Forums 4.4.2 and other changes
Entry posted by Myr in Technology Archive
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Today, we are upgrading the site to the latest version of the forum software. While there are not going to be a lot of visible changes, there was a ton of things changed under the hood that is geared towards making the site faster loading and to operate better on mobile devices. It is going to take a few days to sort through the various settings and getting things operating properly.
I'm going to post here several times as we go through this process.
Some changes that have occurred prior to the upgrade:
- Today's birthday's widget has been removed. Due to the ongoing privacy issues and trying to comply with various rules and regulations on the topic, as well as to make it simpler to maintain the code on the site, we have removed the "Today's Birthday" widget. When you are on the main forum page, this will no longer be displayed.
- We have removed the require for you to enter your birthday. Also to make it easier to comply with privacy rules, we've removed the birthday requirement. However, so we can still comply with laws regarding minors, you are required to enter your current Age. Teenagers MUST have their exact age.
- We have added a bunch of fields to the profile for links to various social media sites. Feel free to drop a link to your content.
More will be coming today.
Well, we now support Giphy, the animated Gif place. Often times, we can't express our feelings in text and this is one way to do it. The "GIF" box in the editor will pull up a search box for you to select from.
Most of the front end stuff has been minor tweaks with the vast majority of changes geared to makes things fast and snappy.
An important change: We can now control the devices widgets show on. In order to speed up mobile devices, a lot of the widgets will be turned off on mobile, thus requiring less to load.
Please report any bugs you encounter here or in the help forum and we ask for patience if you experience any.
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