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Cool New Forum Software Up

New look and lots of new stuff here. Feel free to post questions and problems (bearing in mind that I'm still figuring all this out myself).

Things to note:

* you probably need to reupload your avatar picture
* I *think* you should be able to give yourself a cool title (as before) by editing your profile
* working on getting RSS feeds happening
* lots more as it comes up

I hope this is enjoyable for everyone. Have fun.


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Robert Daeley's picture

Looks as if the user...

Looks as if the user custom title field might not be activated under profile?

Merlin's picture

Looks as if the user...

RobertDaeley wrote:
Looks as if the user custom title field might not be activated under profile?

Try now. I think I fixed.

Robert Daeley's picture

Cool, working, though fewer allowed...

Cool, working, though fewer allowed characters than previously.

sabreuse's picture

Just out of curiosity, why...

Just out of curiosity, why the change?

Merlin's picture

PunBB is very pretty and...

PunBB is very pretty and wonderfully stripped down, but it lacked a lot of the more advanced functionality I wanted. Vbulletin (the new software) has that in spades, and I'm hoping it will help make it easier and more enjoyable to participate.

sabreuse's picture

PunBB is very pretty and...

Merlin wrote:
PunBB is very pretty and wonderfully stripped down, but it lacked a lot of the more advanced functionality I wanted. Vbulletin (the new software) has that in spades, and I'm hoping it will help make it easier and more enjoyable to participate.

Good to know -- it was definitely a bit of a shock to come in expecting the PunBB look, but if better guts will help the community....

Merlin's picture

Well, I hope it will....

Well, I hope it will. It has many features that make it much easier for me to administer. That's for sure.

Gary King's picture

It'd probably be best if...

It'd probably be best if you first removed the default 'vBulletin' logo, and fly logo-less for now, or at least use the default 43F one.

sarahg's picture

Looking good

I like the vBulliten format; although the RSS feeds from it on other forums I use are dissapointing. Perhaps thats just how they have it configured though, or an older version of the software.

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