there should be a page with the history of IMF. That way everyone could see how this site has progressed through the years and reached where it is today.

Plus, you could list your links to all the old site designs (there was a thread on that about a year and a half ago, a benchmark member number I believe. you had a bunch of links to homepages through the years)

Another lovely suggestion from another guy...

Originally Posted by The Other Guy

there was a thread on that about a year and a half ago, a benchmark member number I believe.

Thsi one??
www.military-quotes.com/forum/

www.archive.org is a great way to find old versions of sites..

Here's some highlights on the Milforum's history..

Feb 11, 2003

Our users have posted a total of 8 articles
We have 4 registered users
The newest registered user is FutureRANGER

http://web.archive.org/web/200302110...tes.com/forum/


June 8, 2003

Our users have posted a total of 168 articles
We have 24 registered users
The newest registered user is patanker99

http://web.archive.org/web/200306082...tes.com/forum/

Dec 04, 2003

Our users have posted a total of 1021 articles
We have 91 registered users
The newest registered user is diplomatic_means

http://web.archive.org/web/200312040...tes.com/forum/

April 04, 2004

9409 articles on the forum
537 registered users
Our newest member: Cavalier

http://web.archive.org/web/200404041...tes.com/forum/

Dec 15, 2004

72727 articles on the forum
2571 registered users

http://web.archive.org/web/200412150...tes.com/forum/

Aug 28, 2005

126694 articles on the forum
3715 registered users

http://web.archive.org/web/200507310...tes.com/forum/


More about the "glorious" history of the Milforum here:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.mil...tes.com/forum/

You know what would be cool... a page of MilForum milestones....

On ??? date we had 1000 registered users..

On ??? date we had xxxx posts

you know what I mean?

yeah... I like that.

Hm, it will be a bit hard to find the exact dates we had 1000, 2000, 3000 etc. members, especially since I've deleted around 2,000 members the last year (members who hadn't verified their accounts or had 0 posts..)
If I hadn't done that we would have over 5,000 members now..
But we have a pretty high percentage of posting members because of that now, much higher than most forums since it's not common to delete inactive members (to make it look like you've an active forum)..

From the new fancy stats tool:

• User(s) with at least one posting: 2,499 (78%)
• User(s) with no postings: 674 (22%)

I'll see if I may be able to come up with some milestones later.
Archive.org is probably the best place to look
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.mil...tes.com/forum/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://...orum/index.php

Getting real close to the forum 4th birthday by the way, my join date is December 29th, 2002..

anyone for a little party thing to celebrate the big 4-...?