Hey guys – I know I just disappeared for a few weeks, but well 2024 is turning into a shit year.
Sadly – my mom passed a few weeks ago, and I’ve been dealing with … well everything.
I’m working to get things re organized on the Sylum side of life, but it’s taking some time.
Posts will be sporadic as I get back into things, but just to let you know I’m still here!
There was a reason we moved to the new archive a few years ago, because the old one was no longer supported and was on it’s way out.
I kept it open because some of the old stories were still on there, that weren’t going to be moved to the new archive. This included Family & Evolution.
Well it’s finally died. The link will not take you to it anymore.
Yes we are still working on Family. Honestly guys it’s been a round 4 years, and the last one and this year hasn’t been the greatest. We’re working on the edits, slowly but as said hasn’t been a good few years. So please be patient, but at this moment – Family & Evolution are no longer available.
If someone has a copy – you can ask for it.
Need this after the day I’ve had.
YES – Sylum is back up! Systems got updated and one plug in crashed the blog and the wiki! It’s is now fixed.
I’m snagging the drink and going for a nap!
So to let you all know – we’ve cut the Sylum Twitter.
By this time you should’ve subscribed to the blog to get the posts via email.
This is an important message.
I’m sure many of you have read about what’s going on with Twitter. It’s basically a shit show of epic proportions.
Social Media hasn’t really been a big thing for Sylum, for many different reasons, but we always had a couple so people could receive notifications of posts.
Through Advent we’ll be leaving things as they are, but in January of 2023 we’ll be shutting down the Twitter account. Just can’t be part of ‘waves hand around’ all of that.
(Edit: That is if Twitter doesn’t actually implode in the next few weeks. Personally, I had thought it would take at least six months … I’m wondering if it will last six days at this moment.)
The best option to be notified of posts is to actually subscribe to the Blog, and then you’ll get the daily blog post in your email!
To subscribe, go to the front page – on the right hand column and you’ll see ‘Subscribe to this Blog’ put in your email and walla (hopefully everything will work and you’ll get daily emails)
Sign up now and get all Advent in your inbox!! I will post a reminder in January, when we’ll be shutting down the twitter account.
Reminder! Make sure to be following the Sylum Security Group to get the new Password.
The new Password has been announced and at the moment both will work.
November 1st the currant one will stop working!
Reminder! November 1st we’re changing the password to the site.
We’ve announced the new password on the Sylum Security Group. You must be part of that group to get the monthly emails with the password.
We’ve set up reminders over the next two months, but as of November 1st the old password will stop working and we’ll only be using the new one.
If you’ve been to the blog website you might have noticed a few changes.
Yes! We finally updated the main theme of the blog. Hopefully this will fix some of the underlying annoying issues that we had with the old one … for one seeing people’s comments!
Thank you taibhrigh for the new banners and helping me with getting this set up. Or I should say listening to the ranting and raving about the whole thing.
For the next few days/weeks we’ll likely be making tweaks and adjustments, so if you notice anything not working or missing, let us know in the comments.
Wiki Formatting: A while back (okay so it was a month ago, but feels longer) I brought up about the formatting for the post for the Wiki, whether to stick with the old style or implement the new one. The votes favored the new format, and with much discussion, decided to go with the New Format.
This actually wasn’t an easy decision (as this is a lot of work) but the main factor was – we couldn’t trust the plugin to keep working, and if it failed we would be right back where we started. Thank you for all the votes, it helped with the decision process.
So we’re back to putting in the new format. As we do Sylum Inspiration’s you’ll see the changes, and we’re slowly working through the Clans – starting with the ones that have updated images. As the tabs are working, we’ll update bios to the new formatting when we get updated images.
Global Movie Day: Still want to guess how many movies there are in Sylum – you have a chance. Go Here and put in your best guess.
Discord: Would you believe we’re actually tied on this … so if you haven’t voted Go Here, read the post and let us know what you think.
Just a few updates/reminders!
Sylum Security: Yahoo shut down Yahoo Groups last month. If you have not moved to the new group – do so now. Just because you have the password now, doesn’t mean the password will not change. You will have to make a groups.io account though you can use Facebook or Google to sign in.
Sylum Blog: We’re working on a new theme for the main blog. This will take some time, but if you there are moments you can’t access the site, it’s likely us fiddling with things or wordpress is being a pain.
Discord: Wait we have a Discord? Yes we do – it was set up a while back for a chat program for the group. Last I looked no one really hasn’t posted on it. Is people still interested? I’ve set up a poll – please take the time to answer. I really need feedback on this, and not just a shrug.
Read more“Updates: A little bit of this … a little bit of that”
This is your last reminder!
Tomorrow Yahoo Groups shuts down. If you have not moved over to the new group – do it now. If you don’t think you need to ’cause you already have the password. Remember – we will be changing it next year, for security.
We’ve moved to Groups.io
Many users pointed out this group, and from the research we did, it will work nicely for what we need. *crosses fingers* it won’t disappear in a year. It’s actually has many of the features that the original Yahoo Group had: set welcome emails, scheduled monthly emails, and control on posts/messages. It’s listed as a private group, and only can be accessed via the link provided, you will not find it in the directory.
In time if there’s call for it, the group can be opened to a discussion type group, but right now it’s only for distribution of the password.
Sylum Security: SylumSecurity groups.io Group
If you have any questions please contact: sylumclan@gmail.com
This is reminder, that because Yahoo sucks, we’re moving again!
We’re moving to Groups.io
Many users pointed out this group, and from the research we did, it will work nicely for what we need. *crosses fingers* it won’t disappear in a year. It’s actually has many of the features that the original Yahoo Group had: set welcome emails, scheduled monthly emails, and control on posts/messages. It’s listed as a private group, and only can be accessed via the link provided, you will not find it in the directory.
In time if there’s call for it, the group can be opened to a discussion type group, but right now it’s only for distribution of the password.
Sylum Security: SylumSecurity groups.io Group
I’ll be posting this update every week, until December 15th, when Yahoo shuts down. Do know it might take some time to get to approving the new members, but we’ll get there in the end.
If you have any questions please contact: sylumclan@gmail.com
– Nico