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Admin   News

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Many of our users do not realize all the capabilities of our forum engine. One of them is an ability to create completely independent and self-contained forums. Root Style forums behave like separate entities. This feel is enhanced by the option to upload custom forum logo.
  Created : 06/14/2007  12:44:15    
Admin   Private Forums

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Any forum can be turned into private discussion area, where only admitted users can share their thoughts and ideas. This feature is extremely useful when you need to create isolated discussion group where all participants have to be member of particular organization or group.
  Created : 06/14/2007  12:45:23    
Admin   New Domain Names

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Smart Office, LLC has occurred additional domain names. Now domain names MyForumServer.com (.net,.org) and DiscussionNow.com (.net, .org) are pointing to Timur.Com. We hope that this will make our forum server more discoverable by the people looking for various forums. Our forum server now responds to more that one domain name and we foresee more changes related to this fact.
  Created : 06/14/2007  12:46:13     Updated : 06/14/2007  14:58:48 by Admin
Admin   Updated Software

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have updated our server software. In addition to the updated look now we have separate News section, where our users can find latest information about our services.
  Created : 06/14/2007  14:55:03    
Admin   Navigation Buttons

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Please note that we have relocated all main navigation buttons to the top of the screen. Users of our system, especially moderators, will no longer see forum control buttons at the bottom of the screen. Buttons on the left side of the menu bar have general, all user purpose, while buttons on the right side are more user specific. Set of available buttons changes from forum to forum, depending on the user rights within selected section.
  Created : 06/14/2007  14:56:48    
Admin   Firefox Troubles

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

It came to our attention that some of the functionality of our web site is not completely supported by the Firefox browser. We will work on resolution of this issue. Mean time if you are experiencing any malfunctions with our forum engine, please switch to Internet Explorer browser.

Please always let us know about any technical troubles that you experience with our web site. Our goal is to make our forum services perfect, and we rely on input from our users to make this happen.
  Created : 06/15/2007  09:18:07    
Admin   Firefox issue resolved

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have adjusted our forum engine to work correctly with Firefox browser. If somebody still experience problems with our web site, please delete TIMUR.COM cookie from your Firefox browser’s cache. This should resolve the problem. Please see Firefox’s help on how to remove cookies.
  Created : 06/19/2007  07:15:52     Updated : 06/19/2007  07:16:14 by Admin
Admin   Logos

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Did you know that after you register your forum with TIMUR.COM, you can upload custom forum logo image? This logo will replace default TIMUR.COM logo that appears at the top of the page. To do this, you need to click Edit Forum button/link. There you will see Forum Logo Image section with Change Logo option. If you follow this option/ link, you will see screen where you can upload your image and provide short text that will be displayed while mouse pointer is suspended above your logo. Mandatory image size is 300x40 pixels, otherwise server will not take your logo. Image must be in GIF or JPG format.
  Created : 06/25/2007  15:24:31     Updated : 06/25/2007  15:37:06 by Admin
Admin   More options in user profile

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have updated our system software. Now, when editing their profiles, users can provide more information about themselves. In addition to previously existing options, users now can specify their first and last names as well as name of the company that they work for.

When first and last names are specified, they are used for display purposes when showing forums, threads and messages. If user specifies his/her company, then this information is displayed under the user’s name when displaying messages/posts.

These new options appear to be useful to our corporate customers. We recommend them to be used only for closed/private forums. For the privacy sake it is wise to have a separate user name for participation in our open forums.
  Created : 06/28/2007  15:42:34     Updated : 06/28/2007  15:43:49 by Admin
Admin   Search bug fixed

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have discovered and fixed the bug in our search engine that was allowing to search through the private forum messages without having appropriate permissions. Fortunately we do not yet have significant amount of those private forums in our system.
  Created : 07/03/2007  16:58:52    
Admin   Database engine upgrade

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have upgraded our database engine from Firebird 1.5 to Firebird 2.0.1. We hope that this upgrade will improve overall system performance.
  Created : 07/03/2007  17:06:19    
Admin   User comments about forum engine interface improvements.

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Some of our users say that while having great capabilities, our forums feel a bit simplistic in their presentation. We have to admin that while building this site, our developers focused more on the performance aspects of the forum engine. Now, it is probably a good time to add some sophistication to our forums. We are working on alternative color schemes and control layouts. We will also try to introduce more graphical features to the presentation of our forums. We are wide open for suggestions from our users. Please feel free to offer your ideas on how to improve our interface by posting your messages in the TIMUR.COM Support forum.
  Created : 08/07/2007  13:43:35    
Admin   New hosting facility

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have moved our web site to the new dedicated hosting facility. We expect to have improved stability of the communication and increased response speed.
  Created : 08/27/2007  07:45:42    
Admin   Happy Holidays!

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Happy Holidays! This holiday season we wish our members and guests the best. May happiness, life, love and luck be on your side! Happy Holidays!
  Created : 12/22/2007  23:25:52     Updated : 12/22/2007  23:27:05 by Admin
Admin   Updates

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

Our website has not been particularly active lately. We are preparing for the major interface update that will more intensively use cascading styles and will eliminate some of the layout annoyances that have been affecting private forums.
  Created : 04/23/2008  07:39:55    
Admin   System interface update

Status : System Administrator
Registered : 09/06/2005
Posts : 158
Location : Maryland U.S.A.

We have updated our forum server software. Major changes are: color palette update, images in navigation controls were replaced by cascading styles, formatting of the private forums was changed. There are many more minor updates and fixes.
  Created : 05/02/2008  15:06:30    

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