Note that this forum will be upgraded to new version shortly. This is a major upgrade with many changes (visual and functional):
IP.Board 3
IP.Blog 2
IP.Gallery 2
July 3, 2009 - Forum Upgraded Successfully
This is just a short list of new features. Don't hesitate to let me know YOUR favorite feature
Board
- registration "question and answer" to combat spam bots
- better topic/forum subscription controls
- view new content: you can go directly to the first new post you have not read yet (which is better than in the old version when you went to the last new comment and you had to go up and find the first post in the thread you have not read)
- watched content (subscribed topics/forums) visible on the forum home page
- more control over "friends", mutual friends (adding and removing friends is now a mutual option)
- per-group signature restrictions (at last :-)
- search index (no more reposts due to hard searching? let's see)
- gravatar support
- reputation logs (I can now edit a member's reputation points and also view the record of ratings that member has left for others and the ratings others have left for that member)
- enhanced watched topics/forums (displays the number of new topics or posts since your last visit and visit only them)
- filter forum by new topics (you can now filter a forum using the filter options bar at the bottom of the page to show only new topics posted since your last visit)
- I can also optionally allow members to delete their vote and re-vote in polls (so the "Solved" functionality can be edited by topic starter - with newly-created polls only)
- reputation system (positive and negative reputation points) - content highlighted after 50 points
- enter media directly in posts (eg. youtube video)
- separate button for spoiler directly visible in "add reply"
Personal Conversations (instead of old Personal Messages)
- invite other members to conversations instead of forwarding/copying the message
- fast reply
- each participant apart from the topic starter can choose to leave a conversation at any time
- each participant can also view all participants and see the last time they read the conversation
- search private conversations
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Semantically correct HTML
- Removal of "lo-fi" version (so that when you search and find this forum you go to the full version) - no more duplicating content (possibility for customizable skin for mobiles only)
- mode (eg. linear or outline) can be changed in user panel and search engines should not "freely" choose in which mode they present the search results (only linear mode should be indexed) - reducing confusion when entering the site with different mode/layout
- friendly URLs (of course the old URLs are still working - they are just "redirected")
To show a forum (My Test Forum): www.board.com/forums/index.php?showforum=10
New possible way: www.board.com/forums/forum/10/my-test-forum
To show a topic (My Test Topic): www.board.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=99
New possible way: www.board.com/forums/topic/99/my-test-topic
To show a user (Matt Mecham): www.board.com/forums/index.php?showuser=30
New possible way: www.board.com/forums/user/30/matt-mecham
Administration improvements
- navigation, searching, better integration, permissions, templates etc.
- nice for me :-)
Blog & Gallery
- integrated searching (search everything)
- site blog
- image editing