Some Sandstormingly Good News
As you’ve probably noticed the site has changed a fair bit over the past few weeks. First of all the whole site changed from the old style page (the orange one) to the version 2 of the site. We think (and hopefully you agree) that it looks a lot cooler. It was hand coded and should run faster then the old one. Some stuff has gone, such as the gallery, some stuff has moved, such as the shoutbox, and some stuff has appeared, such as a new editor called Doc. If anyone else would like to be considered an editor feel free to contact me (admin at sandstorming dot com). Two nights ago, however, the second part of the update kicked in. Its more subtle, the site looks much the same, but it now handles a little differently. Before the image page was a bit of a PHP code knockup… it didn’t look like the rest of the site… and was pretty assy (its a word i swear). All the flash files and videos were stuck in a directory listing… you didnt know what you were getting, kind of like getting a hooker over the phone.
All our content is now much better managed. We’ve got a section for text stuff… a section for movies… a section for games. In the next 48 hours they’ll be one for audio too. Some of it we’re rating… some of it we’re defining… all of it we’re explaining. You’ll now know what everything is! If you see a cool movie, flash, some news or anything you want us to cover, let us know in the shoutbox. We might just do it. What can you do for us I here you cry?
Sandstorming traffic is up… and up. Its pretty much growing (give or take) every day. It’s difficult to tell but we’re starting to get a fair few regular readers. We’re getting well over 1000 unique visitors a month, not huge compared to boingboing or /. , but its growing. You can help us. Put sandstorming.com in your msn name. Put it in your email tag. Link to us on your blog (we’ll link back!) Tell your friends about us. If you want an email ending with @sandstorming.com let me know. I can have it forward all your emails to your current address… and it looks damn cool. Support us… and we’ll support you.