Posted May 11, 200718 yr Surprise!! :cheer: Pleased to announce the rapid upgrade to a new high capacity server took place this morning. A big thank you to Jason for his work and kind offer to host the site. :yahoo:
May 11, 200718 yr Hi, I would like to comment on the recent changed too so everybody understands what's going on. First of all it was no easy choice to select a new skin because many people are used to the old one and it's hard to get used to something new. We all know some people will love it others will hate it, but believe me it's all about getting used to and that can take some time. I am sure some will not be entirely happy but please give us a chance, as it's not the skin why you are here - it's the great community and the content. We had long talks about the new skin and there are many reasons why we decided to go for it. I will name a few: The new skin is more brandable, more light-weight and much more expandable. Additionally a new skin is great because YOU can get involved to help us make it even nicer. We plan to run contests to add something spicy to the logo (like some nice BJ logo at the left of the "we entertain you" text etc. There will be contests about this soon and the prize will be Amazon Gift certificates or itunes certs. We basically want to make sure to bring BuzzJack to the next level so here is what's coming up: - Chat Room - Chat in realtime with your friends - Social Networking News System All members will be able to submit their favorite news which will show up at the front page! Additionally the news will be available on sites like Google News and up to 50.000 other web sites! Imagine this: Your news on thousands of web sites - all linking back to BJ and our forums. That will bring many new members and will make this place better than ever before! - User blogs: Have your own blog hosted on our server - Show others what you currently think about, let them comment on your thoughts! - many more useful additions like a video profile in your profile page (you can record a webcam video / audio and other members can view it on your profile) All that said, please don't be mad and give us the chance to expand and to take BJ to the next level! In the end we are doing all this for YOU, because you are important - we just provide the place. Think about BJ like Digg.com - They provide the basics and functions but YOU provide what makes Digg the largest user-powered news portal. We want to reach the same: Providing the basics, but you are in the middle of everything. I hope you all understand the changes and please give us a chance to make all this work. In the end it's all done for YOU and all other members. Note: There will be many contests soon where you can win cool prizes :) Also, since we have a new chat room we will open a new enrollment topic in case you are interested to become a chat mod! Thank you for your attention
May 11, 200718 yr I appreciate the update JBT. Can we have the dancing lady back and I will be happy :( . But besides that it looks ACE :D
May 11, 200718 yr And we have gender back in our profiles :o EDIT: None of the functions in my profile page work i.e. options, settings, comments etc. :huh:
May 11, 200718 yr Author EDIT: None of the functions in my profile page work i.e. options, settings, comments etc. :huh:Check again, was just putting Topics/Posts back on.
May 11, 200718 yr And we have gender back in our profiles :o EDIT: None of the functions in my profile page work i.e. options, settings, comments etc. :huh: Could you explain? Just tested a post on your profile and it seems to work fine. Maybe your ISP hasn't fully updated DNS and you try to access functions from the old server? Tip: Start > Run and type ipconfig /flushdns This would solve such issues
May 11, 200718 yr It looks ace! :D It'll take some getting used to but I'm sure I'll adapt to it within a few days. :lol:
May 11, 200718 yr I really like the skin now! :D It looks like the site's in HD or something. :lol: The right hand side with all the replies and everything shall take some getting used to though.
May 11, 200718 yr Confused about the need for a chatroom though surely that is what the Shoutbox is for ? :unsure: and if everyone is chatting in a javascript chatroom surely that will impact on posting ? :unsure: Not a complaint, the above all sounds great but just confused about the chatroom purpose
May 11, 200718 yr Confused about the need for a chatroom though surely that is what the Shoutbox is for ? :unsure: and if everyone is chatting in a javascript chatroom surely that will impact on posting ? :unsure: Not a complaint, the above all sounds great but just confused about the chatroom purpose Hi, while the chat may affect the posting the few first days it will be very helpful later. Have a look at the online users and you will notice many guests. The chat could help them to "check out" who's hanging here and possbly make them become a member of the forums. Also.. it's always the same with chats - while its new its hot, but later it's just a chat. Saw this many times before so don't worry too much - it's well hidden anyways :)
May 11, 200718 yr Hi, while the chat may affect the posting the few first days it will be very helpful later. Have a look at the online users and you will notice many guests. The chat could help them to "check out" who's hanging here and possbly make them become a member of the forums. Also.. it's always the same with chats - while its new its hot, but later it's just a chat. Saw this many times before so don't worry too much - it's well hidden anyways :) Yeah just found the chat and had a look :) looks pretty good although do not have the time atm to check it out properly Good work guys
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