Changes from 10-26-2008

• Started framework for themes. Moved the body of the page into
  it’s own theme file:
  (app/views/application/_theme_(themename).html.erb)
• Created helpers to use with themes, get_theme_path(),
  get_themes(), and a couple others.

Changes from 10-13-2008

• Reimplemented emoticons. Beta at this time, since there seems
  to be a few issues with the regex matching patterns.

Changes from 10-7-2008

• Added Deletion option for posts, for post owners and editors.
  Does not actually delete the post, but flags it as deleted
  so it no longer shows up.

Changes from 09-16-2008

• Put in new code to “delete” posts. Posts will not actually
  be deleted, but instead has a flag set that will prevent
  them from showing up.

Changes from 09-15-2008

• Reworked Post listings blocks to be smaller; incorporated
  more of the AJAX effects and put some of the old block
  text into the Preview section.
• Added a make_user_link() help method that makes the link to
  a user’s profile page and optionally attaches the user tags.
• Updated the Post preview() method to change the AJAX slide
  in/out duration based on the post’s size, so larger posts
  take longer to slide in/out than shorter posts. (Waiting a
  full second for a line or so of text was annoying, but large
  posts flashed too fast with less than a 0.8 second animation
  time.)
• Various forum/post listing layout style-sheet changes.

Changes from 09-09-2008

• Fixed two “bugs” from the Rails 2.1 update, where the
  serialized fields of Users (:preferences and :stats)
  were not updating when saved. (Partial Updating “gotcha”
  with serialized fields.) This also fixed the “last login”
  issue I was seeing.
• Updated the site to use RedCloth 4.0.3 for text-to-html
  parsing. (The “posting codes”.)
• Updated the Posting Codes help page to reflect the new
  RedCloth changes and to link to the correct page as well.

Changes from 09-08-2008

• Update Admin Users page to be more usable.
• Broke out lots of static code blocks into partials,
  especially on the User pages.
• AJAX’d out the Admin User pages to allow for inline
  editing of Users without reloading the page.

Changes from 09-05-2008

• Added in AJAX/Scriptaculous effects for Post Previews
  so they slide in and out. Nifty.
• Fixed the Preview links so that non-Javascript users
  are not broken; they are just taken to the Post view
  page.

Changes from 09-04-2008

• Implemented better lay out on the User historical post
  list using the post block used on the forums now.
• Started Preview/Hide functionality. It WORKS! Yay.
  (Javascript required; it should fail back to a normal
  link otherwise, however.)

Changes from 09-02-2008

• Added User historical posts on each user’s profile page.
  It’s ugly, but it works. I’m in the middle of a revision
  of this. Which leads to:
• Changed Post listings from using a huge table to using DIV
  tags with tables within. Which leads to:
• Beginnings of an Improved Post Listing with Post Preview that
  will use Javascript and some AJAX magic. This leads to nothing,
  however:
• Added the Posting Code help page! Really! Finally..

Changes from 04-10-2008

• Added User Password form so users can change their password.

Changes from 03-28-2008

• Added New Post notification symbol-thingy.

Changes from 03-27-2008

• Added a new preference to show/hide ‘Edited On’ dates.

Changes from 03-04-2008

• Added ability to reply to a News Post.

Changes from 02-19-2008

• This new site is live!
• Fixed a reply bug.
• Implemented searching of posts.

Changes for 02-[12-18]-2008

• Converted the site from PHP/Smarty to Ruby on Rails, and from
  MySQL to Sqlite3. LOTS of huge-ass changes. Too many to list.
  Too many headaches to count. But it is mostly done.

Changes for 03-03-2006

• Removed Last/Next buttons, replaced with Page Links for Boards and
  Replies.

Changes for 11-21-2005

• Added Number of Chapters for each story on the Story Board listings.
• Changed how submissions are handled. After submission, posts and
  replies, etc, the view is redirected via HTTP headers to the correct
  location, so that hitting refresh/reload does not re-submit the
  data. Much better solution than using http-equiv-meta-refresh
  kludgey hackery due to not having to load extra data on the first
  page-load before the meta-refresh takes place.

Changes for 11-18-2005

• Implemented mod_rewrite to make more useful urls.
  Idea spurred forward by Savannah Bob.

Changes for 02-11-2005

• Added ‘Lyrics’ list to User Profiles.
  Note: need a better way, for somebody who posts on all four boards,
  it’s very cluttered.

Changes for 01-13-2005

• Made “You Are Logged In As: [nick]” part to show the Display Name as
  a link, so you can get to your own profile easily.

Changes for 10-16-2004

• Added Table Row colors to Boards for all current themes.
• Fixed minor bug in isAdmin() code that might have kept users from
  being able to edit their own posts in some instances.
• Re-added Login Help DB entry. How come nobody complained about
  that?!?
• Various code updates, bug fixes, etc…

Changes for 04-15-2004

• Added ability for an Admin to make Sticky Posts.
• Added ability for an Admin to disallow replies to posts.

Changes for 02-18-2003 thru 02-26-2004

• Allowed for italics, bold, and underlining in posts via the ibuswap()
  function.
• Allowed for Editable Replies.
• Moved Login fields to their own page, to stop cluttering the menu.
  Having the login forms in the menu causes issues with theme placement
  on lower resolutions.

Changed for 12-10-2003

• Changed how new Posts are reported in the Menus.
• Changed a few minor decorative details.

Changed for 12-08-2003

• Fixed popup windows for new Theme Engine.
• Converted Maize Theme.
• Fixed a few layout bugs.

Changed for 12-07-2003

• Updated site to new Theme Engine.
• Updated Default and Eletric Themes to new graphics.
• Converted most other themes to be compliant, with a few minor updates
  to their Menus.
• Changed size of text boxes on several pages to keep compliant with
  new layout.

Changed for 12-01-2003

• Added Posting Rules.
• Reorganized Menus to make a bit more sense.
• Fixed bug that kept user images from being added/deleted. (Thanks,
  Shay.)
• Fixed bug in Story Board where new stories did not show up in the
  Menu count via getNumNewPosts function.

Changes for 10-07-2003

• Added Images to News/Blog posts via getScreenImg function.

Changes for 10-02-2003

• Fixed small bug affecting escaping quotes and apostrophes.

Changes for 09-11-2003

• Small Changes to layout alignments
• Moved Live Chat link to be under the “Main” section of the Menu.
• Updates to the Electric Theme
• Added Maize Theme
• Um, added this page. :D