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Posted by: Butterface89 Sep 25 2010, 12:51 PM

Hi! I've lurked around here and I keep reading mention of "Createblog Falling Down". In what way has it 'fallen down' and what time-line in the 'past' are people generally comparing it to?

People say that what Createblog has to offer is not in demand anymore. What do they mean exactly?

Thanks for responding:)

Posted by: spambot Sep 25 2010, 03:12 PM

Activity on the boards have dropped considerably. Myspace layouts used to be the top resource here, and when myspace died CB had little to offer. Also the guy who owns the site upped and left us making it imposable to change to current trends.

Posted by: Butterface89 Sep 25 2010, 05:48 PM

Wow, I didn't know that. Thank you, Spambot. I also didn't know Myspace was 'dead', either. I suspected traffic had slowed up but I didn't know it was so bad. I guess now they're going to lose more people by changing to this 3.0 (without CSS or Html they say).
But Idk too much about it, just here-say :\

Posted by: gelionie Sep 25 2010, 06:08 PM

Before Myspace layouts, providing Xanga resources was the main purpose of this site. A few years ago Xanga shifted to providing its own 'themes' and restricting javascript use, so the focus changed to Myspace.

What are the hottest social/blog sites out there?
Facebook - no customisable layouts.
Tumblr - no official section for layouts.

The forums used to be buzzing with activity. There was a lot more interaction among members, and you definitely could not be top poster of the day with just 10 posts. ;)

Posted by: Butterface89 Sep 25 2010, 06:21 PM

Wow, so what's going to happen to us? It's almost like there is no real point in trying to create more layouts (at least for Myspace) because it looks like they may be providing their own soon. And as you said...the other sites aren't really popping/in need of layouts. Where does that leave 'us'?

I mean, these icons are fun and everything but is there a real need for them either? It doesn't seem like it really.

Thank you so much for responding:)

Posted by: gelionie Sep 25 2010, 06:28 PM

People may come here to look for resources. Think of it as an archive of all the great work once submitted to this site.

Createblog can still function as any other forum out there. Perhaps one day if the creator 'micron' would return things might change a bit.

Posted by: Butterface89 Sep 25 2010, 11:42 PM

Thanks Gelionie; I guess this 'is' an archive of sorts. But tell me, when did Mircon split? I guess the 'welcome' message from him when I joined CB was just someone else filling in and using his name? Interesting: D He jumped ship :O

Posted by: tokyo-rose Sep 27 2010, 07:04 PM

He's been inactive since sometime in 2008. The PM you got is an automated message that all new members receive, regardless of Jusun's activity.

Posted by: gelionie Sep 28 2010, 04:08 PM

Actually his last sign in time was around one year ago (25 Sep 09).
How could a creator of one of (once) the largest blogging forums disappear completely off the internet!? Too bizarre for my comprehension.

Posted by: tokyo-rose Sep 28 2010, 05:41 PM

Yeah, but it feels like he's been inactive for longer than that. Some of the other staff members have tried getting in touch with him through emails and text messages, and sometimes he'd log in, but he'd never make any of the changes we requested. Our copyright date still says 2007, if that gives you an idea of how helpful he's been. :/

Posted by: Uso Sep 28 2010, 05:47 PM

Why don't we try Tumblr layouts? or is Theme garden below our league?

Posted by: Butterface89 Sep 28 2010, 06:45 PM

Hi! I thought Tumblr had their own layout materials. I checked it out and it looked very good. But I was thinking about everything that's been said regarding this thing about the 'need' for what CB is offering. Some people here kept saying the site was at it's zenith around '07/'08? Something like that? Now that I think about it, my own site at Myspace had it's zenith around that time, too. It had a bit over 45 new friend requests per day but then it's like it STOPPED almost precipitously around '08. I don't really know why. Could be a number of reasons but the site was run the same way throughout. Who knows. Maybe there's a link between membership dropping at Myspace. Just speculating/rambling:}


Why would he leave the site like that? Createblog is a good site. Obviously we all feel that way; that's we are all here:) But it's hard for people to feel they need to care when the "creator" of all this ...doesn't seem to care.

I mean, I shouldn't say "he doesn't care" because I don't know what his situation is; he may have personal problems right now, or family problems which take precedence over CB, but for God's sake why didn't he leave word? xoxo

Posted by: spambot Sep 28 2010, 07:28 PM

I always wonder if he's dead and we are just here mad shit talking him lulz

Posted by: gelionie Sep 28 2010, 08:39 PM

That would be so sad.

Posted by: spambot Sep 28 2010, 08:43 PM

Someones still paying for this site to be up so I think we are safe. lol I couldn't even begin guess what his deal is.

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Sep 28 2010, 09:19 PM

unless he payed for like 4 years, 4 years ago tomorrow.

Posted by: Butterface89 Oct 1 2010, 06:22 PM

Well, I hope he's not dead. This is really kinda creepy. But I really, honestly can't believe that those in charge of this site have no way of contacting him. I find that really hard to believe. Do you really believe it?

Posted by: mockingbird Oct 1 2010, 06:26 PM

not really hard to believe. jusun is defined as a "busy man". the only options now is to quit cB or make a new cB

Posted by: tokyo-rose Oct 2 2010, 01:55 AM

Posted by: Uso Oct 2 2010, 11:49 AM

Cb is like an abandoned house now D:
But It's sad how we can't get any contact from Jasun

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 2 2010, 12:14 PM

I don't understand why he doesn't just give anyone FTP access.

Posted by: spambot Oct 3 2010, 03:04 AM

cuz azns are hella greedy

Posted by: Simba Oct 3 2010, 11:10 AM

baby are you down down down

Posted by: doughnut Oct 3 2010, 11:51 AM

maybe he comes on now and then, laugh at our desperate-for-change asses and leave.

Posted by: Simba Oct 3 2010, 01:08 PM

i like to think he's too scared to deal with us

Posted by: Butterface89 Oct 3 2010, 03:56 PM

He probably fell in love and ran off:O Happens everyday (at least in movies). Ha ha.
And I don't mean any offense to CB because obviously I like it very much, but, this royal blue in the site layout is getting kinda boring-looking. You know? It's starting to take on a certain look of stagnation (in my opinion, anyway). It's too bad the site can't change from time to time. I guess like you said: the owner is the only person who can do this, huh?

So I guess royal blue it is...forever!

Posted by: Simba Oct 3 2010, 06:01 PM

we used to have like 4 different choices until we "upgraded" to cB 4.5

we had like caffe, latte, mocha, frappuccino, extra black, columbian, green tea
idk i think like two of those actually existed
plus a nighttime layout which would be awesome right now

you can still access these colors in the cb profile system

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 4 2010, 04:06 PM

standard, nighttime, latte, and espresso iirc

Posted by: gelionie Oct 4 2010, 07:42 PM

Does anyone still remember that really old school cb layout? ;O
Man I miss that. Not so many different fonts on the same page.

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 4 2010, 07:56 PM

which one there have been like 10

Posted by: mockingbird Oct 4 2010, 09:09 PM

looks more like a bluish gray-esque

Posted by: gelionie Oct 5 2010, 09:41 PM

You're right.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.createblog.com

Posted by: Simba Oct 5 2010, 10:47 PM

lol seriously

Posted by: spambot Oct 5 2010, 11:42 PM

Better then what we have now

Posted by: Butterface89 Oct 11 2010, 06:09 PM

"Extra Black" Ha ha ha:DDD



ha ha ha, Idk:D

Posted by: Simba Oct 11 2010, 11:34 PM

wtf sneaky as shit

Posted by: dtill88 Oct 11 2010, 11:35 PM

So hopefully the senior members can see this.

I'm a Myspace music artist, I'm alright I don't have anything fancy on my page you can go to this link to check me out:

www.myspace.com/robbiewalch




but anyways getting back to my point...



I have 1 idea to get this site back up and running. There are a lot of myspace music artists that need their profiles to look nice, clean, and to have their profiles looking badass. I think the seniors of CB should start looking towards new myspace artists for renewal of this site...

Hoped you liked my suggestion robbie...

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 12 2010, 05:53 PM

yeah band layouts section would be great but too bad we can't do shit

Posted by: spambot Oct 12 2010, 07:08 PM

The bots. They grow stronger.

Posted by: Butterface89 Oct 12 2010, 09:12 PM

Actually, that DOES sound like a great idea!

P.S. I'm sort of getting stalked right now



Hey, Simba! What is "People Staff"?

Posted by: manny-the-dino Oct 12 2010, 10:54 PM

^To quote multiple posts:

Regarding People Staff:

Posted by: dyindyinjohnson Oct 28 2010, 10:30 PM

It's weird to think that just last year, we all were still in our hype of submitting Myspace layouts. I remember working on them all the time. Now, I haven't made one since June. I actually REALLY miss doing them. Making band layouts would be a really good idea. On the topic of submitting, is everyone dead? Graphics haven't been approved in over like two weeks. o_O I remember when approving went quick, you'd submit something and at least by the next day, your work had been reviewed, ah the good ol' days.

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 29 2010, 05:40 PM

94 in the queue, staff is lazy as f*ck lately

Posted by: spambot Oct 29 2010, 06:06 PM

In the staffs defense the queue is 98% garbage.

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 29 2010, 09:17 PM

so why doesn't anyone take my advice and blindly reject everything?

Posted by: LittleMissSunshine Oct 29 2010, 10:53 PM

people are complaining that it went down: stop your b*tchin and do something about it. if it went down, bring it up. jeeeeez.

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 29 2010, 11:03 PM

the problem isn't us, it's the site. it's not up with the times, and we can't implement new features without jusun.

Posted by: spambot Oct 29 2010, 11:09 PM

I am pretty sure for the most part they try and give a reason why it was rejected and tips on to how ti make it better.

Plus no one is on any more. Hence why no new staff is being hired.

Posted by: dyindyinjohnson Oct 30 2010, 03:50 PM

Well, yeah. I liked how the staff would give you a reason why. It allowed you to find what you are doing wrong. I would love to see this site back up and being popular again. But I think that the staff should at least try to make a dent in the submissions.