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News and Updates => Vinyl Audio News => Topic started by: Admin on September 14, 2014, 12:20:02 PM

Title: September Forum Update!
Post by: Admin on September 14, 2014, 12:20:02 PM
I've been very busy lately; working behind the scenes, making changes here and there, adding new features and optimizing the code. Most of the work is being done at night to minimize downtime.  :)

Here's a short list of what we're working on:

   :b4: The code for the old blog system was finally removed, which had an added benefit of speeding up the rest of the forum.  8)
   :b4: A new tagging system has been added
   :b4: Minor changes to the CSS style sheets
   :b4: A major upgrade to the Classified ad section is coming soon!
   :b4: Initial installation of an online store has been completed!
   :b4: Lots of small cosmetic changes will be made over the next few weeks
       :b1: Avatars can now be up to 120 pixels high/wide.
       :b1: New badges for membership rankings
   :b4: New forum indexing system will be installed
   :b4: New attachment uploading system is coming soon with drag-n-drop, multi-file uploading (with a progress bar) and file preview

I'm also experimenting with the overall design of the theme - different colors & sizes, layout, etc. If you have any suggestions on the look and feel of the forum - feel free to let us know by sending me a PM or replying to this post.

Thanks!
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PS: This month we surpassed three million total page views with half of those occurring in just the last nine months! Wow!  :ty:
Title: Re: September Forum Update!
Post by: Admin on September 20, 2014, 05:25:40 AM
A few more updates -

:tick: Switched the page sharing provider from 'po.st' to 'Sharethis' and moved the sharing icons to a floating bar. Sharethis offers better activity tracking and customization of the sharing tools.
:tick: Fixed the page tracking through 'Revolver' (world icon down in the bottom-left hand corner) which stopped tracking visitors in June. I'm still looking into why it's only counting the new visitors since April.
:tick: A new attachment uploading system will be installed and tested today that allows drag-and-drop, file preview and multi-file uploads.
:tick: Turned off the option to enforce entering tags when posting due to a bug with editing replies.

There's still an issue with the tagging system where it doesn't save the tags when creating a new post. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - it seems to be browser dependent.   <<< Fixed!

Let me know if you have any problems saving tags.

The VinylAudio Team
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