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  1. Before I purchased the community I took a look back in time using http://web.archive.org. What I saw was a site that was active with a great team leading it and a group of members that were loyal to the site. That wasn't so very long ago. I am unsure how or why FPCH seemed to lose it's way. I do know that I plan to put it back on course. One thing I noticed was the magazine site. There were some great articles posted on that site. I don't know why that part of the site was removed. I do know that any loss of user sign ups and traffic is related to that part of the site being closed. Content is King. Prospective users love it. The search engines love it. Google especially likes articles, guides and tutorials. While I do have the database for that part of the site I don't have the images or any of the site files. I could bring it back, but, without the images I don't know if the content will be as good. I will do a test and see what it looks like. If it looks good I'll put it back online. So onward and upward we are headed. As you can see we now have some new tools to help create more content. There is a CMS and a blog. Anyone that is a current member and any new users can create a blog. For new users the blog is moderated so no spam gets through. For active users with more then 5 posts and staff if you create a blog any content you add is posted immediately. Looking to the future I see FPCH and https://freepchelpforum.com our sister site as the 2 best tech help communities on the internet. When I tried to buy FPCH a few years ago I envisioned this site and my other tech site being the best. It didn't happen then, but, it will happen now.
  2. ExtremeTech.support - Free PC Help is now on the new server and the software has been upgraded to the newest version of vBulletin. If you find any bugs as you browse the site please let me know by posting in the Suggestions and Feedback forum. Thanks for being patient while I was moving and upgrading the site. It didn't go as smooth as I had hoped.
  3. My name is Bob and I have acquired the community from Mohammad. I have been building forum communities for many years and hope to use my experience to make this site into the best it can be. I look forward to getting to know all of the users. I will always be available when you need me. What is in store for the future you ask? I will be moving the site to my servers. This is ongoing as I type this. Once the server move is complete I will upgrade the site to the newest version of vBulletin. During the server move and upgrade downtime should be minimal. It should only be the length of time it takes for DNS to propagate. Once the move and upgrade is complete I will start the process to migrate the site to xenForo. I woud like to keep it on vBulletin, but, version 4 of the product as at end of life and vBulletin 5 is just unusable at this point in time. I will not do the change until I let you, the members, discuss the pro's and cons of the move. Please let me know what you want to see changed or what you would like to see from the site and I will see what I can do to. In the words of Captain Piccard I will "make it so".
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