BigDaveZJ
09-11-2008, 04:30 PM
As some of you have noticed, we (read = Matt) updated the forum's software last night. I've been spending some time today playing with the new features and seeing what all there is that's new.
Some of you may be familiar with some of the features out there from other sites, but vBulletin is so customizable they may be a bit different.
The coolest new feature by far IMO is the Photo Albums. Supporting Members can have a photo album stored on MallCrawlin. To access your album, go into your UserCP and on the menu on the left you will see "Pictures & Albums" under networking. From here you can create albums and upload your pictures into these albums. You can then post them in threads on here, and other users can view them from your profile.
Some of the other new features are also found in the same area of your User CP. You can now have a friend list on here, as well as belong to "Social Groups" that the users can create to help identify a network of friends.
There's a new layout for the User Profiles as well, seems pretty cool.
I also re-activated the tag feature. We'll play with that one. Should make finding similar threads a lot easier if people start using the tag feature.
Lots of other "behind-the-scenes" type stuff too.
If anyone notices any problems or glitches with the board, PLEASE let us know so we (read = Matt) can try to fix it!
Some of you may be familiar with some of the features out there from other sites, but vBulletin is so customizable they may be a bit different.
The coolest new feature by far IMO is the Photo Albums. Supporting Members can have a photo album stored on MallCrawlin. To access your album, go into your UserCP and on the menu on the left you will see "Pictures & Albums" under networking. From here you can create albums and upload your pictures into these albums. You can then post them in threads on here, and other users can view them from your profile.
Some of the other new features are also found in the same area of your User CP. You can now have a friend list on here, as well as belong to "Social Groups" that the users can create to help identify a network of friends.
There's a new layout for the User Profiles as well, seems pretty cool.
I also re-activated the tag feature. We'll play with that one. Should make finding similar threads a lot easier if people start using the tag feature.
Lots of other "behind-the-scenes" type stuff too.
If anyone notices any problems or glitches with the board, PLEASE let us know so we (read = Matt) can try to fix it!