I'm happy to announce that the Metropolis Project now has it's own website!  It's still a bit rough around the edges but it's got all the basic things I wanted to have in place: a forum, some good static information, and a mechanism to start collecting pledges and/or donations (albeit a bit of a crude one, for the moment).  Head on over and check it out, the URL is:

http://themetropolisproject.org

Like I said, there's still a lot to do; I'll be looking forward to any criticisms or comments you guys might have!  As for this blog, I'm not sure yet whether I'll keep it going with the occasional update or just let it deactivate (I believe Simtropolis blogs are deleted after 30 days with no activity).  In either case, it will be Mostly Dormant, so check out the website, where, now that all this launch business is over, I can hopefully get back to writing some actual posts once in a while ;)

See you there!

Back from a winter holiday, and with good news!  The website is finished, except for a few minor hiccups;  It's currently being beta-tested and polished up.  I will be delaying the *official* launch a bit, though, as I'll be AFK on a trip for most of next week;  But if all goes according to plan, it should be open for business in less than two weeks time!

Hope everyone has a healthy and happy 2010!

Sorry if my posts have been a bit sporadic recently, working hard on getting a website up!  After weighing up a couple options I decided to use Drupal to build the site (thanks to Intoxination for an earlier heads up on that).  I think it should allow me to get a basic site up without too much hassle while still being a good foundation upon which to expand the functionality later, a la yesterday's post.

For the moment the priority is to get information out there and try to build interest in the project, so my first objectives are to have some good, comprehensive info and FAQ pages up, and hopefully have a system for tracking pledges in place from the start.  After that I can think about prettying things up a bit.

Keep an eye out for further updates!  Oh, and happy Veteran's Day!  If you know any veterans, take some time to say thanks!