Madturnip
06-10-2007, 04:28 AM
I am taking a day off from the KMOD website. I am currently spending time with my girlfriend, but tomorrow I will make a day of doing things I had been meaning to do all week. Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that some sufficient things are going to be changing over the next week or so.
Some things to expect:
Forum chat: Now you can chat with admins in realtime, when we are online, without any third party messengers or waiting for a reply in the forums. However, we aren't on all the time so that option is still available.
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Shout box: Not sure if I am going to implement it now or not, but I am going to stick a shout box on the server. Whether I turn it on or not doesn't matter -- I will at least turn it on for testing.
A new scroller for the top of the forums: The one we have now, was just playing around, is choppy and very crude. I am going to implement a flash scroller with images and other important info.
Who's online: This will change over the next few days to either show an image icon next to admins and official kmod members -- or the color will be different with a key. So it will help identify who you need to speak with.
FORUM SECURITY: As of now a lot of people have ADMIN access and that is a big security issue. Don't get mad if you access changes! (PENDING DISCUSSION WITH FOUDERS)
Admin / Mod ANSWERED or SOLVED tags: When you post a question in help & support there is no way, except to read the entire post, to see if it has been answered. Well you will soon see a different color with the tag [SOLVED] By: ?????? etc next to the post. Once solved, or answered, the post will be locked.
MORE SMILIES: Cause I love them..... [smoke]
Downloads section: I will also be implementing a downloads section in the forums. I will then be revamping the webpage downloads to link back to the forums downloads section. You will have to register, trying to build a community base here, to download future releases of KMOD. If the link, or the physical file, is not located in our downloads section it will not be supported by the DEV team. Unless it's an official mirror.
Avatar section: I am going to start hosting avatars, KMOD THEMED and otherwise, on the server itself. That way people can choose some really cool ones.
Attachments / Images / etc: I am going to relook at the limitations imposed on attachments, images, and the like. I am going to make it more user friendly for avatars, signatures, etc. However, there will be forum rules (pending founder discussion) on size of both. Anything over the size will be removed.
WATERMARK: From now on, when I get it done, any image hosted on our forums will have the KMOD water mark automatically added to the image. It will be located in the bottom right hand corner so people trying to link to our images will be giving us free advertisement.
:P
FAQ section: I am going to start hosting frequently asked question in this section. Start directing members to this section for common question to cut down on forum posting of the same information.
MANY -- MANY -- MANY minor things, most will not notice, that will help improve the speed of the forums and operations.
Website elements: I will not change the style of the website, it's already killer, but I will be playing with style sheets (CSS) and adding download buttons etc.Wish me luck! Oh, and give me big KUDO's and pats on the back. I like to hear, "MadT, man I got to give it to ya! THOSE THINGS ARE AWESOME!" I would pat my own back, but I'm getting a little fat now-a-days and it's hard to reach.
:D
Some things to expect:
Forum chat: Now you can chat with admins in realtime, when we are online, without any third party messengers or waiting for a reply in the forums. However, we aren't on all the time so that option is still available.
[ThumbUp]
Shout box: Not sure if I am going to implement it now or not, but I am going to stick a shout box on the server. Whether I turn it on or not doesn't matter -- I will at least turn it on for testing.
A new scroller for the top of the forums: The one we have now, was just playing around, is choppy and very crude. I am going to implement a flash scroller with images and other important info.
Who's online: This will change over the next few days to either show an image icon next to admins and official kmod members -- or the color will be different with a key. So it will help identify who you need to speak with.
FORUM SECURITY: As of now a lot of people have ADMIN access and that is a big security issue. Don't get mad if you access changes! (PENDING DISCUSSION WITH FOUDERS)
Admin / Mod ANSWERED or SOLVED tags: When you post a question in help & support there is no way, except to read the entire post, to see if it has been answered. Well you will soon see a different color with the tag [SOLVED] By: ?????? etc next to the post. Once solved, or answered, the post will be locked.
MORE SMILIES: Cause I love them..... [smoke]
Downloads section: I will also be implementing a downloads section in the forums. I will then be revamping the webpage downloads to link back to the forums downloads section. You will have to register, trying to build a community base here, to download future releases of KMOD. If the link, or the physical file, is not located in our downloads section it will not be supported by the DEV team. Unless it's an official mirror.
Avatar section: I am going to start hosting avatars, KMOD THEMED and otherwise, on the server itself. That way people can choose some really cool ones.
Attachments / Images / etc: I am going to relook at the limitations imposed on attachments, images, and the like. I am going to make it more user friendly for avatars, signatures, etc. However, there will be forum rules (pending founder discussion) on size of both. Anything over the size will be removed.
WATERMARK: From now on, when I get it done, any image hosted on our forums will have the KMOD water mark automatically added to the image. It will be located in the bottom right hand corner so people trying to link to our images will be giving us free advertisement.
:P
FAQ section: I am going to start hosting frequently asked question in this section. Start directing members to this section for common question to cut down on forum posting of the same information.
MANY -- MANY -- MANY minor things, most will not notice, that will help improve the speed of the forums and operations.
Website elements: I will not change the style of the website, it's already killer, but I will be playing with style sheets (CSS) and adding download buttons etc.Wish me luck! Oh, and give me big KUDO's and pats on the back. I like to hear, "MadT, man I got to give it to ya! THOSE THINGS ARE AWESOME!" I would pat my own back, but I'm getting a little fat now-a-days and it's hard to reach.
:D