Animatch’s New Website for 2010!

Posted on December 30, 2009 by David Couillard - 28 comment(s)

Animatch’s New Website for 2010!

Screenshot of Animatch Website

We are proud to bring you our new skin for 2010. Animatch made some changes and hope that you like the new look. Now with bigger images, bigger fonts and a cleaner look Animatch will keep working hard to bring our loved dogies news and pictures.

Give us your feedback and your suggestions. In the comments below. Our members are important and we really like knowing what you think.

Members Comments

    • joanne's avatar
    • joanne
    • posted on January 05, 2010

    Your weebsite is beautiful…It is a big change and the pictures are just wonderful. really !!!!
    However, I am french and I have a lot of french friends too
    that would appreciate in our language.
    I am welling to help you to do so….
    Best regards, and congradulations to you for your good work !

    • Helene's avatar
    • Helene
    • posted on January 06, 2010

    Bravo pour le nouveau site web.  Que de belles photos aussi.  Beau travail et longue vie à Animatch !!!
    Hélène Boudreau

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on January 06, 2010

    Merci pour vos commentaires…  C’est bien apprécié!
    Le site français sera en ligne bientôt.
    J’attends les traductions et j’y mettrai la main à la pâte le aussitôt!

    • Liliane's avatar
    • Liliane
    • posted on January 06, 2010

    Your new website is so beautiful… I visit daily,I am just amazed at all the beautiful furbabies just waiting to make some lucky family complete.  If I can make a comment/suggestion; it would be nice if dates were incorporated in the Fan Mail. I don’t know if the person sharing their joy at adopting is a recent adoptee or not.  Some comments states ” I adopted 2 years ago ” etc.. then we know.  When I visit the successful adoption, I can’t go to the next page nor in Fan Mail.  I keep coming to the first page all the time.  I am hoping to follow some of these beautiful furbabies’ new lives/homes. 
    ( Camy’s Mom -  previously known as Flirt )

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on January 07, 2010

    Hello Liliane,
    Thank you very much for your suggestions.
    Right now, the system is not build for people to leave a date when they send the fan mail. We would have to figure out either which dog people are talking about every time and then find the date that dog was adopted. Or the people could enter a date they adopted in the form field. But I’m sure a lot of people don’t remember the date sometimes (I adopted 3 dogs from Animatch and I never remember exactly when I did… Times goes too fast when you have a dog… hehe).

    When you say you can’t go to the “next page” in the fan mail do you mean that when you click on the bottom pages numbers the browser doesn’t lead the next page?
    It seems to work for me. I’ll have to do some tests on other browsers maybe… Thanks for the note!

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on January 07, 2010

    Hello,

    Love the new website! It’s crisp, clear, beautiful photos and very user friendly. I did notice something this morning…when I went to the FAN MAIL, (first page), Another Update from Zoey (Plush)...that’s my dog, it said 0 COMMENTS, when I scrolled down, low and behold, there was 1 comment there. Guess that’s a technical thing! I also love how the website is CONSTANTLY up-to-date and never static!  Keep up the great work, in all aspects!

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on January 07, 2010

    Thank you very much Debbie… We do our best to make the website alive so we get more people every day to view our adoptees.

    I have checked Zoey’s fan mail post and I do see “2 comments” in the top… I’m not sure what went wrong on your side… Again it might be a cache problem since the site as been live only for a couple of days. Here is a screenshot of what I see: http://snapplr.com/eyf9

    Maybe if you refresh your page (CTRL-R)...

    Thanks again for reporting bugs… It helps me give a better experience to our members!! smile

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on January 07, 2010

    Hi David,

    The Zoey update that you are referring to is an old one, and yes, there are two comments. I am referring to the one that I posted on December 16, 2009, (a picture of Zoey sleeping with our cat). I am curious what you will see there. Let me know!  Thanks for your quick response~

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on January 07, 2010

    Hmmm… This is a weird bug. I will have to check this in the Database. I added a comment and it counted mine. Not sure why it’s not counting the first one. All other comments should add up tho…

    Thanks again… I’ll try to fix it.

    • Liliane's avatar
    • Liliane
    • posted on January 23, 2010

    Hi David:  Thank you for replying to my comment - I don’t think you understood my meaning when I said dates:  I didn’t mean the dates the furbaby was adopted, I meant the date the comment /picture was posted to the Fan Mail.  I see that the dates posted on some were included.  It’s just easier this way since I didn’t know if a post was dated 2008 or 2009 possibly just recently.  Great Job

    • Mary's avatar
    • Mary
    • posted on January 25, 2010

    I love your new site!  The photos of the dogs are fantastic makes me want to adopt all of them!  Good job everyone involved with the Animatch Team!!

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on January 25, 2010

    Thanks you for your nice comment Mary.
    We’ve been working hard the last months for this new site and we just hope that we find even more good families for our dogs. Seems to be working well so far! smile

    @Liliane: I guess the dates were not showing when you checked the first time.. I always find little details through the site that needs fix. Next step is a store… I’ve been working on this for a while now…

    • Debbie Quain's avatar
    • Debbie Quain
    • posted on February 09, 2010

    Hi David,

    Is it just me or…on the FAN MAIL page, at the bottom, you used to be able to go to the next page (i.e. 2,3,4,5, etc.). Has that feature been removed? I miss it…(I like to go back and look at my Zoey updates!) ; ) Thanks!

    • Brigitte's avatar
    • Brigitte
    • posted on February 16, 2010

    Bonjour David,
    I used to be able to write little comments on a dog profile but i cant find the way to do it anymore.

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on February 16, 2010

    On which dog are you having problems?
    All dogs have a comment form in their respective page where you can leave comments. You can see that most already have a lot of comments from users…

    You should be able to leave a comment the same way you just left a comment on this post…

    • Brigitte's avatar
    • Brigitte
    • posted on February 16, 2010

    Rebonjour David,

    The dog i am having a problem writing a little comment on is Candy.

    Merci.
    Brigitte

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on February 16, 2010

    Ok fixed it smile Sometimes little glitches happen like that… It’s good to have a lot of members who see them so I can fix!
    Merci Brigitte!

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on March 03, 2010

    Hi David,

    I just had a great idea! I think that it would be great if this website also had a FORUM, where Adoptive families could log on and discuss issues, ask questions, etc. with other adoptive families regarding their pets. We all have concerns when we bring home our new fur-babies. Some of us are first time pet owners. Some of us “old pros” may have helpful hints, words of wisdom, etc. It is always fun and informative to discuss pet “problems” or even just to brag about our animals and share funny stories. I think a Forum would be a great addition to this already wonderful website. Something to think about, maybe???

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on March 03, 2010

    Hi Debbie,

    Thanks for your suggestion. The thing is we once had a forum but no one was using it. Forums also need a lot of moderation (so that questions are answered quickly and that no arguments escalate to certain degrees)...

    I could see what I can do to build a small support section for questions and concerns. Some 3rd party application exists that are clean and simple to use.

    I’ll see what I can do when I get a bit more time to get to it! Thanks smile

    • Anik's avatar
    • Anik
    • posted on March 03, 2010

    Salut David!
    J’adore le nouveau look, tout est beaucoup plus vif, invitant et professionel. Les photos sont superbes.
    Je suis d’accord avec Joanne, étant francophone (mais bilingue) je crois que votre site s’améliorerait grandement en y ajoutant un côté français. Je suis également prête à aider pour les traductions comme j’avais déjà mentionné à Johanne lors de l’adoption de mon Yorkie Taxi.
    N’hésite pas à communiquer avec moi via courriel, j’ai beaucoup de temps libre car je suis en congé de maternité préventif!
    Au plaisir et continuez votre beau travail!

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on March 03, 2010

    Merci pour ton gentil commentaire Anik! Je t’ai fais parvenir un courriel au sujet de ton offre smile

    • BRIGITTE DROLET's avatar
    • BRIGITTE DROLET
    • posted on March 04, 2010

    Bonjour david,
    mon nom est Brigitte et j’ai adopte une petite chienne l’ete passee chez Animatch.  Je voulais juste t’informer que j’ai recu 2 courriels, des conversations entre toi et certains membres d’Animatch.  Je ne comprends pas pourquoi cela arrive mais je crois que je ne devrais pas recevoir ces courriels.  Ce ne sont pas des conversations d’une importance capitale mais elles sont quand meme privees entre toi et les membres.  Tu peux m’ecrire si tu veux pour qu’on puisse regler ce petit probleme.

    Brigitte smile

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on March 04, 2010

    Bonjour Brigitte,
    Je crois que les courriel que tu reçois sont en fait les commentaires de ce blogue… Il y a un bouton en dessous de la boite de commentaire qui dit: Notify me of follow-up comments… lorsque celle-ci est cliquée, tu recevras les commentaires qui suivront dans le blogue. Donc tu as du recevoir les derniers commentaires qui m’ont été adressés j’imagine car je vois que tu avais fais un commentaire plus haut dans ce même blogue.

    Tu peux les voir ci-haut….

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on March 05, 2010

    Hi David,

    Is there something wrong with the Success Stories and Fan Mail pages? I am still unable to go to the NEXT PAGE, down at the bottom, where it says, 1,2,3, etc. or Next .When I click on them, it always stays on that same first page… Let me know, thanks!

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on March 05, 2010

    Hello Debbie,
    Let me know if it works for you now… I fixed something and it seems to work for me now.

    Thanks a lot for informing me!
    If anyone sees a bug on the site just let me know so I can fix it!

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on March 05, 2010

    Yes, David, it works now! I had mentioned it in a comment I made here on February 9. I am surprised that no one else noticed! Maybe I am the only one living in the past!! Hee! Hee! ; ) I still like to go back and read my Zoey’s (Plush) old updates. Thank you!

    • David Couillard's avatar
    • David Couillard
    • posted on March 05, 2010

    Sorry I might have missed it… I do get a lot of notifications every time someone posts on this website…

    You’ll be my “web bug” sidekick now smile

    • Debbie's avatar
    • Debbie
    • posted on March 05, 2010

    It would be my pleasure, and I promise not to become a pest! Thanks again! Keep up the great work!

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