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Old 08-10-2008, 03:20 PM   #1
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New Forum Features Added With Server Upgrade


I decided to follow Nathans link to his wood working site and copy/pasted a list of some of the new features he just upgraded this CT Forum with earlier today.

Great job Nathan.

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New Features Added to WoodworkingTalk.com
I just finished some upgrades to the site and I wanted to let everyone know about them. Sorry the upgrade took so long, I ran into some problems along they way..


New Profiles
This is a work in progress but I hope it will turn into something useful.
Your profile page now has the ability to make contacts, upload photos, message people, and see posts and stats.






The easiest way to get to your profile is to click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the page






New Photo Albums
You can now create a photo album that will be attached to your profile. Upload photos of your projects and tell us a little about them. It's pretty easy to upload photos now and you can also use this to attach images to threads as well. This is a MUCH better solution than our old gallery and it should solve a lot of head aches.






Not only are images A LOT easier to upload now because the system will auto resize them for you... but it also includes "BB Code" so you can attach the images to threads after you upload them to your profile. So, hopefully you can use this now instead of image shack.

Here is the BB Code...






PLEASE NOTE:
The new Albums feature is replacing our old Gallery. Because of this I have turned off the option to upload new photos to the old gallery. You can still edit your old photos and comment on them but all new photos should be uploaded through your profile. Trust me... this is a much better tool.

The old gallery is still there and will remain in place. You can find a link to it under "Quick Links' on the navbar but this will be the system to use moving forward.







Friends
You can now create contacts between users. This enables you to be able to keep track of each other, share photos, and more. For example you can chose to only receive Private Messages from friends if you don't want to be contacted by anyone else. You can also upload photos that only friends can see.


Thread Prefixes
You now have the ability to add prefixes to your thread title. This only works in certain forum topics and we will be adding more and more as we go but for example you can add a For Sale prefix to something you want to sell to make it clear to people searching what the post is about.








Video Walkthroughs
I know a lot of these features are new and may be confusing so I'm in the process of creating video walkthroughs. Here is a list of what we have done so far.

Adding Photos To Your Profile



More To Come
There are a lot of other new features and I'll continue to update this post as I enable them


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Old 08-10-2008, 03:34 PM   #2
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Re: New Forum Features Added With Server Upgrade


Did you ad a leads generator form

60k hits a month ain't too shabby. hint hint
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Old 08-10-2008, 11:46 PM   #3
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Great upgrades to the site too! This places "ROCKS"
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