New Site

[mag36]

hmm maybe hard to picture it all on top of it..... maybe i can make it up in gimp or something. I assume its replacing the grey checkered part?

also the profile page can used a bit of an overhual....
the friends tab with all your friends listed if you could make that into a grid of there avatars maybe??? cause it so much waisted space in a listed line

[ZERO]

hmm maybe hard to picture it all on top of it..... maybe i can make it up in gimp or something. I assume its replacing the grey checkered part?

also the profile page can used a bit of an overhual....
the friends tab with all your friends listed if you could make that into a grid of there avatars maybe??? cause it so much waited space in a listed line

Yea to replace the grey checkered partas for little things like nicer grids for the friends list lets leave stuff like that for later. I want to focus on getting the big things done so that I can start work on the main page and then on races for the wcs server followed by the new admin system.

For example I want to make it so that the documents section on the main site will contain all of the information any user would want from the TOS to rules to any other base document. We are going to have a real website this year not just forums. I am planning on having a few people dedicated to writing various articles on the main site and I will also be creating a system for users to get the ability to publish articles on there as well. This will include profit sharing from the ads and I hope that though this we can really grow the community a lot more.

[CYBER]

hey, if u need my help on an article, i'd love to help.
(and yes, contrary to popular belief, my writing skills in english are awesome, which compensate my fucking accent which i have recently developped out of the blue -.- .

i agree with mag btw on the colored icons "read/unread" there should be more contrast. heck even better, the whole row that is unread should have a different color highlight or smthn to make it easier to check for updates.
but i gotta hand it to u , great job man, i know how much CMS programs can be a bitch at finding exactly what u want lol

[ZERO]

Oops, I just really fucked up.

I just marked all my forums as read... if you had an important thread about ANYTHING bump it so that I get a chance to read it...

This especially includes anything posted in the server sections like maps ect or abuse bans ect.

[ZERO]

hey, if u need my help on an article, i'd love to help.
(and yes, contrary to popular belief, my writing skills in english are awesome, which compensate my fucking accent which i have recently developped out of the blue -.- .

i agree with mag btw on the colored icons "read/unread" there should be more contrast. heck even better, the whole row that is unread should have a different color highlight or smthn to make it easier to check for updates.
but i gotta hand it to u , great job man, i know how much CMS programs can be a bitch at finding exactly what u want lol

Yea I will look into changes in the row highlighting as well. As for the cms it is actually FULLY integrated with the forums. I can even promote threads directly to articles. In addition users are able to leave comments on articles ect if they have an account (if that is not working right now it will be enabled in the future)

On another note my admin system back end appears fully functional for all users that do not have non English characters in their name. If anyone knows how to fix this let me know b/c htmlspecialcharacters() does not. However this is not a huge problem as the effected users could just make a new account and then I just merge it with their old one. Hopefully the new admin system can be done in a month or so for full release.

[ZERO]

Also this new version is so much faster than the old one. The server load is down 80% from the previous version.

[ZERO]

Here is a list of updates I am planning to add:

Doublepost Prevention
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233234

VSa - Advanced Forum Rules
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=236069
This could be useful to ensure new users format posts correctly

VSa - Advanced 'New Posts' (AJAX)
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233310

Separate Sticky and Normal Threads
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=249677

Lower Breadcrumbs
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=229290

Proxy to Real IP Conversion
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231873
not perfect but may help us in the future

Moderation Auto-PM v4.0.5
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=241248
This could be useful to many users and also help to keep moderation in moderation.

AME3 - Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=230707

So what do you all think, should I add them all or are there some you do not want?

[CYBER]

nice loading!
i will look into the characters thing, am surprised htmlspecialcharacters() aint working -.- hmm
can you please look into adding the "upload file" button to the quick reply section? for quick uploads and replies.(or am i missing it?)
i like the background u suggested btw, i will try to find smthn else as well. has the "ibis motto" always been "remain calm"?

[ZERO]

I removed the upload from the quick replay option b.c I do not think it is used often enough and makes it cluttered. Without it at my resolution I am able to see all the options and the post button without needing to scroll down which I would need to do if I enabled the attachment option while in quick reply.

[CYBER]

i see what u mean.
we'll just have to go advanced then!