History of Technology Questions

Historical Overview

2003

TabletQuestions.com domain name was registered on September 21, 2003.

2004

The Tablet PC Comparison Chart was published.

2005

A Tablet PC Message Board Discussing News, Reviews, and Commentary

Members: 1,442

Threads: 4,409

Posts: 17,771

2006

• TabletQuestions.com forum expanded while Tablet PC Questions blog started
• TabletQuestions and MobilePCQuestions were merged.
• UMPC Buzz started.

2007

• Started the year with “Threads: 52,318, Posts: 262,632, Members: 3,582″
• Ended the year with over 7,000 registered members (several member purges removed inactive members)
• NotebookQuestions added to the domain list.
• Over 5 million visitors found the site in 2007.

2008

Tablet PC Questions, TabletQuestions, and UMPC Buzz were merged into Technology Questions.

2009

October 20, 2009: Site converted to WordPress, converting 800+ stories written in vbDrupal was done manually and a few mySQL scripts.

2010

Installed Pligg 1.03. This CMS was the front page for about a month and moved to a directory in February.
Installed BuddyPress to test adding a community to the website.

2011

• Forum layout changed to match major categories defined in the WordPress area.
• BuddyPress techstream becomes major area.
• Added “Submit a Guest Post” section in June.
• Q & A section tested in May, expansion started in June.
• Merging of ALL Questions sites onto Technology Questions began in June.