Our upgrades over night were mostly successful. The biggest immediate change is to the forums; we've upgraded our forum software.

A few things on the forums will be a little wonky for a while, but rest assured we are investigating.

In other important news:

Last month, we announced that TDP had joined forces with Demand Media. As part of this transition, The Daily Plate has updated its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Your continued use of The Daily Plate after June 13, 2008 will indicate your acceptance of the new terms of use and privacy policy.

Best of luck in your ongoing quest for healthy eating! If you do run into any major bugs that you believe are directly related to this release, please post in the forum to let us know!

So, we planned some maintenance two nights ago, but then it didn't happen. We re-scheduled for last night, and that didn't happen either.

It's on the schedule for tonight, and we really feel confident that tonight, for a few hours, TDP will go offline while we run some important behind-the-scenes upgrades.

You may wonder why we've promised this maintenance for two days already. Basically, we've been running "dress rehearsals" of the upgrade to ensure that our downtime is as short as possible when the upgrade does occur. So, we fully expect that our maintenance window will occur tonight, and we hope the interruption is minimal.

Thanks for your patience!

The maintenance we planned for yesterday is instead happening this evening.

We apologize for both the inconvenience and the rescheduling!

Happy May Day, everyone!

We wanted to let everyone know that The Daily Plate will be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday, May 6 starting at 10pm Pacific Standard Time for a system upgrade. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience...

As you know, we've been busy these past few months upgrading servers, adding new features and looking for ways to improve your daily experience. As we've often said, The Daily Plate is nothing without our members. We know that our efforts haven't gone unnoticed by the community; we continue to receive great feedback from you, which we appreciate so much. And we're excited to share with you that our efforts were noticed by others as well!

The exciting news
Thanks to the success and growth of our site, we're thrilled to let you know that The Daily Plate is joining forces with Demand Media, Inc. Demand Media is a leading social media company that runs a network of more than 65 properties including eHow, Garden Guides and Daily Puppy.

What does this mean for you?
It means we'll be able to improve The Daily Plate faster and respond to your support emails faster, too! The great tools and community you're accustomed to will not go away. And now that we are able to work on the site full time and have the added resources behind us, we can multiply our efforts to make The Daily Plate the best place on the Internet that helps people eat smarter daily.

We are very excited for this new phase of The Daily Plate and will continue to be involved in the ongoing growth and development of the site. We'll also share more exciting news in the weeks ahead and want to thank ALL of you for your ongoing support of the site. You truly made this success possible for The Daily Plate, and we sincerely appreciate it.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out the updated FAQ and keep sending in your feedback. Best of luck with your smarter eating and stay tuned!

Sincerely,
The TDP team
Lex, Jeremy and Joe

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