What's in the upgrade?

[Akimbo]

This is really part of the upgrade and is related to a promise six months ago:

Info - New Thread Prefixes and Forums

We added the Trip Report thread prefix about six months ago with a promise to create a new forum that displays the most active 200 trip reports that are posted across all our regional forums. https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/trip-report-title-prefix-and-forums.604685/ The reason for...

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[Akimbo]

Two more threads added to the Frequently Asked Questions forum:

FAQ - Using Direct Messages

Using Direct Messages The names have changed over the years but the function is basically the same. Private Message (or PM) :rtarrow: Conversation :rtarrow: Direct Messages (DM) Direct Message is ScubaBoard's internal private email system between members. You can access it by clicking on...

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FAQ - 10,000 Character Limit

10,000 Character Limit ScubaBoard's forum software limits individual posts to a maximum of 10,000 characters, including spaces and BB codes. The one exception is the Article forum type which can have up tp 30,000 characters. Click the "X" in the upper-right corner of the error window. Oh No...

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[Akimbo]

Two more threads added to the Frequently Asked Questions forum:

FAQ - Alert a Member in a Post

Alert a Member in a Post There are several options to alert a member to your post, providing their Alert Preferences are set. There are many more notification option than just these but these examples are the most commonly seen. 1. Quotes in your message See Quote an Entire Post and Quoting...

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FAQ - Changing Your Password

Changing Your Password Click on your avatar to open this drop-down menu. Then click on Password and Security. Enter your current password, then your new password, and enter your new password a second time to confirm that there are no typos. You will receive an email confirming that your...

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[Akimbo]

Quite a few now threads have been added to the Frequently Asked Questions forum. You can access and search on all of them in this thread:

FAQ - Table of Contents

FAQ's Table of Contents Welcome to the ScubaBoard's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Forum. You can scan through them or use your Internet Browser's search function to look for key words. :FAQremember: Remember Keyboard Shortcut Keys for your Internet browser’s "Find" function :FAQwindows...

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[Akimbo]

This thread has been added to the Frequently Asked Questions forum. It explains the new thread types and how the "poll" thread type is integrate into the upgrade.

FAQ - Starting a new thread

Starting a New Thread Step 1: Find the best forum to post it in. ScubaBoard has nearly 500 forums and you will get much better responses by posting in the forum that discusses the subject the most. https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/finding-tracking-what-interests-you.600106/ Step 2: Go...

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[Couv]

Please bring back the ability to click on "Messages" under a members avatar to bring up their post history.

TIA,

Couv

 

[Akimbo]

Please bring back the ability to click on "Messages" under a members avatar to bring up their post history.

TIA,

Couv

This is/was probably an add-on to xenForo. @Miyaru would be the person to look into it once he catches up after a recent dive trip.

Edit: I'm not sure I remember it. Was it just a link to the post history on their profile page?

 

[Miyaru]

It requires a paid add-on.

Can't find the bookmarked page in my phone.

Dive trip is over, currently driving home. Soon we will have dinner in Paris

 

[tursiops]

It requires a paid add-on

One time fee, or a monthly sort of thing?
I'd join a consortium to help pay for it....

 

[Miyaru]

One time fee, or a monthly sort of thing?
I'd join a consortium to help pay for it....

Crowdfunding?
If everybody pays USD 0.01 it just takes a few thousand supporters....