It's taken exactly one week to build the new web 2.0 version to the stage it is currently at, which is - I'm please to add - now feature complete. That means that every single feature I was hoping to implement is now working, all of it humming away in unison. And there really are a lot of new features to - one would have to spend a good 5 - 10 minutes looking closely at the site and clicking all sorts of buttons and links to discover it all. So far, my few test subjects have failed miserably to spot even half of the new features. Does that mean the features are too well hidden to be obvious? Not really... I was aiming for subtlety and this suggests that I succeeded. That said, I have since decided to write up a bit of a guide on getting the most out of this site. On the surface it looks a bit like yakabout did - especially to someone who hasn't registered and logged in. But upon logging in, members will notice more features become available to them. And the more they dig, the more they'll find.

I will be spending the next day or so porting over all of the best content created so far into the new site and as soon as the bulk of it is in, I'll be making the switch. When you guys get to see it I think you'll understand why I saw the hacking of yakabout as an opportunity, instead of being a road-block. I have been much more careful in constructing this site to, so not only should it be much tougher to hack into, it will also be far easier to ressurect should it happen again.

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