Hello everyone!
I must first apologize for being away from the archive and the community list for so long. I ended up getting way side-tracked by RL and just left things go a bit longer than ever intended. I want to thank all of you who are still here for being unbelievably patient with me.
*hugs all*
Now down to some updates and general announcements...
First off the archive is still very much up and running just lacking updates of any kind in some time. I plan to work on remedying that, but will need all of your patience while I do so. I have been away for some time. It has been over a year since I've tracked the new DV fic being released and must take time to track and create a list of all the fic out there I have yet to make note of.
While I work on making a major update for the archive I will have to make a few minor adjustments to the community. I've been away for about a year and a half. I do have several DV fics on my hard drive waiting to be uploaded and coded but other than that I will have to do a lot of backtracking. Since this will take some time I'd appreciate if everyone here could lend a helping hand if at all possible. The way you can help is by posting links or the actual files of your newest fic and some of your older fic if you have time. If not I completely understand and will be immensely happy with any little bit any of you can contribute in this department. :)
On that note... Please feel free to continue submitting your fic here to the community and I will archive it when I have time.
Now onto more in regards to updates and such...
Community Layout If you haven't been back in awhile and decided to drop on by again you may notice that the community layout is different. I went in search of some new layouts in hopes to re-vamp and re-start this community again. I am also in the midst of re-vamping the look of my website as well so this is simply a first stage in hopefully taking a major step forward.
TagsI have added several new tags to the community as well as removed others. I felt that some of the tags were rhetorical and others weren't even necessary, so I went through and revamped them. All entries on the comm are now officially tagged for easier navigation.
Focusing on particular tags...
Archived - This tag was created to label fic that has already been housed at the Daniel/Vala Archive.
To be Archived - This tag was created for those who begin to submit their stories here. I believe that in creating this tag it will help to mark fic not yet archived, the fic that is waiting for me to catch up with the stories I missed and neglected to add to the site itself. Presently due to being so behind I wanted a place to keep the fic waiting to be archived until I'm officially caught up. My hope is that people will start to submit their works (old and new) to the community again so that there will still be fic housed here just not yet incorporated on the main site.
Author's tags
I have been considering creating authors tags to help with the process of getting re-attached to the lovely world of DV. At present there are approximately 10 authors who have so far placed their work on the comm since it's official open. I believe in creating authors tags those who hopefully begin to submit work here will have a place for their fic to be housed temporarily until I am able to code and update them.
Author's Website LinksAs I mentioned before I have been out of the fandom for some time and thus have not had time to check all links to authors whose work is already housed at the DV Archive. I apologize for any broken links there and intend to take time to check them all again. Please be patient during this process. Thank you!
Re-vamp of Site and communities (both Daniel/Vala and Daniel/Cameron Archives included here)I wanted to make a general announcement that I am working on finding new software to re-vamp my website overall. I have looked into e-fiction and even the new Coffee Cup software for this purpose but haven't started to officially work on re-vamping everything. During this process the archives and website will remain up and active but you may find some oddities depending on what I'm working on at the time and where on the site I'm focusing. The website was created using an old version of Microsoft Word so it's in need of a new "face lift" so to speak. I just wanted to make everyone aware that this transition will be eventually occurring and please be patient while it's all underway.
Lastly, I will try to keep everyone better informed as I work through tracking the older stories, coding them and uploading them. Please keep in mind if you post a story here it will automatically be included in the Daniel/Vala Archive. If you, however, want to just share a DV story here and not have it archived you MUST include a note along the lines of "please don't archive" to let me know. Thank you!
If any of you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at anytime either here or through the e-mail address now provided on the community profile page.
Thank you all again for your patience and understanding through all of this. It's very much appreciated as are all of you! *more hugs*
Sincerely,
Stacy L.