Forum Upgrades!

[Glenn]

Welcome to the new forum design! This new layout improves usability with more efficient use of screenspace, better security, and enhanced performance.  Not only that, but it provides MANY new features.  Most notably include:  RSS feeds, user center, buddy list, enhanced private messaging, security and spam-fighting enhancements, and much more....

Here are just some of the changes:

Feature Additions:

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Private Messages Buddy List

Buddy list integration in view profile and topic displays

Carbon and Blind-Carbon Copy address boxes in Private Messages

User Panel - buddy list, private messaging center, profile, etc.

Private Message ignore list

Forward Private Messages

Private Message to Admin button for members

Private Message storage folders

Alert Moderator button on posts

Private Message away/vacation status options

New template using tabbed menus and 3-d overlays

Search field to add members to the list for searching or private messaging

Message Index icon for moved topics

Broadcast private messages

Topic summary on preview post page

Disable media and link viewing to guests

Time-friendly enhancement to user greeting

Media Center

Integrated RSS feed links

Sorting in detailed version check

Draft Private Messages

Online/offline status in profile and posts

Bug Fixes:

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ICQ improvements

Sending email notifcations to deleted members

Validation code for Forgot Password feature

Layout bugs in Opera browsers

Censoring in quotes

Quotes and apostrophes allowed in welcome private message

Custom date format functionality

Split post updates total posts

Jump menu appearance for guests

No conflicts with lowercase board ID versus same in uppercase

Year handling

Link wrapping changed to clip and added ellipses

MSN pop-up improved and made compliant again

Various layout bugs

Updated help files

[Jimzee]

Holy crap!  Love the new look!  I can't get over how different it looks.  Some of those improvements you explained, I don't even know what they mean.  Thanks Glenn.   8-)

[rfrazier]

I didn't know what to do with the site being down for hours!  :-[

This new layout is crazy different!  

[T-rig]

New and improved BR. Thanks!

[Guest muddy]

HOW COME i HAVE TO KEEP CENTERING THE SCREEN EVERY TIME i CLICK TO A NEW ONE, ANY WAY TO STOP THAT

[Guest muddy]

And I lost all my storage~~~~~~~~~ :'(

[Gatorbassman]

And I lost all my storage~~~~~~~~~ :'(

What storage?

[Guest muddy]

I had sevral addresses and phone numerhs in my message storage,including yours

[Gatorbassman]

I had sevral addresses and phone numerhs in my message storage,including yours

Now maybe you'll stop calling my wife.  

I am sure Glenn will have a backup of it somewhere. He was up all night working on this so I'm sure he's sleeping. You should see all the new admin stuff we have to learn.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Looks good boss, thanks for all the hard work.  

[Guest muddy]

OK Heres the problem, it only happens when i come here. There is a left to right scroll bar on the bottom of the screen and I keep having to center the screen, every time I click to the next screen or pot. Welcome told me to adjust Pixles. didnt work except the text got smaller. I an running IE 7, yahoo crawler and I am working on a new Dell, with very little computer knowledge HELP , it's driving me nuts  

PS It doesnt happen on the BR Home page or articles only when I get to the forums

[Mrs. Matstone]

Everything looks great guys. Nice work.

[Tin]

I'm really liking it. Good job Glenn  

[maxke01]

running smoother, its ok

[Bankbeater]

You did a good job Glenn, Its looking good!!!

[Guest avid]

I also have the problem with the image fitting my screen.

I have to use the horizontal scroll bar to center the image.

That being said.

HOLY guacamole what a totally cool look.

The features are awesome,

It makes a hillbilly proud to be part of such technocomplexplaystation3 type forum

[Sam]

Kool.

I just wish I understood what all these upgrades mean.

The opera one looks good!

[John J.]

Kudos to you Glenn! Outstanding work!

I like the new look, very well done!  

[Micro]

Very nice.

[Jake.]

Thanks Glenn!  

[Bassnajr]

Hey all...

Thanks to Glenn and all the mods. and folks who keep this thing going and always improving !!!!!!!!

For us guys in the North, this is our fishing for 4 or 5 months or so!!!!

BRAVO!!!!!!

Alan

[=Matt 5.0=]

OK Heres the problem, it only happens when i come here. There is a left to right scroll bar on the bottom of the screen and I keep having to center the screen, every time I click to the next screen or pot. Welcome told me to adjust Pixles. didnt work except the text got smaller. I an running IE 7, yahoo crawler and I am working on a new Dell, with very little computer knowledge HELP , it's driving me nuts

PS It doesnt happen on the BR Home page or articles only when I get to the forums

Same here my man. I'm using Safari as a browser...

[slomoe]

forum looks good. Just gonna take time to get used to and learn what all this new stuff does.

[Long Mike]

For those of you with the scroll bar problem, change your screen resolution to at least 1024X768 pixels. This should correct your problem.

Glenn, a VERY nice job.  

[Glenn]

Thanks guys.

For the "centering" issue. The new layout uses more width, which means for a few folks you'll need to adjust one of two things (or possibly both).

1. Way, waaaay up in the upper right corner of your browser, click the button right next to the red X (should be the middle button - looks like a square).

2. If that doesn't fix it, then right-click anywhere on a clear area on your desktop (not an icon) and select "properties" from the menu. Now click the "settings" tab. Now change the screen resolution to something OTHER than 800x600 (I recommend 1280x1024) and click "ok", then follow the instructions in the prompts. Things will seem really small to you at first, but try it out for awhile. Once you get used to it, you won't want to go back!

Please note I'm working on a few glitches that affect only people who stored past personal messages, myself included.

Also, please click the Help link above to learn how to use the new features.

Reelmech - you're absolutely wrong.  Dialup and 800x600 screen resolutions are things of the past. You're in a very small minority (about 5%).