New Moon Risings

With the last guest gone and the house and office returned to their normal states, the SM staff gathering has come to an official end but next year’s is already in the planning stages.

It was a fun and productive week that generated a host of new ideas and policy decisions that will make the Moon shine brighter. Many of these upgrades will be implemented over the next two months, details on these projects will be posted in their respective categories soon.

Other projects may take a year or more to come to fruition, but we plan on being around for a long time to come and look forward to continuing and improving our service to the community.

The week of July 28-August 5, Sapphire Moon staff members will be gathering to consecrate our new offices in Columbus, celebrate the full moon & August Eve and brainstorm new ideas to make Sapphire Moon shine even brighter.

We hope to come out of this informal business meeting with fresh, innovative ideas that will help us continue our commitment in service to the neo-pagan community.

Look for updates on our plans and new features in the coming weeks and months.

First, I’d like to say a sincere thank you to all of you who are voting for the Book of Light and WebWeaver over at the Pagan Guild top 100. Both sites are consistently ranked in the top 10! What a great feeling that the sites are appreciated, thank you so much.

I’ve been slacking on work for the sites recently because I got involved in a project that was not my own. That has been shelved and I’m back on the attack.

We are looking at September for the release of the new and highly improved version of WebWeaver. Despite my slacking, everyone else managed to stay on target and I thank them so much for picking up the slack so that we can get this giant upgrade released on time.

New information for the Book of Light has also suffered due to my lack of attention, but I’m writing and researching again and new ideas for what to include and update are coming fast and furious now that I have re-focused efforts on our own site once again.

Over at Helikas We are now offering dedicated IP addresses on an as needed basis for our clients who require SSL certificates or just want a dedicated IP. We looked into offering SSL certificates as well, but with us as the middle man pricing would be higher and we aren’t here to rook our clients. Instead, we recommend GoDaddy for SSL purchasing and we’ll set up your dedicated IP address for you. Our price for a dedicated IP is $48; no set up fee, no hidden processing fee. Contact support directly to have your dedicated IP request processed.

Activ8 August issue is in the works and shaping up nicely.

Sapphire Moon offices are back to full staff. We were back on Monday, but Monday seemed like such a bad day to go back to work.

All WebWeaver submissions will be processed today.

The festival was a great time and a much needed break for everyone. We thank you all for you patience during our much needed rest, but now its back to work.