Here are some details on the new features and updated to the forum we completed this evening:
1) You can now adjust the time display to match your time zone. While the default is EST, you can now change the hours at http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/editdisplay.pl?Cat=#offset ...
For CST enter -1
For MST enter -2
For PST enter -3
For other time zones, enter a +/- number to adjust correctly from EST.
2) Private messages now have a bunch of new options. First, you can save your sent messages in a sent folder. When sending, you can also request a read reciept, and also you now have an address book. You can add usernames to your address book when viewing another user's profile, or when sending a private message.
3) Posting and editing screens now have an 'edit more' option when you are on the preview post screen. Previously, you had to go 'back' to edit your message again. Now, the edit text box is below.
4) Unregistered users can now preview a post before entering it, and also edit the message while on the preview post screen.
5) 'Jump To Forum' box is now sorted in the same order as the main index (now called 'Forum Home').
6) New threads are now marked in bold, in addition to being marked with a yellow folder. Threads with new replies have a yellow folder and a 'new' icon next to the number of replies, and are also marked in bold.
7) Tracking in flat/threaded mode. Previously, the post number and number of the post being replied to was quoted to the right of the message subject in both flat and threaded views. Now provided is a link to the post being replied to in the [re: Username] format. So you can now track which posts are replies to who in flat mode much easier.
8) Minor details and bug fixes. Many small changes to the forum... every file was changed. All changes to better the forum.
9) The forum is now changed over to a style sheet-based design. What this means is we can now offer even more custom display options, only these options will be in the font sizes and faces, and the forum colors. This is controlled by the 'Style Sheet/Skin' option in your display preferences. Currently we only have what you see, but we will be adding (first) different font size skins, and also some color changes in the future. You can simply change from font size, and forum color scheme with your display preferences.
Also, there would be another feature to introduce but there seems to be an interesting problem with it that didn't happen when we were testing. So I'll update when we fix that. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Also, there are a couple of small bugs that I see now and we'll get those fixed also. But one of the main reasons for the update was to fix quite a few small bugs... So a lot of minor details were taken care of.
In addition to what is above, we might also finish the new e-mail notification of posts feature tomorrow. This is a feature to receive copies of all posts made to the forums you select by e-mail.
Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the outage from 7:40-9:00 EST this evening...
1) You can now adjust the time display to match your time zone. While the default is EST, you can now change the hours at http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/editdisplay.pl?Cat=#offset ...
For CST enter -1
For MST enter -2
For PST enter -3
For other time zones, enter a +/- number to adjust correctly from EST.
2) Private messages now have a bunch of new options. First, you can save your sent messages in a sent folder. When sending, you can also request a read reciept, and also you now have an address book. You can add usernames to your address book when viewing another user's profile, or when sending a private message.
3) Posting and editing screens now have an 'edit more' option when you are on the preview post screen. Previously, you had to go 'back' to edit your message again. Now, the edit text box is below.
4) Unregistered users can now preview a post before entering it, and also edit the message while on the preview post screen.
5) 'Jump To Forum' box is now sorted in the same order as the main index (now called 'Forum Home').
6) New threads are now marked in bold, in addition to being marked with a yellow folder. Threads with new replies have a yellow folder and a 'new' icon next to the number of replies, and are also marked in bold.
7) Tracking in flat/threaded mode. Previously, the post number and number of the post being replied to was quoted to the right of the message subject in both flat and threaded views. Now provided is a link to the post being replied to in the [re: Username] format. So you can now track which posts are replies to who in flat mode much easier.
8) Minor details and bug fixes. Many small changes to the forum... every file was changed. All changes to better the forum.
9) The forum is now changed over to a style sheet-based design. What this means is we can now offer even more custom display options, only these options will be in the font sizes and faces, and the forum colors. This is controlled by the 'Style Sheet/Skin' option in your display preferences. Currently we only have what you see, but we will be adding (first) different font size skins, and also some color changes in the future. You can simply change from font size, and forum color scheme with your display preferences.
Also, there would be another feature to introduce but there seems to be an interesting problem with it that didn't happen when we were testing. So I'll update when we fix that. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Also, there are a couple of small bugs that I see now and we'll get those fixed also. But one of the main reasons for the update was to fix quite a few small bugs... So a lot of minor details were taken care of.
In addition to what is above, we might also finish the new e-mail notification of posts feature tomorrow. This is a feature to receive copies of all posts made to the forums you select by e-mail.
Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the outage from 7:40-9:00 EST this evening...
