Court-Records has been running in its current form - or something close to it - for nearly eight years now, and that means we’re well overdue for a change-up! So it’s with great pleasure and only slight amounts of panic that we announce an open beta for the next version of Court-Records!

Before you all go flying onto it, I want to emphasize the beta nature of the site. You’ll find some pages are totally unstyled, content is missing just about everywhere, and probably a few bugs. The purpose of opening it now is both to let folks get a look at what we’ve been working at and to get feedback on what still needs work.

To that end, here’s some of the things you should give a try:

First of all, log in! You should still be able to log in with your old account, but now it can be used for fanwork uploading as well as forum usage.

Add fanfiction, fanart, or remixes to the fanworks pages! It should go without saying, but please only upload works you’ve created.

Give the forums a test drive! That said, be warned that these are temporary forums and the posts there will be archived or deleted once we move into the final version of the site. For serious discussion (such as post-release AA6 talk) stick to the current forums.

Try to break things! If you try to use part of the site and it doesn’t work or flat-out spits up an error, let us know in the bug thread here.

Let us know if there’s any big features or sections you feel are missing! Again, we’re well aware the content needs to be added (why do you think we’ve been calling for copywriters?) but if you’ve got an idea for something AA-related the site could do that isn’t covered, sound off in the suggestion thread here!

Let us know if there’s any big features or sections you feel are missing! Again, we’re well aware the content needs to be added (why do you think we’ve been calling for copywriters?) but if you’ve got an idea for something AA-related the site could do that isn’t covered, sound off in the suggestion thread here! Let us know what you like and don’t like! Again, several parts of the site are still work-in-progress - for example, the character index page - but if something really catches your eye for better or for worse, tell us in the general feedback thread!

Again, this is an open beta, and until work on the new site is completed, we’ll be sticking to posting news and updating the current site. So if you want to go chat AA6 next week, you’re better off on the original forums! But nonetheless, we hope everyone enjoys poking around the new site and giving feedback.

Now all that said, come take a look!

Thanks for your time, and here’s to many more years of the site!