It’s up and runnin’ again! <sigh> I couldn’t take it much longer~
~~Jumpergal and Poly~~
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Well, I’m glad everyone survived the outage mostly intact!
Anyway, as you guys are taking a look around, you’ll probably notice that we gained some features and lost some features. The most notable loss (which I just now figured out) is the “reply to user” function, which quotes someone’s post in your reply. Of course, the more technically-savvy among you can probably figure out how to use the “quote” code to essentially accomplish the same thing. 
For some reason, the page numbers for multi-page threads are not showing up on the main forum, nor are the little “flame” icons for “hot topics.” Both of those are supposed to be there. Hopefully they’ll show up eventually.
Has anyone noticed all the fun NEW stuff though? You can now include a photograph and set a signature (a bit of text that appears at the bottom of each post) in your profile, attach files (text or graphics) to your messages, and edit your subject line! I think you can even change your username, if you want. Cool, huh? 
Let me or Melinda know about any problems you run into. Neither of us really knows one end of this software from the other yet, but we’ll do our best to help you out!
Thanks, Erin and Melinda, for keeping us addicts supplied! 
I feel like my life is back in the “normal” zone… and I LOVE the new features, but now I kan fele fre two mispel werds…
When you are taken back to the page with your post, which will probably be at the bottom of the re-built page, there is a dropdown list of forums (Hop To) with the current forum selected. Click on the GO button and that will take you to the list of topics.
Or at the top of the page, click on the next level up (e.g., Hunter-Jumper) and you will go to the topic list.
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to supply us with this beautiful new board! Cool features, no more [B] codes, instant smilies! ability to attach photos!! My goodness, now I’ll never get away from here.
Thank you from the bottom of my addicted heart.
Whew…
Okay, I think everything should currently be working in this forum and in Dressage. There might be a few quirks here and there (I’ve already noticed that the members’ post totals aren’t right… I’ll work on that), but I think things are reasonably functional.
Make sure to check out your profile for some fun new options. Have fun with the new toys!
(And don’t ask me how to use anything, because chances are, I’m in the same boat you are!)
Ahhh, it’s good to have this board back!! You have noooo idea how hard studying for finals has been without the COTH board to use as a study break…well, maybe it has been a good thing that I haven’t been able to “waste” my time on here, but it sure has been dull!
Okay, so the Instant Smileys are cool!
Great improvements!! I love the picture option!! But, how do I get the pic up on my profile?? Keep up the great work!
I to was getting strange looks at work, because I actually had to do some.
Gosh, Sleepy, I don’t know why I didn’t see it. I guess my eyes aren’t configured to the new layout yet! Thanks!
How do you reply to someone?
Noone at work could figure out why I was actually doing work for the last two days … I’m so happy the board is back!
Sarah
Hey! Way to go Erin! this new version is totally cool! I like the funky little buttons that automatically add the UBB codes - presto! and you get to type in a cool little box. Very Y2K!
I also like the little greeting at the top of the page that says Hello, Jair ! It makes me feel special - like my own personal BB!
I have been informed that our “flaming” topic icons and the direct page number links will be returning in the next version of the software, which should be coming very quickly. They should be back in a couple weeks, I think.
I think the spell-check is a goner for now… but might I suggest my favorite online toy, the Merriam-Webster site?
HOORRRAYYY!!!
Never really knew how addicted I was until I couldn’t log on for a day and a half. I for one, would like to say thanks for the message that would automatically pop up when I tried to log on. I’m talking about the one that kept us updated as to what was going on with the downloading and so forth. So thanks for that!
Happy riding and keep it in the saddle.
This is great!!!
But where did spellcheck go? I loved that feature!
Thanks Erin! yesterday was very painful; I’m thrilled you’ve got the board back up. Great new features, too!
Oh, two other things I wanted to mention…
All the threads were imported as-is, which means that any links to threads on the old BB will still point to the old BB. So you’ll have to manually search those threads out here on the new BB if you want to see them.
Obviously this won’t be as much of a problem as time goes on, since it’s only old threads that are affected.
Also, one other cool new feature… we can add in customized graphics and stuff. So if anyone is a graphics whiz and wants to make a teary-eyed sad face for ETBW, have at it!
