The CBG 2.0

[Nomadic]

Welcome ladies and gentleman to The Campaign Builders' Guild 2nd Edition!

It's been a long and weary road, but ever the patient turtle we persevered and now we may bask in the fruits of our slow labor. You will notice first of all the site layout and style has altered somewhat. Things are still in the same general vicinity as they were on the old site so there should hopefully be little confusion regarding finding things however there have been a few minor changes.

First the user box has been moved from the left side to the top right corner. It gives you access to your profile via a click of your name as well as your private messages and a couple links to view any thread replies you haven't seen.  Additionally you will notice the lack of a poll section, this is because the new forums have FULLY WORKING POLLS (truly we are the epitome of web 2.0) and as such anyone and everyone can host whatever weird polls they so desire. Finally I have done some initial re-arranging of the boards, the archived areas (CeBeGia for example) have all been moved into a nice tidy archive area at the bottom and out of the way of the more active areas. And you might notice a new news section which replaces the old clunky news system we had with a streamlined one that is integrated with the forums themselves. I've also done a bit of initial cleanup un-stickying topics that are no longer relevant and I will likely be spending the next few days going through and removing old stickies and adding in updated ones with current information.

Over the coming weeks there will be a settling in period where I encourage you to give any feedback regarding the new forums. This includes any errors or oddities you notice. The first oddity that you might encounter I can tell you straight out, and that is strange text. Due to the complexities of software it was inevitable that the script I used to transfer us over would mangle translation. What happens is it sees a special character (like say "Ÿ") and gets confused and instead sticks something else in. So if you see something that you thought said "Ÿona land of awesomeness" and it instead says "§†>ona land of awesomeness" let me know as that's an easy thing to fix. Just link me to the page where you found it and I can fix it. There are probably a few other things here and there that I need to know about so please let me know when you find them. One I do know about is the odd avatar stretching error that is making a few people's avatar's huge (you can fix it yourself by saving and reuploading your avatar) and I am looking into the best way to solve it. In the meantime, look around and get to know the new forums, bask in the glow of the turtle's new shell, and report any issues you have to me.

One final thing, don't think this is all there is to CBG 2.0, it isn't. This is just phase one of our master plan to take over the world update the site. There are many new features planned such as donation tracking, wiki integration, and several other options which will help you more easily share your settings and ideas with each other.

In the meantime, it's 7:30am and I haven't slept I'm going to go and pass out for awhile before I have to go to work. It's been a pleasure working with you all and I hope that the new site is a joy for you, you all have certainly earned a spruced up community. My only hope is that I lived up to expectations in this regard.

[Lmns Crn]

Feels good, doesn't it?

A big thanks to our patient admins for seeing this through. I'm off to have a look around!

[Superfluous Crow]

I hate to be the first to mention something (mildly) bad about our new, glorious and otherwise thoroughly amazing website (again, an uncountable number of thanks for your work and effort), but...
it seems like the part of the site made up by the toolbar and everything below is situated above the User Box, covering part of the text in said box.

[LordVreeg]

Penis.
Fuck.
(I just wanted to be the first to spread obcenity abd vulgarity across the site.  I have my reputation to uphold)

Now that I have finished with that,
YAY for the new site!

[Nomadic]

I hate to be the first to mention something (mildly) bad about our new, glorious and otherwise thoroughly amazing website (again, an uncountable number of thanks for your work and effort), but...
it seems like the part of the site made up by the toolbar and everything below is situated above the User Box, covering part of the text in said box.

Could you give me a screenshot of this and tell me what browser (including the version of the browser) you are using and your screen resolution? I imagine it's an easy CSS fix involving the fact that your browser doesn't like the CSS Z-Index code. :)

[Seraph]

I'm noticing the forums seem to periodically forget I'm logged in, so when I try to post or preview something it tells me I can't because I'm not logged in.

[Nomadic]

I'm noticing the forums seem to periodically forget I'm logged in, so when I try to post or preview something it tells me I can't because I'm not logged in.

If instead of using the quick login box you use the login link on the navbar one of the options should be to keep you always logged in. Use that.

[Seraph]

I'm noticing the forums seem to periodically forget I'm logged in, so when I try to post or preview something it tells me I can't because I'm not logged in.

If instead of using the quick login box you use the login link on the navbar one of the options should be to keep you always logged in. Use that.

Ah, thanks, Nom.

[LD]

Thanks for the update Nomadic!
You and Ishmayl and the others did a great job throughout the ages to put this up.

Best thing about it for the CBG's future--new people can register on any page! They aren't just tied to the main page anymore!

Worst thing about it- we still have the streetwalker titles... any chance we can have new ones?


-
One question for now though... where is the Quick Reply option? It seems to be missing?

[Seraph]

Worst thing about it- we still have the streetwalker titles... any chance we can have new ones?

I'm sure we'll eventually get new ones.  In the mean time, though, I personally don't mind them.

[Nomadic]

One question for now though... where is the Quick Reply option? It seems to be missing?

You can activate or de-activate it in your user profile. I went ahead and activated it for everyone by default. As for titles I'm open to suggestions for new ones :)

[Seraph]

I would like to say that it is great to see the CBG 2.0 finally become a reality after being in the works for so long.

[Superfluous Crow]

Public link to screenshot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4664926/screenshotCBG.jpg
See upper right corner.
I'm using Chrome 13.0.782.220 and screen resolution 1280 x 800

[LD]

Ah, thank you for the explanation. I think it would be a better idea to set quick reply on as the default... I can't see why someone wouldn't want it on except for page loading times.

---
As for titles:

Warhammer 40K titles?
Arbitrator ranks:

Trooper
Enforcer
Regulator
Investigator
Arbitrator
Proctor
Marshal
Lord Marshal

Assassin Ranks
Sell-steel
Shadesman
Nighthawk
Secluse
Assassin
Freeblade
Assassin At Marque
Assassin Palatine

Cleric Ranks
Novice
Initiate
Priest
Preacher
Cleric
Confessor
Bishop
Hierophant

Imperial Psykers

Sanctionite
Neonate
Aspirant
Savant Militant
Savant Warrant
Lieutenant Savant
Savant Adjunct
Preceptor-Savant


-
Cadaverous Earth

Cestoid
Anthrophagoi
Mindgrub
Zerda
Ghilian
Lillix
Geist
Zherer
Bloodletter, The

[Nomadic]

Public link to screenshot: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4664926/screenshotCBG.jpg
See upper right corner.
I'm using Chrome 13.0.782.220 and screen resolution 1280 x 800

Thanks crow, I'll give it a look. From the picture I'm suspecting that chrome doesn't like the use of the width attribute I'll do what I can to solve that for you.