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Forum Upgrade

Mike Labbe

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We're thrilled to announce that PPFA Framers Corner will be upgrading to new modern software platform, later this year.

The new Xenforo 2.2 software platform will bring over all info and previous posts, and have some new features such as:

-Optional PUSH NOTIFICATIONS (to let you know on phone or tablet, when something you are watching has new activity)
-Optional PWA SMARTPHONE / TABLET APP (progressive web app)
-New subforum types, such as article forums, and forums where you can rate/vote for the best answer given
-Improved security and a more modern platform, 'under the hood'
-You will be able to log in by user name or by email address.
-You'll be able to change your username, if needed.
-Support will be added to allow direct inserts of content from external sites, such as:

8tracks, 247Sports, ABC News, Amazon Product, Anchor, Audioboom, Audiomack, Bandcamp, BBC News, Bit Chute, Bleacher Report videos, Break, Brightcove, CBS News Video, CNBC, CNN, CNNMoney, Comedy Central, Coub, Dailymotion, Democracy Now!, dumpert, ESPN, Facebook, Flickr, Fox News, FOX Sports, Funny or Die, GameClips.io, Gamer DVR, Gamespot, GameTrailers, Getty Images, Gfycat, Gifs.com, GIPHY, GitHub Gist, Global News, GoFundMe, Google+, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Hudl, Hulu, IGN, IMDb, Imgur, Indiegogo, Instagram, Internet Archive, JW Platform, Kickstarter, Kontinental Hockey League (КХЛ), Libsyn, Liveleak, Livestream, Mail.Ru, Medium, Megaphone, Metacafe, Mixcloud, Mixer, MLB, MRCTV, MSNBC, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Video, NBC News, NBC Sports, NHL Videos and Highlights, NPR, Orfium, Pastebin, Pinterest, Podbean, Prezi, Reddit threads and comments, Rutube, Scribd, Sendvid, SlideShare, SoundCloud, Sporcle, Sportsnet, Spotify, Spreaker, Steam store, Stitcher, Straw Poll, Streamable, Streamja, Team Coco, TED Talks, Telegram, The Atlantic Video, The Guardian (obsolete), The New York Times Video, The Onion, The Wall Street Journal Online, TikTok, TMZ, Trailer Addict, Trending Views, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Ustream, VBOX7, Veoh, Vevo, Video Detective, Vimeo, Vine, VK, Vocaroo, Vox, Washington Post Video, Wistia, WorldStarHipHop, Youku, YouTube, İzlesene.
-The new system will support full UNICODE characters and EMOJIS
-A new banner management system will be added for our advertisers, with an improved set of features
-Larger picture uploads will be supported
-A new unsubscribe feature will be added for emails
-A new optional 'activity summary digest' can be sent by email, if you didn't visit for a couple weeks, containing the most recent activity
-Members will be able to mark an item as "SOLD", in the for sale section, to prevent future inquiries
-Members can further customize their profile banners
-hCaptcha will be supported
-Many other improvements

We will keep you posted, when we are finished testing and are closer to the conversion date.

Your forum support team,
Sheila, Robin, and Mike
 
The developers have finished beta testing the new software, and is now available for pre-testing with our own data/conversion. We will be doing that over the next couple weeks.

At some point soon, we will be turning off access to TAPATALK. TAPATALK is the third party program we have been using, so mobile users can access FC with an APP.

The new software will have a built in app available, so TAPATALK becomes unnecessary. (you can access it with a web browser, too, and it is much friendlier for web browsers)

If you use Tapatalk, please take note.

Thanks
 
When we convert this month, we are moving to a different brand of forum software. Your member record and all previous posts will convert, and everything will be in a very similar layout.

You will have to SIGN IN the first time you visit, after the conversion. Once you do, a cookie can remember your information for future visits.

With the new software, you will be able to sign in with your FIRST & LAST NAME (the same user name you have now), or by the email address used previously. (plus the password)

Please make a note of your user name now, so you'll have this info handy. You will see it on the top right, "Welcome, XXXXX XXXXXXX"
Note that some folks have certification designations as part of their user name, so you'll need to know that as well. Ex: Jane Doe vs Jane Doe, CPF

If you find that you can't remember your password, there will be a link on the sign in screen to reset the password and have a new one emailed.

The forum support team is always available to help, if you have any trouble signing in.
 
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