In case you haven't seen, Rivals.com will have new message boards in the very near future. The national boards will officially switch over on Thursday morning and the plan is for all the team sites (this one included) to switch early next week.
Some new features (this is from Eric Winter, Head of Rivals.com):
1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different address to get the proper version for your device
2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users[/B] so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In your News Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
6. Dynamic quoting system[/B] so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.
7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include by keyword, date or thread title. Plus, you can link directly to a thread or a reply within a thread with permalinks.
This post was edited on 4/20 11:49 AM by JohnBlue_
Screenshots here
Some new features (this is from Eric Winter, Head of Rivals.com):
1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different address to get the proper version for your device
2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users[/B] so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In your News Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
6. Dynamic quoting system[/B] so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.
7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include by keyword, date or thread title. Plus, you can link directly to a thread or a reply within a thread with permalinks.
This post was edited on 4/20 11:49 AM by JohnBlue_
Screenshots here
