Hello again YoshiArt Visitors & Members. I apologize for not having made any updates the past couple months. But sadly, that is because there has been nothing to update. Soul was still in the proccess of testing the forum converter, which had failed several times. Finally, after half a dozen attempts, and countless hours, the forums were successfully converted, and are NOW up and running. You can see them by following the link on the side menu, or by clicking HERE.

For our Forum Members, I ask for your patience over the next month or so, as we all get settled into the new forum, and I can talk with the rest of the Staff about new features and additions to the forum. For members who cannot log in, if you had a yahoo account, there may be a problem with the "Reset Password" email reaching you. ALSO, remember that your log in is now what ever your last DISPLAY name was on the old forum, NOT your old username. They are now the same.

There was a donation sent in via email last week of two new Yoshi pictures, which will be added in our next update. There was also someone who had sent me a donation in the forum by PM, but after the conversion, not everything in my Inbox transfered. I believe it was for music or something. If you're reading this and it was you, try sending it again, but using THIS link. That is where Donations should be sent. ;)

If you have any questions, you can always email me: mafioshi@2yr.net
~Mafioshi

Greetings YoshiArt Vistors and Members! Mafioshi here to make an update! As many of our forum visitors know, I have created an opinion poll to see how th members feel about what is going on at YoshiArt and what they feel should change. I made this poll with the intent that both YA members and YA site visitors could take it, so we could get opnions from both sides of the site. With that in mind, if you're a regular site visitor, or even if you're new, take a few minutes to fill out the survey and let us know what you think!
YoshiArt.com Opinion Survey

In other news, the poll in YAF about which new forum system we should go with has been going on since September. So far it seems the majority of users prefer PHP 3 to SMF.

That's all for now kiddies, Until Next time!

The forums were successfully moved to the new server, the morning of September 12th. To all who donated, or were willing to donate but couldn't, thank you so much. YAF now has two years of hosting fully paid, plus money left over to cover part of the hosting renewal cost two years from now. According to a survey I made, the forum's performance has improved for the vast majority of our users.

But it does not end there. Currently, the next step is to make a detailed poll about which forum system is best according to our forum users' opinions, out of the two chosen candidates: Simple Machines Forum (SMF), and PHPBB 3.0. The poll will include many screenshots of both forum systems, fully skinned and set up exactly as they would look if they were to be put in place.

Lastly, this site will now be updated at least once every two months. By now, it is obvious that we can no longer keep up the old "once every month" pace. Sorry, but it will have to be this way.

I have added Corybell's new subtitled version of part three of the Mario anime. It has been appended to parts 1 & 2 into a single, 95 MB file.

The forum conversion itself was a success, BUT in the end it was in vain because our server could not keep up with the new forum software. We were hoping it would solve the long-standing problem with high CPU usage, particularly since the old system is Perl-based, and the new system is PHP-based. but as it turns out, the new software uses a lot more CPU. Sigh.

Regardless, the current plan is to raise money for a second hosting account dedicated exclusively to the forums. Mafioshi and I are talking about how to do this in the best possible manner.

I realize I skipped the update for June, sorry about that.

I have added an exciting subtitled version of the first two parts of the Mario anime, kindly donated by Corybell. Also, a far better translated version of this image in the comics section, donated by Pimmy. And finally, one new image of Yoshi, this time in Mario Kart Wii, donated by forum member Tails.

Thanks so much to all three, for spending their valuable time making the site better for everyone!

By the way, we're still working hard on the forum conversion, and so far, it appears that it is imminent. It could begin anytime! The new forum system will be PACKED with useful new features.