There have been some major improvements to the website this month. Thank you to all of our members and developers for reporting any problems encountered. Currently, all reported bugs have been corected and we will be continuing to improve the internal message system. If you encounter any issues with the website or have any comments for the Flash For Hope Team, please contact us. We value your opinions and your participation! Also, a note to developers you can upload your flash games either by clicking the upload your game or by logging into your account.

We have added some major feature enhancments for our flash game developers. You can now post your website under your account information, and every flash game that you upload will display your web address, as well as your public profile. A special thanks to all of our new developers and members, we will be continuing to add more feature rich enhancements in the following days! Don't forget, if you wish to upload your flash games, simply click the link "Upload Your Game" or log in to your account to upload your flash games under your developer name. Thanks to everyone for your participation!

We are very excited to announce a new feature for our flash game developers. We know how difficult it can be for you to get everything correct the first time you upload a game submission. We have added a feature that should help you out. Now, you can edit your submissions after you upload your flash games. This new feature can be found by logging into your developer account.

There have been many improvements added this month in an ongoing effort to improve the quality of our website. Firstly, the Flash For Hope Team wanted to welcome all of our new members and developers. Your support is fundamental for our website and we always have your best interests at heart. Also, we wanted to encourage your participation in reviewing and rating our games as well as encourage our newest visitors to register for an account. Some of the general improvements have arisen out of our feedback form. We have corrected some issues with charity sponsorship displays, organized the game categories based on the latest submissions, and also improved the membership display area, which is now sorted based on most recent login. We will be continuing to enhance the site through the next month and we look forward to creating the Internet's largest positive online community for flash game developers and for people who love online games. Again, on behalf of the Flash For Hope Team, thanks everyone for your membership, your participation, and your support!

We have made some major improvements to our messaging system. We hope that our members will appreciate this newly added features. We will be continuing to make improvements to the system as well as the quick upload system in the following month. As we get closer to 1/1/09, we are rushing to prepare the site for our first ever flash contest with a huge cash prize. Make sure to check back frequently for site updates. On behalf of the Flash For Hope Team, we greatly appreciate everyone's participation.

We will be working on adding new improvements to the site over the next month. We will be working on improvements in our coding practices to increase the speed of the site for our visitors as well as correcting any bugs due to our server change. Thanks to everyone who has submitted bug reports. These are vital in helping us identify areas of the website that are difficult to troubleshoot. We will make these bug reports our first priority in this coming month. So, keep an eye out for some major changes coming our way!

We have just finished migrating our website to a new web provider. We appologize for the recent disruption in service. There may still be a few kinks in the website, these problems will be ironed out in the next few days.

We are expierencing heavy load issues. These problems may effect our webpage load time and will possibly cause timeouts. We are currently in the process of correcting this issue. On behalf of the Flash For Hope Team, we appologize for this disruption in service, and we will work diligantly to correct these issues.

We are very excited about the upcoming changes to our website. We are currently working on merging our accounts and services. This will include our newsletter system, our member / developer accounts, and our forum memberships. We are expecting this process to take some time, and are hoping it will be completed within the next 30 days. Currently all accounts and services are working and operational and will remain operational during this changing process. We will be merging these services in an effort to make it easier to manage your Flash For Hope membership. If you have any questions regaurding this merging process, or have encountered any problems please let us know and we will immediatly work to correct your issue.

We have successfully completed installing our new newsletter system. If you were subscribed to our older newsletter we have already signed you up to our new system. If you have not registered to receive our Flash For Hope newsletter, you can signup on the short form on the left menu. We will send you updates about our site, winners of our Flash Contests and other useful site related information. We will never share or sell your email address with anyone.

Thanks to an anonymous visitor, we have been notified that our visitors are currently unable to register to receive our newsletters. This problem has occurred as a result of our site migration. We are currently working to correct this problem. Soon, we will have a new newsletter system in place which will replace our old one. If you are already registered to receive our newsletters before, we will automatically add you to our new newsletter system. These changes will not impact the member / developer accounts or our forum accounts. Thank you for your participation.

We have migrated our website to a new server. We are very excited to announce that we have increased the allowed size of uploaded games from 2 MB to 10 MB!

Some of our new site features include:

• Quick Upload Center - If you want to post your game to our site, but don't want to register for an account or participate in our flash contests, you can now click the "Upload your game" link to quickly upload a game.
• Flash Banner Contest - We are now offering a new flash banner contest. We are looking for a new banner to replace the current one. You can upload your flash submissions and learn more about the contest by clicking here.
• Flash Preloader Contest - We are now offering a new flash preloader / AD contest. We are looking for either a preloader or a short advertisement in flash that people can use when they upload their flash games. You can upload your flash submissions and learn more about the contest by clicking here.
• Forum - You can now post questions and comments on our public message board. We will try to reply to all posts within 24-72 business hours.
• Share Links - For all webmasters wanting to share reciprical links, we have now added a "Share Links" section to quickly and easily swap links.
• Report A Bug - In an effort to make our site more reliable and enjoyable, we have added a report a bug link. So, if you expierence any issues while surfing our website, let us know and we will make it our highest priority.

For all of our game developers, we have now added 100+ game avatars you can use when you upload your game. Of course, you can still choose to use on of your own images for your game instead.

We have finished construction on public account avatars. You can either upload a picture of your own, or you can select from a list of 100+ custom avatars. We will now be working on adding game avatars, allowing our developers to either upload an image of their choice, or they will be able to select from a list of 100+ custom game avatars.

In addition to public account avatars, we have also added a rating system. Based on the information provided to us when a game is uploaded, we will rate the submission as viewable by: Everyone, Teens, Mature, or Adult Only ratings. This is in an effort to shield our younger visitors from being exposed to content innappropriate to their age range.

To all of our new visitors, please bookmark our page and return soon! There will be many more enhancing features added in the next coming month.

These were the words that were most commonly searched for to find our website in 2007.

• game
• game online
• free game
• games
• online games
• free games
• free online games
• flash games
• computer game
• video games
• pc games
• flash game
• kids games
• computer games
• games for kids
• free online game
• play game
• internet games
• play games
• cool games
• escape games
• fun game
• addictive games
• games to play
• kid games

Here are some of the other popular words used to find our website in 2007.

• fun
• arcade
• free
• play
• gaming
• play online games
• play video games
• free video games
• flash
• macromedia flash
• adobe flash
• flash games
• flash animation
• flash websites
• flash game
• free flash games
• shockwave flash
• online flash games
• flash animations
• flash site
• flash actionscript
• flash software
• free flash
• games
• animation
• multimedia
• arcade games
• charity
• charity donation
• cancer charity

The Flash For Hope Team wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. With the new year, will come many new changes. We are excited to annouce some of the changes you will notice on our site! Alot of new features have been added to the site this month. We are currently working on adding premade avatars, which you can select from a list to replace your default public image. So, please bookmark our site and comeback and visit!

On a side note, thanks to everyone who has offered their support and participation in our first year of business. We look forward to working together to create a positive community that rewards everyone who is involved.

The Flash For Hope Team wanted to release a few notes on the progress of the new website construction. We are happy to report that most areas of the new site are now up and functioning.

Here is a short list of some of the new features:

• Vote Power (Make your vote count.)
• Upload Center (Upload your flash games.)
• Contests (Developers get paid for winning.)
• Account Avatars

Although most areas of the website are up and functioning, some areas remain under construction. We will be working vigorously to complete these areas, so please bookmark this site, and return soon! Areas still under construction include:

• Message Center
• Awareness Center

As construction continues, the Flash For Hope team wanted to let everyone now about the progress. Here is an update on the new changes.

Areas still under construction include:

• Members Area
• Message Center
• Awareness Center
• Game Submission View
• Visitor Rating and Commenting Section

We have been working very hard on the new website design. We apologize for the delay in the website's launch. However, the new changes will be well worth the wait! Please bookmark our page and check back soon to see the new changes.

Areas still under construction include:

• Members Area
• Message Center
• Awareness Center
• Game Submission View
• Visitor Rating and Commenting Section

Our support team has been working vigorously to complete the new website. We are happy to report that the site construction is now nearing completion. We ask all visitors and members to explore the new website design, and get used to the new look and feel. Soon the final touches will be completed, and the official launch of the website can begin. Make sure to bookmark this webpage, and come back soon. We will be keeping you informed!

Areas still under construction include:

• Members Area
• Awareness Center
• Game Submission View
• Visitor Rating and Commenting Section

The site is still under going renovations. Visitors are encouraged to browse around the site to become familiar with the new layout. Unfortunately, we are not currently accepting any new flash developers as members. Soon the member system will be up and running smoothly. Please, bookmark this page and come back and visit soon!

This is the first launch of the website! The purpose of this website is to bring flash game developers together for a common good. This site is meant to benefit everyone who visits.