I am a little late posting this,I meant to do it back in September but well better late than never.IrishKop was setup way back in Sept 2003,back then we were using the now very dated looking Yahoo Groups/clubs format.Even with the site looking very armature and some would say 'tacky' the group thrived and kept getting bigger and bigger.Here are a couple of screen shoots of the first version. Here is a Link to the Yahoo group if you are a sentential bugger. As time went by it became clear that we had outgrown the Yahoo group,so I sent of on a search for a better format.This brought us to version two of IrishKop.On Jan 9 2006 we went live with the Invision version,this served us well and the site got very big and alot more active and was most definitely a set up from the yahoo group.It was some time on this setup that I purchased the www.irishkop.com domain so people could find us fast,this was a major success.Here are a couple of screen shoots of the second version. Here is a Link to Version Two So this brings us to our final resting place,this version has been very very popular and I can not see us moving.Alot of time and effort went into this and I had no problem doing it as I was fully confidant the idea for this kind of site was sound.We will keep improving and adding things on but the forum will stay as vBulletin as it is simply the best forum software you can get.So don't worry no more reregistration. I would like to thank you all for your support over the years whether you are with us from the Yahoo days or this week as it is you the user who make this site work.So happy birthday all,and lets hope we have many many more.
Paul Congratulations! And thank you for all your work mate. Jesus i used to love the old yahoo emails (which is still there the last time i checked). Getting emails from total strangers all chatting about LFC was great and gave me some thing to do at work Ah the memories..... but just like Anfield we all had to move on to bigger and better things.
congrats, great site, glad to be a part of it. Annoyed that I never heard of it before, cos I am surfing a long time! Keep up the good work. YNWA
Yes,its in the pipeline not sure when yet but it will happen its our aim to have the messages boards part of a wider site for Irish Reds.
Fair play to ya lad, thats some project you took on 4 years ago, and the resulting site we have today speaks volumes for the amount of work you've put in since. Respect.
I must say I am delighted to be a part of it.. We have come a long way, and it has been a pleasure meeting some of you and going to trips with you, the setting up of the site is all down to D13, I was happy to find it and then become a mod. Long may we last, and grow, in members, strengh, and support our mighty REDS YNWA congratulations D13. and thank you all for supporting irishkop
Had no idea meself it has been going on thta long. Well i am delighted to be a part of it. The internet age has made it possible for all us Iris Reds to come together to be involved in something that is a pheonomal success. Happy Birthday IrishKop...
Well done chaps, you got a great, unique, bullshit free site here...not every day you come across one like it