Alright I've gone through and done some tidying up on the database and stuff. Biggest change is anyone who hasn't logged in for 9 months has now had their account removed. Any and all posts they have made still exist, just the logins have been deleted. If your account was deleted in error, please let us know. We can easily reattribute all former posts to your new account.
Along with the login flush, many new features have been added since RC3 has went live (and some added during the RC3 upgrade). Here's a rather complete list of ALL forum features added since the switch to RC3. Some of these you're probably already aware about, some of them you may not have noticed until now.
Changes:
- Signature and avatar size limits have been increased to 100kb and 75kb respectively, signature image dimension limit is now 600x150
- Avatars have been fixed, animated GIFs now upload properly
- All users with zero posts and no login for over 30 days have been deleted
- All users with no login for over 270 days, regardless of postcount, have been deleted
Additions and new features:
- Usernames are now visible in user profiles (so you can track chronic name changers)
- Signature preview!
[ Guests cannot view attachments ]
(click on image to expand to fullsize) - Signatures hidden from guests for privacy
- Post edit history (mostly useful for moderators, but you can see your own changes)
- ReCAPTCHA replaces the question/answer system on registrations to lower barrier of entry for non-native English users
- Quoted posts with images are converted to hotlinks automatically
And probably the most exciting feature in development:
/!\ Mikopics! /!\What is Mikopics? Well it's an image hosting service for any and all Shrinemaiden denizens. No longer will you have to worry about making thumbnails yourself or worrying about size limits and other confusing rules. For you artists, it makes sharing your art immensely easier as Mikopics will make images posted on MotK searchable.
Here's a list of features it will bring to MotK:
- One click upload while posting, simple as clicking attach and choosing your picture
- Autoresizing and thumbnailing to board limits
- Choose to either attach image to bottom of post or in-line with your post text
- Tagging support, add or remove tags from images to assist searching
- Search support, search images by author, post, thread, tagnames, etc.
Part of the integration code has been added already. You can abuse the autoresizing/thumbnailing feature right now! Just click Attach, choose your image, and select how you want to show it in the post. The Signature Preview image in this post was attached with the "Inline expandable thumbnail" setting. If you click on the thumbnail it'll autoexpand to the fullsize image, a later option will allow users to choose to have the fullsize image open in a new tab/window.
When Mikopics goes live, you will use the same general procedure to add images to your post. When you attach a picture, it'll be automatically uploaded to Mikopics, tagged initially with your username and the post it was attached to, along with any tags you entered in at attachment time. Other people may choose to add or remove tags on your image, to help organize and make things easier to find and search for. Think of it as a mini-Danbooru for MotK!
Topic: Spring Cleaning, New Features, and Changes Oh My! (Read 2168 times)