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tradedemon
05-12-2009, 05:24 PM
Hi guys,

I've been spending some time re-organising parts of the forums. Mainly renames and repositions. I'll explain someo of the changes below:

Color Legends - A simple mod that displays what the various colors mean e.g. green=admin, orange=super mod

Marketplace - The section previously known as "Lets Make A Deal" is now the more generic market place and has been moved below the requests section. Oh and we've also done away with the bargain Bin forum , threads were moved to the main section.

Request Forums - The text "10 Posts Required" has been removed as this was just a temporary fix whilst we were on PHPBB. On VB we can now control access to various forums based on post count. Oh and I have also created a sub-forum within Other Requests for Renders. This is an area that will be developed in coming months.

New Users - What I have done is created a new group called "New Members" (Light Grey). These members have the same access rights as "Registered Members" but cannot post in the Request sections of the site. This means no more telling people off that they don't have 10 posts as the forum will manage their access and also gives us the ability to control more what people have access to and what they don't when they first sign up.

General Chat - I have re-organised some of the forums in General chat, simple as that.

+dd. KRS25
05-12-2009, 05:40 PM
Looks great zee! One thing tho, I'm not sure whether its just me, or my monitor, but the font color for new members is rather bright and could prove difficult to read.. well it does for me anyway! Does anyone else feel the color for New Member is too bright?

tradedemon
05-12-2009, 05:48 PM
I have darkened it a little to make it more visible, is it better for you now ?

+dd. KRS25
05-12-2009, 05:58 PM
Much better! You indirectly have just saved my eyesight for the rest of my life. :D

Chipzee
05-12-2009, 06:08 PM
Those are good changes, newbies not being able to request before having 10 posts?Excellent!
Gray names for newbies?Again excellent!

Woooo,lol, keep going.>.>

moose
05-12-2009, 06:08 PM
Everything looks great, love the updates.

YUAceHole
05-12-2009, 06:31 PM
The only problem that I see is that when going to new posts the right column for the forum says signatures for both the request and show off areas. If you could change the request to Request Signatures it would be beter organization so that there are not two sections with the same name.

Chum
05-12-2009, 06:45 PM
looking great zee!! loving the new changes!

~flow+
05-12-2009, 06:49 PM
hehe i noticed those when you fixed those :D
great job :)

noobie
05-12-2009, 09:05 PM
Great job hun :)
Itll be loads better now new members cannot access the request section untill they have the 10 posts.

tradedemon
05-12-2009, 09:32 PM
YuAceHole: Sorry don't quite follow you... Can you clarify what you mean by the right hand side of the forums, a screenshot would be nice.

+ill. zezinhol
05-12-2009, 09:45 PM
We can't use arcade now?

Etha
05-12-2009, 10:02 PM
Trade, he means on the forum titles for the request and show off area, they're the same.

bull~fg
05-12-2009, 10:09 PM
does it tell them that they have to wait until ten posts? otherwise i forsee tons of people complaining about where to request, and/or requesting in the wrong place, for instance putting a request in the show-off forum...

love the changes though

+ill. zezinhol
05-12-2009, 10:11 PM
New system haves a specific group that is for people with less than 10 post and there for that group is not allowed to post on request without having more than 10 post

tradedemon
05-12-2009, 10:19 PM
Good catch zezinhol, I have fixed the arcade permissions.

BullDawg: It will tell them they don't have permission to post yet, but I'll have to double check the exact message....

+ill. zezinhol
05-12-2009, 10:22 PM
Ty tradedemon :)

+dd. jeffsigs
05-12-2009, 10:25 PM
Great additions Trade!! I really like the newcommers grey Idea!

bull~fg
05-12-2009, 10:29 PM
Awesome! and again, these are all great additions

Good catch zezinhol, I have fixed the arcade permissions.

BullDawg: It will tell them they don't have permission to post yet, but I'll have to double check the exact message....

+ill. zezinhol
05-12-2009, 10:31 PM
Yes they are very good aditions :) a Just waiting till one of the great additions to come, The Point Shop :p

`wolf
05-13-2009, 08:10 AM
Looking good and orderly.
A good job well done. :)