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Keeping You Up to Date
April 9, 2004

Hello there, YG moderator Sam here just to update you on a few pending issues. First of all, thanks to all of you who submitted a poem in the Spring Fling contest. We'll be publishing the winning poem from each age group here in the next week or so. Be sure to keep watching, because more contests are on the way as summer draws nearer.

Secondly, happy Easter! I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday. If you asked for an Egg Hunt, you should have received them by now. We emailed the remainder yesterday in Adobe PDF format. If you asked for one, but didn't receive it, let us know at yardgames@hotpop.com and accept our apologies in advance.

Next, we've begun updating the YG Accounts section of the site to make it asp-based instead of htm-based. This will eliminate the need for frames and make your environment more secure, in addition to being easier and faster to use. We originally intended to launch MyYardGames with this functionality, but realized that it could be months if we worked on it from the get-go before anyone would get to experience MyYardGames. We'll keep you up to date on this project, but we don't expect it to be completed for a while.

Finally, I mentioned more contests are coming, and I thought, "What the heck, why not give a preview to the great users of MyYardGames?" So here it is: Begin gathering your favorite games, or additions or modifications to the games already in our database. We're kicking summer off with a bang...The Great American Game Addition is coming and we aim to add LOTS of new games to our database in those few short weeks.

Well, that's it for now. I hope you all are enjoying the site. If you have any questions, you know where to get them answered: yardgames@hotpop.com. Happy summer everyone!

Spring Fling
March 27, 2004

Spring has arrived and so has the newest Yard Games contest, the Spring Fling. Write us your poem now to win a playground ball in time for summer. Details are available here.

All Systems Good to Go
March 27, 2004

We have now finished fixing the problems we detailed in the last several days, and the site should be up and running at its optimum again. We also found several other minor problems that have since been fixed. Thanks for your support during this process.

Email Bug
March 25, 2004

Ahh! What is going on with this site??? A bug has been brought to our attention in the design scheme of MyYardGames Email. The designer of that area of the site forgot to include function buttons for the email. Thus, the user has no way to delete or move messages from folder to folder, however the Reply feature does work. People not using MyYardGames Accounts will not notice a problem, and people with POP forwarding turned on will not notice a problem. To turn on POP forwarding, select "Change Email Preferences" from the MyStuff menu.

We apologize for the inconveniences these bugs are causing, and hope to have them repaired as soon as possible. If you find a bug, you can submit it on our Beta Testers' page: http://myyardgames.tripod.com/beta.htm

Website Difficulties
March 24, 2004

We've noticed some website difficulties we would like to pass along to you. When in Alphabetical View, and not logged into MyYardGames Accounts, the Navigator disappears when you view a game. This is limited to Alphabetical Game View only. If you are experiencing this problem, please use your browser's back button to return to the Navigator, or use Category View. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working as hard as we can to troubleshoot the problem.

Remember CyberSurfari?
March 12, 2004

Some of Yard Games' many users may remember the CyberSurfari Internet treasure hunt program that ended last June due to budget problems. A new Yard Games idea would start a CyberSurfari-like service again by this fall, if enough participants were interested in hunting, and enough of CyberSurfari's former "CyberStations" were again interested in hosting fun and interesting clues for this one-of-a-kind Internet treasure hunt. To show your support and/or interest, please sign the petition here.

5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt 2004
March 6, 2004

The 5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt has arrived. Let us make you one or more great Easter Egg treasure hunts. Hurry...space is limited! Click here for details.

MyYardGames Completion
February 27, 2004

It's finally done! Thanks to your ideas, suggestions, and patience, MyYardGames has FINALLY been completed! Check out all the newest features, including the new ways to view games, and the great new Email and Favorites feature found in MyYardGames Accounts.

Explore the site...enjoy the games...have FUN!!!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Yard Games team: yardgames@hotpop.com.

MyYardGames Preview
December 25, 2003

ou’re viewing a real—not really working example of what MyYardGames will be like when it’s done. Feel free to click around and notice where the links and navigation will be, but be warned that most of our links will take you to Tripod error pages, as our site is still in the making and hasn’t yet been uploaded. We also invite you to read on and discover some interesting new features still to come in MyYardGames. The best, most state-of-the-art games website for YOU will soon be MyYardGames. It is Version 2.0 of the original Yard Games and incorporates all of its features, including all of its games, contests, and activities, and then adds much, much more to create a more personalized, less ad-oriented Website anyone can enjoy. The first change you’ll notice is our Web address. Yard Games is free and always will be. We don’t charge a penny for MyYardGames membership, but since we don’t charge for this, we must use free Website hosts. 150m has served Yard Games with fantastic service over the past couple of years, and will continue to serve Yard Games, as according to our hope, for many years to come, but MyYardGames takes on a whole new approach and is hosted on Tripod. Known and respected as a Web hosting company, Tripod will provide MyYardGames a fantastic space to grow and mature as we attract new users to our Website. Offering us with plenty of disk space and even more bandwidth quota than 150m, Tripod also has only several banner advertisements on the page, which much improves upon 150m’s billions of pop-ups. When you arrive at our home page, you’ll be likely next to notice the navigation. The whole site has been redefined with you in mind. The Navigator goes down the left of the page and across the top, just below our logo. The two top links change to the most likely areas you’ll want to visit as you browse our site. For example, at the Member Login page, those links are Forgotten Password and Create Account, making it super easy to find the information you want, fast.And MyYardGames is personalized for YOU! If you are an account holder, our system will eventually identify your computer based on cookies and change to reflect that identification with a welcome symbol just for you. Even the general public can choose to view the games by category or alphabet, but as a member you have many more choices, including most popular, number of players or materials necessary, or even the size of the area needed. The Functions portion of the Navigator, in blue, will always stay on your page, but the rest is dynamic and will change with you as you tunnel through our Website. Once logged in the Accounts menu will disappear and the Special Menu appears only on strategically placed pages, or until you choose a view of the games. By the way—when you choose a game view, all of the games will line up in that fashion under the Functions section of the Navigator to the left. Even if arranged alphabetically, by popularity, or by any other quota, the games remain color coded in their appropriate category’s color, helping you easily find just games that suit your interest. With MyYardGames email, you’ll have first access to the hottest new games, a heads-up on contests, and priority assistance via. your Web-based account. Use MyYardGames Favorites to bookmark the games you like best and have them appear at the push of a button and the enter of your personal password. On MyYardGames, we take page stats to a whole new level by dynamically using them to update the Top Games links on our homepage or the popularity parameter for registered members. As users view different games, the Navigator may change before your eyes. You can see we have quite a project setting all this up! Thanks for your support as we finish it, and we would love any ideas, comments, suggestions, or concerns. Something you love from the original Yard Games? Make sure we include it! Something you hate? Make sure it’s EXcluded! Your ideas make our site even better, so please email us at yardgames@hotpop.com with your ideas now! Thanks for continuing to be a loyal Yard Games user. We appreciate your support.