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No no, we haven't teamed up with Haynes - I just needed a nice picture to go in the header

I spent the last week converting the old guides system (basically just threads in a hidden forum) to a proper article based system.

To be honest, there is a not a whole lot...

 

Members Motors is dead, long live Members Motors!

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This one took a bit longer to test and complete, but I'm happy to announce that today is the official launch of the new forum garage

Whereas before the Members Motors was just a simple thread per...

 

Just a little one here, but I think it's very useful

Instead of needing to add your favorite posts / threads / images / whatever to your browser bookmarks, we now have our own inbuilt system.

If you see something you like (and want to remember where it is) simply click the

icon...

 

Small new feature here, but you can now select text in a post and a little menu will pop-up to the right, allowing you to quote just that part.

So you can go through a whole page, selecting bits you like, then down at the bottom they will be ready quoted for you

Doesn't work on mobile (yet)...

 

A very useful feature just added (thanks to QuadrifoglioVerde for the idea) is the ability to use the notification bar up the top to let you know about new subscription alerts.

If you wanted to know, but didn't like getting emails (or like emails, but wanted a visual indicator too) then...

 

Seems I've had a busy little week, firstly we got the cool wall going which then gave me the idea for the MM leaderboard.

So I'm happy to announce that it's done

And here it is! Updated for 2023

It's based on the "like count" for the first post in each...

 

Yes hurrah and all that, we now keep the memory of Top Gear alive but announcing that we, the FIAT Forum, do now have our very own Cool Wall

It's pretty simple - you go to the new "Cool Wall Forum" (http://www.fiatforum.com/cool-wall/) - place your votes, then every 15 mins the wall...

 

Well - 1 - but it's early days

The chatbar now has an extra option "Chatrooms" - which takes you to the chat lobby. From here you can join a room which will allow chatting between everyone in it.

For now, there is just 1 - to see how it goes, but for future, we could have things like...

 

Backend Update

Linked forums now function within the app - so you will see Members Motors, Auction Watch and Spotted threads within the relevant forum.

 

Ok, first thing - you might have noticed the banner at the top changed - thanks again to ThisBitterPill for that

Also new on the agenda, you can now create tables inside posts - they are quite simple, you just put | between columns and enter between rows - for example:

[table]1|2|3...

 

Another small change.

When browsing a forum which uses prefixes, you can click the prefix name to filter the view down to just that prefix.

So say for example you're in Members Motors and want to show only the Stilo posts - instead of needing to go down to the filter at the bottom, you can...

 

Tiny change - if you have a custom avatar set in your profile, this will now appear in the black header bar next to your name. Clicking it is another short cut to the user control panel.

 

Thanks for the reminder atom0007 - I'd forgotten to add this to the black header bar.

Now it's there - doesn't really need any description - type your query and press enter

 

Not sure why I never added this before - but anyway.

The first post in your "Members Motors" thread is now always editable - ie the edit time limit has been removed.

So now you can always keep your thread up to date with the latest info at the top.

If someone could do a quick test for me -...

 

I haven't written a blog entry for a while, even though I've been working on things, so sorry about that.

Anyway, for this entry I'll introduce the new user tagging feature to you.

It's pretty simple actually, but basically allows you to "mention" people in posts by putting a @ mark, then...

 

Simple one this - added a "+1" button to all the threads, next to the "New Reply" button

Not really much more to add to that! Oh, unless it's aligning wrongly, then do let me know

 

Ok people, as you might have noticed last night - the "action bar" under the posts changed, from having big blue buttons, to something a bit more stylish.

There were 2 reasons for this - 1: to look nicer and 2: to allow for what I did after

Drum roll .....

The inbuilt thanks system has now...

 

Ok gang, after testing the subdomains for the last few weeks, I've now properly moved us over to running on a CDN.

What does this mean for you guy?

Well, all the images, javascript and css is now served from a server close to your physical location, rather than needing to come across from the...

 

All the model forums now have a little photo icon next to their name - 1 to make it easier for new users to find the right one and, 2 to make the forum look a little nicer

I'll roll out icons for all the other forums over the next week or so

 

After getting years of grief from Helz (bless her) - I've finally got around to getting a fully functional mobile skin on the site.

It will kick in automatically if you are on a mobile device, and offers almost all of the main functionality of the full version - just heavily cut down.

There...