Possible Enhancement?

**Cynthia** · 22nd April 08, 03:31 PM

It was a little weird trying to add myself to the map as well. It shows up on my profile over there that I'm on the map, but I don't see myself yet. I also hope I didn't accidentally delete the photo that is supposed to show up with my information on the map.

I'm cool with any features here to help locate members by state.

**Mike1** · 22nd April 08, 03:37 PM

JelSoft is about to release (as in just about any minute) a new version of the vBulletin forum software. I've been running a Beta version of it on my sites for a few weeks, actually and it is quite stable. This new version focuses heavily on the social networking aspects of the user profile pages. It's all rather lame, in my not-so-humble opinion, but some of you may find some benefit in the new features.

Once this official release takes place, there will be a flurry of new add-ons and hacks made available to take advantage of these new features. We'll see what shakes out and if something comes along that will not add a lot of database queries, we'll consider it for the future.

And for those that are reading between the lines, yes, we'll be upgrading the forum at some point in the next few days. It's going to be a pretty major undertaking with all the template edits we have in place, so things are going to look a bit strange immediately following the upgrade procedure. But we'll be thrashing in the back room, getting everything back in working order as quickly as possible.

Riverkilt, if you are reading this, remember to take slow, deep breaths.

**Cynthia** · 22nd April 08, 04:13 PM

It can never be said enough, so I'd just like to say how much I appreciate all the work that everyone does to make this board run smoothly. It's a lot of work that you all do (mods, admins, etc), and I thank you! Looking forward to seeing what new goodies will show up with the new version.

Best wishes!

**ardchoille** · 22nd April 08, 04:32 PM

An upgrade and possibly new features? That's very good news. And, I second the notion put forth by Cynthia; I'm proud to be a part of these forums and give a huge "thanks" to the folks who maintain, moderate, and contribute. Good job all!

**Frank McGrath** · 22nd April 08, 08:46 PM

Oh, goodie. More things to learn.

**McClef** · 23rd April 08, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by ardchoille

I like the XMTS map, but am unable to add myself - have tried a few times. The problem is that map is geared towards a specific web browser and I don't use the operating system in which that browser works.

I feel adding a way of filtering members by state would be a very nice addition.

Which web browser do you think it's geared to and which operating system are you using?

**Mike1** · 23rd April 08, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

Oh, goodie. More things to learn.

Are you trying to get Riverkilt upset?

Actually, there is very little you will need to learn. The user profile pages will look a bit different and you will have to click on a tab in the profile to get to the Private Message link, but other than that, you can ignore the other frills as you choose.

The basic forum look and feel will remain the same.

**Mike1** · 23rd April 08, 04:00 AM

Here is a preview of what the new profile pages will look like. The jury is still out on the visitor messages, but the members of that particular forum are using them quite a bit. After using vBulletin all these years, the user profile is not a page i visit very often, so visitor messages are lost on me. I never see them.