Welcome to my new fledgling community, I can imagine that many of you who may have stumbled upon my humble site may be thinking to yourselves, "oh no.. now this loser is copying (insert popular dragon site here.)" Well, short answer would be your right, long answer however is that this type of site has been my goal from the beginning.
It’s only that my skills and knowledge were quite poor when it came to web design and I never really knew how. In 2007 however I discovered the means to make a site such as this. Using some software that had been provided to me I created Dragons Valley as a sub-domain on my homepage. Unfortunately DV was online for less then a month and had nothing but problems.
The technology was about three years obsolete and due to numerous security flaws and my lack of experience the site had crashed irreparably after about three weeks. As I had gone nearly that entire time period without sleep and was having immense difficulties with employment and college, I was obviously quite exhausted and was forced to put this site on hiatus.
Now, one nervous break down and a year later, I have obtained more up to date programming and have decided to give Dragons Valley a second chance! I am still learning how to use the coding that makes up this site and some bugs may still occur, but I am confident that this time DV will be successful. (or at least last more then a month.)
Now that I have obtained the necessary resources to begin this community I have finally begun to see my desire come to life, a desire that I’ve had since the days I stared in awe at the effectiveness of Altfandra to bring unity and support to dragon lovers around the globe.
This site is primitive and young, it will take time to grow, it lacks fellowship, it lacks recognition, and it lacks notice and activity. But the one thing that it does have is purpose, and as long as it can help spread the love and admiration of dragons, I will be happy.
I welcome all who are interested to join in, be patient and grow with us. Our moderators currently include Mojo-LaHojo, Skyla dragon, and myself. Tips and comments are welcome and encouraged; please use the feedback link in the menu.
Thanks!
~Jafira Dragon
