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The_Pope · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject: Forum Changes

Here's a handy thread that allows you to see what recent changes or additions the forum has undergone by my fingers.

So here goes...

19th October - The avatar gallery is now up and running with 20 panda-spanking new avatars to choose from. More to come later Smile

The_Pope · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:

21st October - A quick reply box has been added to the forum.

The_Pope · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject:

31st October - Email verification for newly registered accounts has been removed, as it was causing too much fuss.

The_Pope · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

30th November - 5 new avatars to choose from and I've jazzed up the forum logo to suit the season.

The_Pope · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject:

2nd February - 5 new animated avatars can be found in the avatar gallery:

The_Pope · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject:

3rd February - With the reaction from the latest avatars, I've made some more. There are 4 animated and one static:

The_Pope · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject:

13th May - Avatar gallery top-up. The 5 new ones are below:

The_Pope · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject:

21st June - Registered the user 'Backup' and gave Admin status to it, so I can access the forum controls incase anything happens to this account...doesn't hurt to be safe.

The_Pope · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

23rd September - To combat the amount of bots that register useless accounts in the forum, any usernames with an underscore (_) or hyphen (-) will be disallowed. Hopefully this will stop every 1 in 3 bot made accounts, according to my shoddy calculations.

Usernames with the word 'viagra' in them are also banned.

The_Pope · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject:

25th September - Thanks to 8ilbo, the registration form has been updated to include a 'Are you human?' field, to rat out bot accounts. As a result, usernames with an underscore and hyphen are allowed again.

The default smilie pack has been replaced with a more boot_error friendly set, I hope you enjoy them Razz

The_Pope · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject:

14th June - Thanks to Joetheeskimo helping me out I've managed to Install a very nifty anti-bot system that will, once and for all (I hope), stop spammy posts. In boot_error's retired age, we don't want this place filling with robots.