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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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New Photo Size Guidelines for Posts and Signatures
Please note that effective January 1, 2008, we have new guidelines for the size (height/width) of photos posted in the body of posts and in signatures in the PassPorter Message Boards. These changes are intended to improve everyone's experience.
UPDATE: Effective March 16, 2016, the 300 px tall restriction for signatures is being enforced automatically by the message board system. Any signatures longer than 300 pixels will display only the first 300 pixels.
Photo Size in Body of Posts:
We're increasing the maximum photo size to 640 x 480 pixels (previous size restriction was 400 x 400 pixels) for photos in the body of posts. This maximum photo size applies to posts in all forums except The Darkroom, which has an even larger maximum size of 800 pixels when linked from an outside source.
Note: Photos which exceed these maximum sizes will need to be resized by the poster or they may be removed. If you upload your photos to the PassPorter message boards, our system will automatically resize them to 680 pixels.
Photo Size in Signatures:
We're decreasing the maximum size of photos in signatures to 300 pixels tall x 400 pixels wide (previous size restriction was 400 x 400 pixels) for photos in signatures. This maximum size applies to member signatures. Please also note that a maximum of three photos may be displayed in a signature. If you display more than one photo in your signature, please try to keep your total photo size within the 300 pixels tall by 400 pixels wide guideline, as seen here:
Other Signature Size Limits: Maximum Text Size - We've changed the maximum text size allowed in both posts and signature to 5 (previous maximum size was 7). If you have text larger than this in a post or signature, you may be asked to downsize it. If your signature has text larger than size 5, you'll need to downsize it before the system will allow you to save changes to your signature.
Maximum Lines - We've also changed the maximum lines (hard returns) allowed to 7 (no previous limit). A "line" appears each time you press the Return key on your keyboard. Soft returns (wrapped lines) do not count.
Why so many changes? Our goal in decreasing photo and text sizes in signatures is to see shorter signatures, as we feel that a signature that takes up an entire screen is excessive and interferes with everyone's enjoyment of our message boards. We'd like each of you to reevaluate your signature to adhere to our guidelines and in general modify it take up less space (screen real estate). A good rule of thumb is that your signature should be no longer than the sidebar to the left of your posts when your post consists of just one line. Here are two good and bad examples:
Note: Signatures that are not within our guidelines by January 15, 2008 may be modified by us without warning.
Signature Contest!
To encourage shorter signatures and adherence to our new guidelines, I'm holding a daily signature contest beginning Friday, January 4 and ending January 15. Each day I will choose a signature that I feel adheres well to our guidelines while at the same time conveying the personality and spirit of a given member. To ensure I see your signature, please make any necessary changes to your signature then post a reply to this thread to show off your new and improved signature: http://www.passporterboards.com/foru...ml#post1879479
Aarggh! I just noticed my new (6 mo old) PC does not have easy photo editing software. I will make my sig photo smaller, once I can figure out how! lol
I agree that smaller signatures will make reading a lot easier, great idea. And wow, has Allie grown up!
I understand why you're doing this, but I love the signature photos of others, and now I'm afraid they are too small to see. Oh well. I'm probably outnumbered in my opinion. No biggie, I'll change mine, just sad to see it changed.
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how do you get your text to the side??? Mine keeps going to the bottom. such an amateur here
I was curious about that too; I was going to put my countdown next to my photo, but couldn't figure out how to move it, much less get it towards the middle next to the picture...figured I'd post it in the Garage forum later. Other than that, I think I have my signature under control! Somebody let me know if I should change something.
Text you can put to the side of your image by making sure there are no "carriage returns" after the [IMG]http://whatever[IMG] text.
I don't think you can have your Countdown or your Previous Trips info sit to the side of the image because those are pulled from your profile and not your signature file.
I *was* blonde and I *was* a techie... so I'm dangerous!
Eileen
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I was curious about that too; I was going to put my countdown next to my photo, but couldn't figure out how to move it, much less get it towards the middle next to the picture...figured I'd post it in the Garage forum later. Other than that, I think I have my signature under control! Somebody let me know if I should change something. 
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