I've once again upgraded the message board software to the latest available. I have not yet added any of the additional hacks that you're used to seeing. I want to make sure this version is stable before I tinker with it.

A few new features that this version has:

1) the "Last Day's Posts" feature is now shows the last 24 hours worth of posts, regardless of when you check it. Prior to this, it only showed posts since midnight pacific time.. so the list got larger as the day progressed.

2) The new community "directory" feature replaces the membership list hack. You'll find this directory in the upper right corner of the page. There's some neat features in there.

There are some other features which I have not enabled yet.. not sure I will.. they are basically restrictions that I don't want to impose on the community.. but they are there if needed. Also, there are a lot of background changes that you won't necessarilly notice unless you are very observant.

One hack that I will not be re-installing is the IM (Instant Message) feature. I'm not sure how much this feature got used.. but it proved to be a server hog. Processing time for the board went through the roof when it was implemented. So, it will not be returning.

Again, a lot of the little features like the Quick Reply feature have not yet been re-installed. I'll get to that tomorrow.

As always, please let me know of any quirks or bugs you run across.

Happy New Year!
PaulC