Post by The R.S. on Jan 29, 2008 18:48:17 GMT -5
Sorry about the down-time everybody, but as one might see there are some new things all around R.T.C. that can be noticed. I will be providing complete detail of each event and new feature that I have personally established today. Read carefully, because there's a shit load of stuff I just finished wrapping up.
First off, I'd like to say that we have a new skin- Blue Fade. Torrey was the one that suggested that we make another non-Pokémon skin, sorta like our defult skin. He wanted us to make a copy skin of all the others. They would primarly be the same as the Pokémon skins, except with a different background (site banner, on/off icon, links, and so on will still be present)
The Blue Fade skin is a clone of the Water Skin with a pretty cool background. Check it out on your profile if you like the color blue.
Ok, aside from the new skin, I also set us up with 7 new codes on the site! I'll run through them in a sort of check-list and tell you about what each code does in detail.
Avatar Uploader in Profile- This is a new feature that lets you automaticly load an avatar from your computer onto R.T.C., with many thanks to ImageShack. This should also cut down on hot-linked avatars as well, so we don't waste other people's bandwith. So, please save images on your computer and use our new uploader. It's not hard to miss, because it's loacted right in your "Edit Profile" section.
Members Lock/Unlock Own Topics[/u]- Before anyone starts getting to excited, this feature is limited only to the S.O.S. Signal board. The staff members here still have power to do as they want with locking and unlocking topics on other boards, and you can only lock the topics you made in the mentioned board. This will help us from mistaking another quest. Be sure to lock your own topic when you have finished being rescued. (Don't believe this option works for guests, sorry)
Spell Check in Quick Reply[/u]- Need I really explain this? It's a spell check. In the quick reply. Feel free to use it, as I promote proper spelling anyway.
Profile Views Ok, this has no significant feature to the site, but I thought it might be fun. When you view your profile, above the area where you can edit it and stuff (where it displays your username), it shows the number of times your profile has been viewed by yourself and other people. It's not important, but I think it's just a fun little thing and typing this explanation out will make it seem like I have more to talk about, thus looking smarter. =D
Individual Ban Message[/u]- Not important to the rest of us, but for the members who got themselves banned will understand why they were banned in the first place. With this, I will explain why we believe we had reason to ban you, and a way to contact me if you feel there is some mistake. Hopefully, none of you will ever have to see this being used.
Spoiler Code- This code lets you hide certain things from people who do not wish to see it. For example, say like you're talking about the game and have information that people might not like because it ruins it for them- the spoils. Well, now they don't have to look at it if they don't want to. But if they do, they just have to hit this little button bellow and...
This feature also comes with a spoiler button in the new message/post reply section which looks like this.
Pressing that button will automatically enable the spoiler code. To use it properly, just look at the following explanation.
[ spoiler ]INSERT WHATEVER MESSAGE YOU WANT HERE.[/ spoiler ]
(Don't include the spaces)
Not only text can be entered, but so can images too. But if you have a slower connection (like me), you might see what the spoiler is before the spoiler code actually works, so be careful you don't accidentally read what you don't want to.
Yearly Calender Events- This is more of a code for the staff members who have access to the forum's H&D, but it allows us to create... in a figure of speaking, perman-events. For example, Christmas will always appear on our calender every year without us having to go off and make a new event for it whenever it shows up. It will be very handy to us staff. As for events that have a one-time event only, like the release of the next Mystery Dungeon game, will appear on the calender only once and will not be there next year.
Ok, so that's all of the codes I have updated our site with, so next I'll talk to you about the boards! Incase you have an IQ of a turnip or are totaly brand-new to the site, I went off and deleted, moved, and created new boards around the site. This is to help encourage more activity, get rid of unpopular boards that aren't used much to begin with, and be more user friendly. I will explain what happened to each board here.
Deleted Board[/u]
I also added a couple of new boards as well. I will list them and show their location if it is not on the front page.
New Boards
Some boards are still around, but you can see them anymore. These boards are as follows with their new location.
Relocated Boards
Now hold on- aren't I forgetting something? Where's the Rescuer's Report and the Wonder Mail boards at? The answer is I neither deleted them nor moved them- I hid them. They're invisible and unable to be accessed until I un-hide them. We don't use them anymore right now, but I might pick them up again when Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Time/Darkness Exploration Team come out. Until then, they're on hold.
Further more, do not worry about the posts that were in the deleted boards. I have already gone ahead and re-located everything safely, so there is nothing to worry about. I did have to arrange them so the new topics are back on top on the first page again, but only for the topics that are ok to post in. The rest of the topics you will see in some boards will be locked because the forum does not automatically arrange them by date when moved. So, so no one will get in trouble for posting in a long-dead topic, they've been locked... but only for the first page. I'm not going through and locking all the dead topics- it's easier if my members don't do it to begin with. 'Kay? 'kay.
Whew... alright! That's everything! Now, please enjoy yourself and make the most of the boards and features I have now added!
...and staff, please don't edit this post.
First off, I'd like to say that we have a new skin- Blue Fade. Torrey was the one that suggested that we make another non-Pokémon skin, sorta like our defult skin. He wanted us to make a copy skin of all the others. They would primarly be the same as the Pokémon skins, except with a different background (site banner, on/off icon, links, and so on will still be present)
The Blue Fade skin is a clone of the Water Skin with a pretty cool background. Check it out on your profile if you like the color blue.
Ok, aside from the new skin, I also set us up with 7 new codes on the site! I'll run through them in a sort of check-list and tell you about what each code does in detail.
Avatar Uploader in Profile- This is a new feature that lets you automaticly load an avatar from your computer onto R.T.C., with many thanks to ImageShack. This should also cut down on hot-linked avatars as well, so we don't waste other people's bandwith. So, please save images on your computer and use our new uploader. It's not hard to miss, because it's loacted right in your "Edit Profile" section.
Members Lock/Unlock Own Topics[/u]- Before anyone starts getting to excited, this feature is limited only to the S.O.S. Signal board. The staff members here still have power to do as they want with locking and unlocking topics on other boards, and you can only lock the topics you made in the mentioned board. This will help us from mistaking another quest. Be sure to lock your own topic when you have finished being rescued. (Don't believe this option works for guests, sorry)
Spell Check in Quick Reply[/u]- Need I really explain this? It's a spell check. In the quick reply. Feel free to use it, as I promote proper spelling anyway.
Profile Views Ok, this has no significant feature to the site, but I thought it might be fun. When you view your profile, above the area where you can edit it and stuff (where it displays your username), it shows the number of times your profile has been viewed by yourself and other people. It's not important, but I think it's just a fun little thing and typing this explanation out will make it seem like I have more to talk about, thus looking smarter. =D
Individual Ban Message[/u]- Not important to the rest of us, but for the members who got themselves banned will understand why they were banned in the first place. With this, I will explain why we believe we had reason to ban you, and a way to contact me if you feel there is some mistake. Hopefully, none of you will ever have to see this being used.
Spoiler Code- This code lets you hide certain things from people who do not wish to see it. For example, say like you're talking about the game and have information that people might not like because it ruins it for them- the spoils. Well, now they don't have to look at it if they don't want to. But if they do, they just have to hit this little button bellow and...
Ta-da! Now you are reading the spoiler! You can click the box above again to hide the spoiler.
This feature also comes with a spoiler button in the new message/post reply section which looks like this.
Pressing that button will automatically enable the spoiler code. To use it properly, just look at the following explanation.
[ spoiler ]INSERT WHATEVER MESSAGE YOU WANT HERE.[/ spoiler ]
(Don't include the spaces)
Not only text can be entered, but so can images too. But if you have a slower connection (like me), you might see what the spoiler is before the spoiler code actually works, so be careful you don't accidentally read what you don't want to.
Yearly Calender Events- This is more of a code for the staff members who have access to the forum's H&D, but it allows us to create... in a figure of speaking, perman-events. For example, Christmas will always appear on our calender every year without us having to go off and make a new event for it whenever it shows up. It will be very handy to us staff. As for events that have a one-time event only, like the release of the next Mystery Dungeon game, will appear on the calender only once and will not be there next year.
Ok, so that's all of the codes I have updated our site with, so next I'll talk to you about the boards! Incase you have an IQ of a turnip or are totaly brand-new to the site, I went off and deleted, moved, and created new boards around the site. This is to help encourage more activity, get rid of unpopular boards that aren't used much to begin with, and be more user friendly. I will explain what happened to each board here.
Deleted Board[/u]
- Guests, Newbies, Returns, & Farewells (And sub-boards as well)
- Pokémon Handheld Games (And sub-boards as well)
- Other Pokémon Games
- Pokémon Anime
I also added a couple of new boards as well. I will list them and show their location if it is not on the front page.
New Boards
- Forum Relations
- R.T.C. Station (the replacement for the Guest, Newbies, ect. board- located under Forum Relations)
- Chit-Chat (located under the General Board)
- TV, Movies, and Anime (to tell the truth, I just switched the name of the Pokémon Anime board, but you get the point. Now it's not all just Pokémon anime anymore)
- The Music
Some boards are still around, but you can see them anymore. These boards are as follows with their new location.
Relocated Boards
- Comments & Complaints (located as a sub-board in Forum Relations)
- Advertising (same as above- Forum Relations)
Now hold on- aren't I forgetting something? Where's the Rescuer's Report and the Wonder Mail boards at? The answer is I neither deleted them nor moved them- I hid them. They're invisible and unable to be accessed until I un-hide them. We don't use them anymore right now, but I might pick them up again when Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Time/Darkness Exploration Team come out. Until then, they're on hold.
Further more, do not worry about the posts that were in the deleted boards. I have already gone ahead and re-located everything safely, so there is nothing to worry about. I did have to arrange them so the new topics are back on top on the first page again, but only for the topics that are ok to post in. The rest of the topics you will see in some boards will be locked because the forum does not automatically arrange them by date when moved. So, so no one will get in trouble for posting in a long-dead topic, they've been locked... but only for the first page. I'm not going through and locking all the dead topics- it's easier if my members don't do it to begin with. 'Kay? 'kay.
Whew... alright! That's everything! Now, please enjoy yourself and make the most of the boards and features I have now added!
...and staff, please don't edit this post.
