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Forum Features; Some things you should know.
Topic Started: Nov 23 2011, 03:46 PM (357 Views)
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To start, this new forum (Zetaboards) blows away Proboards. It blows it harder than a hooker on meth looking for a fix. You might be a little nervous, with all the new shiny buttons and toys, so I'm going to try to point out some of the things you may have overlooked.

Shoutbox - works like a mini chat area, top of the main forum page.

Active Topics - works similar to the old "New Posts" on Proboards. You can find it in the bottom right corner of the main forum page.

Private Messaging - Upper Right corner, near your Preferences. Pretty standard to use PM in forums, but some people might not be aware.

Title/Ranking - Under your name when you post, and in your profile. Everyone starts as "n00b", titles change when you get enough posts. 12 levels, highest being 10k posts. This doesn't mean you get to shit up threads with "first" or "lol" type replies to bump your count.

Warning System - Under your name when you post, and in your profile. You will see yours only, unless you're a mod/admin. Allows you to find out if you're getting in trouble by being a douchebag. Too many warnings, you start getting de-voiced/banned/etc.

Reputation System - Similar to Karma in the old forums, shows how trustworthy or liked a person is (if used properly) .. can do positive or negative, and give a reason for it. Located under your name when you post, and in your profile. Don't abuse this and make it a fucktard race like the old Karma system please. (Currently Disabled)

Admin/Mod List - Bottom right corner, lists admins/mods, what areas they cover, and their online status. Direct links to PM them.

Top Posters - Bottom right corner. Lists top daily/all-time posters based on frequency. I will live to regret having this level of stats available.

Like/Dislike Buttons Below each post. We've wanted these forever and now they are here.

Money - Also located under your name when you post, and in your profile. You gain money by starting new threads, replying, etc. Money can also be donated to people.

Store - At the top of the forums there is a link linking to the FoolHouse Shop, here you can purchase things such as custom titles, coloured name tags, etc, you can also offer your services for cash, just contact Admin with what you are offering and they will add it to the shop. Also, if you have any ideas regarding items let admin know.

Email Notification - We have the premium forums, so we get email notification when someone replies to a thread you created or posted in. This can be configured in your Preferences (upper right corner of the forums).

Groups - Currently we have just the whitelisted group, but willing to add more for sub-games and cliques. Not entirely sure what it does, besides allow easy permissions to have "private" forum topics only seen by those in the group.

Forum Posting Limits - We have just installed a script to the boards that have a post wording limit on all posts. This limit is five words. That should help reduce the amount of 1 word posts brought up on the forum by members and staff. And give Biftec a rest at actually deleting them :)

Gaming Profile Fields - There is extra profile fields for you guys to show your XBL, PSN, Wii, and Steam ID's on your profile, and on your posts under your avatar, These were suppose to be part of a better script that showed the gamer cards but since most no longer work, i have just kept the fields incase you wanted to use them.
To edit your profile, click on your name at the top left, hover over profile options, and edit profile.


Edit: Email Notification works now.
Edited by BeerHuntor, Dec 2 2011, 04:02 PM.
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rbwest
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These forums seem pretty sweet. On with the new, out with the old.
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sassypants75
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Loving the new forums and all the new features!!
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Edited, fixed the email notification. Should be working again :)
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I love these new features! They're so much fun to use!!! The skin is cool too.
IM A FUCKTARD WHO DOESN'T FOLLOW RULES AND GOT BANNED :(
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Nov 23 2011, 03:46 PM
Groups - Currently we have just the whitelisted group, but willing to add more for sub-games and cliques. Not entirely sure what it does, besides allow easy permissions to have "private" forum topics only seen by those in the group.


The groups are mearly based for permissions within certain areas of the forums such as sig size limits, private forums, etc... Thats all,

Edited by BeerHuntor, Nov 24 2011, 10:45 AM.

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Marc J
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The Store isn't working for me.. It keeps saying "Loading.."...
I login, reload the page as told. Get the message of logging in again.
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I love the virtual store thing :) This forum is amazing
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Also you forgot to mention the top posters and active threads are only viewable via the portal, which incase you are not sure what that is, is a mini homepage, basically you set out the portal how you wish via the portal section on the admin cp, then you designate a forum to link to the portal, (usually an announcements one or similar) and each time you post a topic in that forum, it will show up on the portal as a news section, and so on.. Each topic gets bumped so each new thread will be the first news on the portal.

Also it allows you to have cool widgets on there, such as members online, a login feature, calender, events etc, lots of different stuff, also can create custom widgets such as a server viewer for teamspeak and MC and what not, via html :)

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Imma have to get Beer to handle some of this Web stuff, lol
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Nov 24 2011, 10:49 AM
Imma have to get Beer to handle some of this Web stuff, lol
lol, as i said, im happy to help.

Not wanting to blow my own trumpet, but i have an extensive knowledge of forums and message boards, as have been using them at Admin level for at least 10 years lol.

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the money thing is actually a really good idea. i hated forums i went on back in the day and everyone had the same title cause of their post count.
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Edited the OP to reflect the prior changes to today. Will post a new thread with the new changes now.

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I have monies :O How is the monie earned? I realize it is related to post count, but what else? And i can't seem to get the store to work either.
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Every time you post you earn $3 I believe.
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Dec 3 2011, 01:17 PM
I have monies :O How is the monie earned? I realize it is related to post count, but what else? And i can't seem to get the store to work either.
As fools said the amount gained is $3 per post also the shop is not fully functioning yet :)

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Russ_BT
Dec 3 2011, 01:17 PM
I have monies :O How is the monie earned? I realize it is related to post count, but what else? And i can't seem to get the store to work either.
As fools said the amount gained is $3 per post also the shop is not fully functioning yet :)
I noticed this. especaily how the only item on sale is :$ i didn't have to buy it. lol
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That item is just a test entry. I'm still trying to find time to get items/awards listed out.
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If you need any help Fools, I can :)
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