i'll definitely second what Sharp said for it might be a good idea to have some kind of options built into the site so that you can have some more static figures on the site than "anonymous" reviews but not full-on fleshed out mega active characters. (look, i'm just dumb, and i want options that will help enable me to be a cryptid who appears every now and again to cause shenanigans and then disappear again back into the ether until i decide to do it all over again.)

like that was why i suggested the static account for guests - not so much for reviews, more intended so there's an option for selkie to be able to go pull a fire alarm at 2am during a health inspection just to cause chaos and watch the results. (and possibly allow a bit of separation for like "these boards are guaranteed safe from shenanigans, these ones are not, have fun")

like i said, i'm just wanting to occasionally pop up and hold cooking competitions where one month first prize goes to a gorgeous five layer cake shaped like bulbasaur with made from scratch icing and the kind of prose inspired by the muses themselves and then the next month it goes to someone who served me a pizza that's been in and out of the oven 27 times and has a frowny face in burnt cheese from the 60 pounds of various cheeses someone put on it and whose presentation post is a rambling journey of delights that made me choke on my own spit from laughing so hard-

It has been a few days, so I just want to update everyone who isn't on the Discord! Which, btw, the link above expired somehow?? IDK... Here's a new one!

Anyway, here's where I'm at currently!

• The site has been remade on jcink. I bought a pretty premade with some matching templates, and it is SO. CUTE. ♥
• The quirky restaurant is called Menagerie!
• The "restaurant review" area is called The Dish! It is a guest-friendly board where members and guests alike can post their reviews for the restaurants.

My idea for this is to have some sort of... redirected splash page that takes you to a form to fill out... And then, when submitted, it'll automatically post to a thread or something? IDK if that's possible to do but... It is an idea. If anyone has any ideas about how this sort of "system" could work, please brainstorm with me!

• Awards, both staff given and "purchasable" ones, will be implemented! I've already come up with a few. I'll be utilizing jcink's "shop" system to allow members to pick and choose their own flair, as well as have special ones awarded for doing certain things.

NOW. Here's what I still need to finish:

• Fill in the necessary info threads. But this shouldn't be too hard. I already had most of it done on the Proboards site, I just gotta stop getting sidetracked by pretty things. lol
• Come up with a name for the "Fancy" restaurant! It is harder than I thought.
• Also the city name! I have a filler name of Torrance but I'd love a food pun name... hm.
• Regardless of how it is set up, I do still need a review template akin to Yelp or any sort of site that has reviews.
• Advertisement images and aff buttons. Buuuutttttt these are my favorite part so they'll be last, as like a... home stretch or finishing reward. IDK. lol!