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I'll post on the FB page and see if anyone wants to sign up and liven this place up a little. I've been super busy at work and have been neglecting most of my websites (and I have quite a few). I'm trying to put together a plan to add more content on a regular basis on all my sites. If you guys have ideas, I'm all ears.

Are you still having that problem, Hobie? I'm wondering if that happened while I was doing some maintenance on the server last week.

Welcome to HazzardNet!

I have to mention my favorite episode, Too Many Roscos, for the scene where they find Rosco's car under water. But the rest of the episode, after Woody comes to town, isn't really dark.

I agree on "Opening Night At The Boar's Nest". I mean, Boss was shot in the chest! Granted, his wallet saved his life, but man... Pretty dark.

I've moved the site to a new server. Please let me know if you run into any issues.

I'll look into that. There's probably a way to do a global replace, but I'll have to do some research.

I just did an upgrade to the forums. It went so smoothly (right from the control panel) that now I'm really nervous. LOL. Let me know if you guys see any errors, issues, or weirdness.

LOL. Not enough challenge for you, Rog?

Very nice. It's coming together well.

I reduced the number of posts in the Featured Posts to 4. They're displayed by most recently updated. I added a Members list under the Forum menu. There is also now a "Featured Topics" item in the menu bar, which leads to a page that lists all the featured topics.

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I'll be making some more changes tonight when I get home from work.

Question: Do you guys like the "Featured Posts" on the main forum page or do you think I should create a separate tab in the menu bar for popular posts? The reason I ask is that I don't want to clutter up the main forum page with 10+ featured threads. If I move it to a separate page and reachable via a tab on the menu bar, I can add a lot more featured threads for everybody's various projects. Or, I suppose I could create a menu item just for everyone's projects. Let me know what you guys think!

This topic will include instructions on how to get around in the new forums. A lot of the functionality will remain the same, but there are some changes. Also, for those of you who have been exploring and would like to share what you've found, please chime in. Creating New Topics & Content There's a menu at the top right of the forum that says "+ Create". From there, you can select "Topic". Select the forum you want to put your topic in. A window will open up with an editor. Type in your message, add any files (with the "Drag files here to attach, or choose files" or "Insert other media" options at the bottom of the editor. You can also add other content like a personal status update or upload a gallery image. Replying to Posts At the bottom of every topic, there is a box to reply to a thread. Simply click in the box and an editor will open up. Click "Submit Reply" to post it. To quote, click on the Quote link at the bottom of the post you want to reply to. The quote will show up in the Reply box at the bottom of the page. You can also click the "+" button on multiple posts to multi-quote. View New Posts In the menu bar, hover over "Latest Posts & Activity" and click on "New Posts". There is also an option under "Latest Posts & Activity" called "My Activity Streams". At the bottom of that is a button that says "Create New Stream" where you can configure exactly the type of posts you want to see in that stream. PMs In the upper right of the forum, there is an icon that looks like an envelope. Click on that and you can see a list of your latest PMs (which you can click on to read), a button to compose a new message, or a link (at the bottom) to go to your inbox. PM functionality remains largely the same as before, but if you'd like me to elaborate on it for this guide, please let me know. To be continued...

Where had you planned on posting that? I'll move it.

Ok, fixed the group names to take off the "s". Roger, I'll be putting together a thread with instructions on some of the common features. I hope that'll help you out.

I haven't quite figured out the Location issue yet. It's a problem with the template, but it's programmatic and not as simple as "oh, it says 'Location' right here in the template". I may have to contact Invision about that one. As for birthdays, I think that'll be an easier one to fix.

I upgraded a few of you into Veterans tonight. If you've been here a few years and have a good number of posts under your belt, PM me and I'll upgrade you too. If you're a newbie, stick around, you'll get there. "Boss, I can't just go 'Poof! You're a veteran.'" "Go 'Poof!' or you're fired!" "Poof! You're a veteran!"

We used to have an app for iPhones, but we discontinued it and just moved to responsive themes so the site would display ok on mobile devices.

Annnnnd... I just figured out how to get back our square avatars.

Ok, Hoss, I fixed the colors on quotes, the "Edited" text, and the ipsType_SectionHead. The "Edited" text CSS is also used for signatures, so I didn't want to make it too light. Let me know what you think.

Updated!

Just discovered another neat feature. There can be a separate header on each forum. I just may experiment with this. Check it out: http://hazzardnet.com/forums/forum/19-james-best-rosco-p-coltrane/

Cool! Yeah, there are a few neat new features. For example, I get an email now when there's anything that needs to be moderated. That'll help get me back here more often.

We just wanna give gratitude yeah Got plenty love we wanna give to you yeah With feel good music we're tryin' to say Thank the good Lord's gonna make a way Gratitude - Earth, Wind & Fire