New Message Board Live!

[Chris Morrell]

Hey everyone,

The new message board is up and running. I'm still playing with some of our new features, so certain things may come or go over the next few weeks depending on how people use them. The new forum software integrates a lot of "social networking" features which can be great, but can also be abused. We'll see how it goes.

Over the next couple of days we'll be posting about new features and notable changes. We'll also be stomping out any bugs that we missed in the beta testing. If you notice any bugs, please contact us.

Now let's see who get the first "first" post

[iniquette]

So, who is the winner? Just curious?

[Ben J. Gromicko]

I tweaked my signature. I like the "Add your own picture" feature.

[gbeaumont]

Hi Chris,

Have we lost the option to view the BB in full screen mode, my old settings disappeared the side menu, but I cannot find that option now?

Gerry

[John Allingham]

Where did "marketting" go, or am I missing it.

Yikes, no more spell check. We're in trouble now.

[Chris Morrell]

Originally Posted by Gerry Beaumont

Have we lost the option to view the BB in full screen mode, my old settings disappeared the side menu, but I cannot find that option now?

Not enough people used that option to make it worthwhile to maintain it (I had to rewrite this entire theme to work with the new message board system). Maybe in the future I'll create a new "minimal" option, but not right now.

CM

[Chris Morrell]

Oops! I'll try to get the spell checker back on as soon as possible.

[Chris Morrell]

Originally Posted by Chris Morrell

Oops! I'll try to get the spell checker back on as soon as possible.

Hmm?it looks like the spell checker we were using doesn't work on this version of the forum, so I'll have to find something new. In the meantime, I'd recommend installing ieSpell, which lets you spellcheck any field in Internet Explorer, or use the newest version of Firefox, which has inline spellchecking (red underline, like MS word).

Cheers,

CM

[Frank Magdefrau]

Its very nice. Thanks for your hard work.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Google Toolbar adds spell check as well.

[Bob Elliott]

Chris
What is the new avatar size limit?

[James F. McKee]

I already messed up and created a second identity....sorry

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Hi Chris,

Have we lost the option to view the BB in full screen mode, my old settings disappeared the side menu, but I cannot find that option now?

Gerry

I'm with you Gerry. I also used the MB in minimal(to get red of the blue sidebar)

I hope Chris will add that option back in.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by inxil

Not enough people used that option to make it worthwhile to maintain it (I had to rewrite this entire theme to work with the new message board system). Maybe in the future I'll create a new "minimal" option, but not right now.

CM

I miss the minimal option already

[Douglas Cossar]

Looks good so far Great job Chris

Cheers