Re: The Future of the Road Runner Nest
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:05 pm
A quick update for everybody on the progress towards the new community software:
It's looking like the final release if IPS 4.0 will be soon (within the next couple weeks), so we feel like the right answer is to hold off on launching until we can do the conversion of all the threads and everything here all in one move.
This new software is going to be a MASSIVE step forward in functionality.
1) The technical archive will be much improved, and (when the software allows - it's a "coming soon" feature) we'll even be able to promote posts from the forums into the archive.
2) The image gallery will finally return, with the ability for members to upload pictures and have their own albums.
3) Members will also be able to host their own project blogs here on the site.
4) Searching for content, and finding related content is light years beyond what we have today. There's a complete tagging system across everything - posts, images, blog entries, tech archive articles, etc - and if you search for a tag you will be able to find everything with that tag. Of course, this will mean that as a community we will need to build the habit of tagging stuff as we add it - but just with the bit of content I've been working with, it's power shines through.
5) The home page will really show of what's happening across the entire community. It will show recent posts, recent images, new blog entries, and even new additions to the tech archive.
6) The user profiles are significantly nicer too. You can upload your own cover photo, as well as having your profile image.
Thanks for hanging in there with us on this. It's absolutely going to be worth the wait!
It's looking like the final release if IPS 4.0 will be soon (within the next couple weeks), so we feel like the right answer is to hold off on launching until we can do the conversion of all the threads and everything here all in one move.
This new software is going to be a MASSIVE step forward in functionality.
1) The technical archive will be much improved, and (when the software allows - it's a "coming soon" feature) we'll even be able to promote posts from the forums into the archive.
2) The image gallery will finally return, with the ability for members to upload pictures and have their own albums.
3) Members will also be able to host their own project blogs here on the site.
4) Searching for content, and finding related content is light years beyond what we have today. There's a complete tagging system across everything - posts, images, blog entries, tech archive articles, etc - and if you search for a tag you will be able to find everything with that tag. Of course, this will mean that as a community we will need to build the habit of tagging stuff as we add it - but just with the bit of content I've been working with, it's power shines through.
5) The home page will really show of what's happening across the entire community. It will show recent posts, recent images, new blog entries, and even new additions to the tech archive.
6) The user profiles are significantly nicer too. You can upload your own cover photo, as well as having your profile image.
Thanks for hanging in there with us on this. It's absolutely going to be worth the wait!