For some reason the new thread button and writing has gone completely white! Trying to change that back; also, the background to posts has gone white which I realise is hard on the eye after a while so will be fixing that. I have no idea why it changed as I didn't actually change them.
On some new features -- if you don't like having the sidebars that how latest threads and posts, you can click th tab sticking out on the top right and they are then hidden.
Try hovering over the new icons you see around the site and you will discover many new things you can do. You can now easily subsribe to threads for example. Also, don't forget you can set up your own groups, and easily check new group messages in the navigation bar; this is nice for nationalities/regions for example, to organise meetups, or maybe people interested in a particular topic like agility, raw feeding, kongs, puppies, whatever.
The blogs section is revamped and new blog posts will be highlighted in a sidebar. Don;t forget everyone can set up a blog and again, it might interest someone with a sepcial interest to have new placed into the blogs on that issue... another way of organising your ideas.
There are new things to do with your personal profiles.
Soon, there will be the ability to write some articles for the 'home' section of the site, which is not yet ready to launch. I think I will set aside a section where people can sub,it their articles or promote a good blog or forum post to an article.
I absolutely hate the ugly icons indicating folders and locked threads etc and as soon as some of the designers begin offering sets of different icons, I will be changing those! I am hoping our old ones mght get an update as I liked that set.
Don't forget you can now embed videos rather than using links.
On some new features -- if you don't like having the sidebars that how latest threads and posts, you can click th tab sticking out on the top right and they are then hidden.
Try hovering over the new icons you see around the site and you will discover many new things you can do. You can now easily subsribe to threads for example. Also, don't forget you can set up your own groups, and easily check new group messages in the navigation bar; this is nice for nationalities/regions for example, to organise meetups, or maybe people interested in a particular topic like agility, raw feeding, kongs, puppies, whatever.
The blogs section is revamped and new blog posts will be highlighted in a sidebar. Don;t forget everyone can set up a blog and again, it might interest someone with a sepcial interest to have new placed into the blogs on that issue... another way of organising your ideas.
There are new things to do with your personal profiles.
Soon, there will be the ability to write some articles for the 'home' section of the site, which is not yet ready to launch. I think I will set aside a section where people can sub,it their articles or promote a good blog or forum post to an article.
I absolutely hate the ugly icons indicating folders and locked threads etc and as soon as some of the designers begin offering sets of different icons, I will be changing those! I am hoping our old ones mght get an update as I liked that set.
Don't forget you can now embed videos rather than using links.