(COG) Site updates: January 2008

[*89x2*]

Folks, just a quick FYI - A few updates have been made to the COG site over the holiday :cool

Also, tonight, the has made some changes to the Forum Software - You probably have begun to discover some of these changes and there seems to be a lot that has been updated here. If you find a cool or useful feature of the new software, please share it with us in case we haven't stumbled upon it


Check it out!

 

[Rob]

I just finished upgrading the forum software to the next software release. This release includes numerous bug fixes and new features/enhancements.

Keep in mind that this software release is a "beta" release, which means that there can still be bugs hiding and that it's not a stable release.

Below are some of the new features and ehancements:

Thread Tagging

A new way to facilitate searching and grouping of threads, it is now possible for users to add tags to threads they post or read.

Tags can be added when creating a new thread, or to an existing thread by any user (with appropriate permissions).

Any users who then click on these tags will not only find all thread that have the same tag as the one clicked, but will also contribute to the building of a search tag cloud, which gives users a quick guide as to what has been searched for recently and most frequently.

Thread Prefixes

Long requested by users, threads can now have administrator-defined prefixes to their titles.

Thread prefixes are divided into groups by the administrator, allowing different prefixes to be available in different forums.

Reciprocal Friendships Between Users

As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.

Public Messaging

While private messages between users have been in vBulletin since version 2.0, vBulletin 3.7 introduces the public messaging system, allowing users to communicate publicly via their profile pages.

User Picture Galleries

vBulletin users can now create albums and upload pictures to their account.

The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.




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[Rob]

User-Created Social Groups

To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, vBulletin now includes a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.

These groups are enhanced by having their own public messaging system, and the ability to add pictures to the group from user albums.

New Member Profile Page

In order to accomodate all the new features in vBulletin 3.7, the member profile page has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

The new page presents information in a far cleaner and more logical manner, while dividing up information into manageable chunks using a tabbed interface.

Individual profile field categories can be displayed alone in blocks in the right column, in addition to appearing by default in the 'About Me' tab.

Member Customization of Profile Page

The administrator may choose to allow his members to use the profile page customization tool, which allows users to alter fonts, colors, background and borders etc. of their profile page in order to create a more personalized look.

Inline Editing of Profile Field Values

The 'About Me' tab of each member's profile page has edit controls, allowing them to quickly change values without leaving their profile page.

Attachment Viewing Lightbox

Clicking on an attached image will now open a lightbox rather than open a new window, with the image scaled to fit the browser viewport. A click on the image in the lightbox will open it in a new window as before.

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[TurboLuigi]

I see that PM mailboxes can now store up to 300 instead of 30 or 40 that were allowed before.



-Luigi
:cool

 

[Brangeta]

Wow, the profiles turned into Facebook! Very nice that I can now hold more PMs too.

This board was already the most high tech board I'm a member of, but now it has far surpassed that!

 

[Brangeta]

Hey Chris, will you be making a Callaway social network group?

 

[TurboLuigi]

Brangeta,

I thought that the CAC-Callaway Forum was our social networking site?

Chris,

Nice selection for the COQ! I hope everyone checks out the awesome pictures of the C16 Cabrio at http://www.callawayownergroup.com

-Luigi
:cool

 

[Brangeta]

Brangeta,

I thought that the CAC-Callaway Forum was our social networking site?

Chris,

Nice selection for the COQ! I hope everyone checks out the awesome pictures of the C16 Cabrio at http://www.callawayownergroup.com

-Luigi
:cool

:gap

Just thought I'd ask since it's a new feature.

 

[*89x2*]

Brangeta,

I thought that the CAC-Callaway Forum was our social networking site?

Chris,

Nice selection for the COQ! I hope everyone checks out the awesome pictures of the C16 Cabrio at http://www.callawayownergroup.com

-Luigi
:cool

Glad you liked the COQ feature

Not sure what facebook is, but the CAC Callaway Forum is our networking site - Enjoy!