Welcome to the future!

[BamaNation]

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!

Thanks for being patient with us while we performed some updates.

Before asking any questions about how to do something, please click the FAQ link near the top of the board and read through the various answers.

If you then have a question, post it here.

Some features that are enabled now may be disabled later after we get a feel of how everything is working (and others now disabled may be enabled later).

We're going to use the next month as a learning process.

Also note that you can can give "props" for good posts and "boos" for bad posts with the "Rate Thread" feature.

Explore around, check out the new digs and please be patient with all of us as we, too, learn to find our way around.

Everyone who had signed up on the "old" ubb forum (not this one, but the old one) should be registered here already. Some of your post counts may be lower than before because the new forum only counted messages that had not been deleted in the last year or so.
Thanks for your patience!

Brett

 

[BamaDaddy]

Thanks!!

Thanks so much for all the work. The new board looks great! I REALLY need this board since I live up near Chicago and can't stand all the Big 10 and Notre Dame garbage I get around here.

PS Is the system clock off or am I in some kind of time warp?

 

[runtheoption22]

Looks great guys!

 

[jdpas29]

Woo Hoo!!!!!!

very nice job, guys.

how much do i owe ya?

 

[TideFaninFl]

Questions....

Why is my post number reduced?

What does Rep power 1w/green dot mean?

 

[POWERLINEMAN42]

Why is my post number reduced?

What does Rep power 1w/green dot mean?

somethin durin the transfer to the new board lost some of our posts i think is what was said. i dunno about the rep power aint got a clue there

 

[TideFaninFl]

What is the reputation points for?

and it says 17/21 on the bottom of my post, how did that get there?..... I mean, I know what it means, as I have used it before, but did not think I used it here.....

 

[POWERLINEMAN42]

and it says 17/21 on the bottom of my post, how did that get there?..... I mean, I know what it means, as I have used it before, but did not think I used it here.....

was that your sig on the old board? i think mine was already saved and such

 

[BamaNation]

Reputation power/clicks/hits

Rep power is the result of a formula that is based on the number of posts that you have plus how other folks "rate" you.

it's a bit complex but here's a simple version of how it is setup now. We may tweak this as we understand it more

you can affect other members ratings by clicking on the reputation icon that is to the left of the post warning icon (red triangle w/ !).

-An administrator gives/takes away 2 points with each click
-For every 1/2 year you are a member, you get 1 point of power
-For every 200 posts you have you get 1 point of power
-For every 100 points of reputation, you gain 1 point of power
-You must have 75 posts before your reputation hits count on others
-You must have a minimum of 10 points before your reputation counts on others
-You can only give 20 reputation clicks in a 24 hour period
-At least 20 different users must give you reputation hits before you can hit the same person again.

 

[TideFaninFl]

Well, I tried to click, "I disapprove" on both you

and powerlineman (although I don"t), since I could not do it to myself. Nothing happened....

if our reputation goes negative, do you ban us from the board....

or do we owe you a pint of blood or something.....

I will stop asking now..... RTR

 

[Jack Bourbon]

Brett, any plans to enable custom avatars? They really make it easier to keep up with who is who.

 

[CajunCrimson]

It has my last visit at Dec 31, 1969

I guess I've been a little neglectful........LOL, sorry, I'll try to post more often.

great looking site though......

 

[Streyeder]

I love the choice for the new forum, but I only have one problem, everything around the edges. I think pretty much everything you have can be implemented into a "normal" forum look.

Ex: http://www.hardforum.com

It just doesn't "feel right" like this anymore. I feel like I'm surfing in frames, or an iframe...*shudder*


JMHO. Looking great otherwise.

 

[RoIITideRoII]

Sweeeet!

Looking good guys. Thanks for the hard work getting the new board up and running!

 

[BamaNTN]

It will take some getting used to. I believe I have the old layout burnt into my screen. The new site looks great though!!

 

[BornBama]

Welcome, BornBama.
You last visited: December 31st, 1969

I was BornBama, so it's a possibilty!

 

[Bama63]

due to my age and senility

...I always HATE anything new.

And I mistrust it from the git-go because. up top, it says I haven't been here since Dec. 31, 1969...Oh, well. That's a small glitch.

But if this sucker will stay up when something happens and everybody jumps on it all at once, I'll try to forgive having to learn new stuff to be here.

 

[JessN]

just testing...

 

[CrimsonNan]

Help! How come everyone else has three little what-cha-ma-call-its under their name and number of posts, etc. and I only have TWO? Boo Hoo Hoo

 

[ed4tide4u2]

The site looks really nice Brett. It has a bold appearance now. Is it necessary to post a title to each reply? I noticed when replying to this that there was a title column. I imagine I will know it this post has no title. The reply function also asks for 'reason for editing'. Is that necessary to be entered? Once again, congratulations. I am not worried about lost posts. The most important post and the one to remember should always be the last one.