Category: Yours Only George

Can you believe that Yours Only George is celebrating its 15th birthday?

This site has survived 15 years because of the many George Michael lovelies who have contributed news, links, photos, and comments through the various versions of Yours Only George.  Thanks to everyone who supports our sponsors, which allows me to keep posting the news for all of you!  Your kind words and support through the years have always meant a lot to me.

Thanks as always to Shannon who started our first fan club back in 1986 and was instrumental in the early years of the site.

Thanks to George Michael for all the wonderful years of music.  I never truly understood how much of an impact George Michael has had on my life until we almost lost him last year. I’m so very grateful that I can continue this fan site for George Michael for the foreseeable future.

Melanie
webmaster
Yours Only George

I have changed the theme on the blog because all the YouTube videos were hanging over into the right column of the old theme.  Please let me know if there are any issues.  Changing a theme is never as simple as changing a theme because it usually means updating a series of customizations. I think I caught most of the issues, but there is at least one that I still haven’t fixed.

Those of you who are regulars around here know that I had to quickly redesign the Yours Only George web site. As a result, there are still some issues that I have not fixed. There are minor, known issues in the old news section (News Flash). If you have any problems or notice any issues with the redesigned site, please post them here so that I can fix them.

Melanie
Webmaster
Yours Only George

I just learned that my web host is discontinuing FrontPage extensions in mid-September, and most of this site, excluding the news blog, was developed in FrontPage.  Without FrontPage extensions, the site loses the header, menu, footer, and probably the fonts and background. I had plans to redesign the site, but I’m not sure I can completely redesign the site by September.

When the web host shuts off the FrontPage extension, I will upload everything I have completed at that point.  Although I had hoped to clean up all the old code when I redesigned the site, I don’t think that will be possible with such a short deadline.  The site will be functional but may not be completely redesigned until next year.

Melanie
Webmaster
Yours Only George

When you start a fan site, I don’t think you look beyond the excitement of starting it.  To be running this site 14 years is amazing (no pun intended) to me.

I have to admit that I’m a little concerned about the viability of Yours Only George in the new George-Michael-on-Twitter era. These days all you have to do is follow George Michael on Twitter, and you get the news.  You don’t really need a site like Yours Only George any more.  It seems like everything in my world has changed so much in the last few years, and I guess this is just another change.

Don’t get me wrong, George Michael on Twitter is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to the George Michael community.  I love it, and if there had been such a thing as Twitter 14 years ago and George had been on it, I don’t think this site would have ever been developed. It was always my hope that this site filled in some of the gaps of the official site.

So, I’m still here, at least until I’m no longer needed.  THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this site through the years. Also, thank you to everyone who has stuck by the site in the last few years, even though I haven’t been able to update it as much I’d like to. I appreciate everyone, even though I often don’t have time to write back or tweet.  I’m here because you still want me to be here.

Thank you as always to Shannon who started it all … and to George for making the music we happily listened to since 1984.

Melanie
Webmaster of Yours Only George