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Software & site update:
New features that were not present in the previous forums software platform (vBulletin):
Bugs / Issues fixed:
General issues I'm still working on:
New features that were not present in the previous forums software platform (vBulletin):
- Facebook / Twitter / Google account linking & integration. If you are a new user, you can sign up by using any of those methods. If you had a profile already, you can now link your social media account to your profile to allow for sharing of content across various platforms.
- New content type called "Resources" -
- Users can be alerted by putting the @ symbol in front of their username.
- Threads can be tagged for keywords, and liked.
- Platform agnostic styling & responsive design: vBulletin was not mobile friendly at all, xenforo was designed to work with any device from your phone to your tablet to your desktop
- Stability & scalability. You should notice speed & other performance increases.
- Paid subscriptions automatically add features and require no user interaction.
- Private messages are now "conversations" (essentially private threads replacing your PMs). Messages and replies will be threaded, allowing you to refer to earlier ones easily, eliminating the need for inboxes & sent message folders. As such, we've increased messaging quotas substantially, allowing you to have lots of conversations, with hundreds more messages total.
- More video media embedding is now supported. Youtube, Dailymotion, etc.
- Media Galleries allow paid subscribers to create their own areas where they can upload images & other content. You can control the privacy of media you upload, and those you allow to view it may comment, rate, like or share it.
- If you have previously read a thread, clicking on its title will take you to the first unread post. Naturally this is done via cookies & database logs so it may not work if you aren't logged in.
Bugs / Issues fixed:
- The Exchange now works again
- The Cove wouldn't show up, resolved
- Moderator permissions prevented them from seeing the site, resolved.
- Political forum now allows posting again
- Users couldn't close their threads, resolved.
- Gold members were able to open / close any thread, fixed.
- Stickies were not visibly different from other threads, fixed.
- Archives allowed people to post new threads & replies, fixed.
- Users had to scroll a great deal because the default style had no optimization. Compact styles implemented in both light & dark themes
- Links to old threads were broken - fixed via 301 redirection scripts
- Contacting other members who do not have paid subscriptions. For now we've reenabled profile posts but that is not a perfect solution.
- Alternate style color schemes
- Thread Attachments need some sort of management system.
- Announcements are gone, and need to be replaced.
General issues I'm still working on:
- Site Portal, I'm working on an add on to aggregrate threads so that you get a listing of recent threads on the home page. In addition, quality threads will be "Featured", which should be interesting for KnifeMakers & knife reviewers.
- FAQ & Site Rules have to be completely rebuilt; I'm in the process of doing so. They can be accessed by going here or clicking on the "Help" link at the bottom right of every page.
- For Sale Forums Rules have been posted in Help Area
- Image Posting Rules have been posted
- General site rules have been posted.
- Detailed instructions / FAQ for various forum features.
- Who's read / viewing a thread or forum
- Ability to disable avatars & signatures.
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