Forums - New Features

[Jason]

NEW FORUM FEATURES - Our Forums are now built on the original Forum software we have always used in the past! Not only have we reverted back to this familiar platform, but the latest version now provides many more features and functionality than ever before! Check out the enhancements (and note that additional features coming soon!)…

Facebook/Twitter Integration –

• You can now login to CruiseCrazies using your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts,
• Your CruiseCrazies status updates can be synched and auto-published to Facebook and Twitter (If you allow)

Status and Comment Updates– You can now comment directly to others' status updates! As part of the extensive notification options (more details below), you can receive email notifications when a reply is made to your status, or a reply is made to a status you have commented on.

Social Networking Features – Profile Comments, Friends List, Activity Wall are all part of your redesigned CruiseCrazies Profile.

Reputation - Amember's reputation is based on the number of points that a user has. It's displayed on their profile and below their photo when viewing a topic. A member receives points when others vote on the content they have submitted to the community. Forum posts and photos all have green + buttons that members can click to vote on the associated content. The idea behind member reputations is simple…The higher someone's reputation, the more recommended/reliable/appreciated their content is.

Global Search -Search every area of the community using a central, unified interface located at the top of the page within the navigation menu. More filter, sort, and search options than ever before!

Automatic Media Embedding– Ability to include YouTube videos within forum posts

Simple bbCOde RichText Format message editor – The familiar, popular editor we have previously used. Makes it easy to format messages!

Sharing Links - As most Facebook and Twitter users have discovered, sometimes you see a link to a great article or topic and want to share it with your friends and followers. This new feature makes this very easy to do. You don't even have to leave the page to do it!

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To share a page with friends, click on the"Share Link" icon for Facebook, Twitter, Email, or any of the other service icons available. These sharing options are typically located below the content on each page. Once clicked, a pop-up menu will enable you to tailor your message before sending.

Notifications: Email, Private Message, and Inline Notifications - New configuration options are available to control your notification preferences from a single page. You can select whether you want to receive email, private message, or inline notifications (or a combination of the above, or none of the above) for each notification event throughout the site.

Inline Notifications. Essentially, this is a notification within the forums, without a private message or email being issued. There are many instances where you may want to be notified of an action, but might not want an email to be sent to your email address, or you might not want a private message for such notifications.

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A new option has been added to the profile dropdown at the top of any page, allowing you to quickly access your inline notifications.

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A "Mark Read" button has been added to the popup so that, in addition to closing or viewing the notification, you can mark it as being acknowledged without having to leave the page.

Enhanced Member List

Friendly URL's -Human friendly web addresses containing topic titles, versus unrecognizable strings of digits