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Happy new year everybody! We're back with more answers to the questions we've received by email and in the comments to our last post. Sorry this took awhile but it was a long holiday weekend for us too. We didn't forget you and we actually did read every comment and email so here goes...

• Homepages: We really want to keep homepages. We know how much effort you put into them to make them your own. The issue is that there is *so much* flexibility in them right now that they create security holes that hackers, unscrupulous sites, and spammers are able to take advantage of. We will do our best to preserve them. We can't make any promises just yet, but we are trying.
• Profile pages: On the flip side, your profile page will be *much* more useful and customizable. You'll be able to theme your profile (set colors, background image, fonts, etc). This will allow you to be able to customize your profile almost as much as current homepages, but allows us to close those security holes we mentioned.
• The logo: We love Penny too! She won't be in the logo anymore, but you haven't seen the last of the pencil monster...
• Quiz Layouts: The way stuff can be themed is changing. On the plus side, this means that *everything* can be themed - even profiles. Themes will also be easier to create, and more powerful. On the down side, it means that existing layouts and themes won't work. You'll be able to recreate your layouts, but they will not directly move over to the new site.
• Content editors: We're upgrading the guts of the system, getting the technology to work better, faster, and more reliably. Once you get used to the new editors -- and it won't take long - you won't miss the old ones at all. Let's face it, the old editor was pretty hard to use the first time you encountered it. Think about how many potential Quizilla creators there are out there that have been intimidated or confused by the old editor, and consequently never made that quiz or wrote that story... We'd like to invite them to the party as well.
• Journals: You'll still be able to post journals and all your existing posts and comments will be moved over.
• Banners & images: You will be able to add banners and images to all types of content.
• Ratings & swearing: We removed the ratings system so that there would be one set of standards for all content. But the profanity rules have not really changed. Swearing is still allowed in your creations but shouldn't be gratuitous (swearing just for the sake of swearing) or excessively vulgar (which would fall under "sexually explicit" anyway.)
• Lemons/pornography: The posting rules regarding graphic sexual content are the exact same ones as those you agreed to when you registered for Quizilla. Sexually explicit content, including "lemons," has never been allowed on Quizilla and never will be.
• Forums: The forums will still be included in the new site, along with a software update to fix some bugs and a new look to better match the new site.
• Search: Search will be much, much faster and work much, much better.
• The "old" Quizilla: Last, but certainly not least, a lot of you wondered why we had to change the design and layout at all and if we could keep both versions of the site running. Even though the site is easy-to-use for many current Quizilla members, it's really, really hard to use for new people. In order to keep Quizilla alive, we have to bring in new people which in turn means simplifying navigation, etc. We're trying to organize it all in a way that makes sense and is both easy-to-use for existing members but also easily digestible for new ones. And keeping two sites running simultaneously is just not feasible for Quizilla, both in terms of moderation and technology upkeep.

I'm sure there are still more questions we haven't covered, so keep sending them to support@quizilla or leave comments here. Try to remember that the new site is still a work in progress and we don't have all the answers yet. It won't go live for several more weeks, so please be patient with us and try to give the new site a chance.