Forum Updates -- Details

[RAFiK]

Monday, 06/01/2014

Update Contains:

• Automatic Youtube Link Converter: Post your youtube videos by just pasting the the youtube video link inside your post and the vBulletin will convert it automatically to a watchable video.
• Live Chat Box: A Live chat box for users to talk to each other publicly, however, forum rules still apply to this chat box and any user posting swear words, or disrespecting other user, or violating any BMW Club UAE rule will be dealt with.
• Facebook Integration: Now you can connect your facebook account to vBulletin and possibly share your vBulletin Post to Facebook.
• Thanks, Likes System: With this system, users can like and thank other users' posts earning them a better reputation.
• Dark Theme: An installation of a dark theme, adding another theme to our current "white" one making a total of two themes, more to come in the near future.
• Live Search Engine: This function views instant results for your search after 3 character input.

I am currently working on many new updates which will be out in the near future,
Enjoy and please do post if you have any enquiries,

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Tuesday, 7-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• More Share Buttons: An updated system for sharing to social networks, it also includes like buttons and counters.
• Smilies: 30 smilies have been added to the forum.
• Marking as "Sold": An option at our marketplace to mark threads as "Sold", an easy way for users to track sold items from active ones.

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Sunday, 12-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• Auto Thread Tags: Threads are auto tagged to help other users searching the forum find them easier.
• RSVP To Calendars: Users can now RSVP to calendars without the need of typing a huge list of members who are coming to events, an email notification for the event is available as well.

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Monday, 13-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• Auto Image Resizer: External images are automatically resized to 1000pixels of width by maximum. Original size is accessible through a clickable link above each image.

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Tueday, 14-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• Extended Search: An extra extended drop-down menu showing many useful links such as: My Posts & My Threads

Don't forget to like or thank showing your support :)

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Wednesday, 15-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• User Tagging: Now with this cool feature you will be able to tag your friends on this board by using the simple code.
  The code works as follows:

  [MENTION]Username[/MENTION]

  or you may click the newly added icon () and then enter the username.
• Birthday Greeter: An automatic system that creates threads greeting birthday boys/girls in the Birthday Forum.
• Sticky Threads Separator: Sticky Threads are now separated from normal threads for a higher priority.
• Advanced Forum Statistics: Below all forums in the main forum index page, you will see a large box showing custom information of your choice and extra statistics of BMW Club UAE.
• Statuses/IDs: Below each username, a colored status is shown (Online/Offline) along with the user ID number.
• Quick Reply Extra Buttons: Custom Icons and functions are added to the Quick Reply box, making the experience better for every user.

Admin Related Updates:

• Admin Notes: Ability to write Notes/Tips/Infos/Warnings on user's actual post.
• Automatic Inactive Users Email Reminder: User who haven't visited our forum for more than 6 months will be emailed and reminded of what they have missed.
• Template Modification System: An automatic and easier way of editing forum templates and styles.

Like/Thank to show your support :)
More to come!
Best Regards,

[RAFiK]

Saturday, 18-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• TinyPic Plug-In: TinyPic is an external website that provides a database for your images to be stored on. This allows our forum to run smoother and faster rather than uploading your images to our database directly. The plug-in is placed directly under the reply box and a video tutorial is shown in THIS post.
• Link Fetcher: External Links can now be fetched with a thumbnail preview as well as title information.

Thank/Like showing your support :)

Best Regards,

[RAFiK]

Tuesday, 21-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• Pop-up Notification (Baloon Style): Notifications are now displayed in a whole new style. They will be displayed in a Baloon Style Pop-up window located at the bottom left of your screen. This makes the user's experience better and eases the visibility of notifications.
• Users Awaiting Moderation Pop-Up: Users who are awaiting email confirmation will have a pop-up displayed for them notifying them about the email that needs confirming. Example below:
  

Thank/Like showing your support 8-)

Regards,

[RAFiK]

Friday, 24-Jan-2014

Update Contains:

• MarketPlace: Introducing the all new Marketplace for users to sell and buy products with a very professional system. It is eBay like system that eases the process of getting your products through the market.
  • Multiple Listing Types: Auction, Buy-it-Now (with stock support) and Wanted Items Listings Types to allow your users to sell and barter for items in a variety of ways.
  • Automatic Image Resizing: All images added to the classifieds system will be resized and have a thumbnails generated. This will help reduce the page load time but not having to download the full image when you just need the thumbnail.
  • Stock Control: Buy-it-Now listings have a complete stock control that can be adjusted and allows for multiple purchases by different users.
  • Postage and Address: Multiple postage options can be added per user as well as a variety of addresses letting users choose where they want items delivered to and at whatever price they prefer.
  • Feedback System: Allow users to leave feedback about transactions including comments and a customizable ranking.
  • Watch Items, Save Searches and Users: Users can save items to their watch list and choose to store searches for easy reuse at a later time. Sellers and Buyers can also be added to lists so that their latest items can be found easily.
  • Categories and Specifications System: An unlimited amount of categories can be created, allowing for subcategories and specifications creating a huge range of options that can help users specify exactly what they are selling.
  • Payment Processors: Integrated payment processors, including PayPal, to allow users to pay for their items and their fees.
  • Featured Listings: Allow users to feature their items for an optional fee as well as allowing control over how many items they can feature.
    
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    • Full Feature List
      Payment ProcessorsListing Types
      Email and PM Notifications
      Categories and Specifications
      Featured Listings
      Search
      Fees
      Multiple Currencies
      Conditions
      Returns
      Country and State Codes
      Addresses
      Postage Options
      Attachments
      Digital Listings
      Feedback System
      Listing Control
      Invoices
      Advert Boxes
      Contact Seller
      Form Control
      Moderation
      • Auction
        • Real time Bidding
        • Real time countdown timers
        
        
      • Buy-it-Now
        • Adjustable Stock Control
        
        
      • Wanted Items
      • Users receive emails and PMs when items end, are sold, or are on their watch list
      • Translatale phrases and email content
      • Categories can be added and assigned as subcategories
      • Specifications can be added per category and used in multiple categories
      • Options can be added to each specification and used in multiple specifications
      • Mark a listing as Featured to gain a higher position in the list
      • Optionally add fees per usergroup to use the featured system
      • Optionally add a limit on how many listings a user can feature via their usergroup permissions
      • In depth searching of:
        • Titles
        • Descriptions
        • Categories
        • Users
        
        
      • Many Options to narrow down the search
      • Custom Fees can be created
      • Global or restricted to specific usergroups
      • Charge for reserve prices, items initial listing and an items final price as well as for featuring items
      • Choose from flatrate or percentage based values
      • Show prices in multiple currencies
      • Set a tax rate for purchases in currencies other than your home currency
      • Configurable exchange rate
      • Choose a "Primary Currency" that your prices will be based on
      • Automatical daily update of exchange rates via a Scheduled Task
      • Set the conditions of items
      • Set the returns options
      • Control the countries and states/counties that are available to be added to addresses
      • Allow users to add multiple address
      • Define default address for when selling or buying items
      • Create unique postage options
      • Can be done per user
      • Currencies can be defined
      • The countries that the postage is available for can be defined
      • Create user specific or generally available postage options from within the Admin Control Panel
      • Upload images to the vBulletin Attachment Manager
      • Thumbnails created and used on upload
      • Mulitple images per listing
      • Mark a listing as digital to help users understand they aren't bidding for physical items
      • Send links to users on completion of the listing
      • Allow users to submit feedback about transactions
      • Users can submit comments along with their feedback
      • Archive listings that have expired or are completed
      • Relist items
      • Buyers and sellers have access to invoices of of completed transactions
      • Advert and listings boxes to display current, featured or watched listings
      • Various locations
        • Forum Index/Home
        • Forum Display
        • Search Pages
        • Classifieds Home Page
        • View Listing Page
        
        
      • Link to contacts seller when viewing a listing
      • Customizable Form Controls
      • Default settings
      • Approve or unapprove listings
      • Usergroup settings to automatically place new listings in moderation queue
      • Moderation queue for moderators and administrators

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[RAFiK]

Monday, 10-Feb-2014

Update Contains:

• PDF Viewer: Now you can embed PDF files into your posts by inserting PDF tags or clicking the icon to insert the PDF tag.
  

  [PDF]www.mysite.com/test123.pdf[/PDF]

Best Regards,

[RAFiK]

Sunday, 2-Mar-2014

Update Contains:

• A full new format and layout to the forum, making the experience better to old and new members. This layout includes new forums and subforums for better category listings and searches.
• Thread Prefixes are urged to be used by users to save the time for all during searching and reading.
  • [H] = Help/Problem Thread
  • [SOLVED] = Problem Solved/Help Received
  • [M] = Mod/Tune Thread
  • [Q] = Question Thread
    
    Note: I will start cleaning the forum by moving threads to their right places and adding the proper prefix for each. Please help from your side as well.

Working for your better experience,
Best Regards,

[RAFiK]

Thursday, 06-Nov-2014

Update Contains

• Several Internal Updates for the Forum Mods (User Tagging, Thanks & Likes, and Classifieds System)
• Added (Sponsors List) Tab to the top for easier access to the sponsors forum.

Best Regards,

[RAFiK]

Friday, 18-SEP-2015

Major Update (TapaTalk)

• Forum is now live on TapaTalk. You can download TapaTalk for you iOS or Android devices and enjoy surfing the forum in a convenient and easy way.
  
  
  
  
  

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