Post by Duke Dudeston on Aug 10, 2013 12:41:39 GMT
Hello,
First of all, I won't repeat myself about the main changes on the forums, because there is already a thread describing this,
what I will say is some of the other changes that are planned or have been put in place over the next few days or even weeks.
The forum layout has gone back to "ProBoards" default, this is while we think of a new colour scheme and get some new icons and images to use
on the forum, the old images where a bit old school if you ask me.
The User ranking system has been overhauled a little bit, and the new ranks are as follows:
The staff Ranks
these haven't really changed, they just have had their star allocation modified
Doughnut God - Administrators (
)
High Priest of the Doughnut - Global Moderators (
)
Doughnut Enforcer - Moderators (
)
Member Ranks
Learning The Ways 0 > 9 Posts (
)
Valley Dude 10 > 199 Posts ()
Doughnut Dude 200 > 499 Posts ()
Valley Legend 500 > 999 Posts ()
Doughnut Legend 1,000 > 1,999 Posts ()
One With The Valley 2,000 > 4,999 Posts (
)
One With The Doughnut 5,000+ Posts (
)
*We may add, remove or change any of these ranks without notice*
post counts doesn't give you any "staff like" privileges (except for access to some exclusive boards), it is to show off how committed to the forum you are, and how active.
Display Names
Originally you were free to change your display name as often as you like, we feel that this could be a hindrance to some members rather then a good feature, which is why this has been disabled, it also helps the moderator team to do a more efficient job when it comes to moderation.
When you register, your username will become your Display Name, but not to worry, you can ask a Doughnut God (Admin) or a High Priest Of The Doughnut (Global Mod) to change this for you, all you need to do is send a PM to any of the staff members, asking if you can change your Display Name, (it would be beneficial to have this in the title) and with your first choice of Display Name, with a possible Second Choice, the reason we will ask for two, is for any reason the first one might be unacceptable or that Display Name may already exists.
These requests are done on a first come first serve, and is a manual process so it may not appear for a while, you will be messaged back if there is a problem with your request, You will know if it has been successful when your name has been changed.
Future updates:
Special Boards for members that have 10+ Posts and Exclusive boards will be put in place for "One with the Valley & One with the Doughnut" however as there are no members at this time with those post counts (who aren't already staff) these boards will come when the time is ready.
First of all, I won't repeat myself about the main changes on the forums, because there is already a thread describing this,
what I will say is some of the other changes that are planned or have been put in place over the next few days or even weeks.
The forum layout has gone back to "ProBoards" default, this is while we think of a new colour scheme and get some new icons and images to use
on the forum, the old images where a bit old school if you ask me.
The User ranking system has been overhauled a little bit, and the new ranks are as follows:
The staff Ranks
these haven't really changed, they just have had their star allocation modified
Doughnut God - Administrators (
)High Priest of the Doughnut - Global Moderators (
)Doughnut Enforcer - Moderators (
)Member Ranks
Learning The Ways 0 > 9 Posts (
)Valley Dude 10 > 199 Posts (
)Doughnut Dude 200 > 499 Posts (
)Valley Legend 500 > 999 Posts (
)Doughnut Legend 1,000 > 1,999 Posts (
)One With The Valley 2,000 > 4,999 Posts (
)One With The Doughnut 5,000+ Posts (
)*We may add, remove or change any of these ranks without notice*
post counts doesn't give you any "staff like" privileges (except for access to some exclusive boards), it is to show off how committed to the forum you are, and how active.
Display Names
Originally you were free to change your display name as often as you like, we feel that this could be a hindrance to some members rather then a good feature, which is why this has been disabled, it also helps the moderator team to do a more efficient job when it comes to moderation.
When you register, your username will become your Display Name, but not to worry, you can ask a Doughnut God (Admin) or a High Priest Of The Doughnut (Global Mod) to change this for you, all you need to do is send a PM to any of the staff members, asking if you can change your Display Name, (it would be beneficial to have this in the title) and with your first choice of Display Name, with a possible Second Choice, the reason we will ask for two, is for any reason the first one might be unacceptable or that Display Name may already exists.
These requests are done on a first come first serve, and is a manual process so it may not appear for a while, you will be messaged back if there is a problem with your request, You will know if it has been successful when your name has been changed.
Future updates:
Special Boards for members that have 10+ Posts and Exclusive boards will be put in place for "One with the Valley & One with the Doughnut" however as there are no members at this time with those post counts (who aren't already staff) these boards will come when the time is ready.