those who have been around a while, there is nothing really new or surprising there; but please consider looking them over again.
3. The text at the top has changed. There is now a link to the rules sticky.
4. The conversion from vBulletin is pretty well complete, so the bold text to that effect has been shortened. The administrator email is always prominently displayed, for anyone who might need technical assistance.
5. "Kiltorama" has been renamed to "Kilts, Kilts."
6. There is now a space for the ladies. This is experimental, we will see how it goes, the rules might need to be tweaked a bit. In general, this is a place for the ladies. For now, I'm asking that men only start topics when asking advice or opinions of women. Once a thread has started, men should reply to threads if it seems we've been invited to do so.
7. There is now a Freestyle forum for "less masculine" fashions. In principle, this forum is not needed: all fashions choices have always been acceptable on SkirtCafe, as long as men are presenting as men. However, some have felt that discussions of fashions we might consider "less masculine" --- say a frilly nightgown --- are less than accepted at SkirtCafe. So now there is a forum just for that topic. This is experimental, we will see how it goes.
The new Freestyle Fashion forum does not change in any way the underlying principles of SkirtCafe. SkirtCafe does not judge what is and is not "masculine," and accepts all fashion choices for men. Moreover, SkirtCafe has never been about and is not about transvestite stuff or cross-dressing. We are committed to fashion freedom for men.
8. Private Messagine is now enabled. I don't have much experience with using it yet in phpBB, but hopefully it will be pretty easy for us all to pick up. Unfortunately, PM message boxes are not very big, and as of this time, I do not have any (easy) ways to transfer PM's to email. Moreover, I will make a best effort to preserve members' private messages; however, I can make no guarantees that they will not be accidentally lost in the future. It is still possible to email members through a web form, as before.
is still looks like a guy to me but that is not the average opinion, not yet anyway. 