Forum Updates

Here's a list of items that I worked on the last few days:

  Changed the logo so it's simple and clean looking
  Installed the Trader Feedback system - still need to customize the style to match the theme
  The 'portal' front page is back for desktop users - added custom code so mobile users go directly to the forum for a more streamlined look and certify Google Mobile compatibility
  Added a password strength meter to the registration page
  PDF tags are back for embedding external pdf documents in posts
  Added Facebook and Google login and registration - you can link your social networking profile and use it to login
  Added the ability to play media attachments - including jpg, png, avi, mp3, wav and ogg files using a HTML 5 player
  Added Facebook Opengraph support for correctly sharing content with summary text and photos
  Restored the Alerts system (the little '!' next to your name) and added page notifications
  Added audio and video BBC codes for embedding external audio (mp3/wav/ogg) and video files (mp4/avi/wmv)
  Added the float left/right BBC code for 'floating' images next to text
  Other tweaks and improvements to speed up page loading

Something else worth mentioning - the entire website is now responsive and compatible with mobile devices with a unified theme! No more ugly blue and white, stripped down mobile theme! Try it out with your cell phone or tablet!

There's still a lot more to do. 

The web server was updated from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04.5 LTS (aka Trusty Tar).

Let me know if you have any problems.