Forum Upgrade (1 Viewer)

[Peter Reuss]

We just completed a major upgrade to the Forum software. Shannon will chime in with all the new 'perks' later.

For now, let me know if you have any problems with anything.

Pete

 

[Shannon Reuss]

Hi All,
The long awaited upgrade is here! What does this mean for you? Most of it works behind the scenes but as I've mentioned in an earlier post what you will like most is the:
Auto-Resize Oversized Image Attachments
If a user attaches an image that has dimensions larger than the administrator allows, the image will automatically resized to fit.

Here are a few of the other major new perks many of which come to us with new AJAX technology (AJAX: Asynchronous Javascript and XML allows your browser to send data to and receive data from a server without reloading the current page.)
Multi-Quote
The much-requested multi-quote feature allows users to tag multiple posts that they wish to respond to by clicking a small button on each post. Once the user clicks the reply button, each tagged post is quoted.

To increase usability, by default, only posts within the current thread are automatically quoted. If you wish to quote posts in other threads with multi-quote, you simply need to click a link on the reply page, and the text of those posts will be added without a reload.
Mark Forums Read with AJAX
If you wish to mark a forum read, you can simply click its status icon on the index page and the change will be processed without a reload. You can even mark individual sub-forums as read in the same way.
Quote Tags Link to Quoted Post
When quoting a post, the ID of the post is automatically included with the

tag. When the quoted text is viewed in a thread, a small icon links back to the quoted post.
Private Message Preview in Notification Emails
If you have elected to receive emails when receiving a new private message, the email will now contain more than just the name of the user who sent you the message. The title and body of the message will be included.

There are many other improvements with this version and I am excited about the changes. They made the jump from the beta version to the final version much faster than I expected. Enjoy!

 

[wadepat]

Pete and Shannon,

Thank you for all this good information. But,...most of all...thank you for the hard work and the upgrades to this great forum!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[kilted vampire]

Thank you for the hard work and for hosting this forum. I enjoy it immensely

 

[Steven Chong]

New Look to Main Forum Page

Dear Shannon,
I like the new look with the subcategories are listed, especially for the "Other Manufacturers" category.