Hello gang! Well, I guess your wondering what took so long to get back online. Let's just say that the work was more involved that I had even first imagined. But I hope you find it well worth the delay. Please note that things are VERY different then they were before. Not just on the Forum Home, but lots of other places too.
First, check out your Profile. Or rather, check out my profile: Digital Jedi. Your profile is customizable now, very much like a MySpace page. You now have the ability to leave comments, have friends and create Social Groups much the same way you would on a Social Networking site. Albums are integrated into the forums now, so the way we handle the Art Gallery is going to be through use of that script. Poke around your User CP and you'll notice quite a lot of new stuff. Might take a while to get your head around, but rest assured, it can be fun once you get in.
One thing I did want to make a point of noting for you, was the tagging system we have at the bottom of each thread now. This is an important new function, especially with regard to rulings questions. Each of you now has the ability to "tag" individual threads with up to three keywords, which can be searched through, as opposed to searching entire threads and posts. If you feel like going back and adding some tags to threads you deem appropriate, feel free, as this will make our search ability more accurate and eventually be usable in a Tag Cloud I plan on adding later.
There's plenty of other stuff to see and do, and a handful of minor things might not be working properly. But for the most part, everything should be up to par. I won't go into detail here about all our new functionality. But if you have a question, feel free to ask. I'm going to go take a nap now. :soso:
First, check out your Profile. Or rather, check out my profile: Digital Jedi. Your profile is customizable now, very much like a MySpace page. You now have the ability to leave comments, have friends and create Social Groups much the same way you would on a Social Networking site. Albums are integrated into the forums now, so the way we handle the Art Gallery is going to be through use of that script. Poke around your User CP and you'll notice quite a lot of new stuff. Might take a while to get your head around, but rest assured, it can be fun once you get in.
One thing I did want to make a point of noting for you, was the tagging system we have at the bottom of each thread now. This is an important new function, especially with regard to rulings questions. Each of you now has the ability to "tag" individual threads with up to three keywords, which can be searched through, as opposed to searching entire threads and posts. If you feel like going back and adding some tags to threads you deem appropriate, feel free, as this will make our search ability more accurate and eventually be usable in a Tag Cloud I plan on adding later.
There's plenty of other stuff to see and do, and a handful of minor things might not be working properly. But for the most part, everything should be up to par. I won't go into detail here about all our new functionality. But if you have a question, feel free to ask. I'm going to go take a nap now. :soso:
