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Hi, As you can see, we've overhauled the forums. There are a ton of new features and enhancements. Here is a quick summary... - AJAX is used in a number of places, most notably when you are previewing a post or using the Quick Quote option. This means that you can preview and submit your post without having to wait for the page to reload one or more times.
- There are topic previews when you hover over forum topics.
- A "shout box" for live chat between forum users (this is a real-time chat window that anyone who is viewing the forums can see, and any forum member can use
- Most Recent topics section allows you to quickly and easily view recent posts, threads, and unanswered posts within a certain time period that you specify (last 24 hrs/48 hrs/7 days/30 days).
- There is a new file manager for uploading avatars, images, and attachments with your post.
- The layout is fluid, and adapts very well to both high and low screen resolutions.
- GUI is improved, making first-time registration, logging in, navigation through the forum, etc. much more intuitive.
- Markup panel is improved, allowing easier formatting of posts. e.g. highlight text and press Bold button.
- Right-hand sidepanels include interesting information such as a Shout box, Top Posters list, Forum Stats, PG Music News, and Calender of events. This can be disabled in your user profile settings.
- Images can be posted without having to host them on another website.
- Forum search feature is improved. Full Text indexing on search data.
- Ability to watch topics/forums and be notified by email when there is a new post.
- Private messages have become Private Topics so the whole history of the conversation can be viewed.
- There can be introduction blocks at the top of each forum.
- Youtube videos can be embedded in posts (media button in the markup panel)
Enjoy!
Andrew PG Music Inc.
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Great job on the new forum Andrew!
Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.
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WOW, what an upgrade! This is great. Just gotta get used to all the new features.
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Cool! Nice job Andrew! Thanks!
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This is soooo much better. Well done Andrew and Peter. BTW - nice to see your avatar Peter! Kevin
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100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove & Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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Some of us are used to the old view. However, the new features make it worthwhile to get used to the new view. Thanks for the improvements.
Stan
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Now, to learn all the new features! Later, Ray
Asus Q500A i7 Win 10 64 bit 8GB ram 750 HD 15.5" touch screen, BIAB 2017, Casio PX 5s, Xw P1, Center Point Stereo SS V3 and EWI 4000s.
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Awesome job, folks. This is NICE
Last edited by MikeK; 05/02/13 11:17 AM.
Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest
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This is soooo much better. Well done Andrew and Peter. BTW - nice to see your avatar Peter! Kevin Blame me for that. During BETA I jokingly asked Peter where his Avatar was.So...........you do know that's not him?Or is it?????????
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Looks like Neal Patrick Harris!
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Hi Andrew and Peter, I like these new forums. They seem intuitive and a fun place to be Regards, Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2024
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nice Andrew, nice! Dr. Gannon, let him "solo" more often!
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Plus, BIAB 2015 and Sonar Platinum 2015 Upgrade from Cakewalk's Sonar X-3
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Wonderful forum upgrade! Got to be the best looking forum on the internet. Wonderful job Andrew!
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Andrew really did do a terrific job here.
During beta testing of the new forum software, he responded immediately, fixed every concern we had with great speed, and was very creative in experimenting with the settings. There is a lot to like with the new software.
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Andrew really did do a terrific job here. Yes he did! There is a lot to like with the new software. Matt that may be the understatement of the year!
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I think it's significant to note that there haven't been complaints "BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT" Usually after any change, that's the first objection you deal with.
The fact that those complaints have not surfaced is a testimony to the seamless integration of the update.
Good Job!
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I can totally agree that this new layout is superb.
@Pat Marr, you want to see a complaint? OK, this wasn't done soon enough, the old forum was awful.
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I would like to compliment those responsible on the functionality of the changes. Another forum on which I am active just underwent a major overhaul, but the emphasis was on emulating and integrating with social media. A lot of functionality was lost. It can't even be read with Internet Explorer 7. Considering that it's a medical transcription forum which until now I accessed on my work PC (which I am not allowed to upgrade beyond IE 7), that's a fairly significant loss.
Beyond responding to the negative, I feel like I have lost nothing here and gained much. I still have much to figure out but I am confident that everything is in place for me to do so. So again, congratulations on an apparently seamless and positive change to this, my favorite online community.
Richard
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