diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index d64264b..4cc99b6 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/footer.php
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
-<script>
-// When the user scrolls the page, execute myFunction
-window.onscroll = function() {myFunction()};
-
-// Get the navbar
-var navbar = document.getElementById("navbar");
-
-// Get the offset position of the navbar
-var sticky = navbar.offsetTop;
-
-// Add the sticky class to the navbar when you reach its scroll position. Remove "sticky" when you leave the scroll position
-function myFunction() {
-  if (window.pageYOffset >= sticky) {
-    navbar.classList.add("sticky")
-  } else {
-    navbar.classList.remove("sticky");
-  }
-} 
-</script>
-<br> 
-<p>Thanks to the OG tilde.club team! </p>
+	</div>
+	<br>
 	</body>
 </html>
 
diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index b997b6b..bc6f52e 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 
 	</head>
 <body>
- <div id="navbar">
-  <a href="/">~TILDE.CLUB~</a>
-  <a href="/">HOME</a>
-  <a href="/wiki/">WIKI</a>
-  <a href="/signup/">SIGN-UP</a>
-</div> 
+	<div id="navbar">
+		<a href="/">~TILDE.CLUB~</a>
+		<a href="/">HOME</a>
+		<a href="/wiki/">WIKI</a>
+		<a href="/signup/">SIGN-UP</a>
+	</div>
 
+	<div class="content">
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5e619b3..01ea2fe 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@
 			</td>
 
 			<td valign="top">
+				<h2>UPDATE: September 2019:</h2>
+				<p>
+					tilde.club is back!! as of september 20th, we're now accepting
+					signups and operating as normal!
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					your new admins are: <a href="/~deepend/">~deepend</a> and
+					<a href="/~benharri/">~benharri</a>. if you need anything,
+					reach out via email (root AT tilde DOT club) or on irc.
+				</p>
+				<p>so what's new?</p>
+				<ul>
+					<li>~club is joining the <a href="https://tildeverse.org">
+					tildeverse</a>, a collective of like-minded tilde communities with a <a href="https://tilde.chat">shared irc network</a></li>
+					<li>we now have a <a href="https://lists.tildeverse.org/postorius/lists/tildeclub.lists.tildeverse.org/">mailing list</a> and a full-fledged <a href="/wiki/email.html">mailserver</a>. new users are automatically subscribed to the list with their @tilde.club address.</li>
+					<li>we're on a new vm with more ram and disk space to grow. check the expected ssh hostkey at the top of the page.</li>
+					<li>to keep up with updates, stop by irc (via <a href="https://web.tilde.chat/?join=club">webchat</a> or at your shell by running "chat"), check the mailing list, or follow our projects on our <a href="https://github.com/tildeclub">github org</a></li>
+					<li>most of the info from previous wiki iterations are now consolidated on our new <a href="/wiki/">wiki</a></li>
+				</ul>
+				<hr>
+
 				<h2>tilde.club gold star supporters</h2>
 
 				<p>Tilde.Club is supported by a global community of good people. We
@@ -75,4 +96,6 @@
 		</tr>
 	</table>
 
+	<p>big kudos and thanks to the people who built the original tilde.club!</p>
+
 <?php include "footer.php";
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index abe2b6b..9dacf0f 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ a {
   font-weight: bold;
   padding-right: 0.25em;
 }
+hr {
+  border-color: darkorange;
+}
 .advisory {
   background: darkorange;
   color: #223;
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ h1 {
 #navbar {
   overflow: hidden;
   background-color: darkorange;
+  z-index: 99;
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
 }
 
 /* Navbar links */
@@ -75,21 +83,9 @@ h1 {
 
 /* Page content */
 .content {
-  padding: 16px;
+  padding-top: 30px;
 }
 
-/* The sticky class is added to the navbar with JS when it reaches its scroll position */
-.sticky {
-  position: fixed;
-  top: 0;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-/* Add some top padding to the page content to prevent sudden quick movement (as the navigation bar gets a new position at the top of the page (position:fixed and top:0) */
-.sticky + .content {
-  padding-top: 60px;
-} 
-
 input[type="text"],
 textarea {
   background-color: #333;
