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The Quizilla relaunch is now just around the corner so we wanted to give you a better idea of what will be included when it goes live. You've checked out the public preview so you have a pretty good idea of the layout and how each section (quizzes, stories, etc.) will be organized. Most of your questions in the comments have had to do with customization and the "My Stuff" section. Here's where we stand:

MY STUFF - We've included a mockup that should give you a general idea of how this page will look. You'll be able to organize your content into whatever categories or folders you want. And this means all of your content no matter what editor it was written with. From here you'll also be able to edit, delete or share all your content. This will be ready when the site relaunches.

PROFILES - There's also an example of how your profile might look. You can upload a picture of yourself as well as write a little bit about who you are or what you're all about. Other users will be able to get to your latest creations and journal posts, see a list of your favorites (formerly known as picks), see who your friends are, and even see which tags you post under most often. This will also be ready when the site relaunches.

HOMEPAGES - Don't worry - homepages are staying! However, the support for them won't be ready until after the relaunch. This means that all your coding will be transferred to the new site, but it'll be a couple weeks before they show up. The reason this will take a little longer is because we’re trying to figure out how to plug some security holes they cause. Certain chunks of code (like certain Javascript functions, for example) may no longer work, which could affect a small number of homepages. If you are concerned about losing your page as it currently exists, please save a copy of it now! But homepages will be back. You'll just need to live without them for a short time while we build out the support for them.

THEMES - The new theme engine will also not be ready until after the relaunch. This new engine is a vast improvement over the current one and we don't want to launch it until we get it right. When it's ready you'll be able to create themes and apply them to all types of content, even your profiles. Created themes will also be available for other users to use and the creator will be credited. There will be a simple theme editor that covers the basics (font face, background images etc) and an advanced editor that will let you get more specific for different areas of your creations.

CURRENT CONTENT - All of your current content will be transferred to the new site. This includes your creations, journal posts, messages, friends lists, picks and home page coding. (Any content that has been previously locked by a moderator will not be transferred.) We plan for your creations to make it to the new site safe and sound, however it is a ton of data to move over and there could be some errors. If you are at all nervous about this transfer, please save a copy of your creations!

The only exception is that polls and themes will not be moved over – you will need to save those now. Also, if you included any CSS-based style tags in the "memo" field of your stories, that won’t get saved either.

OLD QUIZILLA - Once we launch the new Quizilla the current version will cease to exist. We aren't able to support two completely different versions of the same site. The url will not change. We'll still be here at www.quizilla.com. Please read our previous journal posts for even more information about the relaunch.

Thank you all for your questions and comments over the last couple of months. We appreciate all your feedback even if we were not able accommodate everyone's wishes. The new site will launch soon – and we really hope you’ll give it a fair chance. There might be some bugs or things not working right at launch time, but we’ll do our best to keep you posted so you know what to expect. As always, we will be here to answer your questions and help you through it.