Post by Helen Bezzo on Aug 22, 2013 11:21:35 GMT
Happy 1st Birthday Team Giuntoli!!!
The day has finally arrived! It's Team Giuntoli's first birthday! Time certainly flies when you're having fun!
I'm really finding it hard to believe that it was a year ago today that I launched this site. The idea for the site came about during my summer break from work last year. I needed some kind of project to keep me busy and the idea of creating some kind of website really appealed to me. I also noticed, at the time, that there weren’t any fansites for David, which I found quite frustrating as I wanted to know more about him and meet other fans. So, I made the decision to create one myself, not knowing whether the site would succeed or fail. I never would have imagined just how well the site has done this year nor how much you've all taken the site to your hearts. As of this post, we have had 26,485 visitors in just a year, which is a number I never would have imagined I'd see within a year! All I can say is thank you all so much for checking out the site and spreading the word. I hope that you are all enjoying the site's content and find it interesting and fun. I really do try my best to find you all the latest news articles and pictures, which can be very few and far between at times!
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the people who have contributed to the creation and updating of this site. My first thank you is to Bobby Donahue, who kindly donated the use of his domain space for the site's gallery and also for its design. Thank you to my dear friend, Kristina Qvist Andersen for designing the site's banner, which is also used on all our social network profiles, too. Thanks to Hyndara for helping to keep the gallery updated with new screen caps and pictures, which now number in the thousands! My other thank yous go to Alex from Grimm France and Sue "Dingo" from Grimm Australia, who have helped to promote the site and also share any David news that I may have missed. You 're all very much appreciated by me and I hope we will continue to work together for quite a long time to come!
Of course, this post would not be complete without a shout out to David because without him the site wouldn't exist! His amazing talent and fun sense of humour on have brought us all together and allowed us to make some fantastic new friends, which, I'm sure, we're all very thankful for. I really hope that you enjoy and like the site, David, or, at the very least, are relieved that it's not creepy and stalkery! (lol) Seriously, though, I have tried my best to create a site that you can be proud of and that you know will be reliable and respectful to your life and career. I would love to hear your views one day.
So, thank you all, once again, for taking an interest in the site. Team Giuntoli will be around for as long as you all want it around! I hope you will all continue to visit the site to see where this rollercoaster ride will take us!
Feel free to leave a little message in the guestbook to share your thoughts on the site or you can e-mail me at: teamgiuntoli@hotmail.co.uk.
Helen Berrington
Team Giuntoli Webmistress
