Overnight I upgraded the forum software so there are a few changes to the interface.
Some are good, some aren't so good but keep in mind that software engineers normally leave out the "human aspect" in software design. The things that you're used to are still there, but may be in different parts of the interface.
But some positives aspects of the new upgrades:
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From Infopop.com:
1. Added a new calendar system that can be used for showing public/private events and birthdays. Along with the calendar we have added finishing touches such as birthday icons next to user's names on their birthday.
2. Added in an option when viewing a user's profile to ignore this user. Posts from ignored users will still be shown to preserve the flow of a conversation, however the body of ignored user's posts will be set to "You are ignoring this user."
3. Added a new option to allow users to select from a predefined set of avatars for their picture, similar to the way this is done in UBB.classic and UBB.x.
4. Added an option when creating/editing a forum to select an image to be displayed next to the forum on the main page.
5. Moved all thread management tools out of the edit post screen and down to the bottom of showflat/showthreaded to tidy the page and make the controls more centrally located. (more for the moderators than anyone else)
6. More work on efficiency. Added a configurable caching system to cache some things that don't change that often. This caching system will be expanded in subsequent versions to further increase efficiency.
7. Polls are entirely rewritten. Polls now can have multiple questions, a start and end time, and other options. Unlike the public beta, in this final release polls are upgraded properly.
8. Reworked and expanded the search engine, adding many new options including keyword and advance search queries.
9. "Mark all read" and "my Cookies" is now in "My Home".
10. Added a new table cell on the postlist page to display the hot topic icons, sticky posts, posts with polls, closed topics, or posts with attachments.
11. Added a new icon on the postlist screen in the new table cell that helps designate topics that are attached to a calendar event.
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So I'm still working some bugs out of the system to integrate it into a seamless experience for you guys! But keep in mind, I'm a self-taught PHP hacker so all of the changes and modifcations are slow goin'!
Some are good, some aren't so good but keep in mind that software engineers normally leave out the "human aspect" in software design. The things that you're used to are still there, but may be in different parts of the interface.
But some positives aspects of the new upgrades:
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From Infopop.com:
1. Added a new calendar system that can be used for showing public/private events and birthdays. Along with the calendar we have added finishing touches such as birthday icons next to user's names on their birthday.
2. Added in an option when viewing a user's profile to ignore this user. Posts from ignored users will still be shown to preserve the flow of a conversation, however the body of ignored user's posts will be set to "You are ignoring this user."
3. Added a new option to allow users to select from a predefined set of avatars for their picture, similar to the way this is done in UBB.classic and UBB.x.
4. Added an option when creating/editing a forum to select an image to be displayed next to the forum on the main page.
5. Moved all thread management tools out of the edit post screen and down to the bottom of showflat/showthreaded to tidy the page and make the controls more centrally located. (more for the moderators than anyone else)
6. More work on efficiency. Added a configurable caching system to cache some things that don't change that often. This caching system will be expanded in subsequent versions to further increase efficiency.
7. Polls are entirely rewritten. Polls now can have multiple questions, a start and end time, and other options. Unlike the public beta, in this final release polls are upgraded properly.
8. Reworked and expanded the search engine, adding many new options including keyword and advance search queries.
9. "Mark all read" and "my Cookies" is now in "My Home".
10. Added a new table cell on the postlist page to display the hot topic icons, sticky posts, posts with polls, closed topics, or posts with attachments.
11. Added a new icon on the postlist screen in the new table cell that helps designate topics that are attached to a calendar event.
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So I'm still working some bugs out of the system to integrate it into a seamless experience for you guys! But keep in mind, I'm a self-taught PHP hacker so all of the changes and modifcations are slow goin'!