Changes in the Horror Dot Com forums

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Originally Posted by _____V_____

14) User ranks are now added to members.
(5 posts = Newbie, 50 posts = HDCian, 1000 posts = Senior HDCian, 10,000 posts = Distinguished HDCian)

Reformatted the User Ranks so that they look different and separate from the Custom User Titles:

Newbie = In Tan color.
HDCian = In Dark Green color.
Senior HDCian = In Dark Red color.
Distinguished HDCian = In Dark Blue color.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Reformatted the User Ranks so that they look different and separate from the Custom User Titles:

Newbie = In Tan color.
HDCian = In Dark Green color.
Senior HDCian = In Dark Red color.
Distinguished HDCian = In Dark Blue color.

You need a rank called Legendary HDCian = 20.000+ posts. ;)

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Updates on the work behind the scenes:

1) Working on new sets of custom avatars. Will be available as/when I update the databases.

2) Tried to upload forum badges for the user ranks but keep getting FTP error protocol errors. The forum's vBulletin software is apparently installed in a FTP server somewhere out there which only horror himself can access. Sorry guys, have to make do with the textual ranks for now.

3) Quashing the reputation system. I took feedback from a few other vBulletin forums and like MichaelMyers reported, it causes more problems than healthy interaction between forum members.

4) Working on a brand new Post-Thanking system from today (if members find a post useful, they can thank the poster). Needs plenty of encoding/mods so this will take some time.

5) We now have 4 fully-powered all-new Moderators to assist neverending in his mod duties. So, I am back to lurking in the shadows.


Enjoy the forums, folks! Hopefully for a long time from now on.

Happy New Year, and may you all have a splendid, successful and fulfilling 2014!

[hammerfan]

Just make sure you post every once in a while so we know you're OK! Plus, I like to read your reviews of movies!

[neverending]

V you are legend!

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by Angra

You need a rank called Legendary HDCian = 20.000+ posts. ;)

Originally Posted by neverending

V you are legend!

Ditto!

[ShankS]

Just logged on and found everything upside down, then found this thread explaining the changes lol

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UPDATE

- A new category, Vintage Horror, has been added to the Avatars section.
You can select from: Graf Orlok, The Phantom, Frankenstein's Monster, Cesare (Cabinet of Dr Caligari), Mr Hyde (1931), Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Bride, King Kong, The Invisible Man, Dr Gogol, Hans Beckert (M), The Shrinking Man, The Mummy, The Creature & Body Snatchers.

- User ranks now change into nice, dark red-metallic badges. Tell me how you like them.

[Ferox13]

Cool work V...

Just one suggestion - change this graphic to something else, it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the page..

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Originally Posted by Ferox13

Cool work V...

Just one suggestion - change this graphic to something else, it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the page..

Couldn't find any suitable badges for horror forums, so I went with the one which resembled the dark red "horror" theme of our forum the closest. (ambience being the other, which is light grey)

Most forum badges available out there are for gaming/general forums. Tough to find horror-based ones.

Still in search of badges which would suit both themes. Once I find a good set, they will be replaced.