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Wes Mitchell
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Just a heads up, Rivals will be updating our forum overnight tonight, so if you're a night owl or early riser, you may have to find something else to do in the middle of the night tonight.
This is just a version update to the same forum software and company, so luckily it will have the same general feel as the one now, but there will be some added features, more customization options for the user, and better ways for interaction on top of the functions the forum already has. The look and feel will stay the same for the most part.
Below is a list of new features to be on the lookout for with the update which should be live by the time you hit the site Thursday morning.
I know that 2020 has, frankly, sucked in a lot of ways, but I can't tell you how much we here at GC appreciate those of you who have stuck it out with the site with no sports and I hope that you're rewarded with a football season to watch this season and complete coverage here in this online community.
As always, if you are having ANY issue at all (with the new forum or otherwise), the best way to get an answer is to reach out to me or Chris. You can DM us on here or if there is an issue there, you can always email me (wes@GamecockCentral.com) or him (clark@gamecockcentral.com).
New Features
Updated Features
This is just a version update to the same forum software and company, so luckily it will have the same general feel as the one now, but there will be some added features, more customization options for the user, and better ways for interaction on top of the functions the forum already has. The look and feel will stay the same for the most part.
Below is a list of new features to be on the lookout for with the update which should be live by the time you hit the site Thursday morning.
I know that 2020 has, frankly, sucked in a lot of ways, but I can't tell you how much we here at GC appreciate those of you who have stuck it out with the site with no sports and I hope that you're rewarded with a football season to watch this season and complete coverage here in this online community.
As always, if you are having ANY issue at all (with the new forum or otherwise), the best way to get an answer is to reach out to me or Chris. You can DM us on here or if there is an issue there, you can always email me (wes@GamecockCentral.com) or him (clark@gamecockcentral.com).
New Features
- Native emoji support
- Use real emojis in thread titles and post content from your favorite device
- Light / Dark style themes
- User-selectable font scaling (you select how big the front is for you personally)
- Modernized profile popups / pages
- Mouse-over (or tap on mobile) usernames to see new User Profile card
- Click/tap on card name to go to new User Profile page
- Unread alert & conversation icon/count in browser tabs
- Number of unread alerts/conversation messages in title text
- A red dot over the tab icon indicates at least one unread item
- "What’s New" content menu
- New forum navigation menu with additional ways to find new and unread threads and posts
- Automatic url summary blocks
- Pasting in a url (that isn't an embed) into a post will auto-create a box with title, thumbnail, and summary (if available from the destination)
- "Quick Thread" new thread tool
- A new box at the top of the thread list for quickly typing in a title and composing a new thread all at once without leaving the page
- Last Post avatar shown on forum lists
- See avatars in thread and forum lists for the most recent poster
Updated Features
- Enhanced embedding from other sites
- More (and better performing) embed types for sites like Twitter, Facebook, reddit, etc.
- Drop the url in the text of the post and it will auto-embed if recognized
- Optimized mobile experiences
- Tap-optimized interactions
- Layout and style tuned for smaller displays
- Lots of additional streamlined functionality
