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| Posted By:
Wire
@ 05 March 2010 - 06:32 AM |
Howdy boys and girls!
As you can see, and probably already know, the forums have undergone a rather large and extensive upgrade from the old one. Basically this is the newest and shiniest version of the IPB forum software, the one we use. In this post I will explain what exactly has been introduced and how you can use it. Some of this stuff is actually pretty cool.
Status Updates
You can now update your very own status, just like facebook! Oh how useful, 'cause as we all know, people can't get enough of telling random people what pointless stuff they're up to today. Seriously though, it can be useful to announce some things (like if you're going on xbox to play some CoD right now), but please don't use it as a chat box to talk with each other. A shout box is available so you can do just that - forum content should be left within the actual forums though. If you do not wish to view status updates or the rest of the side panel, just hit the  button.
Reputation System
DPFN now has a reputation system! This is a little different to reputation systems on other forums, so let me explain. Basically all you do is vote up posts you think are especially good, by clicking on the little plus arrow at the bottom right of their post.
Once a post has been voted up, the member who made that post has increased reputation, which you can view in their user profile. This gives everyone a general idea of how great that user is at contributing to the forum, the higher the better.
Watching Topics/Forums
The new forum includes a lot more built in functions for watching content. Now you can click a button to watch topics and forums.
By doing this, you are kept up to date on all new posts in a topic, or all the new topics in a particular forum. As well as being emailed on all of these updates, you will be able to see them along the side of the main forum view in this fancy little box.
If you want to stop watching a topic or forum, just click on the stop watching button, located in the same place as the watch button.
View New Content
Rather than the old "My Assistant" and "View New Posts" features of the previous forum, there is now a catch-all "View New Content" screen to show you in a glance at everything new going on in the forum. This includes new topics, posts, members, help files and entries in the calander, making it much easier to keep up to date with DPFN happenings. You can access this by clicking on it at the top right of the forum screen, under the search box.
Mini Profile Popup
Wherever you see  on the site (which is just about everywhere a member name appears), it can be clicked for a handy mini-profile popup. Send a PM, check reputation or find posts - without needing to leave the current page.
Topic Rating
Topics can be rated one to five stars, so users can identify the topics that others rate highly - or poorly!
If you all have any other questions, please check out the  FAQ!
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| Posted By:
PerFectioN
@ 04 March 2010 - 02:04 PM |
At the moment we are at 61,182 posts. My goal for 2010 is to have everyone more actively participating on the forums and getting to know each other. We are closing in on 1/10 of 1 million posts, and I would love for us to achieve this before the end of 2010!
How can you all help?
Create topics and make new posts, invite your friends and spread the word, and of course stay active if possible.
A $500 cash prize!
Ten lucky members with at least 50 posts will be lucky enough to win $50 each. Once the 100,000 post mark has been reached this contest will be over and the 10 random members will be chosen and rewarded.
How do you know you're eligible for the prize?
- You must have a paypal.com account
- You must have at least 50 posts by the end of this contest (quality is key)
- You must reply to this topic to let me know you will be participating
Important:
The members picked will be completely random, but only members that have posted in this topic will be chosen (hence the criteria above).
Let's REACH for the top DPFN!
Any questions? 
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| Posted By:
PerFectioN
@ 02 March 2010 - 07:32 PM |
Our old friend, and new administrator, Wire.
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