If this thing makes it up to the front page, then that means the 2009 Secret Santa made it in! Woo-hoo!

Anyways, apologies for being 2 months late. I thought I sent in the Secret Santa code in to an admin. Hm, must have gotten lost. Anyways, yes, we finally got the Secret Santa gifts in. You can find it here.

I would like to give special thanks to YoshiAgent, Newt and Yoshi_of_Earth for helping me with this event. Lets give them a round of applause.

Like the gifts and want more? Why not register to the forums for more?

Speaking of the forums, I would like to congratulate Nick for being admin. I'm sure he will do a great job.

If there's any content you want on the main site, feel free to send me a PM and I'll see what I can do. I make no promises that it will be on the main site.

Wow, that's a lot. I should end it here. Until the next update by me...

~Pikachu

(pasted here by: Soul)

YoshiArt Forums' 3rd Official Secret Santa

Hey there. This is your favorite Pokemon, Pikachu with another front page update. I would like to announce that YAF's 3rd Secret Santa is now here! If you're interested, find out more about this wonderful event here.

While you're at it, why not check out the YoshiArt Forums as well. We have plenty of nice people. =)

Let the holiday season begin!

~Pikachu and his four crazy helpers

PS: I'm actually using HTML! Woo-hoo!

(pasted here by: Soul)

Hello once again... Hello? HELLO? *crickets chirping*

Yes, it has been awhile since the last update to the site. Almost SIX MONTHS. What has been going on, you ask? (or not, if you've stopped visiting >_> ) While I can't speak for Soul personally, I know he has barely enough time nowadays for the internet in general, after taking on a full time job. I have also become increasingly involved in work, and to be honest, other things online. It has made me fall behind with matters involving YoshiArt, including updating the site.

There once was a person, in the "younger days" of YA, who was so dedicated to the site and the people who call it home, that he organised one of the best events this forum & site has ever had, and took care of things while Soul was busy, and I wasn't quite up to the task. He is a great friend to everyone that knows him, and I only wish I hadn't messed things up between us, for right now this site may be updated the right way. I know he's out there, and I hope he's doing well. I am no webmaster, i know this. I don't deserve the privilege of updating this site, because frankly I haven't been. If you're still out there, my friend, I want you to know that YA is, and has always been, your home. The job is yours if you still want it. YoshiArt...

Our all around favorite Pokemon, YAF Global Mod Pikachu, has been kinda enough to provide a very nice bit of content for an update:

If you are reading this from the YA's main site, then this means that Mafioshi was nice enough to copy and paste this from the note I gave him.

Anyways, greetings to you all. I'm Pikachu, your friendly Pokemon in the YAF forums, which was converted about a few months ago.

It's been about 5 months since the front page has been updated. Bad Mafioshi, bad! Anyways, what I have for you all is some wallpapers. What are they you may ask? I'm not listing them, so I highly suggest check out the wallpaper section located to the left.

Anyways, that's all the updates and what not. I hope that I'll get more content for you all to enjoy. And Mafio, make sure you don't lose my stuff. x(

~Pikachu

No, Pika, I didn't loose it. :P
Without further adieu, please see the Wallpapers Section for the new content. Maybe you've already seen it. Now you know where you can always find it. ;)

If YOU have some content to send, see THIS link. That is where Donations should be sent. ;)

I'll try not to let 6 more months go by before we have another update. Until nextime!

Hello again YoshiArt Visitors & Members. I apologize for not having made any updates the past couple months. But sadly, that is because there has been nothing to update. Soul was still in the proccess of testing the forum converter, which had failed several times. Finally, after half a dozen attempts, and countless hours, the forums were successfully converted, and are NOW up and running. You can see them by following the link on the side menu, or by clicking HERE.

For our Forum Members, I ask for your patience over the next month or so, as we all get settled into the new forum, and I can talk with the rest of the Staff about new features and additions to the forum. For members who cannot log in, if you had a yahoo account, there may be a problem with the "Reset Password" email reaching you. ALSO, remember that your log in is now what ever your last DISPLAY name was on the old forum, NOT your old username. They are now the same.

There was a donation sent in via email last week of two new Yoshi pictures, which will be added in our next update. There was also someone who had sent me a donation in the forum by PM, but after the conversion, not everything in my Inbox transfered. I believe it was for music or something. If you're reading this and it was you, try sending it again, but using THIS link. That is where Donations should be sent. ;)

If you have any questions, you can always email me: mafioshi@2yr.net
~Mafioshi

Greetings YoshiArt Vistors and Members! Mafioshi here to make an update! As many of our forum visitors know, I have created an opinion poll to see how th members feel about what is going on at YoshiArt and what they feel should change. I made this poll with the intent that both YA members and YA site visitors could take it, so we could get opnions from both sides of the site. With that in mind, if you're a regular site visitor, or even if you're new, take a few minutes to fill out the survey and let us know what you think!
YoshiArt.com Opinion Survey

In other news, the poll in YAF about which new forum system we should go with has been going on since September. So far it seems the majority of users prefer PHP 3 to SMF.

That's all for now kiddies, Until Next time!