Big GzN Update

Hornstar6969 · #1 05-07-2008, 12:38 AM

The big update has arrived!

There is still more to do, but i'll list what is new first

1. User Picture Galleries

You can now create albums and upload pictures to your account which will show on your profile!

The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.

2. User-Created Social Groups

To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, we have now included a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.

These groups are enhanced by having their own public messaging system, and the ability to add pictures to the group from user albums.

3. New Member Profile Page

In order to accommodate all the new features, the member profile page has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

The new page presents information in a far cleaner and more logical manner, while dividing up information into manageable chunks using a tabbed interface.

Individual profile field categories can be displayed alone in blocks in the right column, in addition to appearing by default in the 'About Me' tab.

4. Member Customization of Profile Page

You can now use the profile page customization tool, which allows you to alter fonts, colors, background and borders etc. of your profile page in order to create a more personalized look.

I can lock-down customization permissions, in order to prevent the personalized pages being made too offensively awful by aesthetically challenged members... nobody wants to see some of those really ugly MySpace pages on our site!

5. Thread Tagging

A new way to facilitate searching and grouping of threads, it is now possible for users to add tags to threads you post or read.

Tags can be added when creating a new thread, or to an existing thread by any user (with appropriate permissions).

Any users who then click on these tags will not only find all thread that have the same tag as the one clicked, but will also contribute to the building of a search tag cloud, which gives users a quick guide as to what has been searched for recently and most frequently.

6.Thread Prefixes

Long requested by you guy, threads can now have administrator-defined prefixes, for you to add to your thread titles.

Thread prefixes are divided into groups by the administrator, allowing different prefixes to be available in different forums.

7. Reciprocal Friendships Between Users

As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.

8. Public Messaging

While private messages between users have been here for a while, this introduces the public messaging system, allowing users to communicate publicly via your profile pages.

9. Inline Editing of Profile Field Values

The 'About Me' tab of each member's profile page has edit controls, allowing you to quickly change values without leaving your profile page.

10. Attachment Viewing Lightbox

Clicking on an attached image will now open a lightbox rather than open a new window, with the image scaled to fit the browser viewport. A click on the image in the lightbox will open it in a new window as before.

11. Post Edit History

It is now possible to log all edits to posts and then review the changes at a later date.

Plus much much more!

What has not been done just yet:

1. Only the default skin has been updated (almost complete, still a few touches to go on this skin. Then all the other skins will be updates to start working with all these new changes. Don't stress, we will not be getting rid of any skins as we know lots of you like to choose different ones!

2. Please allow 1 to 2 days before reporting problems, errors, etc. as I am aware of many things missing already, I just need the time to update them! After that time, please report them, so I can address any that I may miss.

ps. There will be a few new events coming out soon, one which will include something to do with the profile pages, so get a head start in the event by making your profile look the best now!

Hope you all enjoy