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| Layout 7.0 was launched on August 23rd, 2004, just four days after the websites third anniversary. This guide caused the website to shift to more complete game walkthroughs, with the first guides being completed with text and pictures for both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. The second era of the Zelda Dungeon Forums launched during this time period, using the phpBB forum software. | | Layout 7.0 was launched on August 23rd, 2004, just four days after the websites third anniversary. This guide caused the website to shift to more complete game walkthroughs, with the first guides being completed with text and pictures for both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. The second era of the Zelda Dungeon Forums launched during this time period, using the phpBB forum software. |
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| ==Layout 8== | | ==Layout 8.0== |
| Zelda Dungeon launched layout 8.0 on February 25th, 2005. The layout was MetalMallow's second attempt at a layout, and it took upon a gold color scheme. The layout had dropped the quick links navigation system at the top of the site that was present in the previous two layouts. | | {{Main|Zelda Dungeon:Layout 8.0|Layout 8.0}} |
| | | Layout 8.0 launched on February 25th, 2005. This layout marked the continued expansion of game walkthroughs, including the completion of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]'' walkthrough, which had released not far before. Site traffic soared to over 2,000 unique visitors a day, with a single day record of 3159 unique visitors on April 2nd, 2005. This record would hold true for the next 29 months. |
| This era of the website saw some major changes in the day to day activities and updates at the website. In the previous four layouts, Mases and Cartoons were the primary news posters at the website, with the occasional post by MetalMallow. However, during the months after the release of layout 8.0, Zelda Dungeon hired several new staff members in Air Grady and Chance. Air Grady was brought on board to report on recent Nintendo and Zelda news, while Chance was hired at the website to help boaster the graphics department of the site, adding various new icons and buttons, as well as Zelda related wallpapers. Updates had reached their peak during this layout, with nearly daily updates occurring for several months.
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| In January of 2005, The Minish Cap was released for the Game Boy Advance in the United States, and just a few months later, Mases began working on a Minish Cap Walkthrough. Work on the walkthrough continued throughout the summer, fall and winter until its eventual completion in January of 2006. With the updates on the Minish Cap Walkthrough and content sections, as well as the frequent updates by the staff members of the website, visitors began soaring to new heights. The website repeatedly was breaking new records in total visitors for a single day. On April 2nd of 2005, Zelda Dungeon received 3159 unique visitors, which was a single day record at the time, and a record that would stand for the next 29 months.
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| The Zelda Dungeon Forums also continued to slowly grow during this point in time, eclipsing the 200 member mark and the 5000 posts count. It was during this point in time that the Zelda Dungeon Forums saw the registration of several members who would go on to become forum staff members. Many of these members that joined the forums during this period of time still remain a part of the Zelda Dungeon forum staff including Super Moderator Linkman8.
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| ==Layout 9== | | ==Layout 9== |
