Site Updates & Changes

[Zachary]

Finally! After literally hours upon hours over the last week or so, I've finally fixed our gallery problems on the ParkFans Network Blogs. The new galleries include better thumbnails, a new, faster image viewer, the ability to comment on images without leaving the image viewer and much, much more. If you'd like to check it out, this post has been updated to take advantage of the new gallery: http://bgwfans.com/2013/verbolten-now-with-headlights/

 

[Zachary]

Both Blogs:
1. Post header images now link to their story instead of opening in a lightbox while on the main page.
2. Image sliders have darker arrows.
3. Javascript optimizations which will hopefully mean slightly improved load times.

BGWFans Specific:
1. Main season logo has been restored.
2. The Christmas Town, Verbolten, and Resort Hotel slides have all been removed.
3. New "Diving into 2013" slide added.

 

[Zachary]

I wrote some PHP today! The results can be seen on the frontpage of BGWFans right now. It allows us to feature stories from other sources related to the parks we cover.

 

[Thomas]

Good to know our admins are so lazy that they are now turning to other sites for their content.

 

[Zachary]

Well what I linked to tonight is about twenty times better than anything I've ever written for the site.

 

[Thomas]

No kidding.

 

[Zachary]

Continuing my streak of doing absolutely nothing useful, see if you can find something new on the front page of the forums. If you do manage to find it, feel free to spoil it for everyone else.

Warning: If you find it, there will be music so if you're in a place where music is undesirable, don't click it.

 

[pandorazboxx]

I just noticed the grow/shrink tab. how long has that been around. cool stuff.

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found it. I just discovered that yesterday. I wasted way too much time exploring that subject. haha.

 

[Zachary]

The grow/shrink tab has been there since the launch of the new theme.

 

[Party Rocker]

I found it, and I must say I actually think it is a great addition to the forums. It is very amusing and entertaining. Great job Zach!

 

[chickenking]

^^^^
Just noticed something today. Easter Egg?

(Don't know how to do the hidden spoiler image code)

 

[Party Rocker]

ChickenKing:

[spoiler] Text Here [/spoiler]

Spoiler

Do the Harlem Shake

 

[chickenking]

that would be it yes

 

[Zachary]

Just a little note: Underscores are no longer allowed in usernames. Gavin updated the settings in the back-end to prevent them from being used because, frankly, they look awful.

Also, in completely unrelated news, the "Older Posts" link on KDFans randomly broke so we'll be working on fixing that as well.

 

[Party Rocker]

I am not too sure I am liking the sidebar :/ It feels like extra stuff clogging up the side of the forums, perhaps if it was at the bottom?

 

[Zachary]

It's a work in progress- you're only seeing it because I'm working on it.

NOTE: The arrow below the Grow/Shrink button will Hide/Show the sidebar so, if you don't like it, you can hide it. Currently, my preferred configuration is full width + sidebar, but I know other people will prefer other configs. Whatever you chose, it should stick until it's changed.

UPDATE: For anyone seeing this now, the sidebar has been disabled again so don't think you're missing anything.

 

[Party Rocker]

Okay, that sounds good to me

 

[b.mac]

Just a little note: Underscores are no longer allowed in usernames. Gavin updated the settings in the back-end to prevent them from being used because, frankly, they look awful.

You also got rid of .'s in names, so now I'm the most unique user here

 

[Thomas]

Your name is unique, not you personally. You are not special.

 

[b.mac]

Your name is unique, not you personally. You are not special.

;_;