- Messages
- 18,593
- Reaction score
- 20,904
- Points
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- Location
- Raleigh, NC 27614
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- 242X E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
We just upgraded to the latest version of the software that runs our forum, and with this comes a number of new features. If you are curious to read the whole list, you can go here:
Full List of Xenforo 1.4 Features
Many of these features are for administration of the forum, but some of them are targeted at improving member usage and interaction.
SELECTIVE QUOTING
The primary cool new feature is what they call Selective Quoting. This allows us to more easily quote the text you want to quote rather than the whole post. The best way to understand and see the full power and scope of this new feature is to watch the following quick video:
ONLINE STATUS INDICATOR
Another very common suggestion was to indicate if a user is online right now when you view a message. This can now be seen in the upper left corner of the user's avatar:
See the Green corner on the avatar image....that show the member is online. When the user is not online (or invisible), no indicator is shown.
POLLING IMPROVEMENTS
There are a number of new options and controls when you create a new poll:
The above new options spill over into the existing system for editing a poll, but there are some important changes.
First, a poll can be added directly to an existing thread. This can be done by the thread creator or a moderator.
The thread creator can also edit an existing poll with some limits. If there are no votes in the poll, they have full access to edit everything about it or to simply remove it. However, if there are votes on the poll, some options remain editable and new responses can be added; the question and existing responses cannot be changed. Moderator poll editing remains roughly unchanged.
SIMILAR THREADS
This new add on (not a part of Xenforo 1.4, but a modification we added, pops up a window when you begin typing the title of a new thread to show you possible similar threads that might be better to reply to rather than starting a whole new thread. It does the following:
We hope you find all these improvements helpful to your use and enjoyment of JETBOATERS.net! The [USERGROUP=4]@Moderating[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=3]@Administrative[/USERGROUP] staff strive to ensure we keep up with the latest technology and improvements so we can all share and collaborate our love of boating!
Full List of Xenforo 1.4 Features
Many of these features are for administration of the forum, but some of them are targeted at improving member usage and interaction.
SELECTIVE QUOTING
The primary cool new feature is what they call Selective Quoting. This allows us to more easily quote the text you want to quote rather than the whole post. The best way to understand and see the full power and scope of this new feature is to watch the following quick video:
ONLINE STATUS INDICATOR
Another very common suggestion was to indicate if a user is online right now when you view a message. This can now be seen in the upper left corner of the user's avatar:
See the Green corner on the avatar image....that show the member is online. When the user is not online (or invisible), no indicator is shown.
POLLING IMPROVEMENTS
There are a number of new options and controls when you create a new poll:
- Polls are no longer limited to one or multiple choices. The creator can now control exactly how many responses a user can select. If they select the maximum amount, the other options will automatically disable to indicate this.
- Voters can now change their votes, if the option is selected. This is useful to handle cases where people make mistakes, a response is missing, or if people just change their mind.
- Poll results can be limited to only be viewed by people that have voted. This can help to limit gaming of polls or "groupthink".
The above new options spill over into the existing system for editing a poll, but there are some important changes.
First, a poll can be added directly to an existing thread. This can be done by the thread creator or a moderator.
The thread creator can also edit an existing poll with some limits. If there are no votes in the poll, they have full access to edit everything about it or to simply remove it. However, if there are votes on the poll, some options remain editable and new responses can be added; the question and existing responses cannot be changed. Moderator poll editing remains roughly unchanged.
SIMILAR THREADS
This new add on (not a part of Xenforo 1.4, but a modification we added, pops up a window when you begin typing the title of a new thread to show you possible similar threads that might be better to reply to rather than starting a whole new thread. It does the following:
- Show a list of similar threads when a user is creating a new thread
- Show a list of similar threads when a user is viewing a thread
We hope you find all these improvements helpful to your use and enjoyment of JETBOATERS.net! The [USERGROUP=4]@Moderating[/USERGROUP] [USERGROUP=3]@Administrative[/USERGROUP] staff strive to ensure we keep up with the latest technology and improvements so we can all share and collaborate our love of boating!
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