New toys

[djembefola.com admin]

Hey guys,

There's a few new things around today... enjoy!!!

PLease be patient with any bugs...

James

[djembefola.com admin]

New features include blogs. You can all create your own blog.

We also have various new anti=-spam features and a quick reply function...

There's more on the horizon, but I want to run with this for a while before we do more...

Let us know what you think!

[bubudi]

good to see some of these ideas finally implemented!

this is a blog on 'roids! it's a bit more vanilla layout but with great possibilities. i can't wait to see the blogs that people come up with on this site! the best blog could be more popular than the rest of this site!

[bops]

Wow, very nice work. Thanks, admin.

How/where should we report issues with the new features? In this thread?

[James]

Let's keep bug reports to this thread.

[bubudi]

i also noticed james installed the download mod. this will bring up a page with all downloads on the site, so you don't have to go looking for them in various threads or sections of the site. this will work together with a points system. more on that later.

i'm going to update the faq page when i get a bit of time, with a mixture of how to use the board/site and the most common questions asked on the forums here. wouldn't it be cool if when someone had a question you could link to a faq entry from a drop down list. james, if you can set something like that up, it would allow everyone to be involved in keeping this site smooth - like a true community should be.

[bubudi]

so, to get started with your blog, click on 'my blog' up top (you must be logged in), then click 'new entry'. it's just like posting a forum message, and you can add pics, sound clips and other files, videos and bbcode to your blog entries.

if there's enough support i'll hold a comp for best blog. winner gets a drumming cd or other goodies.

[michi]

I just noticed that, if I'm not logged in, the "Blogs" and "My Blog" links are not shown on the page header. Is that intentional? I ask mainly because in the UCP, on the "Blog" tab, under "Permissions", I can select "Allow guests to read blog". Now that doesn't make sense if guests don't even know the blogs exist... Also, when I try to access my blog via its URL when I'm not logged in, I'm presented with a page that forces me to log in first.

It would be nice if I had control over whether my blog should be accessible to everyone, or to board members only.

Cheers,

Michi.

[James]

This appears to be a feature of this modification which is installed as standard. I marked that as something I want to change, but have been up the walls busy since...

I'll see if I can find a solution for this asap.

[michi]

This appears to be a feature of this modification which is installed as standard. I marked that as something I want to change, but have been up the walls busy since...

I'll see if I can find a solution for this asap.

That would be awesome, thanks!

Cheers,

Michi.