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Along the top of the editor in quick reply or full editor are certain functions. I'll go through these and explain each one. The first one, which looks like a light switch switches the editor functions on or off. Second feature, the rubber removes the formatting from the post (see below, the formatting you see here has been removed) Along the top of the editor in quick reply or full editor are certain functions. I'll go through these and explain each one. The first one, which looks like a light switch switches the editor functions on or off. Second feature, the rubber removes the formatting from the post The third option is the BBCODE options LOL LOL adds a colour background behind the text adds a colour background behind the text Copyright © this is a copyright, put your hands on your head and face the wall 2012. All Rights Reserved. inserts copyright information [copyright='copyright']this is a copyright, put your hands on your head and face the wall[/copyright] insert a donate code [donate]donate bb code[/donate] Hells Warrrior (add a members name to a topc, clickable to members profile. Hells Warrrior @Hells_Warrrior [twitter]Hells_Warrrior[/twitter] These are just some of the bb code functions, even more exist but remember, you really won't need to use bb code functions that often, you'll mainly need it for spoilers.

Thank you for your patience of the last few days, whilst the forum has been in maintenance mode. As you can see I have been extremely busy updating the forum to a new software and bring back somethings you liked that unfortunately broke on the previous forum. So what's the same? Well, all the topics, posts, usernames, profiles, signatures (although may need updated) are all the same, profile pictures have also been transferred when it has been possible to do so. Unfortunately not all profile pictures have transferred. So please check and update you're profile. The forum is now using 87% of the width of your screen. So what's new? WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get editor for making posts Within the editor, you'll also find a few different options, such as My Media, this will display the media that you have uploaded. Text colour options, undo and redo, find and replace text, smilies and more. The quickly reply function will give you this as standard, but you can also switch to the full editor, the full editor will give you the ability to you, the attach files function. You can then place thumbnails within the post as you did previously, or if you prefer to you the image link icon in the editor for remotely hosted images, you can also do that. It also makes the formatting of posts so much easier to do. This makes it easier for everyone else on the forum to read and comprehend what the member is trying to say. If it looks good when you type it, it will look good when it is posted. REMEMBER - WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). Search/View new content Since your last visit, you can easily search for new content New topics/posts The forum is now utilising two tone colour feature for read and unread topics and posts, as well as icons to the left of the topic/post. Read topic/post/forum Unread topic/post/forum Want to link to a post rather than the topic Simply click the post number or the the arrow next to it and copy and paste the link in the relevant post in the relevant part of the post. This will then directly link to the post. http://www.callofdutyzombies.com/CraigF/invision/index.php/topic/132437-the-face-behind-the-avatar/?p=1381455 Want to share this post on social media sites? Link you're CoDz account with your facebook, steam or twitter account (when signing in, select facebook, twitter, steam) then when redirected back to the site, select the option to link accounts). Status updates Whats that we hear, you visit other websites to post status updates and the like. Why? Why would you leave the zombies unattended, protect the forum from the hordes and post your status updates directly from CoDz. This will also appear as a status update on the CoDz site and in your profile on CoDz. Just link your accounts and then tick the box post to facebook/twitter when updating your status. phew, the zombies have been contained, that was a close call. Topic quick view How to quickly view the first and last post made within a topic. Embedding Youtube videos Simply paste the link to the youtube video http://youtu.be/XcHDICdxI7Y Embedding Vimeo videos Simply paste the link to the Vimeo video http://vimeo.com/83390470 Member Ranks, Brains & Zombification So, Brains and zombification return. These work as standard, part of the forum software and not a modification to the software. So the likely scenario of these becoming broken is very remote. However, some modification on these does exist. Brains is the reputation system, simply renamed to brains. Like a post to supply brains, this is exactly the same as it was on the PHPBB forum as far as I'm aware. Zombification, this is the member rank system and is based on post count. Reach a certain post count for the zombification to increase, the title of each rank needs to be determined. So with the zombification, you'll see stars represent the level of zombification achieved. Simply click on the icon and a list will appear of the levels and what is required to reach these levels. What will also happen, is if you scroll down, you will see the team icons appear (see pictures). Personal Message Here's a quick view of the personal message system Twitter Stream You can now see the last 5 tweets in the sidebar on the main forum index Final Countdown When active, this will countdown to the next event, next, game release etc Donate As before, the donation system returns also, with slight enhancement. You can now view a status bar of the percentage of the donations received towards the donation goal for the month. (I've actually disabled the status bar, as it needs to be manually updated. However, I'm investigated an add on that will automatically change someones usergroup and supply the donor medal automatically) - it costs though and I've already paid for a few modifications myself. CoDz Youtube The callofdutyzombies.com youtube channel, now feature prominently on the main forum sidebar. This is configured to show all videos currently on the CoD'z youtube channel. When new vidoes are added to youtube, they will be added to the sidebar (albiet manually) Smilies Brains - yip, they have returned, like someones post for them to be recognised with brains, you cannot like your own posts. Zombification - This has also returned and is based on post count, the introduction of the IPB forum, allows us to have a member ranking system in place. Users online today At the bottom of the forum, you will be able to see who is currently online (within the last 15 minutes) and you can also see who has visited today. Forum stats This will show you the stats for the site, how many registered members we have, the most online, newest member and the total posts made. I have also taken steps to combat spam, as you'll be aware, the spam bots on the old forum became rather annoying and admin and mods had to continually delete them and members could report them also. The likely scenario now, is that blacklisted and known spam bots will be blocked. We are utilising stop forum spam database, to prevent bots from registering, we are also using KeyCaptcha rather than ReCaptcha to combat the spam also. The site stats information will inform you how many spammers have been successfully blocked. We can't gaurentee that none will get through, but we are doing are best to eradicate them completely - if you see any, let us know and report them as spammers. Spammers reported will have post and PM function disabled. Awards The awards system has returned, even better than before, now in the main links for the forum is the awards page, it will give you a complete list of all available awards in one place. It will tell you what you need to be able to receive a particular award. You can also see who has received this award and the reason the award was supplied and who supplied the award. Here's a quick view of the awards system before the final edits are done, showing the listing of the awards (currently only User of The Month is active) Final edits need to be done once the forum has been moved to the forum directory and before the forum is still in maintenance mode and before it goes live. User of The Month Returns as it was before, only better. Now on the main forum index in the sidebar, you will see the User of The Month, it will give you certain details on that user, such as how many posts they have made, when they registered and so forth. You will also see two links "UOTM ARCHIVE" and "GO TO PROFILE". The UoTM archive basically does what it says, archives the previous UoTM into one place. Go to profile allows you to have a look at the User of The Months profile, you can comment on their profile, like profile and so forth. Here's a quick view of the User of The Month archive, before final edits are done. Final edits need to be done once this has been put into the forum directory and before the forum goes live. Status updates You can now enter a status update, this will then display on the forums sidebar staus update, however, you can even post the status update to facebook and twitter once you have linked your facebook/twitter account(s) Calendar It is what it is, it's a calendar. It will display birthdays, you can use it to insert things to do on certain dates and it can be used for organising COD play dates. You all know what to do with a calendar. Code of conduct This now has it's own page and can be found from the main site menu. Wallpapers This page has been updated and optimized, the larger files are downloads and the images are essentially thumbnails. This makes the page load a lot quicker and has been tidied up a little bit. Contact us A new contact us page/form has been introduced. You can use this to request medals, contact us relating to any technical problems with the site or for general enquiries) - you can also use the relevant form for this also. Arcade The introduction of the arcade will be new for everyone, with a certain amount of games added at the moment and more games will be added. You can request for a game of the week, see league leaders, challenge other players etc. With the forum games section, a new section has been added that will automatically post new games that have been added and will also post new high scores. I think we have covered just about everything that you need to know, we have probably missed a couple of tidbits but just ask and we will respond to the question as soon as possible. Remember, this isn't just new for you the members, this is also new for the admins and the moderators too and will take a time in adjusting. I'm sure you'll appreciate the effort we have made to bring you new features and return old features broken on the previous forum. Have fun and don't worry about your time zone, it should recognise it automatically. P.S. It might be worthwhile editing this post, copying it or whatever and using it as the introduction to the members for the new forum? Many thanks Craig (A.K.A. Hells Warrrior) Technical Support

Call of Duty Mobile forum view, I'v still got the images to do for the mobile skin but that won't take long.