Holiday Changes!

Rook · December 4, 2014

Hello everyone!

As usual, I'd like to keep everyone updated with what's happening with iOSGods for the past few weeks! A lot has happened this time, lots of back-end customisations & we've moved to a new faster server!

That's not all, we've made a lot of other improvements and I'd like to list some of the important ones below.

1. New Retired & Coders group.
1.a: The retired group was originally named 'Retired Staff' for @@FuroowHD & @@Raggnar but we noticed that there were some more members who didn't use their rank and demoting them to member felt a bit harsh for all the great work they had done so we created a new group for them to show our appreciation. If the member becomes active again, they'll have to earn their previous rank or another.

1.b: The new Coders group was created as requested by a few members. They have a separate permission set as well as their own Coding section. Cheaters can access the coding section.

2. Lots of modifications!
From top to bottom.

2.a: The new search bar.
Only visual difference here but I had to include it in the list because it looks badass . You can change the search method by clicking the button next to where the placeholder 'Search...' is.

2.b: New Read/Redirect/Unread icon & hover effect!
Removed the images from Board Index and added the icons which IPS4 uses! Also added a nice hover color on the sections which looks very good! We can change the color also if anyone has any suggestions.

2.c: Members online today.
The members online today hook is now Collapsed by default. This caused a lot of scrolling on mobile devices viewing the forum as on PC. That's no longer an issue!

2.d: Top online users hook.
A nice little hook which shows how much the member has been online for. Got the idea from iPhoneCake.

2.e: Emoticons in status updates.
That's all for this. Enjoy!

2.f: Shoutbox modifications!

I have removed a few button from the Board Index shoutbox which were useless and caused a double row on iPads/iPhones and replaced them with some nice looking icons! You can still access those buttons if you visit the shoutbox URL or type in "/prefs" in the shoutbox. The shoutbox also displays for guests but they can't use it and it has an overlay which reads "Members Only!". Adding that gave us a little bit of space to expand some blocks in the sidebar which would align with the categories.

2.g: New reputations points bar!
I'm sure many of you have noticed it. The color & width of the bar changes depending on the amount of reputation points you have! Currently, Gold color is the maximum.

2.e: Custom fields in User Info Pane.
Custom fields now display on the User Info Pane better than ever! If the member has not filled in their fields, the icon will display but greyed out and unclickable. You can now see the custom fields on mobile devices too by tapping on the icon!

2.f: Post content.
The size of the post content has been decreased on both themes so you don't have to see all that empty space on each post!

2.g: New UpVote icon!
We have replaced the default IPB UpVote image with a font icon! The arrow changes color when hovered and it looks pretty good.

2.h: Shoutbox on mobile!
Yes, shoutbox is accessible now on the mobile skin but you can't use it . You can only see what others are chatting.

2.i: Search button on mobile skin.
The search button on IP.Mobile has been added to board index which will be very useful for newbies searching for a hack.

2.j: UpVote button on Mobile Skin!
By default, IPB has the upvote button on mobile skin but that's only if you're using the Like/Unlike system which we aren't so adding the upvote button on mobile skin was a challenge but we made it so there you have it! It also displays the amount of likes the post/topic has also.

2.k: Quoting the first post is now gone, forever!
Yupp! There will be no more first post quotes! Quoting the first post is disabled on all the skins so you won't get spammed with "You have been quoted by x" notifications anymore.

2.l: Christmas & New year theme!
We have pimped up the white skin for Christmas and New Year to get you all in that Christmas spirit.

2.m: Many more!

There are many more modifications which I will not mention on this topic but you will probably notice them while browsing. Also hope I haven't forgotten to mention some of the important stuff.

Some of the modifications you see have not been applied to the dark skin yet. But no worries, they will soon roll out for the dark skin also.

If you want to see more features added or bugs needing squashed or have any kind of suggestion at all, you may post your idea in this topic: http://iosgods.com/topic/1333-forum-suggestions/

TL;DR
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

That's all for now! Thank you for being a part of this community!

p.s
We're also having a Cheaters & Novice Cheaters giveaway in the Cheaters section so if you're a part of the group, go ahead and join!

Ann3 · December 4, 2014

it !!

Rook · December 4, 2014

it !!

Chrizk0 · December 5, 2014

Fantastic, thanks for removing the "Quote" button for the first post. Members always quote it so they don't have to reply with Thanks.

Also can you add some Member banners pwease

Rook · December 5, 2014

Fantastic, thanks for removing the "Quote" button for the first post. Members always quote it so they don't have to reply with Thanks.

Also can you add some Member banners pwease

Done!

http://i.imgur.com/WzuuY0C.png