Also Known as the one where I pet a sheep
Preamble
Apologies for being slightly late. As always i've been a busy bee. My job has gotten busier and likely will continue to be, although i'm hoping to receive a pay rise in the next couple months, so that should help with the site, which will be good.
Other plans for services etc have been on the backburner for a little bit.
I have been in talks about doing some admin work for another forum running this software, but that isn't finalized or anything yet. That would be a benefit in more experience with the forum software in the back end.
I've not been as active on this persona as i'd like to be so i'll try to dedicate more time to things related to this.
friend site of sheepishpatio, wapchan.net, will be having a 'state of the site' livestream this saturday 4th May at 1pm EST. If you use wapchan feel free to join the stream where figamin will be going overplans for the future
I went to an animal sanctuary and saw lots of sheep... Some say I even touched one
New Joiners
Since i've not been running quite as many ads as prior months, I have been very interested in the people who do join and where from.
A site I wasnt actually aware of (well i'd heard of it but not committed it to memory.) So whoever added the site to FreeMediaHeckYeah.. thanks!
I hope those that have found the site via there have been pleased with the site so far.
As mentioned in the last update for the site, I ran a small ad campaign on FurAffinity as well in March-April which I think worked well and a welcome to users and passers by from there!
Mobile
Apple has gone back on their original plans to disable PWA's, this means that users on iOS can install SheepishPatio to their home-screens and receive an App-like experience. I will make a little install guide for users since its not as straight forward as you may want it to be. There have been updates to the site to make it work better on iOS.
I'm thinking I may try to figure out about getting proper mobile apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store in time, as that would be another avenue for people discovering us.
I do wonder though if it would be better to make a custom UI for mobile that would better take advantage of phones/run on older ones better. I will keep an eye out and try not to dedicate too much time to this as its not a major priority.
Commissions
Last year I commissioned some images for the site, all of which were anime styled images. I've been very pleased with the ones that were commissioned.
I am thinking i'll do similar again this year. I've got some ideas on who to commission and what i'd like to see, but if you have any artists or people you know personally I can take a look and add them to consideration (ideally they have a vgen or other page with commission info).
I'm always looking at ways to encourage people to create stuff related to the site or ways to advertise the site via creative means. Any ideas are appreciated too!
Thanks
Thank you for reading this far and taking the time to use the site. I say it every time but I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to use the site and read my ramblings. I hope to have many more updates to bring and for us to work together to build this website and community as a comfy spot on the ever darkening web.
Thanks to everyone who has been suggesting the site to others, Organic growth like that brings a smile to my face and is essential when bringing others who'd like the site in outside of advertising.
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