Category: Manipulated By Magik News

Greetings!

It’s with a heavy heart I make this post. After over 10 years of having a site on the Spruz platform- from a HIM fan site to a PSP/ Tagger’s getaway, I have to say good-bye to it.

Adobe made an announcement a few years ago that 2020 would be the EUL (end of life) for flash player after Dec. 31st, meaning that there will be no more updates, etc. for the browser extension. Google, Firefox, Opera & most all other browsers will no longer be supporting flash players after Dec. 31, 2020. This also means that many websites, website platforms, etc. that use flash in their applications either have to update to use alternative applications or coding or sunset (‘death’) of those sites or platforms.

The platform this site has been on since Apr. 24, 2010 & is currently on- Spruz 1.0- will be going offline- or sunsetting. I had created an account on the new Spruz 2.0 platform a few months ago, but it’s way different & many of the features or options I have here- such as a forum- is not available there, nor will my profile themes be available.

No activity on this site can be going on in order for me to have it migrated to the new platform, which is why this place has seemed ‘dead’. I do want to have the site migrated there just to see if I can make it work, since I would like to save my blog posts & that will allow me to do so. With this migration process all members here should be moved over to the new site. Your photos & profiles should be saved, but I can’t make a 100% guarantee on it.

The other option I’m considering is going back to Ning where this site originally was back when it was a HIM site- before I rebuilt it here. The downfall is I have to rebuild the site from the ground up (again- like I did when I started my HIM site here), but I know they do have a forum there.. & I think my profile themes will also work there. The downfall is I would have to repost ALL of my blog posts…. at least 98% of them.

With that being said, it will be a while before I will have a shop open again as I research options, since neither platform currently have an option for an online digital store. Spruz 2.0 has a store option, but it looks to be for physical goods only atm. I had asked about them supporting a digital goods store option & was told they would possibly have that feature in October. So far, it’s still not available as far as I can tell. So, for now, my shop is currently closed & I won’t be making any new kits until I have a new shop set up- I will be on hiatus with kits for a while. Looking into platforms for an online digital shop is something I’ll work on once I get the site issue taken care of.

I have spent the past few weeks working on backing up what I can from the forum here. Most other stuff from the site I have manually backed up… at least the important stuff,(which is something I’d been doing since mid-September), minus the blog. As I’d worked in the forum here (which was basically copying & pasting most main discussion posts into notepad files), I’ve closed up boards. I did this to control activity on the site here so when the time came to migrate to the new Spruz platform, I will be able to have that done, which will be happening as soon as I submit my request for it to be done.

I’ll keep updates about the progress or any news on the fate of the ‘new’ Manipulated By Magik site, once I have the site successfully migrated to the new platform or if I’ll be starting from scratch on Ning. Those blog posts will be on my blogger here: https://manipulatedbymagik.blogspot.com/ with details on the site address, etc.

With that being said, I have to post the following:

I want to thank everyone who has been with me over the years here at http://himaddicts.spruz.com/ -for being here with me & putting up with me. From the HIM fans back in the early days of this site- some I’ve had memorable friendships with: Mo, Geeno, Crimson Newmoon, HrtShpBox, Angel Of Music, Luna, Steph, Tragedy, Jacintha Lynn, Bobo & all the others- Whether or not we are still friends are not, have kept in touch or not- Thank You for being here in the beginning & making the baby stages of this site memorable & fun. Never forget our random chat parties, party posts & the excitement of HIM news we’d all ‘squee’ about. Thank you again. You all have been awesome & amazing.
*huge group hugz*

…And to the Taggers others in the PSP community who have found their way here- Gail, Mystic, Belinda, Xtenziv, Penny, and all others- including visitors who’ve stopped by- Thank You for being with me & showing support as I converted this site from a HIM fan spot to a Tagger’s getaway. Thank you for the friendships & the support each day. I hope to see you all soon once I have this site back up running at it’s new address- whatever that may be. lol
*huge group hugz*

Thank you again everyone for the amazing memories. I’ll see you sometime in 2021. In the meantime, please- take care & stay safe. Have a most Wonderful, Safe, Healthy & Blessed New Year. May 2021 be a much better & memorable year for all of us.

…And finally, Good-Bye http://himaddicts.spruz.com

Thank you for reading. 

Greetings!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on any blog.

There’s a very good reason for that. I’ve been working as time allows to move everything from the ‘Manipulated By Magik’ site here… and to transform this site (which once used to be my ‘HIM-Addicts’ site) into my ‘Manipulated By Magik’ site. I still have much to do, but I am getting more & more accomplished.

I had decided a few months ago that I wanted to eventually transform this site, since it has a few extra bells & whistles that the current MBM site doesn’t have, since this has them grandfathered in from many years ago when this site was created for HA. …And since HIM have called it quits over a year ago, it seemed pointless to keep Addicts going & toss away all the time that I’ve put into this site so many years ago.

So, here we are now. Many of the old HIM groups are gone, but there are a few groups that remain simply because they are more ‘site’ themed groups & not groups about the band, HIM, or the members of that band.

It has been a heartbreaking process to remove elements of this site, thus erasing memories this site has accumulated over the years. BUT! Time must go on and changes are a good thing. Granted, there will still be some ‘HIM-spired’ things around such as the emots, some profile themes, etc… but that is pretty much going to be all there will be.

Now, enough babbling… here’s the updates I’ve accomplished thus far:

As of a few days ago, I have all my kits (that are not retired) finally moved over to this site. Kits will no longer for sale on the MBM site in the next week or two, since that site will be getting removed.

I do have four kits that I have worked on/ made in the past several months. They will be added soon-ish, even if they are late.

I also managed to get any MBM site blog posts re-posted over here. It was a long process, since I was unable to import the posts & had to do them by hand. I was not able to back-date them, so I edited them with the ‘original post’ date at the top of each post.

There isn’t much left to be done here. The forum is mostly cleared out… and new boards will eventually be made. I’ll be making a new ‘look’ for the site here as well…. and if all goes well, I’m hoping to be able to change the site url to the MBM one. I’m crossing my fingers. LOL

This site will eventually be opened up for members to join. Once those members are here… and provided they all have their accounts activated from the email that they get when signing up, I’ll be allowing the first lucky 10 members ONE FREE kit of choice.

You will have to message me on here to let me know which kit it is that you want.

As for the members who are currently here- my guess is eventually you’ll wish to be removed since this is no longer going to be a HIM fansite/ hangout. Any of you are welcome to stay, if you so wish, however.

Please be patient with me as I am trying to get everything set up to the best of my abilities as time allows. I do work a 40 hr week outside my home, so I may not be on here to answer questions right away, or to approve members who join, but I will get to you all as soon as I can.

Anyway, thank you for reading… for joining or visiting. I look forward to what the future holds here for all of us. I hope you do too.

*hugz*

-Magik