Happy 7 month Anniversary everyone- we have a homepage!

[NariaDreaming]

From the admin staff to all of you-
Happy 7 month exodus-iversary

It honestly doesn't feel like it's been that long, and in other ways it feels like we've been here forever.

We're still outranking the dump in daily posts and thread length, and subjectively our content continues to be of a higher caliber.

We are holding steady at about 9.5 million pageviews per month, and adding new members at a rate of 8 per day. We anticipate the new member number to increase significantly once our site is fully launched.


Speaking of our site launch- we are so excited to share our temporary (emphasis on temporary) landing page with you. Theo has been hard at work building out the framework for our permanent website, but until it is finished, we wanted something to welcome newbies to our site.

www.thencomesfamily.com

We're always looking for more talented volunteers to create content for the site. Here are a few of our current opportunity:


If you are not already a part of the writer's group and you're interested in writing articles for the site (both on the scientific side and on the op-ed side) please let either bibliothecary or NariaDreaming know via PM. We are always in need of more writers.


If you are a photographer and you have photos that you think would work well as stock images with our articles that and you're willing to grant us usage rights in exchange for advertising/publicity space, let NariaDreaming know via PM.

If you're a talented graphic designer/infograph maker let NariaDreaming know- we'd love to have some TCF specific infographs!

If you are interested in helping manage the social media accounts for TCF, let bibliothecary know. We could use a few more trusted hands!

IF you have a cool idea for website features, let theophania know. The ladies of 3T/IF have started a database of movies/TV shows that have pregnancy triggers, similar to the website Does the Dog Die? If you have an idea on what else can set TCF apart from the other sites in the market, let us know!


None of this would have been possible without all of you!

With love,
wordsy, theophania, bibliothecary, and NariaDreaming

[Ann612]

It looks awesome!!!

[tkford216]

Love the new (temp) homepage! Well done, admins!

[tmclawchick]

Thank you all for working so hard, it looks great!

[SpinsOffResonance]

I was super excited to see the website earlier this week. Can I just say I don't like your description of the moments untalked about. It makes it seem like the site is only for people who are having trouble TTC or complicated pregnancies. Still love the concept though.

[NariaDreaming]

Aug 13, 2015 8:51:53 GMT -5 SpinsOffResonance said:

I was super excited to see the website earlier this week. Can I just say I don't like your description of the moments untalked about. It makes it seem like the site is only for people who are having trouble TTC or complicated pregnancies. Still love the concept though.

We've been tweaking (and continue to tweak) the wording. We're trying to get it to the point where the concept of "no matter who you are, your experience is valid here" is expressed.

[babyw15]

Looks great!

[Unknown]

Great job!! Can't thank you all enough for all your hard work, it sure shows!

[lolacachia]

It looks great!! I actually teared up reading the landing text. Damn pp hormones.

[dashook]

Well done, ladies, and happy anniversary!

[teraiin]

Awesome! I noticed it a couple days ago and said, "huh, how long has that been there?"

Looks great. Thanks for all your hard work guys!

[honeylemon]

Cool! I like it!

[tiffmich08]

So awesome! Thank you so much for all your hard work! This place is amazing and I'm not sure I'd be as sane as I am without it! XOXOXO!

[allycat]

I feel dumb... is there a content/articles page somewhere?

[NariaDreaming]

Aug 13, 2015 11:18:40 GMT -5 allycat said:

I feel dumb... is there a content/articles page somewhere?

haha, not a dumb question. No, not yet. That portion of the site is still being built. Once it's done the current homepage will be replaced with our permanent homepage.

Consider the current page to be a placeholder until we build the whole thing

[allycat]

Aug 13, 2015 11:22:37 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Aug 13, 2015 11:18:40 GMT -5 allycat said:

I feel dumb... is there a content/articles page somewhere?

haha, not a dumb question. No, not yet. That portion of the site is still being built. Once it's done the current homepage will be replaced with our permanent homepage.

Consider the current page to be a placeholder until we build the whole thing

OK, that's what I figured.

[kawaiikitsune]

It looks great! Thank you ladies for all the hard work you have done and continue to do for the site! You all rock!

[DGM]

Thanks for everything!

[agpjt413]

Awesome!!! Thanks admins!!!

[sjshark]

Aug 13, 2015 8:51:53 GMT -5 SpinsOffResonance said:

I was super excited to see the website earlier this week. Can I just say I don't like your description of the moments untalked about. It makes it seem like the site is only for people who are having trouble TTC or complicated pregnancies. Still love the concept though.

I agree with this. 

[daydreamsam]

Awesome! Nice work ladies!

[Deleted]

So when you click on Home on the tabs above here, it should take you to that page.

Font seems small and I have my screen at 175% normal size (I'm half blind it seems).
It's also very very wordy. I should know since I type novels on a regular basis.

[peaseblossom55]

Yay!

[NariaDreaming]

Aug 13, 2015 13:27:53 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

Aug 13, 2015 8:54:45 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

We've been tweaking (and continue to tweak) the wording. We're trying to get it to the point where the concept of "no matter who you are, your experience is valid here" is expressed.

Are you open to suggested language?

Always

[kensie5226]

Aug 13, 2015 8:54:45 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Aug 13, 2015 8:51:53 GMT -5 SpinsOffResonance said:

I was super excited to see the website earlier this week. Can I just say I don't like your description of the moments untalked about. It makes it seem like the site is only for people who are having trouble TTC or complicated pregnancies. Still love the concept though.

We've been tweaking (and continue to tweak) the wording. We're trying to get it to the point where the concept of "no matter who you are, your experience is valid here" is expressed.

Honestly I kind of flat out love that. "No matter what you are going through (to create and maintain your family) your experience is valid here." I think it's a great tagline and wouldn't leave anyone out. I love brevity (even if I lack it).

[cnf2013]

That looks great!

Will the communities portion eventually be ingrained in the main site, or will it always be hosted through PB? (read: I go back to school in a couple of weeks and they block PB but I still want to play)

[NariaDreaming]

Aug 13, 2015 15:29:15 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

That looks great!

Will the communities portion eventually be ingrained in the main site, or will it always be hosted through PB? (read: I go back to school in a couple of weeks and they block PB but I still want to play)

For now it will remain hosted through PB. The way it's set up is as a proxy though- so you might be able to get in through the new URL.

[mellymel15]

Looks awesome! Thanks for all of your hard work, admins You ladies rock!

[goldenbird]

Woohoo! It looks great!

[lupineaura]

Looks great! I had the same concern about the description. Even though I did experience fertility struggles, it felt a little bit offputting to me.