Sharky
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On Sunday evening (2nd May) at 11pm, the site will be taken down for approx 3-4 hours so we can perform the first major upgrade to the site since Feb 2002, and the first of a series of upgrades planned for this year.
Older members of T2W will know that the site evolved through four very different styles since it was launched back in Jan 2001 - (http://www.trade2win.co.uk/about/history.php). The present look 'n feel has proved so successful that it's largely remained intact for the past two years.
Hence, the style updates to the site this time round are really just refinements to the existing graphics (to give a slightly more polished and refined look) and colours, dropping the drab grey in favour of a more attractive and upbeat blue
Besides the cosmetic changes we'll also be upgrading the forum software (the first major upgrade since the site began). An upgrade that we believe will offer our members the most advanced forum system of any trading related website. The improvements include the following:
General
New User Reputation System (in addition to the current ranking system)
Enhanced FAQ System
Forum Index
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Forums/Categories
Subscribed threads are indicated with an icon on thread / forumdisplay listings
Subscribe to forum, and choose whether to receive email notification
Threads/Posts
New Post layout, streamlined
Posting/Editing
New improved WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+, Mozilla, Firebird)
Attempting to post a duplicate thread now results in an error message, and the user being sent back to the forumdisplay listing
Attachments
Multiple attachments to a post!
Automatic thumbnail attachments!
Preview safe attachments
Email
Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
"excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
Login
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
PMs
Completely revamped PM system
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
Mass download of PMs in CSV, TXT, or XML format
Preview PM before sending
Ability to send PM to multiple recipients
Mark PM(s) as read/unread
Private messages are now grouped by sending date, and each group can be collapsed to conserve screen space
Polls
When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
Poll results ordered by most to less voted
Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started
Threads that do not already have polls now include a link at the bottom of the posts lists that allows users (with permissions to create polls) to add a poll to that thread
Search
Get daily for just one category
Search only in subscribed forums
A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
Option to find only started by 'username'
Display matching forums in results
Support for searching custom profile fields
Quoted text excluded from search
Search system is improved with regards to speed. Even faster now!
Select multiple forums to search
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
- Option to enable / disable daylight savings time
- Option to select default type of subscription in User CP (rather than just subscribe or don't subscribe)
- Requires password when changing e-mail address
Subscribed Threads Section:
- Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
- Change selected subscriptions to selected type (e.g.: like the PM system, with check boxes next to each message, and an option to move, delete, or download them)
Miscellaneous Section:
- Users may remove attachments directly from their attachment manager via UCP
Other:
- Pop-up auto-refreshing buddy list with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online.
- Validity check for homepages
- vCard download (must be enabled in users' control panels) to allow the user profile to be placed into the address book
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In addition, the Arcade get's an update too with new games and a new "Arcade Challenges" system that let's users play 1-on-1 contests.
As always we look forward to hearing your feedback about these changes. As the first of a series of planned upgrades it promises to be an exciting year ahead for the site and we'd like to thank everyone who's supported us this far.
Older members of T2W will know that the site evolved through four very different styles since it was launched back in Jan 2001 - (http://www.trade2win.co.uk/about/history.php). The present look 'n feel has proved so successful that it's largely remained intact for the past two years.
Hence, the style updates to the site this time round are really just refinements to the existing graphics (to give a slightly more polished and refined look) and colours, dropping the drab grey in favour of a more attractive and upbeat blue
Besides the cosmetic changes we'll also be upgrading the forum software (the first major upgrade since the site began). An upgrade that we believe will offer our members the most advanced forum system of any trading related website. The improvements include the following:
General
New User Reputation System (in addition to the current ranking system)
Enhanced FAQ System
Forum Index
Show the title of the last posted to thread for each forum on index.php
Forums/Categories
Subscribed threads are indicated with an icon on thread / forumdisplay listings
Subscribe to forum, and choose whether to receive email notification
Threads/Posts
New Post layout, streamlined
Posting/Editing
New improved WYSIWYG Editor for major text input fields (IE 5.5+, Mozilla, Firebird)
Attempting to post a duplicate thread now results in an error message, and the user being sent back to the forumdisplay listing
Attachments
Multiple attachments to a post!
Automatic thumbnail attachments!
Preview safe attachments
Digests: new posts/threads in selected forums daily/weekly/monthly
"excerpt of message:" are now in the new reply email notifications
Login
Login/logout ability in all pages, with user/pass form -- single login system
Password break-in watches -- too many failed attempts warning with a preset wait after too many failures.
PMs
Completely revamped PM system
Integrating Tracking with the Regular Folders
Mass download of PMs in CSV, TXT, or XML format
Preview PM before sending
Ability to send PM to multiple recipients
Mark PM(s) as read/unread
Private messages are now grouped by sending date, and each group can be collapsed to conserve screen space
Polls
When you vote your name is highlighted when viewing results
Poll results ordered by most to less voted
Ability to post a poll AFTER a thread had started
Threads that do not already have polls now include a link at the bottom of the posts lists that allows users (with permissions to create polls) to add a poll to that thread
Search
Get daily for just one category
Search only in subscribed forums
A list of ignored words or words used in a search are added to the results page
Option to find only started by 'username'
Display matching forums in results
Support for searching custom profile fields
Quoted text excluded from search
Search system is improved with regards to speed. Even faster now!
Select multiple forums to search
User Options --> User CP
Settings / Options Section:
- Option to enable / disable daylight savings time
- Option to select default type of subscription in User CP (rather than just subscribe or don't subscribe)
- Requires password when changing e-mail address
Subscribed Threads Section:
- Subscription to Threads/Forum without receiving e-mails
- Change selected subscriptions to selected type (e.g.: like the PM system, with check boxes next to each message, and an option to move, delete, or download them)
Miscellaneous Section:
- Users may remove attachments directly from their attachment manager via UCP
Other:
- Pop-up auto-refreshing buddy list with ICQ-style alerts when new buddies come online.
- Validity check for homepages
- vCard download (must be enabled in users' control panels) to allow the user profile to be placed into the address book
----
In addition, the Arcade get's an update too with new games and a new "Arcade Challenges" system that let's users play 1-on-1 contests.
As always we look forward to hearing your feedback about these changes. As the first of a series of planned upgrades it promises to be an exciting year ahead for the site and we'd like to thank everyone who's supported us this far.
