CarpetCrawler 280 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 Well, Detective Conan World is now a year old, everyone! I personally want to thank Maurice for all the hard work in maintaining the entire website, as well as its wiki, its forums, and everything else. Let's all wish this fine website a happy anniversary! I am sure we will hear from Maurice soon, with more to say about this event. Here's to many more years! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 274 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 I was actually planning to start a thread lol. Well, thanks for the initiative CC! It's pretty cool. Basically, here's what I wanted to say: ------------------------------------------------------------- Detective Conan World has come a long way since its creation! It first started as a pretty basic website based on the famous blogging platform Wordpress. But it already had cool features like a very advanced and attractive Watch section, a wiki and a forum. The motive behind this all was that I was unable to find a lot of resource on the web dedicated to DC. And being the avid fan as I am (and also a Web Developer ), I thought we should really address that situation by ensuring that this great show that is Detective Conan had the honorable place it deserved on the net. A place people from all around the world could gather, have fun and eventually contribute into making the site the number 1 Detective Conan resource. Basically, the one-stop destination for everything DC-related. Anyway, like I was saying, we did come a long way since the grand opening in April 10th, 2009. Here is a list of the biggest events and great achievements we've accomplished (with the help of the community of course): I. The Site - On December 16th, 2009, the site went through its very first major overhaul with a complete redesign on both the front- and back-end. Not being powered by Wordpress anymore, it's now running on CodeIgniter, a fast and popular PHP framework which I have quite some experience working with. This really allowed greater flexibility in both code and design customization. And the result is what you can see right now: a clean, simple-looking, user-friendly and beautiful site! - We've had to take down the popular Watch section at some point for many reasons. Please, refer to the corresponding thread in the News section of the forum for more details. II. The Wiki - The first focus of the wiki (at the time pretty much empty) was to add information about the characters of the show. It went pretty well and is still ongoing. - We've created some awesome and unique templates that you probably never saw in any other wiki. Some examples: * http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Season_1 (Simple yet detailed table about the episodes of the season) * http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/An_Idol's_Locked_Room_Murder_Case (Cool scrolling Cast frame which makes it very reader-friendly. Also, we have cool Profile boxes on the right for many different pages and sections) * http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Setting (Probably the most unique page in the Wiki) * http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Ai_Haibara_Appearances (A custom extension was created for DCW to provide detailed statistics about character appearances. Great source (and organization) of information!) * And many more... - We currently have 823 articles which is just awesome for only 1 year of work! III. The Community - It started quite slow of course, just like for any new start-up. I remember the day our very first member joined: CarpetCrawler! It was quite overwhelming I'll admit as it was a confirmation that I was not the only one supporting the idea of building a great DC site! He's also been a great wiki contributor! To sum up, DCW was already shaping up to be a great community site, truthful to its goal! Then more people started to join and here we are. Thank you again everyone for your support and contributions however small or big they might be. It's a real pleasure to be part of this adventure with all of you! Happy Birthday DCW! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Incognito 34 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 Happy happy! .^__^. More success and awesomeness to come .^__^. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DetectiveConanfan 4 Report post Posted April 11, 2010 yay!! one year!! ^^ and many more to come. ^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southpaw 61 Report post Posted April 11, 2010 happy to be part of such a great site let's keep up the good work!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monsi 51 Report post Posted April 12, 2010 I thought DCW's anniversary was today, April 12, based on the very first forum post by Maurice, and I even had it set on my cellphone to remind me. Anyways, belated happy 1st anniversary to our site, Detective Conan World, created by our beloved and dedicated administrator, Maurice Lebon. We all hope that this site would stay forever. As always, and as other members say, let's all have a great time always in this site and let's all keep up the good work in making and helping this site to become the number one Detective Conan resource on the Internet. 8-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scar Akai 65 Report post Posted April 12, 2010 Happy Anniversary DCW, wish that the next year will be much smoother than the year before... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiokid1412 1 Report post Posted April 12, 2010 HORRAY!!! :grin: And for many good years for this site and viewers Hope we all enjoy this site together Long Live DCW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Napshot64 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2010 I wish I could do more to help DC world. I can't donate (With my job, I get paid peanuts [And I can't even eat them!]), and I can only but DC merchandise with Bn gift cards from my family... And buying the merchandise won't do with the few numbers of people compared to the rest of the world. If only the world could realize how awesome DC is, it'd be a top-selling thingy! (No one bothers to read it, it's either 'Over Rated', 'Not popular' (NOT true), or 'it LOOKS stupid'. I used to think that last one until the bookstore ran out of Ranma 1/2 volumes. I bought it (I saw an ad and thought i'd try it), and I LOVED IT! Yeah, anyways, we need to bring DC/CC publicity past just the fan sites, but on blogs on every last site, on news (I could commit a murder and say 'DC inspired me!' lol, you get the idea), tell friends (If you are a true DC fan, you won't care what they say [i lost a few friends ]. "If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own". Meaning, if saving DC/CC means going out of my way to kill myself (Emotionally, I'm not suicidal [Not anymore, thanks to DC {Seriously, lol}]), then so be it. Well, anyways, If I can do anything to help the site (Again, can't donate crap... ), like idea pitching, or designing (If I'm told which program to use), then I'd be glad to help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Napshot64 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2010 I wish I could do more to help DC world. I can't donate (With my job, I get paid peanuts [And I can't even eat them!]), and I can only but DC merchandise with Bn gift cards from my family... And buying the merchandise won't do with the few numbers of people compared to the rest of the world. If only the world could realize how awesome DC is, it'd be a top-selling thingy! (No one bothers to read it, it's either 'Over Rated', 'Not popular' (NOT true), or 'it LOOKS stupid'. I used to think that last one until the bookstore ran out of Ranma 1/2 volumes. I bought it (I saw an ad and thought i'd try it), and I LOVED IT! Yeah, anyways, we need to bring DC/CC publicity past just the fan sites, but on blogs on every last site, on news (I could commit a murder and say 'DC inspired me!' lol, you get the idea), tell friends (If you are a true DC fan, you won't care what they say [i lost a few friends ]. "If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own". Meaning, if saving DC/CC means going out of my way to kill myself (Emotionally, I'm not suicidal [Not anymore, thanks to DC {Seriously, lol}]), then so be it. Well, anyways, If I can do anything to help the site (Again, can't donate crap... ), like idea pitching, or designing (If I'm told which program to use), then I'd be glad to help! Oh, and I hope vids will be back up soon! If you use youtube embedding, make sure they say they don't own DC in their description so they won't be deleted! And a question: why is it that we're banned with vids, but not youtube! I know it's something to do with it being compiled in a database, but what if DC world had a youtube account, and had a favorites list full with all the episodes? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riegene 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2010 Omedeto Gozaimasu minna-san! Ureshi na.. honto ni arigatou for providing such a wonderful site for detective conan otaku!... i hope this site will continue to flourish.. i'm really happy to become part of this site..ü Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoseMarie 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2010 Happy Anniversary Detective Conan World we are so happy to join up with you all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluebluefida 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2010 Happy anniversary Detective Conan World. I hope always the best... Sorry if I late to say it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuzzleSpell 3 Report post Posted May 14, 2010 I know this is late but still Happy Anniversary. DC & DCWorld rocks!!! Ganbari! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noir 19 Report post Posted May 16, 2010 Oh god. How could I miss this. D: Sorry for the late reply but I just want to say, thanks for everything! :> I kind of am having fun, even in this small forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ran Mouri and Shinichi 5 Report post Posted June 4, 2010 Happy anniversary! Detective Conan World is now one year old! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
