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Forum System Update


 Twam

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Greetings everyone,

 

We have many plans for the future of this site, first and foremost is defiantly converting to a forum system that is much more customizable. We currently are using PHPbb as our forum system and will be converting the whole forum into IP.Board with IP.Content.

 

IP.Board will allow us to implement many new things for not only our members and staff, but also in ways to help promote the site.

IP.P has everything we currently have and more, as well as new modules such as a report center so it will be easier for our staff to monitor the boards.

 

If anyone wants to read more about IP.Board Click here

 

IP.Content will be our main page, our index page with all of our up to date news in the Halo world. As well being able to implement many features such as twitter news updates of top people in halo and statistics of the whole forum... There are many more options that will be added as well all you need to know is that it will be our main index page.

 

If anyone wants to read more about IP.Content Click here

 

While we convert from 1 forum system to another the board will be offline, the initial move should not take very long.

All Member, Topic, Posts will all be saved. Everything should stay the same.

 

We plan on expanding our forums as well as adding many things such as user ranking, fully custom profile, user status pages and updates. As well changing our user groups to more halo oriented groups as well as adding a new group for people who have taken their halo knowledge to the extreme, users will be able to confirm is fact from fiction with these "Halo Gods"

 

I dont need to explain everything currently as we will get more into it once we have converted to our new system.

This should take place with in the next 2 weeks, we are waiting for our funds to get approved.

 

Here is our current road map

 

- Purchase IP.Board

- Purchase IP.Content

- Await License approval

- Install IP.Board

- Install IP.Content

- Convert our current system to our new one

- Upgrade User profile

- Add user groups

- Add user ranks

- Add Shout Box System

- Add a "forum suggestion" forum.

- Get a custom made 343Industries skin created

 

This is just the basic first steps we will be taking.

With this new forum system we will be starting our free giveaways as well.

 

Thanks for reading

Twam

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I am both excited and worried about the implemation of a shoutbox. While we are still a small community right now we will grow and many of the immature people will come. It will have to be heavily monitored and watched. It is a great idea but spam is going to be a problem. I would recommend the http://www.xat.com chatbox. It is easy to administer bots into the system which have wonderful effects.

Also there should be multiple one for different categories

 

HALO - A chat just about Halo

Other games - Where poeple talk about Mass effect Cod and other games

OTHER The place for off topic things

IDEAS Where people bounce ideas for games and websites together

STAFF A Modereator and admin only area where they can discuss important things

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Oh man, i cant wait till these are all implemented and more (it will definitely take time, but heck everything takes time) this site will be amazing

 

although, no doubt many bungie members will flood in soon, and no doubt the site might crash once or twice, hopefully nothing will be lost, so its good to back up the systems first then make it all pretty id say!

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