Update: We now have a Development Blog for you to track progress of updates and fixes we make based on user feedback.

After more than a year of planning, development, coding and testing, Version 7 is here! The obvious thing is the new design but behind all that shiny glass effect is a host of powerful new features designed to make your experience of the site more productive and fun!

The index page has been redesigned to use Pods to feature specific content. These will feature the best of the current content and showcase many of the features on the site, pulling the latest or greatest news into them for your arrival at the site. The new tabbed browsing allows you better control of navigation and gives us more room to expand which was a key requirement for this new version before the launch of The Sims 3.

Content is easier than ever to find with our powerful new site search with recommendations, better sorting, searching and filtering of content and a new collection of Themes to make it fun and easy to browse particular styles of creations, stories and screenshots. Switching between game content (Sims 1, 2, 3) has been made easier, something we deemed important with the upcoming release of Sims 3.

Browsing the vast databases of over 600,000 creations is now quicker thanks to the table view for downloads, giving you a preview picture and just the basic info you need to browse quickly, loading bigger images in quick loading 'lightboxes' and storing details away on a specific page, only pulled from the database if you need it.

Your personal 'home' at TSR has had a huge overhaul as well. Every member has their own Profile Page which uses the Pod system from the home page. The unique thing here is that you can add, remove and move the pods around to showcase the information you want to at the top of the page. If you are a creator you might want your download archive at the top of the page. If you are more into Challenges, Stories and Screens then put those Pods at the top to show off to your visitors!

There are more unlockable features that you can buy with Kudos too (and more to come after the launch). You can add your own Poll, change the color and style of the page, create a Blog and even install an image gallery which you can expand to host all kind of pictures you want to share with your friendly Sims community!

My TSR and your personal Dashboard are available to you on every page of the site just a quick click away. These allow you to manage your account, add content, check on your guestbook, private messages, feedback and activity statistics.

Speed of use was also a major part of the new design. You will find most images on the site can be viewed full size simply by clicking on them and having them load in a 'lightbox'. These include articles, screenshots, galleries and news posts. Click one of these screenshots to see! New servers and storage space have been installed and backend server optimizations will continue as we balance the load of these as users put Version 7 though its paces.

Now that we have the Version 7 up and running we will continue to develop the new planned features that didn't make it to the first release, so expect the site to grow over the coming months as we gear up for an exciting time with the Sims 3 release and an influx of new visitors to our community. We all hope you enjoy The Sims Resource Version 7!

The Sims Resource Team.

Update: We now have a Development Blog for you to track progress of updates and fixes we make based on user feedback.