Welcome to the New S2KI!
10-25-2016, 03:05 PM
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Welcome to the New S2KI!
Welcome to the all-new S2KI! We've made the jump from IPBoard to vBulletin, and with it comes a refreshed look and a number of new features. But don't worry, what you know and love about S2KI all made the move - every account, every post, every photo. Let's break it all down:
What's New
Improved Mobile Experience - S2KI on your smartphone's web browser is an entirely new experience. The layout has been modernized to include little things like members' avatars for the first time, and major things like infinite scroll. Now when you're in a thread on mobile, you never need to hit "next page." As you scroll, the next pages of the thread will automatically load. Or if you prefer a more native experience complete with push notifications to your phone, S2KI is now fully supported in our Garage Talk app (download it now on the iOS App Store or Google Play).
User Tagging - Now you can publicly tag someone in your post, and they'll receive a Private Message with a link to your message. To tag someone, simply use the new BBCode [utag=NAME ]NAME[/utag ] (with no spaces) and the forum will handle everything else automatically.
Thread Subscriptions - Your Watched Topics are now called Thread Subscriptions, and you have more control over them than ever before. By visiting the Edit Subscriptions page in your User CP, you can now set the frequency of your subscription alerts and organize them into custom folders.
Thank You Button - If you appreciate someone's post, you can now "Thank" it. It's like a "Like" button, but with one difference: we'll also show how many thanks each of you have received and given.
Social Medial Embeds - YouTube videos, Facebook posts, tweets, Instagram photos, Google Maps... maps - all of these and more will now automatically embed in your posts. Just paste a link to any of them and the forum will do the rest.
What's Next
Community Status Updates - While we moved as much of S2KI to vBulletin as we could, one feature we unfortunately had to deprecate is the Community Status Updates section. vBulletin does not offer a direct equivalent, but we want to hear from you on how you'd like to see it replicated. Please join us in a discussion of new status update ideas in this thread.
Your Feedback - We plan to make continuous nips, tucks, and tweaks based on your feedback. Whether you found a bug report or wish to suggest an improvement, please don't hesitate to share your feedback in this thread.
Your Premium Membership - We have new items on the way for both our Members and Gold Members! If you're an existing premium member, please note that we have disabled your previous automatic membership renewal in PayPal. Your existing premium membership is unaffected, but when it's time to renew, please do so manually by visiting our Premium Membership page. This is to ensure that PayPal correctly communicates with our new software.
More to Come! - All of this is just the beginning of our S2KI revamp. Along with the new membership itesm mention above, you'll see further site features like an enhanced gallery and photo uploader. Stay tuned!
Trouble Logging In? Some passwords with special characters (i.e. ! $ & < > " \ ') may need to be reset in order to properly work with our new forum software. If you've received an error message when trying to login, please visit our Password Recovery form to regain access to your account. You can continue to use the same password, you just need to re-establish it. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
What's New
Improved Mobile Experience - S2KI on your smartphone's web browser is an entirely new experience. The layout has been modernized to include little things like members' avatars for the first time, and major things like infinite scroll. Now when you're in a thread on mobile, you never need to hit "next page." As you scroll, the next pages of the thread will automatically load. Or if you prefer a more native experience complete with push notifications to your phone, S2KI is now fully supported in our Garage Talk app (download it now on the iOS App Store or Google Play).
User Tagging - Now you can publicly tag someone in your post, and they'll receive a Private Message with a link to your message. To tag someone, simply use the new BBCode [utag=NAME ]NAME[/utag ] (with no spaces) and the forum will handle everything else automatically.
Thread Subscriptions - Your Watched Topics are now called Thread Subscriptions, and you have more control over them than ever before. By visiting the Edit Subscriptions page in your User CP, you can now set the frequency of your subscription alerts and organize them into custom folders.
Thank You Button - If you appreciate someone's post, you can now "Thank" it. It's like a "Like" button, but with one difference: we'll also show how many thanks each of you have received and given.
Social Medial Embeds - YouTube videos, Facebook posts, tweets, Instagram photos, Google Maps... maps - all of these and more will now automatically embed in your posts. Just paste a link to any of them and the forum will do the rest.
What's Next
Community Status Updates - While we moved as much of S2KI to vBulletin as we could, one feature we unfortunately had to deprecate is the Community Status Updates section. vBulletin does not offer a direct equivalent, but we want to hear from you on how you'd like to see it replicated. Please join us in a discussion of new status update ideas in this thread.
Your Feedback - We plan to make continuous nips, tucks, and tweaks based on your feedback. Whether you found a bug report or wish to suggest an improvement, please don't hesitate to share your feedback in this thread.
Your Premium Membership - We have new items on the way for both our Members and Gold Members! If you're an existing premium member, please note that we have disabled your previous automatic membership renewal in PayPal. Your existing premium membership is unaffected, but when it's time to renew, please do so manually by visiting our Premium Membership page. This is to ensure that PayPal correctly communicates with our new software.
More to Come! - All of this is just the beginning of our S2KI revamp. Along with the new membership itesm mention above, you'll see further site features like an enhanced gallery and photo uploader. Stay tuned!
Trouble Logging In? Some passwords with special characters (i.e. ! $ & < > " \ ') may need to be reset in order to properly work with our new forum software. If you've received an error message when trying to login, please visit our Password Recovery form to regain access to your account. You can continue to use the same password, you just need to re-establish it. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
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