c2tweetcrew Rowing, rowing, rowing… and friends!

I spent the last couple weeks thinking about how to best improve the usefulness of this site, while cutting down on some of the spam users that were showing up.

So now, I’ve finally gotten it all done after being up WAY too late working on it last night, and fighting off some crazy server errors this morning.

Here is the latest version of the blog. I have updated the layout to feature the parts that people care about (the standings, mostly). The new layout/theme is hopefully a little easier on the eyes as well, it was a necessary change as the old theme was linked to the old forum directly.

In the process I have updated a couple of the scripts behind the scenes. The sig images are the most important. All data has been transferred to the new forum system, so you should be able to seamlessly update anything you already had. If you think you’ve lost some data, let me know. I still have all of the original data backed up. I have also implemented some new ways to access the sig images so that they can be even EASIER! The last step of that process that I am working on is allowing you to use a username instead of a user_id to access those images. Learn about that process here: c2TC Forum – Sig Images

That brings us to the MASSIVE update to the forums!

The old forums were a pain to use, hard to navigate and basically useless in light of all the other types of communication around. So, I upped the ante by installing Simple Machines Forum software and importing all of the necessary data. So, go over and get signed it. You’ll need to reset your password, or I can reset it manually for you (just email/DM/FB Message me). I am working to add a Shoutbox (simple style chat box) to the software so that we can foster slightly less formal communication.

The new forums should work like most of the other forums people use. If you have any questions about it’s operation, let me know.

Things still left that I’ll be updating soon:
– Shoutbox on Forums
– Facebook Group Integration (researching this possibility)
– URL Shortener (c2.tc is pretty short, and bit.ly keeps making my links longer!)
– Ads (I’m hoping to figure out how to do some non-instrusive ads to help pay for the bandwidth/time that I spend on this endeavor)
– Forum Banner

If there’s anything else you’d like to see integrated with the site, let me know and I’ll get working on it! My goal is to make this site the HQ for the team and a great repository of rowing knowledge.