AnswerBank Update Coming Monday (We Think!)

[AB Editor]

Good Afternoon,

We've got some good news - there's going to be a site update on Monday.

That's right, you now have an excuse to go to the pub this coming Monday - don't say we don't ever do anything nice for you!

Some things which might get upgraded/added while you're having a pint or three:

(if you've not got much time, just read 6 & 7! Quick!)

1. Improved Contact Us Page - Bigger text, bigger boxes, no requirement for a phone number (as it was causing some to head to spam) clearer and cleaner... we hope

2. Improved Registration Page - Believe it or not, some new users have trouble signing up or put the wrong information in the wrong place. We've improved the layout of the registration page to make everything clearer.

3. Improved Ads on Desktop and Mobile Sites - currently there's some spots on the site where we can't get the most for the space we've got. We're changing that. Better cash flow means better improvements down the line.

4. Housekeeping! - excitingly there's a few improvements to the tools I use to manage the site. This includes things like being able to move threads and categories around. We can finally move Crosswords to a top-level category! I can FINALLY move your stray questions into the right category!

5. Deactivate Account Button - Those who want to leave AB (for whatever reasons) will be able to revoke their account with the click of a button. It makes flounces more fun and flounce denounces even funnier.

6. Best Answers V 2.0 - You'll now be able to see threads where others have had their answer marked as best in the public profile.

7. Badges - To recognise the outstanding contributions of some members of this excellent website we've put together a "badge" system. Badges are earned through contributions to the site. They include things like the "newscaster" badge for posting a great number of threads in News and "debator" for contributing to a certain number of long threads. We'll reveal all the badges and how one would achieve them once the site is live.

Hope this all sounds palatable to you. We'll update you as we get closer to the launch.

Please let me know what you think.

All the best,

Ed

[AB Editor]

Yep. It's quite invasive surgery actually.

[Psybbo]

I dispute best answer!!!!!

[baza]

Bring back Tilly2's post please?

[vivandorron]

Ed... I hope you have knocked off work for today...left the office and have gone home to await the excitement which your Techies have in store for us.

I am certainly looking forward to seeing what happens and, if it ain't good, no doubt someone will speak-up on the matter.:-)

Ron.

[cupid04]

Ed, Please can you stop the spamming that always happen after you've gone to bed. Thankyou in anticipation!

[dotty.]

mutter mutter mutter :(

[vivandorron]

Hi dotty.. It's not often that we meet-up in AB. Hope you are ok as I am.
I doubt that Ed will introduce a Garth gong, but who knows what AB's supremo will do. Perhaps he'll have a listen to :-



Ron.

[vivandorron]

I drew a blank on my last posting. Another thing for the Ed to look into....Links not posting.

I'll try another one :-



Ron

[jno]

I'd get Viv to try this one if I were you; it's just not Ron's day.

[vivandorron]

Hi jno.....Viv's gone with her sister to WI and I am left alone to make a mess of things.

I only wished to post a You Tube link to dotty of Garth Brooks singing Unanswered Prayers...... Perhaps you or another ABer can do it for me.

I've never had this problem before.

Ron.

[vivandorron]

I am now of the opinion that there is a problem of embedding You Tube links into AB.

It is the case that, thinking it might be a fault with my faithful Firefox Browser, I e/mailed the links to a friend who was able to click and play them immediately.

Ron.

[askyourgran]

I know all about Unanswered Prayers vivandorran. Something by Matt Munro will do instead while I look for my Girl Guide Badge probably the only badge I'll ever get.

[MASS1961]

I'll have a go Ron, on Chrome??? Never had a problem before

[MASS1961]

Until now!!!

[vivandorron]

Hi MASS... Thanks for trying to embed a Garth Brooks Video Clip.

At the moment I have opened Internet Explorer which shows our failures on Google and FF ; but accompanied by a message which reads "This Video is currently unavailable".

I find it all rather strange. A B nuisance one might say.

Ron.

[vivandorron]

Must put my mind at rest about whether it's an AB fault or not .
So here goes with a problem:-



Ron

[jno]

so, has it all kicked off yet?

[vivandorron]

Not yet, I think we may have to wait for the boys to reach mid-night.

http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html

Ron

[boxtops]

Well, Ed said 10 o'clock earlier.....

Badge for late timekeeping?

[vivandorron]

Ed did say 10pm but he then went on to say " If there are any delays we'll begin at midnight - so there should be a shiny new site to moan about in the morning :) "

I'm looking forward to it....the siny new broccoli that is...unless there is something to moan about.