Trouble with SewingMamas.com? How to log in

Hello friends!

Sewingmamas.com seems to be working again.  Hurray!

Until I resolve ALL the domain issues, please tell anyone who can’t log in to go here:

http://216.12.223.218/

You can also bookmark this blog  link for any other issues when you can’t log in, and for ongoing and upcoming events:
http://sewingmamas.wordpress.com/

We have been working with our domain provider, (not webmaster) who can’t seem to move the domain properly. Mostly behind the scenes stuff I’m learning as I go.  I should get some college credits LOL

My domain provider assured me that we’d have NO down time.

So I’m off in SF for three days and bam, down we go. Ugh.

The result? Besides the total nausea on my part, (I hate not being able to help everyone)I have set up three domains for us in addition to the regular olde sewingmamas.com:
http://www.thesewingmamas.com
http://www.mysewingmamas.com
http://www.sewingmamas.net
http://216.12.223.218/
However,

http://www.sewingmamas.com seems to be working again. Hurray! I’m off to bed and clean up what’s left of Christmas to start the new year.

I swear I’m working as fast as I can to resolve the issue.

I’ll select winners from the contest tomorrow. Sorry for the delay!!!

Nutmeg

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Changes at Sewing Mamas

As of February 15th, Sewing Mamas will be undergoing some changes. You can read Allison’s post here.

To that end, I’m making a few changes. Slowly so there is no panic LOL. We will remain a forum committed to sewing with a bent towards natural and attached parenting.

You can keep up to date with the progress by subscribing to the RSS feed here, or checking out the forums.

In the last few days I added in a new ‘default’ skin. If you scroll down to the bottom of the forum, you’ll see where you can choose the ‘flora and fauna’ of our site. If your ‘colors’ change, you can change them back down there.

I’ll try to post these here as well as here on the sewing forum. So no one freaks out when things are tweaked a bit. I know change is hard, but I’m not changing too much I promise.

Barring any more Pinkeye/broken toes/vomiting/high fevers/contractor issues we’ve had this week, this is what my plan for today is.In the last few days I added in a new ‘default’ skin. If you scroll down to the bottom of the forum, you’ll see where you can choose the ‘flora and fauna’ of our site. If your ‘colors’ change, you can change them back down there.

• I’m figuring out coding today to add in an easier, more user friendly review system — that work better than our current review system.  Got it figured out, now need to write the code
• Cleaning up of the forums — figuring out a way to keep them tight and clean but also accessible and easy to find what you need.  Still looking at this. Still looking at this
• Creation of a mods and writers forum. This will be private (for now) but only on topic discussion for training of mods. Stuff like “how to do this or that”. No discussion of members will take place, I’ll move those discussions to the MG forum. Done
• Thanks button — and I’m going to recode it so it’s a “Sew Cool” button for the runway. I can’t figure out how to have both so I choose Sew cool. If I can figure out how to have both then I’ll add that in later. This is a mess. I’m shelving it until I can get some more help.
• Creation of an application form for Team Sewing Mamas — for jobs here like modding or calendar etc. Done!
• Thread extras: When posting, you can choose the general topic of your thread below your “title”.This may be an easier way, in the future, to sort out subjects you want to read and those you want to avoid. Done
• Random Quotes: I’m posting a random quotes modification with quotes about sewing, creativity, parenting somewhere on the site. Done!  Feel free to add in your own quotes here.
• Review and place Team Sewing Mamas Members (in process)
• Coppermine Gallery (new) Upload new gallery software (done) Update gallery, migrate old pictures to new gallery, create a faq for posting there. (in process)

If you are interested in being a mod, helping with advertising, coding, graphics, or writing for the site, I can’t pay much but I can offer free advertising.   Feel free to fill out this form so I can take a look at our needs and what you can commit to. I cannot consider you unless you are a sponsor. Thanks for understanding!Have a wonderful day!

Nutmeg

Sewing Mamas Site Issues, Happy New Year!

Sewing Mamas site is down for today. This is because of a domain name registration issue, and we’re working on it as fast as we can.

You can find all the details here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sewingmamas/?yguid=120249778

There is an issue with the domain, not anything we’ve done to the site.  Please spread the word.

You can get in if I go to 216.12.223.218.  Please tell anyone you can to use this address instead of sewingmamas.com