March/April 2013 NEWS
SPring Cleaning for IO - Limited Time Sim Sale
Posted May 6, 2013
Update- The sale, which concluded last night went wonderfully and thank you to those of you who succeeded in obtaining on of these low priced sims!
Posted April 28, 2013
Island Oasis has a limited number of sims to offer for a special reduced sale price. There will be 10 Full prim regions and 10 Homestead regions up for sale This is for new sales not upgrades of current sims. There is no run time listed for this sale since they sims are first come first serve and when they are gone the sale will conclude. The special sale sims can only be ordered here on the Information Portal. Land offered elsewhere is regular pricing.
Update- The sale, which concluded last night went wonderfully and thank you to those of you who succeeded in obtaining on of these low priced sims!
Posted April 28, 2013
Island Oasis has a limited number of sims to offer for a special reduced sale price. There will be 10 Full prim regions and 10 Homestead regions up for sale This is for new sales not upgrades of current sims. There is no run time listed for this sale since they sims are first come first serve and when they are gone the sale will conclude. The special sale sims can only be ordered here on the Information Portal. Land offered elsewhere is regular pricing.
- $50 USD per month - Full Prim Regions - Commercial (Clubs~Malls~Public Attractions~etc.) / Residential
- $25 USD per month - Homestead Regions - Light Commercial (Malls~Stores~Small Shopping Area) / Residential
links created from world map of viewer are not IOURLs
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Posted April 11, 2013
Official IOURLs
There seems to be some confusion regarding creating an IOURL. You cannot create an IOURL from the world map of a viewer. You can only create an IOURL from world map on our WEBSITE. not the world map of a viewer.
When you are using a viewer and open the world map then click "Copy SLURL to clipboard" the link it generates will only work for others who are using the same viewer. In some occasions it will work for more than one viewer but it is NOT universally functional across all viewers. So you may be using a link that others cannot use to get to your in-world location and others may find that they can't even click the link you are posting in or out of world.
In other words, You can use the link while others may not be able to and this is not an IOURL, it is simply a form of a link generated by the viewer you are using. It is important to note that not all viewers generate the same type of link.
In order to create an universally usable link which will work for everyone - an official IOURL -Please follow these steps:
Creating an official IOURL
First Go to: http://islandoasis.biz/WorldMap.aspx?z=50
1-Click "Create IO map link" (at top of page)
2-Enter the name of the region (case sensitive).
3-Fill out the x,y and z coordinates of the exact location.
4-Click Create Link button at the bottom of the form.
You have now created an actual IOURL, not a link from a viewer. This IOURL can now be used as a link to your in-world location and can continue to be used on all of your announcements, notices, websites, facebook and other social media platforms.
NOTE: Creating a Title is an optional field
Image URL is an optional field (link to where you have an image hosted, that image will appear as an additional image next to the map tile when others click your link)
FAQ
Q. Can't I just continue to use the links I make from the viewer?
A. Yes, just remember they will not be clickable nor useable by everyone.
Q. Why are you saying they are not clickable when I have used my link and others have?
A. They are on viewers that can read your link. Not all viewers can read all links created by other viewers, since the links are not the same.
Q. Can I create more than one IOURL for the same region?
A. Yes, you can create as many IOURLs as you like. There is no limit.
Here are two examples: 1- Store promoting 5 new outfits can create 5 IOURLS and enter the exact x, y and z coordinates of each outfit and a different title for each outfit and use all 5 IOURLs when promoting that sale. 2- Real Estate company creating IOURLs for every seperate land rental or sale they have.
Please use official IOURLs whenever possible. Thanks and happy creating to you!
Official IOURLs
There seems to be some confusion regarding creating an IOURL. You cannot create an IOURL from the world map of a viewer. You can only create an IOURL from world map on our WEBSITE. not the world map of a viewer.
When you are using a viewer and open the world map then click "Copy SLURL to clipboard" the link it generates will only work for others who are using the same viewer. In some occasions it will work for more than one viewer but it is NOT universally functional across all viewers. So you may be using a link that others cannot use to get to your in-world location and others may find that they can't even click the link you are posting in or out of world.
In other words, You can use the link while others may not be able to and this is not an IOURL, it is simply a form of a link generated by the viewer you are using. It is important to note that not all viewers generate the same type of link.
In order to create an universally usable link which will work for everyone - an official IOURL -Please follow these steps:
Creating an official IOURL
First Go to: http://islandoasis.biz/WorldMap.aspx?z=50
1-Click "Create IO map link" (at top of page)
2-Enter the name of the region (case sensitive).
3-Fill out the x,y and z coordinates of the exact location.
4-Click Create Link button at the bottom of the form.
You have now created an actual IOURL, not a link from a viewer. This IOURL can now be used as a link to your in-world location and can continue to be used on all of your announcements, notices, websites, facebook and other social media platforms.
NOTE: Creating a Title is an optional field
Image URL is an optional field (link to where you have an image hosted, that image will appear as an additional image next to the map tile when others click your link)
FAQ
Q. Can't I just continue to use the links I make from the viewer?
A. Yes, just remember they will not be clickable nor useable by everyone.
Q. Why are you saying they are not clickable when I have used my link and others have?
A. They are on viewers that can read your link. Not all viewers can read all links created by other viewers, since the links are not the same.
Q. Can I create more than one IOURL for the same region?
A. Yes, you can create as many IOURLs as you like. There is no limit.
Here are two examples: 1- Store promoting 5 new outfits can create 5 IOURLS and enter the exact x, y and z coordinates of each outfit and a different title for each outfit and use all 5 IOURLs when promoting that sale. 2- Real Estate company creating IOURLs for every seperate land rental or sale they have.
Please use official IOURLs whenever possible. Thanks and happy creating to you!
RE-cap of april Town hall meeting
Posted April 8, 2013
Island Oasis recently held its monthly Town Hall Meeting on April 4, 2013. Due to technical difficulties the original video of the meeting was unusable. The Staff of Island Oasis have gotten together to re-cap the meeting for those who may have missed the live meeting in world. Island Oasis will continue to video its Town Hall Meetings each month.
At the end of each Town Hall Meeting at the conclusion of the news and announcements from each Dept the floor is opened to the general public to voice their comments, questions or concerns. Staff of Island Oasis will be hosting a live chat to field questions from any residents who have missed the Town Hall Meeting. Live chat to be announced here, in-world, as well as on our facebook group page.
Island Oasis recently held its monthly Town Hall Meeting on April 4, 2013. Due to technical difficulties the original video of the meeting was unusable. The Staff of Island Oasis have gotten together to re-cap the meeting for those who may have missed the live meeting in world. Island Oasis will continue to video its Town Hall Meetings each month.
At the end of each Town Hall Meeting at the conclusion of the news and announcements from each Dept the floor is opened to the general public to voice their comments, questions or concerns. Staff of Island Oasis will be hosting a live chat to field questions from any residents who have missed the Town Hall Meeting. Live chat to be announced here, in-world, as well as on our facebook group page.
Island Oasis streamlines the options for viewers
Posted April 7, 2013
In am attempt to make it much easier to select and download a viewer there is a chart of all acceptable viewers to log into the grid, Island Oasis compiled a chart which lists each viewer. the version, the supporting OS and whether the viewer supports mesh or not. This was done a few weeks ago and has been visible on the downloads page.
In addition to the updated downloads page Island Oasis has also recently updated its support page to give individual detailed instructions for configuring each viewer. Now it will be much easier for residents to help their friends through the signup process and selection & configuration of viewers as well as easier for individuals who are coming in without anyone to walk them through it. As always Island Oasis is committed to providing excellence in Customer Service.
In am attempt to make it much easier to select and download a viewer there is a chart of all acceptable viewers to log into the grid, Island Oasis compiled a chart which lists each viewer. the version, the supporting OS and whether the viewer supports mesh or not. This was done a few weeks ago and has been visible on the downloads page.
In addition to the updated downloads page Island Oasis has also recently updated its support page to give individual detailed instructions for configuring each viewer. Now it will be much easier for residents to help their friends through the signup process and selection & configuration of viewers as well as easier for individuals who are coming in without anyone to walk them through it. As always Island Oasis is committed to providing excellence in Customer Service.
Maintenance April 6, 2013
Posted April 6, 2013
UPDATE-Log-ins enabled
The server upgrades have gone well and scheduled maintenance went much faster than approximated. Log-ins are now being re-enabled as be begin restarting the individual regions. When you log in if you regions is not yet relaunched just watch the world map and when you see your regions destination on the map then you can teleport there.
Posted April 5, 2013
Saturday April 6, 2013 at 8am IO time (PST) the Island Oasis grid will be shut down for maintenance for approximately 2 hours. During this time we will disable log ins to the grid as we are upgrading the servers. The upgrade will result in overall better sim performance. We thank you for your patience during this scheduled maintenance. After the completion of the upgrade to the servers we will re-enable log ins and will announce that here and on our facebook page.
UPDATE-Log-ins enabled
The server upgrades have gone well and scheduled maintenance went much faster than approximated. Log-ins are now being re-enabled as be begin restarting the individual regions. When you log in if you regions is not yet relaunched just watch the world map and when you see your regions destination on the map then you can teleport there.
Posted April 5, 2013
Saturday April 6, 2013 at 8am IO time (PST) the Island Oasis grid will be shut down for maintenance for approximately 2 hours. During this time we will disable log ins to the grid as we are upgrading the servers. The upgrade will result in overall better sim performance. We thank you for your patience during this scheduled maintenance. After the completion of the upgrade to the servers we will re-enable log ins and will announce that here and on our facebook page.
Town Hall Meeting-OPen to Public April 4, 2013
Posted March 31, 2013
Town Hall Meeting For April 4, 2013 will be held in world at 5pm IO time and is for 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.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ. Landmark available at Welcome Zone or click HERE
Town Hall Meeting For April 4, 2013 will be held in world at 5pm IO time and is for 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.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ. Landmark available at Welcome Zone or click HERE
Island Oasis Sponsors $50,000P Easter Hunt
Posted March 27, 2013
Island Oasis will be sponsoring a $50,000P Easter Egg Hunt. Visit the Welcome Zone to take a peek inside the Easter Basket so you will know what the eggs will look like. This Grid sponsored event will be held on at least 10 regions and may be on up to 15 regions! On each participating region there will be at least one $1,000P Golden Egg along with numerous other eggs of a variety of monetary values.
We will be posting the region names at the start of the Hunt to give everyone a fair chance to participate. Invite your friends and family to come along too!
Island Oasis will be sponsoring a $50,000P Easter Egg Hunt. Visit the Welcome Zone to take a peek inside the Easter Basket so you will know what the eggs will look like. This Grid sponsored event will be held on at least 10 regions and may be on up to 15 regions! On each participating region there will be at least one $1,000P Golden Egg along with numerous other eggs of a variety of monetary values.
We will be posting the region names at the start of the Hunt to give everyone a fair chance to participate. Invite your friends and family to come along too!
Island Oasis announces Location Based linking
Posted 3-23-13
Many residents have expressed an interest in url to link to their in-world locations. Thanks to Co-founder Damean Paolino who has written the code to enable this feature, Island Oasis is pleased to announce it now has location based linking. The link will be known as an IOURL.
In order to create an IOURL to your region, go to our web site and click the world map... from there, click the button in the upper right hand corner labeled "Create IO map link" .. then enter in your information. You will be asked for the Region name, the x,y and z coordinates. After that you can either click the button at the bottom entitled "Create Link" or you can fill in 2 additional optional fields. The first is the "Window Title" and you can make this any title you like. The second is "Window Image" where you can enter in a url to an image you would like to use to represent your URL. Make sure to only use an image that you have rights to use. Then you can click "create link" to complete the process.
Your IOURL will appear in the map link field. You can then simply copy that link and paste into FB or a blog entry etc.
Many residents have expressed an interest in url to link to their in-world locations. Thanks to Co-founder Damean Paolino who has written the code to enable this feature, Island Oasis is pleased to announce it now has location based linking. The link will be known as an IOURL.
In order to create an IOURL to your region, go to our web site and click the world map... from there, click the button in the upper right hand corner labeled "Create IO map link" .. then enter in your information. You will be asked for the Region name, the x,y and z coordinates. After that you can either click the button at the bottom entitled "Create Link" or you can fill in 2 additional optional fields. The first is the "Window Title" and you can make this any title you like. The second is "Window Image" where you can enter in a url to an image you would like to use to represent your URL. Make sure to only use an image that you have rights to use. Then you can click "create link" to complete the process.
Your IOURL will appear in the map link field. You can then simply copy that link and paste into FB or a blog entry etc.
Io to begin Videos of Town Hall Meetings & Live Chats
Posted March 17, 2013
Island Oasis will be hosting only 1 Town Hall Meeting per month beginning in April 2013 which will still occur on the first Thursday of each month.IO Staff realizes that not all residents can attend the Monthly Town Hall Meetings on the first Thursday at 5pm or the revisited meeting on the first Friday at 10am. In order to better provide you with the opportunity to see a Town Hall Meeting Island Oasis has chosen to begin recording the meetings. Island Oasis will begin providing a video of their monthly Town Hall Meetings and posting them here and on our youtube channel. All Town Hall Meeting Videos will remain archived on our youtube channel. (link at the top of every page on this site)
In addition the videos, Paolino Staff will participate in a LIVE chat conference once a month to answer any questions or address comments on the Topics of the Town Hall meeting. Live Chat Conferences will be announced sometime after the conclusion of the Town Hall Meeting and can be participated in simply by viewing this site. The LIVE chats will be in a Q & A format.
Island Oasis will be hosting only 1 Town Hall Meeting per month beginning in April 2013 which will still occur on the first Thursday of each month.IO Staff realizes that not all residents can attend the Monthly Town Hall Meetings on the first Thursday at 5pm or the revisited meeting on the first Friday at 10am. In order to better provide you with the opportunity to see a Town Hall Meeting Island Oasis has chosen to begin recording the meetings. Island Oasis will begin providing a video of their monthly Town Hall Meetings and posting them here and on our youtube channel. All Town Hall Meeting Videos will remain archived on our youtube channel. (link at the top of every page on this site)
In addition the videos, Paolino Staff will participate in a LIVE chat conference once a month to answer any questions or address comments on the Topics of the Town Hall meeting. Live Chat Conferences will be announced sometime after the conclusion of the Town Hall Meeting and can be participated in simply by viewing this site. The LIVE chats will be in a Q & A format.
MARCH Town Hall Meeting
Posted March 7, 2013
Town Hall Meeting- 5pm IO time 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. Meeting will be revisited on Friday at 10am. The purpose of the same basic meeting being presented twice is to better accommodate those in differing time zones or with varied schedules.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice, with the topics covered during the meeting being reposted on our news page on the web for all to read, whether you are hearing impaired or just have missed the meeting. 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.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ. Landmark available at Welcome Zone.
Town Hall Meeting- 5pm IO time 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. Meeting will be revisited on Friday at 10am. The purpose of the same basic meeting being presented twice is to better accommodate those in differing time zones or with varied schedules.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice, with the topics covered during the meeting being reposted on our news page on the web for all to read, whether you are hearing impaired or just have missed the meeting. 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.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ. Landmark available at Welcome Zone.
Island Oasis reaches 2 yr anniversary
Posted March 1, 2013
March 2011 Sugar and Damean Paolino Co-Founded Island Oasis. Since then the grid has grown in a myriad of ways. As the resident total nears reaching 4,000 members Island Oasis has consistently had one of the highest if not THE highest % of active user base of the top 40 grids including Second Life which actually shows less than 5% of the collective total number of accounts ever logging on. While some grids can boast of a higher number of accounts, the % of those accounts that regularly log -in are relatively low. The stats for Island Oasis would be even higher if the numbers were separated to reflect separately owned accounts who log in, but due to the way the stats are reported as "unique log-ins" (meaning generated from the same IP address) it fails to show the number of individual members who log in from a shared IP address such as husbands and wives, parents and children, roommates or others sharing an IP address. Those shared IP addressed are only recorded as a count of 1, and not what are 2 or even 3 or more people separately logging into their own accounts.
More growth can be seen in the additional abilities they put in the hands of their land owners. Land owners can generate backups of their sims at their leisure which are stored and accessible to the land owning resident through the owners account on the website and the land owner has the ability, at their discretion, to roll-back to a previously stored version of their sim. No waiting for staff to do this for you nor having to jump through hoops with submitting a ticket to have it done and best of all every land owner has the same customer service available to them should they need assistance. There are no premium accounts that allow more or better customer service to some residents than others.
It is in this spirit of the strive for excellence in Customer Service that has led to the implementation of additional Island Oasis Staff positions to better assist residents. There is now Staff in new positions such as Will Paolino - Region Support Director who deals with assisting each and every land owner. Will had previously been Staff for Island Oasis but this new position gives focus to adding customer support where needed. Also joining the: Staff Alysin Paolino - Customer support, Public Relations, Director of Marketing. Subzero Paolino - Lead Scripter, Project development has taken on the additional new task of assisting residents with scripts generated outside the grid, to function within the grid if possible. Sheena Paolino - Mentor Director and Scotty Paolino- Region Support have also been added to Staff and together all form a team with one purpose to provide the residents with a better grid and a better experience.
The Island Oasis Marketplace is another facet of this grid serving residents to experience growth. Not only are more products being listed, more creators and businesses being listed, but the abilities available have grown. Now those selling on the Marketplace have been given more control over their Marketplace items via a split profit per item option which assists with those who belong to a building groups who sell under one brand name.
Island Oasis is, to date, the only grid which openly acknowledges and requires that you acknowledge that you HAVE read the Importing Guidelines when making an account. It is yet another way Island Oasis strives to better educate their residents and lends support to security for content creators.
Island Oasis is proud to celebrate their 2nd year anniversary and looks forward to continued growth and many more years to come!.
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March 2011 Sugar and Damean Paolino Co-Founded Island Oasis. Since then the grid has grown in a myriad of ways. As the resident total nears reaching 4,000 members Island Oasis has consistently had one of the highest if not THE highest % of active user base of the top 40 grids including Second Life which actually shows less than 5% of the collective total number of accounts ever logging on. While some grids can boast of a higher number of accounts, the % of those accounts that regularly log -in are relatively low. The stats for Island Oasis would be even higher if the numbers were separated to reflect separately owned accounts who log in, but due to the way the stats are reported as "unique log-ins" (meaning generated from the same IP address) it fails to show the number of individual members who log in from a shared IP address such as husbands and wives, parents and children, roommates or others sharing an IP address. Those shared IP addressed are only recorded as a count of 1, and not what are 2 or even 3 or more people separately logging into their own accounts.
More growth can be seen in the additional abilities they put in the hands of their land owners. Land owners can generate backups of their sims at their leisure which are stored and accessible to the land owning resident through the owners account on the website and the land owner has the ability, at their discretion, to roll-back to a previously stored version of their sim. No waiting for staff to do this for you nor having to jump through hoops with submitting a ticket to have it done and best of all every land owner has the same customer service available to them should they need assistance. There are no premium accounts that allow more or better customer service to some residents than others.
It is in this spirit of the strive for excellence in Customer Service that has led to the implementation of additional Island Oasis Staff positions to better assist residents. There is now Staff in new positions such as Will Paolino - Region Support Director who deals with assisting each and every land owner. Will had previously been Staff for Island Oasis but this new position gives focus to adding customer support where needed. Also joining the: Staff Alysin Paolino - Customer support, Public Relations, Director of Marketing. Subzero Paolino - Lead Scripter, Project development has taken on the additional new task of assisting residents with scripts generated outside the grid, to function within the grid if possible. Sheena Paolino - Mentor Director and Scotty Paolino- Region Support have also been added to Staff and together all form a team with one purpose to provide the residents with a better grid and a better experience.
The Island Oasis Marketplace is another facet of this grid serving residents to experience growth. Not only are more products being listed, more creators and businesses being listed, but the abilities available have grown. Now those selling on the Marketplace have been given more control over their Marketplace items via a split profit per item option which assists with those who belong to a building groups who sell under one brand name.
Island Oasis is, to date, the only grid which openly acknowledges and requires that you acknowledge that you HAVE read the Importing Guidelines when making an account. It is yet another way Island Oasis strives to better educate their residents and lends support to security for content creators.
Island Oasis is proud to celebrate their 2nd year anniversary and looks forward to continued growth and many more years to come!.
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Tip From Island Oasis - FREE TExture creator
Posted March 1, 2013
Ever wanted to learn how to make textures and create some of you own? Here is a link to Wood Workshop that many for years have had fun playing around with. The textures that you create with this program will be YOURS, free and full perm for you to use as you wish. Wood Workshop is brought to you by Spiral Graphics. After having fun with the Wood Workshop make sure to check out some of their other products.
Get your free Wood Workshop HERE to create YOUR OWN textures.
Please Note: that if using any of their royalty free textures offered on their website there are usage guidelines that must be followed. See USAGE RIGHTS regarding their premade royalty-free textures.
Ever wanted to learn how to make textures and create some of you own? Here is a link to Wood Workshop that many for years have had fun playing around with. The textures that you create with this program will be YOURS, free and full perm for you to use as you wish. Wood Workshop is brought to you by Spiral Graphics. After having fun with the Wood Workshop make sure to check out some of their other products.
Get your free Wood Workshop HERE to create YOUR OWN textures.
Please Note: that if using any of their royalty free textures offered on their website there are usage guidelines that must be followed. See USAGE RIGHTS regarding their premade royalty-free textures.