July-Sept 2013
Grid Maintenance
UPDATE: September 27 2013 11:06pm (PST)
Grid maintenance went as planned in a much shorter time frame. Log-ins have been enabled and you can begin logging back onto the grid. We are currently bringing all the regions back online. After first logging in if you can see the region you would like to go to on the inworld map, then it is up and ready for teleporting to that destination. Please be patient as we begin continue bringing all the regions back online.
Posted September 27, 2013
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance this evening Sept. 27, 2013 for approximately beginning at 10PM IO time (PST) and concluding approximately 12 midnight. Log-ins will be disabled at this time during maintenance.
Grid maintenance went as planned in a much shorter time frame. Log-ins have been enabled and you can begin logging back onto the grid. We are currently bringing all the regions back online. After first logging in if you can see the region you would like to go to on the inworld map, then it is up and ready for teleporting to that destination. Please be patient as we begin continue bringing all the regions back online.
Posted September 27, 2013
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance this evening Sept. 27, 2013 for approximately beginning at 10PM IO time (PST) and concluding approximately 12 midnight. Log-ins will be disabled at this time during maintenance.
Merchant Ads - Bundled offer
Posted September 19, 2013
In order to make the Merchant Ads more affordable to residents who have expressed interest Island Oasis has not only cut the price in half for both the Splash Page ads and the Marketplace Banner ads, but is now also offering a bundled price for maximizing your exposure at even further savings. If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, simply go the member's log-in area and sign in, then click the "Merchant Ad Form" link in the Account Information section. There you will find all of the information and details that you need to be well on your way to growing your in-world business! Advertising slots are first come first serve so, don't delay! Merchant ads must be paid ordered and paid before the last say of each month in order to begin the ad the following month. These are not recurring fees and you only sign up for one month at a time. Each form of ad will generate a minimum of 300-400 ad impressions during the month. Great time to get your ads submitted to show in October for your Halloween advertising.
PRICING:
Splash Page Ad: One time $10 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Marketplace Ad: One time $5 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Exposure for both the splash page and online marketplace: $12 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
IMAGES:
Wide screen format is the best fit for the advertisements. We recommend 1024 x 512 pixels (1024 wide x 512 tall) for splash page ads and images approx. 1/4 of that size for markeplace banner ads. An image with similar proportions (2:1 ratio) will also work well in either ad space. Images must be a .jpg or .png and be 600Kb in size or less.
In order to make the Merchant Ads more affordable to residents who have expressed interest Island Oasis has not only cut the price in half for both the Splash Page ads and the Marketplace Banner ads, but is now also offering a bundled price for maximizing your exposure at even further savings. If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, simply go the member's log-in area and sign in, then click the "Merchant Ad Form" link in the Account Information section. There you will find all of the information and details that you need to be well on your way to growing your in-world business! Advertising slots are first come first serve so, don't delay! Merchant ads must be paid ordered and paid before the last say of each month in order to begin the ad the following month. These are not recurring fees and you only sign up for one month at a time. Each form of ad will generate a minimum of 300-400 ad impressions during the month. Great time to get your ads submitted to show in October for your Halloween advertising.
PRICING:
Splash Page Ad: One time $10 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Marketplace Ad: One time $5 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Exposure for both the splash page and online marketplace: $12 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
IMAGES:
Wide screen format is the best fit for the advertisements. We recommend 1024 x 512 pixels (1024 wide x 512 tall) for splash page ads and images approx. 1/4 of that size for markeplace banner ads. An image with similar proportions (2:1 ratio) will also work well in either ad space. Images must be a .jpg or .png and be 600Kb in size or less.
eXTENDING sIM sALE UNTIL sEPT 22
Posted September 19, 2013
There are 3 regions remaining Island Oasis is selling at a close out price of $50.00 a month for a Full Prim Region with 40,000 prim count. That price will be grandfathered in for as long as you own that region. You will also get the monthly full prim stipend of $600P. As an added bonus once you have owned your region for 6 months you will get the 2000 prim loyalty region at no additional charge. Stop by the Welcome Zone to pick up the region order form and take advantage of this extended sale.
There are 3 regions remaining Island Oasis is selling at a close out price of $50.00 a month for a Full Prim Region with 40,000 prim count. That price will be grandfathered in for as long as you own that region. You will also get the monthly full prim stipend of $600P. As an added bonus once you have owned your region for 6 months you will get the 2000 prim loyalty region at no additional charge. Stop by the Welcome Zone to pick up the region order form and take advantage of this extended sale.
Grid Maintenance
Updated September 18, 2013
Grid maintenance has been completed late yesterday (Sept 17, 2013) and everything is running smoothly. Log-ins were not disabled during maintenance but some residents may have experienced intermittent issues during the maintenance window.
Updated September 16, 2013
Grid Maintenance has been cancelled for tonight. Island Oasis will be rescheduling the maintenance for another day. Log-ins will not be disrupted this evening. Notifications and announcements will be sent out another day announcing when the next grid maintenance will occur.
Posted September 16, 2013
We will be performing some system restarts this evening (9/16/2013) beginning at approximately 5PM IO time (PST) to resolve a connectivity problem. Log-ins will be disabled at this time while IO preforms grid maintenance. Should you encounter a problem logging in or slow rezzing, please be patient. In this scenario, log off, wait 2-5 minutes and try again. We will keep you all posted on this and again, thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
Check back for updates as we progress with the maintenance.
Grid maintenance has been completed late yesterday (Sept 17, 2013) and everything is running smoothly. Log-ins were not disabled during maintenance but some residents may have experienced intermittent issues during the maintenance window.
Updated September 16, 2013
Grid Maintenance has been cancelled for tonight. Island Oasis will be rescheduling the maintenance for another day. Log-ins will not be disrupted this evening. Notifications and announcements will be sent out another day announcing when the next grid maintenance will occur.
Posted September 16, 2013
We will be performing some system restarts this evening (9/16/2013) beginning at approximately 5PM IO time (PST) to resolve a connectivity problem. Log-ins will be disabled at this time while IO preforms grid maintenance. Should you encounter a problem logging in or slow rezzing, please be patient. In this scenario, log off, wait 2-5 minutes and try again. We will keep you all posted on this and again, thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
Check back for updates as we progress with the maintenance.
Cash Back Stimulus Program for Residents
Posted September 13, 2013
Island Oasis rolls out its Cash Back Stimulus Program. The program works similar to a credit card cash back program. 2% of the total* any resident spends on good or services in-world will be tallied on a recurrent 30 day basis and paid back to the resident each month. Instead of an open stipend system to give money to residents who may or may not log into the grid this program actually rewards active residents who are shopping. This benefits the residents with additional currency to spend, helps business owners by putting money back into the hands of shoppers and overall helps stimulate our already strong economy.
Residents do not need to sign up for the Cash Back Stimulus Program. The Program is in place and will begin awarding the Cash Back Stimulus payments in October based on the previous 30 days spending.
*There is a base limit of 200P minimum spending. Once you have spent a minimum of 200P any amount over that is automatically tallied and the Cash Back Stimulus Payment is awarded back at the end of the 30 day period.
Island Oasis rolls out its Cash Back Stimulus Program. The program works similar to a credit card cash back program. 2% of the total* any resident spends on good or services in-world will be tallied on a recurrent 30 day basis and paid back to the resident each month. Instead of an open stipend system to give money to residents who may or may not log into the grid this program actually rewards active residents who are shopping. This benefits the residents with additional currency to spend, helps business owners by putting money back into the hands of shoppers and overall helps stimulate our already strong economy.
Residents do not need to sign up for the Cash Back Stimulus Program. The Program is in place and will begin awarding the Cash Back Stimulus payments in October based on the previous 30 days spending.
*There is a base limit of 200P minimum spending. Once you have spent a minimum of 200P any amount over that is automatically tallied and the Cash Back Stimulus Payment is awarded back at the end of the 30 day period.
Classified Ads Restructuring Effective Oct 1
Posted September 13, 2013
Co-Founder Damean Paolino has modified the default opensimulator module for Classifieds that Island Oasis uses. The default leave a classified posted indefinitely whether a resident clicks to tick the option of renewing the Classified Ad or not. Over time this leaves the Classified Ads overwhelmed with outdated and irrelevant Classified Ads, often to products, locations or event no longer there or accessible. This poses both a hardship on the resident searching classifieds having to muddle through obsolete classifieds as well as residents who have posted and their Classifieds is all but lost amongst the numerous outdated classified. Beginning Oct 1st once a classified is created it will end in 60 days at which time the resident may recreate it. There has been overwhelming support from residents regarding this change.
Default module does not require a charge for the classified and its up to the technical team of a grid using the code to decide to assign a default fee for the posting a classified. At Island Oasis, there is no charge for posting a classified.
We encourage all residents at this time who will plan on having recurring Classified Ads to please save their classified ad(s) information to a notecard so they can later copy and paste the information back into a new classified ad(s) every 60 days if they wish.
Co-Founder Damean Paolino has modified the default opensimulator module for Classifieds that Island Oasis uses. The default leave a classified posted indefinitely whether a resident clicks to tick the option of renewing the Classified Ad or not. Over time this leaves the Classified Ads overwhelmed with outdated and irrelevant Classified Ads, often to products, locations or event no longer there or accessible. This poses both a hardship on the resident searching classifieds having to muddle through obsolete classifieds as well as residents who have posted and their Classifieds is all but lost amongst the numerous outdated classified. Beginning Oct 1st once a classified is created it will end in 60 days at which time the resident may recreate it. There has been overwhelming support from residents regarding this change.
Default module does not require a charge for the classified and its up to the technical team of a grid using the code to decide to assign a default fee for the posting a classified. At Island Oasis, there is no charge for posting a classified.
We encourage all residents at this time who will plan on having recurring Classified Ads to please save their classified ad(s) information to a notecard so they can later copy and paste the information back into a new classified ad(s) every 60 days if they wish.
New Paolino Staff member
Posted September 12, 2013
Island Oasis is pleased to announce the restructuring of the Scripting Department. Previously Subzero Paolino had primarily been scripting for the grid projects but also helping and assisting with resident scripting questions. In light of the work load on any given day plus the need to field resident questions in a timely fashion Island Oasis is proud and pleased to announce the addition of Lion Paolino to the Scripting Dept.
Lion Paolino will be focused solely on helping the residents with their scripting questions while Subzero Paolino will focus on the Grid scripting for Paolino Projects. Lion Paolino will have a mailbox at the Welcome Zone along with all the other Paolino Mailboxes. Any residents with scripting questions please feel free to drop a notecard in Lion's Mailbox.
Island Oasis is pleased to announce the restructuring of the Scripting Department. Previously Subzero Paolino had primarily been scripting for the grid projects but also helping and assisting with resident scripting questions. In light of the work load on any given day plus the need to field resident questions in a timely fashion Island Oasis is proud and pleased to announce the addition of Lion Paolino to the Scripting Dept.
Lion Paolino will be focused solely on helping the residents with their scripting questions while Subzero Paolino will focus on the Grid scripting for Paolino Projects. Lion Paolino will have a mailbox at the Welcome Zone along with all the other Paolino Mailboxes. Any residents with scripting questions please feel free to drop a notecard in Lion's Mailbox.
Town Hall Meeting HIghlights
Updated September 8, 2013
A few highlights of the Town Hall Meeting are as follows:
-Inventory Backups will an available function for residents
-Continuing Beta testing of new OS code
-Clean up of the Classified Ads to remove older Ads and allow news ads to be seen more prevalent
Check back for updates and we will announce when the video of the Town Hall Meeting for September is available.
Town Hall Meeting Sept 8
Posted September 5, 2013
Reminder: September's Town Hall Meeting is Sept 8th (Sunday) at 1pm IO time (PST) and open to public. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak. The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and available through our you tube channel and our news page. Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Our regular Town Hall Meetings are currently scheduled to occur on the first Sunday of each month at 1pm. Due to grid maintenance this month the Sept meeting was postponed to Sept 8. October's Town Hall Meeting will commence as planned on the first Sunday of the month (Oct 6th).
Reminder: September's Town Hall Meeting is Sept 8th (Sunday) at 1pm IO time (PST) and open to public. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak. The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and available through our you tube channel and our news page. Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Our regular Town Hall Meetings are currently scheduled to occur on the first Sunday of each month at 1pm. Due to grid maintenance this month the Sept meeting was postponed to Sept 8. October's Town Hall Meeting will commence as planned on the first Sunday of the month (Oct 6th).
$20,000p in Prizes for September Contests
Posted September 5, 2013
Island Oasis is hosting 2 content creations contests Sept 22-Oct 9 and is open for anyone to join either contest. Sign up and rules are at the Welcome Zone.
I. BUILDING CONTEST - Theme: Haunted HousePrize: 1st PLACE $5000p
Prize: 2nd PLACE $3000p
Prize: 3rd PLACE $2000p
II. DESIGN CONTEST - Theme Halloween Costume
Prize: 1st PLACE $5000p
Currency Cashouts are done via PayPal at the rate of $300P=$1.00USD.
Island Oasis is hosting 2 content creations contests Sept 22-Oct 9 and is open for anyone to join either contest. Sign up and rules are at the Welcome Zone.
I. BUILDING CONTEST - Theme: Haunted HousePrize: 1st PLACE $5000p
Prize: 2nd PLACE $3000p
Prize: 3rd PLACE $2000p
II. DESIGN CONTEST - Theme Halloween Costume
Prize: 1st PLACE $5000p
Currency Cashouts are done via PayPal at the rate of $300P=$1.00USD.
Marketplace Advertising Available
Posted September 5, 2013
Island Oasis has expanded it's advertising program. Now, not only can you have your in-world business or venue advertised on our splash page (The web page that displays when you open your viewer) but now you can also have your advertisements on the banner of our online marketplace!
Splash Page & Marketplace Advertising Information:
Many of the residents in Island Oasis are busy building and creating quality products for all to enjoy. Many others are busy providing valuable services to other residents that help make their stay in Island Oasis more pleasant and enjoyable. Those are the very same residents who are are always looking for new and exciting ways to get their name out there and spread the word about what they have to offer.
In response to this, Island Oasis has developed a marketing/advertising program that is perfect for such a resident. For a very small fee, anyone in Island Oasis can advertise their in-world business either on our grid splash page (the web page that displays in your viewer when you log in) or on the header banner of our online marketplace.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, simply go the member's log-in area and sign in, then click the "Merchant Ad Form" link in the Account Information section. There you will find all of the information and details that you need to be well on your way to growing your in-world business!
Advertising slots are first come first serve so, don't delay!
PRICING:
Splash Page Ad: One time $20 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Markeplace Banner Ad: One time $10 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Exposure for both the splash page and online marketplace: $30 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
IMAGES:
Wide screen format is the best fit for the advertisements. We recommend 1024 x 512 pixels (1024 wide x 512 tall) for splash page ads and images approx. 1/4 of that size for markeplace banner ads. An image with similar proportions (2:1 ratio) will also work well in either ad space. Images must be a .jpg or .png and be 600Kb in size or less.
Island Oasis has expanded it's advertising program. Now, not only can you have your in-world business or venue advertised on our splash page (The web page that displays when you open your viewer) but now you can also have your advertisements on the banner of our online marketplace!
Splash Page & Marketplace Advertising Information:
Many of the residents in Island Oasis are busy building and creating quality products for all to enjoy. Many others are busy providing valuable services to other residents that help make their stay in Island Oasis more pleasant and enjoyable. Those are the very same residents who are are always looking for new and exciting ways to get their name out there and spread the word about what they have to offer.
In response to this, Island Oasis has developed a marketing/advertising program that is perfect for such a resident. For a very small fee, anyone in Island Oasis can advertise their in-world business either on our grid splash page (the web page that displays in your viewer when you log in) or on the header banner of our online marketplace.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, simply go the member's log-in area and sign in, then click the "Merchant Ad Form" link in the Account Information section. There you will find all of the information and details that you need to be well on your way to growing your in-world business!
Advertising slots are first come first serve so, don't delay!
PRICING:
Splash Page Ad: One time $20 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Markeplace Banner Ad: One time $10 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
Exposure for both the splash page and online marketplace: $30 fee for 30 day advertisement run.
IMAGES:
Wide screen format is the best fit for the advertisements. We recommend 1024 x 512 pixels (1024 wide x 512 tall) for splash page ads and images approx. 1/4 of that size for markeplace banner ads. An image with similar proportions (2:1 ratio) will also work well in either ad space. Images must be a .jpg or .png and be 600Kb in size or less.
Limited Sim Sale September
Posted September 3, 2013
For a limited time Island Oasis is offering 10 full regions that we are selling at a close out price of $50.00 a month for a Full Prim Region with 40,000 prim count. That price will be grandfathered in for as long as you own that region. You will also get the monthly full prim stipend of $600P. As an added bonus once you have owned your region for 6 months you will get the 2000 prim loyalty region at no additional charge. Stop by the Welcome Zone to pick up the region order form.
For a limited time Island Oasis is offering 10 full regions that we are selling at a close out price of $50.00 a month for a Full Prim Region with 40,000 prim count. That price will be grandfathered in for as long as you own that region. You will also get the monthly full prim stipend of $600P. As an added bonus once you have owned your region for 6 months you will get the 2000 prim loyalty region at no additional charge. Stop by the Welcome Zone to pick up the region order form.
Scheduled Grid MAINTENANCE & Sept TOWN HALL MEETING
Updated September 2, 2013
Our scheduled grid maintenance has now concluded and all went as planned.
Updated August 30, 2013- 6:46am (PST)
The first phase of maintenance has been completed and log-ins are being enabled. You will first be able to connect with the Welcome Zone in the region Island Oasis. Watch you in-world map as we are bringing the rest of the regions up and online.
Updated August 30, 2013- 10:45am (PST)
Log-ins have now been disabled due to grid maintenance. We expect log-ins to be re-enabled at approximately 4pm (PST).
Updated August 30, 2013- 8am (PST)
Grid Maintenance is proceeding as planned beginning today. We will keep you posted as we go forward with our grid maintenance today-Sept 2. Don't forget, today 10am-4pm log -ins will be disables. This only affects todays log-ins and log-is should not be affected for the remainder of the maintenance window other than approx 6 hours today.
Updated August 25, 2013
Island Oasis is proceeding with its planned Maintenance window Aug 30-Sept 2. For the majority of the maintenance schedule log-ins and the grid as a whole will be unaffected. August 30th the grid will be offline due to maintenance beginning approximately 10am IO time (PST) until approximately 4pm IO time (6hrs) when log-ins are expected to be re-enabled. During this time there may be portions of our main website which will be unavailable during this same time 6 hr time frame. Updates will be posted numerous places for your convenience. Look for updates here on our news page, our twitter feed, our facebook page and facebook group page.
Updated August 21, 2013
The maintenance window is scheduled from August 30-Sept 2. We expect log ins to be disabled for a brief period only on August 30th. Updates will continue to be posted as we get closer to the date of the 30th and our maintenance window.
Posted August 18, 2013
The grid Town Hall meeting which normally occurs on the first Sunday of each month and would have normally been scheduled for September 1 has been postponed to September 8 at 1pm IO time (PST). The postponement comes is light of scheduled grid maintenance during the weekend of Sept. 1st. This is just annual routine maintenance that for the most part will not affect log-ins nor the grid being up. We will have to disable log-ins only for a brief period during the scheduled maintenance window. As we get closer to a definitive time that log-ins will be affected, it will be announced. Please check back for updates.
Our scheduled grid maintenance has now concluded and all went as planned.
Updated August 30, 2013- 6:46am (PST)
The first phase of maintenance has been completed and log-ins are being enabled. You will first be able to connect with the Welcome Zone in the region Island Oasis. Watch you in-world map as we are bringing the rest of the regions up and online.
Updated August 30, 2013- 10:45am (PST)
Log-ins have now been disabled due to grid maintenance. We expect log-ins to be re-enabled at approximately 4pm (PST).
Updated August 30, 2013- 8am (PST)
Grid Maintenance is proceeding as planned beginning today. We will keep you posted as we go forward with our grid maintenance today-Sept 2. Don't forget, today 10am-4pm log -ins will be disables. This only affects todays log-ins and log-is should not be affected for the remainder of the maintenance window other than approx 6 hours today.
Updated August 25, 2013
Island Oasis is proceeding with its planned Maintenance window Aug 30-Sept 2. For the majority of the maintenance schedule log-ins and the grid as a whole will be unaffected. August 30th the grid will be offline due to maintenance beginning approximately 10am IO time (PST) until approximately 4pm IO time (6hrs) when log-ins are expected to be re-enabled. During this time there may be portions of our main website which will be unavailable during this same time 6 hr time frame. Updates will be posted numerous places for your convenience. Look for updates here on our news page, our twitter feed, our facebook page and facebook group page.
Updated August 21, 2013
The maintenance window is scheduled from August 30-Sept 2. We expect log ins to be disabled for a brief period only on August 30th. Updates will continue to be posted as we get closer to the date of the 30th and our maintenance window.
Posted August 18, 2013
The grid Town Hall meeting which normally occurs on the first Sunday of each month and would have normally been scheduled for September 1 has been postponed to September 8 at 1pm IO time (PST). The postponement comes is light of scheduled grid maintenance during the weekend of Sept. 1st. This is just annual routine maintenance that for the most part will not affect log-ins nor the grid being up. We will have to disable log-ins only for a brief period during the scheduled maintenance window. As we get closer to a definitive time that log-ins will be affected, it will be announced. Please check back for updates.
IO Revamps Marketplace
Updated August 14, 2013
The planned changes to the Marketplace have been successfully completed at this time, much ahead of schedule. This includes the existing listed items in previously listed in now obsolete categories have being successfully placed into their correct categories. In addition to the new additional categories and subcategories listed below we have added the categories of Animals, Holiday Items and Real Estate. Packages for listing your location, businesses, items and more are now available for pick up at the Welcome Zone through the kiosk with the shopping cart image on it.
Posted August 13, 2013
The Island Oasis Marketplace is in the process of undergoing changes in both display options and search methods to increase the ease of use as well as the functionality of the marketplace. The many changes are geared towards both the shopper as well as the merchant. For shoppers in the past you could view the listings on the page either based on Price (High-Low or Low to High) or by Name (A-Z or Z-A). Now shoppers can also view by Age of listing (Newest-Oldest or Oldest-Newest. The default view will be Newest to Oldest. This coupled with the addition to view up to 48 listings per page should help with customizing how an individual wishes to view the Marketplace. New navigation page navigation tools added to the bottom of the page will increase ease of use instead of having to scroll back to the top to see if there are more pages to a merchant's listings.
New categories are being added to better enable a shopper to find what they are looking for and merchant to list their items appropriately and be found by shoppers. The old category of Building Components (with the subcategories of residential, commercial and lighting) did not differentiate well between content creators tools and actual buildings and left you with only 3 choices. We recognize for both the shoppers and merchants, this limitation can be crippling. This category well be replaced by 2 new categories: Creation Components and Buildings and Structures. Creation Components will have the subcategories of textures, scripts, sculpts, mesh, sounds, creators tools and misc. Buildings and Structures will have the subcategories of residential, commercial, fences, furniture, home accessories and misc.
Under the categories of both Apparel (Womens) and Apparel (Mens) the subcategories of jewelry and footware will be added. Since we will now have a furniture subcategory in the Buildings and Structures category Home and Garden will now just become a Garden category.
We have always had the Adult category with the subcategories of accessories, clothing and other. We are adding a Child category with the same subcategories of accessories, clothing and other. Although we are an 18 and over adult grid and strictly prohibit child sex play of any kind, we do acknowledge some adults may have a child avatar and wish to clothe and accessorize their avatar.
If you are a merchant who already has content listed on the Marketplace please note that only content that is relevant to one of the aforementioned changes will be moved to its new appropriate category or subcategory. No one will have their listings removed or deleted, they will still be there and much easier to find. For example someone looking or a couch had no furniture category or subcategory to search under, whereas now they will.
The changes have already begun and the expected completion date will be August 20th. We ask for your patience as we make these important updates and changes to the Marketplace and look forward to a more functional, user friendly Marketplace for everyone.
The planned changes to the Marketplace have been successfully completed at this time, much ahead of schedule. This includes the existing listed items in previously listed in now obsolete categories have being successfully placed into their correct categories. In addition to the new additional categories and subcategories listed below we have added the categories of Animals, Holiday Items and Real Estate. Packages for listing your location, businesses, items and more are now available for pick up at the Welcome Zone through the kiosk with the shopping cart image on it.
Posted August 13, 2013
The Island Oasis Marketplace is in the process of undergoing changes in both display options and search methods to increase the ease of use as well as the functionality of the marketplace. The many changes are geared towards both the shopper as well as the merchant. For shoppers in the past you could view the listings on the page either based on Price (High-Low or Low to High) or by Name (A-Z or Z-A). Now shoppers can also view by Age of listing (Newest-Oldest or Oldest-Newest. The default view will be Newest to Oldest. This coupled with the addition to view up to 48 listings per page should help with customizing how an individual wishes to view the Marketplace. New navigation page navigation tools added to the bottom of the page will increase ease of use instead of having to scroll back to the top to see if there are more pages to a merchant's listings.
New categories are being added to better enable a shopper to find what they are looking for and merchant to list their items appropriately and be found by shoppers. The old category of Building Components (with the subcategories of residential, commercial and lighting) did not differentiate well between content creators tools and actual buildings and left you with only 3 choices. We recognize for both the shoppers and merchants, this limitation can be crippling. This category well be replaced by 2 new categories: Creation Components and Buildings and Structures. Creation Components will have the subcategories of textures, scripts, sculpts, mesh, sounds, creators tools and misc. Buildings and Structures will have the subcategories of residential, commercial, fences, furniture, home accessories and misc.
Under the categories of both Apparel (Womens) and Apparel (Mens) the subcategories of jewelry and footware will be added. Since we will now have a furniture subcategory in the Buildings and Structures category Home and Garden will now just become a Garden category.
We have always had the Adult category with the subcategories of accessories, clothing and other. We are adding a Child category with the same subcategories of accessories, clothing and other. Although we are an 18 and over adult grid and strictly prohibit child sex play of any kind, we do acknowledge some adults may have a child avatar and wish to clothe and accessorize their avatar.
If you are a merchant who already has content listed on the Marketplace please note that only content that is relevant to one of the aforementioned changes will be moved to its new appropriate category or subcategory. No one will have their listings removed or deleted, they will still be there and much easier to find. For example someone looking or a couch had no furniture category or subcategory to search under, whereas now they will.
The changes have already begun and the expected completion date will be August 20th. We ask for your patience as we make these important updates and changes to the Marketplace and look forward to a more functional, user friendly Marketplace for everyone.
Island Oasis Offers Free Stores
Posted: August 6, 2013
Island Oasis has always acknowledged that for many residents coming to a new grid can be quite an experience and the goal is to make that experience as pleasant and pain free as possible. In addition to the tier free land parcels for residential use that every resident qualifies for Island Oasis also offers commercial use free stores.
There are 2 regions dedicated to free stores for residents with the intention to help new people get started until they have a main store location or as a satellite shop for when they do have a Main store location. Since the free stores are intended for current and active members of the grid the rental agreement requires that you click your rental box every 7 days to retain tenancy.
Although IO has always offered the free stores many residents were unaware of it. Since the free stores have never been intended to serve as a Main store location for a merchant Island Oasis recently modified the prim limits of the free stores to further help stimulate the desire of merchants to venture further out into the grid beyond the free store location. The new prim limit is 150 prim and will be in effect as of October 1st.
It is not a rule that if you have a store elsewhere you cannot have one of the free stores provided by the grid but it would be nice if merchants with multiple store locations on the grid would consider giving up their free store location to make room for other residents to have the same opportunity they have had.
For anyone thinking of bringing content into the grid we ask that you keep in mind our Importing Guidelines. In addition to these free commercial store locations Island Oasis further eases the cost associated with bringing content to the grid by offering the following at no charge: classifieds, group creation, uploads and imports.
Island Oasis has always acknowledged that for many residents coming to a new grid can be quite an experience and the goal is to make that experience as pleasant and pain free as possible. In addition to the tier free land parcels for residential use that every resident qualifies for Island Oasis also offers commercial use free stores.
There are 2 regions dedicated to free stores for residents with the intention to help new people get started until they have a main store location or as a satellite shop for when they do have a Main store location. Since the free stores are intended for current and active members of the grid the rental agreement requires that you click your rental box every 7 days to retain tenancy.
Although IO has always offered the free stores many residents were unaware of it. Since the free stores have never been intended to serve as a Main store location for a merchant Island Oasis recently modified the prim limits of the free stores to further help stimulate the desire of merchants to venture further out into the grid beyond the free store location. The new prim limit is 150 prim and will be in effect as of October 1st.
It is not a rule that if you have a store elsewhere you cannot have one of the free stores provided by the grid but it would be nice if merchants with multiple store locations on the grid would consider giving up their free store location to make room for other residents to have the same opportunity they have had.
For anyone thinking of bringing content into the grid we ask that you keep in mind our Importing Guidelines. In addition to these free commercial store locations Island Oasis further eases the cost associated with bringing content to the grid by offering the following at no charge: classifieds, group creation, uploads and imports.
Town Hall Meeting August 2013
UPDATE: August 5, 2013
August's Town Hall meeting was recorded (in 2 videos) for those of you unable to attend but still wish to be apprised of the news and announcements for the moth of August. Both Pt 1 and Pt 2 VIDEOS are now available for viewing. Should you have any questions or comments please go to the Official Island Oasis Forums and post there, where Staff of Island Oasis will be aware of your posts.
Posted August 3, 2013
Town Hall Meeting Sunday August 4, 2013 will be held in world at 1pm IO time (PST) and is for open to public. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. The meeting is conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. After news and announcements the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and the VIDEO is made available for viewing for those of you who cant make the meeting or simply want to review what was covered at the meeting.
August's Town Hall meeting was recorded (in 2 videos) for those of you unable to attend but still wish to be apprised of the news and announcements for the moth of August. Both Pt 1 and Pt 2 VIDEOS are now available for viewing. Should you have any questions or comments please go to the Official Island Oasis Forums and post there, where Staff of Island Oasis will be aware of your posts.
Posted August 3, 2013
Town Hall Meeting Sunday August 4, 2013 will be held in world at 1pm IO time (PST) and is for open to public. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. The meeting is conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. After news and announcements the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and the VIDEO is made available for viewing for those of you who cant make the meeting or simply want to review what was covered at the meeting.
Island OASIS Updates its Logo
Posted July 20. 2013
With Island Oasis surpassing its 2nd anniversary it can hardly be seen as a "new" virtual world. Anyone who pays attention to the variety of virtual worlds can easily see that comparatively hundreds of new virtual worlds over the course of the last 3-5 years have spring up and have died out even before reaching its first anniversary.
Just as a 1st year anniversary is a milestone, so are all the subsequent years. Having recently celebrated their 2nd year of success as of March 2013 the owners of the grid have been constantly improving, upgrading and updating many facets of their virtual world. These changes vary from within the virtual world itself such as their new format for listing in-world events to how it is branded outside of the virtual world.
Updating their logo with their original website color palette in mind is just one further way the changes and improvements keep coming. The change from the older green & blue palm tree and text to the more modern eye catching colors in the new Logo have kept it crisp, clean and yet left it with a touch of familiar whimsy.
With Island Oasis surpassing its 2nd anniversary it can hardly be seen as a "new" virtual world. Anyone who pays attention to the variety of virtual worlds can easily see that comparatively hundreds of new virtual worlds over the course of the last 3-5 years have spring up and have died out even before reaching its first anniversary.
Just as a 1st year anniversary is a milestone, so are all the subsequent years. Having recently celebrated their 2nd year of success as of March 2013 the owners of the grid have been constantly improving, upgrading and updating many facets of their virtual world. These changes vary from within the virtual world itself such as their new format for listing in-world events to how it is branded outside of the virtual world.
Updating their logo with their original website color palette in mind is just one further way the changes and improvements keep coming. The change from the older green & blue palm tree and text to the more modern eye catching colors in the new Logo have kept it crisp, clean and yet left it with a touch of familiar whimsy.
Ad Space Now Offered on the Viewer Splash Page
Posted July 8, 2013
Hi everyone. Our Ad rental space on the viewer splash page is now live. Go to our website and log in. Once you are logged in you will see a link for Merchant Ad Form. Click the link then follow the directions. That is a great way to get your product, service or location place or even out to the public.
There are a maximum of 30 advertisement slots available for each month. These slots are first come first serve and when all of the slots are taken, submissions are frozen until the beginning of the next calendar month. At that time, submissions are re-opened until the slots are full. Ads are now being accepted for August 2013.
Once submitted and a payment of $20USD is confirmed via PayPal as being paid, your ad will run throughout the month of August, where it will get maximum exposure on our login/splash page. Based on our average log-ins per month (the splash page is displayed to each user prior to logging in) your ad will receive between 350 - 400 impressions.
Wide screen format is the best fit for the splash screen. We recommend 1024 x 500 pixels (1024 wide x 500 tall). An image with similar proportions will also work well in the ad space. Note: Any ads posted that are not related to Island Oasis or reference to a different virtual world will be removed from circulation and will not run. No refunds will be given for ads removed for this reason.
Hi everyone. Our Ad rental space on the viewer splash page is now live. Go to our website and log in. Once you are logged in you will see a link for Merchant Ad Form. Click the link then follow the directions. That is a great way to get your product, service or location place or even out to the public.
There are a maximum of 30 advertisement slots available for each month. These slots are first come first serve and when all of the slots are taken, submissions are frozen until the beginning of the next calendar month. At that time, submissions are re-opened until the slots are full. Ads are now being accepted for August 2013.
Once submitted and a payment of $20USD is confirmed via PayPal as being paid, your ad will run throughout the month of August, where it will get maximum exposure on our login/splash page. Based on our average log-ins per month (the splash page is displayed to each user prior to logging in) your ad will receive between 350 - 400 impressions.
Wide screen format is the best fit for the splash screen. We recommend 1024 x 500 pixels (1024 wide x 500 tall). An image with similar proportions will also work well in the ad space. Note: Any ads posted that are not related to Island Oasis or reference to a different virtual world will be removed from circulation and will not run. No refunds will be given for ads removed for this reason.
Summary July Town Hall Meeting
Posted July 8, 2013
The Town Hall meeting was not recorded for the month of July. Island Oasis will resume recording the public Town Hall Meetings during the month of August. The following is a brief summary of information provided during the meeting.
Sugar Paolino-The grid is pleased to see its ever continuing growth in both number of active residents, overall number of accounts as well as an increase in the number of regions which has now grown to 208. The number of accounts is expected to exceed 5,000 as of the end of July.
Damean Paolino-Island Oasis will now be offering Ad Space which can be purchased for only $20USD to run for an entire month and will appear on the Splash screen. Each Ad is Expected to generate 350-400 impressions during the month as the ads cycle from start to finish. Ad Space is limited to 30 separate Ads and availability is first come first serve.
Alysin Paolino- Looking to hire a Public Relations Manager for the PR TEAM in the Marketing Dept. Currently among the many projects the Marketing Dept is working on is a Program that will run on a monthly basis called Shop the Blocks and will cater to Merchants in the Fashion and related industry. The grid has held contests for builders and contests for designers. But many merchants in the Fashion Industry were not allow to participate in either of those events due to the strict rules that all sculpts, mesh and templates must be original creations but the participant. Many good Fashion Merchants turn out beautiful products yet use builders editions items provided by others. The two goals of the Shop the Blocks program is to feature these Merchants by letting them choose a few products to represent their business to bring awareness to their items. The second goal of the Shop the Blocks Program is to encourage merchants NOT already in Island Oasis to give us a try. By providing a venue, space and no overhead this will give the new merchant a good idea what it is like to bring their items here, create their items here and a taste of potential sales in hopes of encouraging them to become a regular part of our growing grid.
Subzero Paolino-works on scripts for the IO grid and helps test on the beta grid as we are developing improvements to the grid. Scripts from other grid may not always be compatible here in Island Oasis. If you have a script you are bringing here to IO from another grid Subzero can also take a look at the script for compatibility here in Island Oasis with no charge for this service.
Ezme Paolino- Event Dept for grid wide events provided to you by the Grid Island Oasis. Events will include, but not be limited to: Hunts, Contests, Live Performances and Grid Owned Club Events. Ezme also handled the scheduling of DJs and Hosts for Damean & Sugs Social Club, Club Ecstasy, and Blue Water Nude Beach. If looking for work as a Live performer, DJ or Host please contact Ezme Paolino.
The Town Hall meeting was not recorded for the month of July. Island Oasis will resume recording the public Town Hall Meetings during the month of August. The following is a brief summary of information provided during the meeting.
Sugar Paolino-The grid is pleased to see its ever continuing growth in both number of active residents, overall number of accounts as well as an increase in the number of regions which has now grown to 208. The number of accounts is expected to exceed 5,000 as of the end of July.
Damean Paolino-Island Oasis will now be offering Ad Space which can be purchased for only $20USD to run for an entire month and will appear on the Splash screen. Each Ad is Expected to generate 350-400 impressions during the month as the ads cycle from start to finish. Ad Space is limited to 30 separate Ads and availability is first come first serve.
Alysin Paolino- Looking to hire a Public Relations Manager for the PR TEAM in the Marketing Dept. Currently among the many projects the Marketing Dept is working on is a Program that will run on a monthly basis called Shop the Blocks and will cater to Merchants in the Fashion and related industry. The grid has held contests for builders and contests for designers. But many merchants in the Fashion Industry were not allow to participate in either of those events due to the strict rules that all sculpts, mesh and templates must be original creations but the participant. Many good Fashion Merchants turn out beautiful products yet use builders editions items provided by others. The two goals of the Shop the Blocks program is to feature these Merchants by letting them choose a few products to represent their business to bring awareness to their items. The second goal of the Shop the Blocks Program is to encourage merchants NOT already in Island Oasis to give us a try. By providing a venue, space and no overhead this will give the new merchant a good idea what it is like to bring their items here, create their items here and a taste of potential sales in hopes of encouraging them to become a regular part of our growing grid.
Subzero Paolino-works on scripts for the IO grid and helps test on the beta grid as we are developing improvements to the grid. Scripts from other grid may not always be compatible here in Island Oasis. If you have a script you are bringing here to IO from another grid Subzero can also take a look at the script for compatibility here in Island Oasis with no charge for this service.
Ezme Paolino- Event Dept for grid wide events provided to you by the Grid Island Oasis. Events will include, but not be limited to: Hunts, Contests, Live Performances and Grid Owned Club Events. Ezme also handled the scheduling of DJs and Hosts for Damean & Sugs Social Club, Club Ecstasy, and Blue Water Nude Beach. If looking for work as a Live performer, DJ or Host please contact Ezme Paolino.
July Town Hall Meeting
July 7th, Town Hall Meeting- 1pm IO time (PST) open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak. The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and available through our you tube channel and our news page. Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak. The Town Hall Meeting will be recorded and available through our you tube channel and our news page. Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
IO to have 1st Annual grid wide career day
Updated July 6, 2013
Join us today in-world for Career Day
Posted June 22, 2013
Island Oasis' Marketing Dept is sponsoring the 1st Annual Career Day on Saturday July 6, 2013 to match potential employers with prospective employees across the grid. Booths are available for any employer who would want to represent their business or themselves and are looking to hire employees. The event will be held all day with the Booths remaining in place the following day for anyone who could not attend on the 6th.
Are you in need of employees? or have a Job opening for someone? Need a DJ, Host, Live Performer, Greeter, Group Manager, Sales Rep, Store or Personal Assistant or any other in-world position? Contact Alysin Paolino to claim your booth now to represent your business. There is NO COST to participate.
Don't have an Island Oasis account but are looking for Virtual employment? Sign up now.
Join us today in-world for Career Day
Posted June 22, 2013
Island Oasis' Marketing Dept is sponsoring the 1st Annual Career Day on Saturday July 6, 2013 to match potential employers with prospective employees across the grid. Booths are available for any employer who would want to represent their business or themselves and are looking to hire employees. The event will be held all day with the Booths remaining in place the following day for anyone who could not attend on the 6th.
Are you in need of employees? or have a Job opening for someone? Need a DJ, Host, Live Performer, Greeter, Group Manager, Sales Rep, Store or Personal Assistant or any other in-world position? Contact Alysin Paolino to claim your booth now to represent your business. There is NO COST to participate.
Don't have an Island Oasis account but are looking for Virtual employment? Sign up now.