August 26, 2008 >> HIATUS.

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Okay. I am going on a Hiatus from my fansites until October--or however long it takes for me to finish major school projects/assignments that have been assigned to me. :x I will still post any "major" news concerning Warriors in the message board, and I will still be active over there when I have free time. And I will still be online to talk to over instant messenger and whatnot. So I won't be totally dead. xD

I will be gone this weekend. We're going out of town, so I will not have internet access. But I will be working on one of my Government projects this weekend every time I get the chance--so I am hoping this will help speed things along so that I can return from Hiatus sooner than October. ;-;

When I return... I plan on making pre-made Warriors-themed website layouts for you all to use. ^-^;

song of the moment ;;
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I, never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
by Hinder *majorgag* JACK INGRAM! <3

Watch the video here! I am /so/ sorry, but I just had to do that. You know how I am with these things. xD I could not resist my sudden urge to obsess over Jack Ingram's version of "Lips of an Angel" yet again, which is *coughsBETTERcoughs* than the Hinder version. =]

Or maybe I just wanted to annoy the crap out of those who dare to bash Jack Ingram because he re-did that song. He does not deserved to be bashed. Like, really. Do your research. I've met him, and he is one of the nicest and coolest people that I have ever met in my entire lifetime. And he actually has talent, and it is a huge pity that he still is not getting the right amount of recognition that he deserves... Hmmph.

Okay. Done rambling. x_x I will update again after I return from Hiatus. x3

August 21, 2008 >> WARRIORS/SEEKERS NEWS.

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Yes, I know that I have not updated in what feels like forever, so I am sorry about that. But there will not be any "major" updates until October 2. I have TWO Economics & Government projects that are due by that time. The first is due September 26... T.T I'm sorry, but school has to come first, kids. [unfortunately. xD]

In other news... the title for the FOURTH Warriors series has been revealed! It is called The Fourth Apprentice and it will be in the point of view of Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw--along with a fourth apprentice in which we do not know the name of.

Also, for those who have not heard yet, the title of "Cruel Season" [book five in the 'Power of Three'] has been changed to Sunrise.

And for those who like Seekers... the cover for the third book, "Smoke Mountain," has been released! You can view it by going here.

August 1, 2008 >> A NEW MONTH. OH JOY.

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Geez. Is it me, or has 2008 gone by way too fast? ;-; It's already August, which is both horrid and wonderful. X3 Horrid because I start school on Monday. -gags- But wonderful because it is like "fair season" in my area. xD Local fairs will be going on, which is sweet.

[And] "BREAKING DAWN" COMES OUT TOMORROW! OHMYGOSH! <33

Anyhow, a new month means a new Site of the Month. And for August 2008, I have chosen ThunderClan: The Second Generation for the Site of the Month award--which you can view here!

I have also added the "Medicine Cat" ceremony, which you can view on the ceremonies page. :3

Er--for the record, do not be surprised if there are not many updates this month. I start back school on August 4, which is a half-day.

I am out Tuesday, August 5, but I will be /way/ too busy with getting ready for CHUCK WICKS! ^_^ I am seeing him perform at a local fair, which I am super-excited about. This will be my second time seeing him in concert, and, HOPEFULLY I will actually be able to meet him this time. <3 So, so, so excited! =D For those who have absolutely no clue who I am talking about, you can watch the music video to Chuck's song "Stealing Cinderella" by going here. The song is, like, amazing. And so is the guy singing it. ^-^'

I return to school on August 6 for the first full school day of the year. -groans- I will probably be pretty busy this month with getting back into the groove of things, so... yes. And I hope to do some promoting for my other fansites so that they can all have a really good audience by the end of the year, so that'll take a lot of just patience, really. I'll be busy with adding more content and whatnot to them. :x

I have a ton of ideas for website layouts, userlookups, guild layouts, etc. for this site. So if I am lucky, I might get one in the works soon. xD Should be all for now. :3

July 26, 2008 >> OHMYGOSH GERMAN COVERS! =o

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Guess what? Warriors has been translated into GERMAN! Actually, I think it's been translated in German for a while, but the IslandClans is the first Warriors fansite to bring this to the public's attention. -coughs- ^-^ A huge, huge, huge thanks to Bookie of SeekersFan for alerting me about this! <33 The "Into the Wild" and "Fire and Ice" covers have been located, which you can find here and here. There's also the audio CD covers! You can find them here and here. =3 And can I just say that the German covers look absolutely BEAUTIFUL?!

Anyway, the affiliates page has been updated--so if you have previously requested to become affiliates with us, then please link back to us! Or else the link to your site will be removed. >3

So... I am in-the-process of creating in-depth pages of each Warriors title. I have the "Into the Wild" page up, and you can view it by going here. I still have to start on the full synopsis, so I will get to that as I re-read "Into the Wild." xP It might take a while, considering I am currently reading "Isle of Swords" by Wayne Thomas Batson--I'm almost done with it, though. x3 But by the time I get it read, BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer will be out!! =DDD I am super-excited for this book. <333 I will also be reading Stephenie's newer book, "The Host."

So I will probably be reading "Breaking Dawn," "The Host," AND "Into the Wild." -groans- That'll take forever. -.-

Oh--and I have decided that the next website layout will be based on the song "Death and All His Friends" by Coldplay. <333 But I doubt a new layout won't get started until around this fall, though. :x It all depends on my schedule...

Should be all for now!

July 19, 2008 >> THE DARK KNIGHT & CHANGES.

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Woohoo! So I saw The Dark Knight yesterday afternoon. <33 IT WAS AWESOME. Like, really. Go see it. Now! >3 Heath Ledger was so so SO amazing as the Joker... He BECAME the Joker for that character. o.o I honestly doubt I could ever picture anyone else playing the Joker besides Heath Ledger. Sadly, Heath is of course gone and not with us any longer... but still... DDx

And it beat Star Wars at the Box Office for the largest midnight opening! HECK YES! <33

I'm usually not the first person to see movies that are based off of comic books, but Heath Ledger and his Joker character was the number one reason I wanted to see it so bad. I'm also a fan of Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart. xD The Joker totally just made the movie. Haha. The pencil-disappearing trick... xDD Love it!!

But really. I think that the Joker [Heath's version] is my new favorite movie villian! =D And because so, four Joker-related signatures have been added. More signatures and matching avatars are to come soon.

What? Non-Warriors graphics? Yes. I /will/ be creating non-Warriors graphics for this site. I need a place to put my non-Warriors graphics... and I cannot do that without creating a totally new site. :x The IslandClans will still be centered towards Warriors, of course. I won't be creating *that* many non-Warriors graphics... just whenever I have that "urge" to go on a signature spree. Really, when a movie that I have been waiting anxiously for comes out--such as The Dark Knight--I go crazy with creating signatures. xD

The IslandClans has always seemed to be my main, "personal" site--even if it is centered mainly toward Warriors. Really, Into Depp should be my main site, considering Johnny Depp is BY FAR my biggest obsession--but for now, The IslandClans is my main site. And I really see no need in creating a totally new "sub-site" just to put a few graphics on it. >< But if you want to access the non-Warriors graphics, then go to the respective pages under "Designs," and you will see a link saying something like "Click here for non-Warriors [signatures/userlookups, etc.]"

That may have been confusing, so I apologize. ;-; If you have any questions, then comment or something.

Oh yeah--and I am going to try and finish the first fan-made casting script for a Warriors movie, so look out for that soon--along with a few other things. xD AND I am going to try and get around to revamping the roleplay area of the message board. More details about that to come later.

July 10, 2008 >> GLOSSARY ADDED.

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I finally got around to typing up the "Glossary" that is in Secrets of the Clans. So that has been added to the Warriors section.

And yes--there are PLANS for a Warriors movie--but nothing has been actually confirmed. There are a few producers interested, but that's about it. :3 But you can check out this little snippet from Wikipedia. [I know, Wikipedia normally isn't a reliable resource, but there are several fans that were at the tour when plans for a movie were announced.]

There is a very high possibility of a Warriors movie, according to Victoria Holmes. On a recent Erin Hunter tour, a fan questioned her about a warriors movie. She replied:

"We used to have no hopes in our negotiations for Warriors- it was too heavy and too niche for the producers. However, due to Warriors' whirlwind popularity, we have restarted negotiations. HarperCollins and I are currently making/receiving phone calls with film companies regarding the project, and if it is possible."

Victoria has also comfirmed the movie will be CGI, with very realistic looking cats. She compares the style to Aslan of Narnia. Victoria also says there's still nothing confirmed, but they have high hopes. The movie will not be coming out in at least the next two years, but later, possibly in three years.

If anything else concerning a movie is announced, then I will of course let you all know. :3

July 1, 2008 >> SITE OF THE MONTH.

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Oh, wow. It is July already?! -.o That means I only have one month of summer left, then it is back to school. Egad. >< Anyway, a new month means a new Site of the Month! And for July 2008, I have chosen Midnight Sanctuary as the Site of the Month! ;3 You can view the award by going to the "Site of the Month" page.

Also... The IslandClans has also *received* a "Site of the Moment" award from my dear friend Bear from THAT Website! You can view the award by going here! The award is absolutely beautiful. Like, really. Blue/Green/Black color schemes are my favorite. <33 Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bear! Again. xD

I have a lot of informational content that I have to type up for this site, but that may have to wait a while. [unless anyone would like to help with that?] ;-; I need to revamp Jack Ingram Fan after I come up with a new userlookup style. I will *hopefully* finish the new userlookup design today, and then work on brainstorming for a new layout for my Jack site. So--off to work!

JUNE 24, 2008 >> INTERNATIONAL COVERS.

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First of all--"Cats of the Clans" and "The Rise of Scourge" is now out! x3 What're you waiting for? Go buy them! xD

And... I added links to all of the international Warriors book covers that we have found so far. You can find them listed below each book title under the appropriate pages. International covers include Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, and Russian! =D

I apologize for the short update. ;-; I'll try to get around to adding more informational content on the books sometime soon.

JUNE 21, 2008 >> BACK.

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Okay--yes, I am back from vacation. :3 It'll probably take a few days until I can work on adding any new content to this site... o.o Next, I will be adding International covers; Warriors covers from different countries. [Including those *large* Russian covers! x3]

Don't forget--"Cats of the Clans" and "The Rise of Scourge" release on Tuesday, June 24! I will probably order them from Amazon since it'll be cheaper... I need to order the third season of 21 Jump Street anyway from there. ><

I had a great vacation, by the way. ^-^ It was fun, for the most part.. xD And I finally got to see the fourth Indiana Jones movie. <3 It was pretty awesome. I didn't like it as much as the other three "Indy" films, but it was still well-worth watching.

JUNE 12, 2008 >> GOING ON VACATION.

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Mmmm. Currently listening to Jack Ingram's newest song, "Not Giving Up On Me." I just found out about this last night and the song has been out since March?! Honestly. That just makes me feel bad now seeing how huge of a fan I am of his. >< Anyway, if you're a Jack fan, then that song is absolutely amazing. Cannot.wait.for.his.next.CD. -spazzes out- o.o'

Okay, enough obsessing. Yes. Another hiatus. But I cannot really help this one because it is time for my yearly vacation! =D Finally. I'm excited. As always. <3 I will be gone from June 14 through June 21. So there won't be any updates during that time period. Of course. When I get back... I don't know what is next besides "Cats of the Clans" and "The Rise of Scourge" coming out... Hmm. Maybe I can work on character profiles? Guess we will see? >3

Oh yeah--the music in the playlist is not working. ;-; Ridiculous bandwidth regulations... I will try and find a more suitable music host other than FileDen when I get back.

So... until June 21!

--Islandstar.

JUNE 9, 2008 >> GREENLEAF GUILD LAYOUT.

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First of all--HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY JOHNNY DEPP! I love you! Even though you are not reading this. <3 Honestly, I do not get how he is 45. He looks 35... xD Sorry. My obsessive side kicked in. >< Anywayy... on to the IC-related news:

Yes! We got one of those fancy music playlist things. I love it. Hope you all like it, too. ^-^ It contains music by Coldplay, from Kingdom Hearts, and from the movies Pirates of the Caribbean and Corpse Bride. x33 More songs will probably be added as I find something worth throwing in. And... guess what?!

I found *larger* images of the Warriors Russian covers! I'm so happy. o.o I needed the covers from the New Prophecy series very badly. xD I will put them up later. ^-^ That's one of the big reasons why I am in such a good mood right now... Haha.

Oh yeah, and a lot of you will be very happy to know that I made a Greenleaf guild layout! x3 You can grab the code for it here. A preview of the layout is below!

JUNE 3, 2008 >> CODING FIXED.

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Good news! We've figured out how to get behind the filters on Neopets so that all of the blocked tags work. All you have to do is change the following tags:

With that being said, all of the coding for the Guild layouts and Userlookups have been fixed, and they should now work. Next for this site is probably a "Greenleaf" guild layout. I might try and start on it sometime next week, seeing that I am pretty busy for the next few days. >< But we will see.

JUNE 1, 2008 >> NEW KITTEH, SITE OF THE MONTH, & NEOPETS CODING.

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Guess what?! I just got a new kitten yesterday. He is a silver marble Bengal. He is almost three months old, and his name is Ozzy. <33 And yes, I named him after my favorite Survivor contestant, Ozzy. ^-^ Click the links below to view pictures! I'm sorry that his eyes are glowing... Stupid camera flash.. >< I will try and take better pictures of him later.

Also, we just received Moonlight Melody's June 2008 Site of the Month award! You can view the award on our "Awards" page. Thanks so much Badger!! =D

Speaking of Site of the Month awards, Warriors Call just received our June 2008 Site of the Month award. View it here.

EDIT ;; Okay, so I just found out from Bear that TNT has changed the coding on Neopets. Well, not changed... but they blocked a lot of words that are required for me to properly code guild layouts, userlookups, etc. So, what does this mean for the site? I honestly have no idea. At the moment, all we can do is wait until either someone finds a way to re-code graphics decently, or until TNT decides to be nice and allow all the required words through their filters. ;-;

In the meantime, there will not be any graphics such as userlookups, guild layouts, and petpages. If TNT does not fix this problem, then I may have to stick with creating website layouts, blog layouts, signatures, icons, and possibly even Proboards layouts, since Warriors seems to be a very popular thing for Proboards. ;3

So, we will see. And I will report back to you all if I learn anything new, kay?

-- Islie.