Greetings all! I know we barely made it under the deadline. But close is better then never. :] I want to apologize if I misled any with my typo. From the start, we were predicting a 48 hour shutdown, not the 24 that I mistakenly posted. There was far too much to fix and too much to optimize after the transfer, not including the transfer of the database itself which is also time consuming. I hope you all can forgive me now that our shiny new forums are ready to go.
Take a look around, there's a lot of new features to look through. Mods, this includes some nifty little moderator features you didn't have before. (HINT: Mods, go back to the Chatterbox main page, click on the title of any thread without clicking the link to the thread itself. I'll wait .... Pretty cool, ain't it?) We've got a new smiley set, which I've yet to complete. A new avatar set and size. Plus some other surprises
Some of the new features are obvious. The arcade is back with new games. The Art Gallery is back with new art. But others may take a while to notice. Take for instance, the multi-quote button that quotes more then one user in your posts. The redirect link to the post quoted. An option to upload images from your hard drive to ImageShack. And much, much more.
I have to also apologize for misleading you a few months ago. I was certain, at the time, that I could easily transfer your existing point scores from the old version to the new. Otherwise, I would not have even bothered with the Poll. But it looks like I will not be able to do that after all. As a consolation, I have awarded all users Credits (which is what our point system is now) in accordance with your level of participation and tenure on our forums. Again, I apologize for the error. This may not be precisely where you were at, but it is the best I can do under the circumstances.
There are still many adjustments to make to the forums. We don't quite have a store for our Credits yet, but we will. Development of many features for Credits is underway by the creators of the system. It's only a matter of time before we implement them. I will also be integrating our Credit system into the arcade to allow for "payed" games that also return Credits upon high score. Another will allow for an upgrade to your account status, like what we had before with Custom User Titles and Custom Avatars. But that will all come in good time. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy what we currently have to offer, which is quite a bit.
In addition to the new face, expect to see some new activity as the Council and I have been in discussions for some months on future enhancements to the City with regard to articles, and potentially ... Podcasting.
But you'll have to be patient, and I hope you'll stick with us as work towards that goal.
Once again, welcome to CoG 2.0 everybody! LET THE GAMES BEIGN!
Take a look around, there's a lot of new features to look through. Mods, this includes some nifty little moderator features you didn't have before. (HINT: Mods, go back to the Chatterbox main page, click on the title of any thread without clicking the link to the thread itself. I'll wait .... Pretty cool, ain't it?) We've got a new smiley set, which I've yet to complete. A new avatar set and size. Plus some other surprises
Some of the new features are obvious. The arcade is back with new games. The Art Gallery is back with new art. But others may take a while to notice. Take for instance, the multi-quote button that quotes more then one user in your posts. The redirect link to the post quoted. An option to upload images from your hard drive to ImageShack. And much, much more.
I have to also apologize for misleading you a few months ago. I was certain, at the time, that I could easily transfer your existing point scores from the old version to the new. Otherwise, I would not have even bothered with the Poll. But it looks like I will not be able to do that after all. As a consolation, I have awarded all users Credits (which is what our point system is now) in accordance with your level of participation and tenure on our forums. Again, I apologize for the error. This may not be precisely where you were at, but it is the best I can do under the circumstances.
There are still many adjustments to make to the forums. We don't quite have a store for our Credits yet, but we will. Development of many features for Credits is underway by the creators of the system. It's only a matter of time before we implement them. I will also be integrating our Credit system into the arcade to allow for "payed" games that also return Credits upon high score. Another will allow for an upgrade to your account status, like what we had before with Custom User Titles and Custom Avatars. But that will all come in good time. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy what we currently have to offer, which is quite a bit.
In addition to the new face, expect to see some new activity as the Council and I have been in discussions for some months on future enhancements to the City with regard to articles, and potentially ... Podcasting.
But you'll have to be patient, and I hope you'll stick with us as work towards that goal.Once again, welcome to CoG 2.0 everybody! LET THE GAMES BEIGN!