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Turok General => Info/Help => Topic started by: Duke64 on July 16, 2015, 10:01:06 PM

Title: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on July 16, 2015, 10:01:06 PM
So I have done quite a few updates now but they are spread about. I decided for clean purposes I will keep them all in on spot here. But I will not include any from before and just start new from here.

The topic is locked for reading purpose only, feel free to discuss it in a random post section or general talk :P





Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on July 16, 2015, 10:04:22 PM
7-15-15

*Added an "anything else" board to the forums- Feel free to discuss some other games or as it says anything else.

*Chat added and now adjusted on home page in the middle underneath title and description of our forum.

Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on July 25, 2015, 02:21:13 AM
Moved Turok mp forum down in general discussion to avoid the confusion between our board.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on July 25, 2015, 02:28:38 AM
Added a member group named "Protector" These people will live by the sword die by the sword for this forum and I thank you. Hopefully as we grow this can stand out and mean something. If you think this is a bad idea first let me tell you they have no special permissions and its only an outlook to who exactly would protect our land.

There color will be orange

if you disagree with this thought please let me know through a pm and explain it could be changed.

I am not trying to single out but these 2 so far have showed more then dedication. Not saying others are not as good but just look at it these 2 belong as protectors. Much love to all my Turok fam.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on July 31, 2015, 12:48:49 AM
Moved Random Post topic to Anything Else board as suggested by Dinomite.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on August 25, 2015, 08:53:43 PM
*Were going all green Commando Style for now troops :D

This does not change our positions or titles. Just bare with me as I explore around some of the options I have since this is a new forum okay :) Thanks

*Found and fixed broken links to our partners including the steam group.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on August 27, 2015, 11:19:22 PM
Got rid of all links (Educator Duke64 Dinomite) thanks for the help ^

Handled a dcma notice for reported links and it was mostly to do with a link.

Removed any links to iso versions, downloads, or any thing in that nature in the posts on the forums (Especially since they are releasing) thanks Dinomite.

Had to close account while we clean up necessary links. (Sorry for the bad timing but it wasn't worth the risk)

No more posting links to downloadable versions or sites that lead to them.

Thanks for hanging in there :)
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 01, 2015, 04:56:23 PM
Somebody doesn't want a Turok community to exist. Whoever it is, is a weirdo they could have given us free warning rather then dmca notices. I won't reveal the name. If the forum ends up taking some kind of heat I will open another one so don't worry. But I am trying to keep what we have I think we are good actually but you never know I need to check

Turok Begins Steam group closed from a dmca notice for supporting links (although they were removed)

Guest members can no longer browse the forums for now.


If anything were to happen email me at duke64nukem@gmail . com (remove the space)

I know these are kind of drastic measures but we have tried so hard to get a community here like Doom has like Duke has and almost any other fps game of its time. But obviously somebody doesn't want it. But I won't be having it that steam group was the largest Turok group on steam.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 02, 2015, 09:48:49 AM
This is not the end for the forum just to let everyone know. I am just taking drastic measures because we have tried all to hard to build a community for Turok to just watch it crumble because of some link that nobody cared about 7 months ago. As admin I must take the heavy precautions and try to protect this place the best I can. The guests will be able to look at the forum again, I just need to make sure we are clean before proceeding!

Thanks
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 05, 2015, 12:27:46 AM
Guests can again view the boards but we encourage you to join or log in its easier that way for us :)

To be clear I did not personally shut down the steam group valve did.

Please do not post any links to any illegal downloads or anything of that nature.

All links should be clean in a bit of an aggressive manner hehe joking but I ask forum members to help us see links just in case any are missed thanks.




Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 10, 2015, 02:33:53 PM
Members get 20 rep points on there birthdays hehe only if the date is given I don't think the year is needed though. Thought it would be a nice thing, this has been on for a little bit and I never mentioned it. Kind of forgot :)
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 18, 2015, 04:47:39 PM
Posting replies/threads back to normal speed.

For anyone that was having issues with slow loading times while making a post I was to. I had been trying to solve the problem for over a month. I believe it is back to schedule.

Also, for anyone that had troubles posting a hole lot of content at once I think that is fixed as well.

This was due to anti spam filter on the forum

Thanks all.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 29, 2015, 05:07:43 PM
New member titles based on post counts.

(https://duke64nukem.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/post-based-groups-tf.jpg)

Please pm me if you have any suggestions or additions you would like to see and I will consider them. Click image to enlarge. 
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on November 03, 2015, 05:34:02 PM
Update on the home/portal page.

*Added "Check Turok 2 servers" The link shows you who's playing right now and I added the picture for fun :)
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on December 21, 2015, 10:39:33 PM
Added subforum to Turok Dinosaur Hunter section named "T1 modding/usercontent"

The replies to this board still appear as any post would in this section and would still compete with main threads. But you can also click on it, its right beneath the Turok Dinosaur Hunter topic. And you can also see it if your looking at all the topics in that section.

http://www.turokforums.com/t1-moddinguser-content/
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on December 25, 2015, 11:49:07 PM
I felt Info/Help is best at the bottom of the boards.

Moved anything else board above info/help
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on January 15, 2016, 12:12:46 AM
Tried to add in an update that supports ads for Turok ex on the forum but made a minor mishap in the coding. Now have some clean up to do on the forum nothing major. Please report anything if you notice it besides what is mentioned below.

Need to fix the rep point bars (they did not reset or anything I just need to put the way it was back into the system)
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on June 05, 2016, 10:15:17 PM
Added Dinosoids Rage Wars avatar pack to forums default.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on June 20, 2016, 01:21:57 AM
Sorry for the inconveniences today my host provider had technical difficulties. Nothing was wrong on the forum.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on August 08, 2016, 02:58:01 PM
Again sorry for the inconveniences we have experienced lately. I'm trying my best here I don't know what's going on but its possible a new host is coming but as I said i'm not 100% sure what's going to happen just yet. But it won't involve losing the forum at all so don't worry.

The database error some of you may have seen today was just a simple bug that was my fault by updating the forum only on admin center and not corresponding it with the control panel. Enjoy the day.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on August 11, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
Some reason Youtube videos were having some problem with the latest update I had to do the other day.

Fixed: Youtube videos now go in movie size and play at 60 fps also. It also should play at any resolution. I wanted to make them smaller but haven't got the time to go ahead. Enjoy.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on January 12, 2017, 09:48:47 PM
Faster Server (Our host moved onto a much faster server not to long ago. If you noticed the Forum loading faster its because the new server is a beast. However we still have an issue with the occasional forum crash)

Cleaned the categories and board sections. Divided Anything Else and General User Content sections away from Turok general discussion. (I believe that those should be separated).

Gave Turok Comics its own board. (The comics in my opinion don't belong as some side general thing like pictures of a collection).

Added a private workspace board. (Users must have password access to see there workspaces. We want to at least try to offer this To the community).
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on May 09, 2017, 04:54:27 PM
Jay Doomed is now a Moderator Thanks for your support and activity on the forum.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on November 28, 2017, 04:57:39 PM
New Emoticons, they're the Turok remasters achievement pics. All of those were made by Kaiser. And Kaiser approved them to be used here (thanks). Enjoy all.

 :oblivion: :primagen: :queen: :raptoid: :treasure: :t-rex: :alien: :bore: :campaigner: :chronosceptor: :feather: :long-hunter: :nuke:
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on March 30, 2018, 08:46:55 PM
We have updated the forums with a new ssl certificate and moved from http:// to https://

In other words its considered fully secure now. For starters, those who sometimes received the 'secure warning' through links shouldn't see that anymore. Don't worry- all old links still work the same.

The forum is also considered friendly for mobile users now too.

Both of these updates will increase favoritism with google and other search engines over time.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on April 01, 2018, 12:02:13 AM
Turok Evolution Modding board created as a child board to Evolution. Topics just need to be moved there in time (Frogger moved them).
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: EduCatOR on April 22, 2018, 05:47:48 PM
I updated the mobile look a bit again, makes it much more enjoyable to read on your phone and/or tablet. Just fyi.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: EduCatOR on April 29, 2018, 01:09:21 AM
Another update, finally got the mobile menu working properly so now we don't have a bunch of annoying links at the top. Cheers.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on May 24, 2018, 12:31:10 AM
Anything Modding related is now Yellow! All yellow enjoy the yellow.

Admins appear orange now

Other games board is light blue cyan.

Added some board icons to the child boards to further help notice them as well.

 :raptoid:
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on May 29, 2018, 12:29:49 AM
Sixty Four - Today at 3:27 PM
Fireborn is an admin role. Don't think too much of it. I just added some folks who have been very trusty and very helpful in the community.

New Fireborn Admin Roles in the Discord

Educator: Runs multiple turok2 ex mp servers. Helps with many things on the backend of this forum. I could not have this forum as good alone. Maybe silent type but does a lot more than most know.

Got Vis: Always plays Turok 2 is a Turok 2 mp organizer and trustee and is a community friendly leader and has been doing that for a long long long time.

Jay Doomed: Has done a lot of work for Turok and has had a trusted mutual behavior for community management. Dealing with hard things like bans and other things that he doesn't have to do.

And have been good trusty friends :D

This does not mean that the rest of you have done bad in any case. I really appreciate the moderators and members also and everything others have done I really do. Just know its really not an easy thing to say hey you have some keys to full access. It does not mean I don't like anyone or distrust anyone. These folks have been good folks for years already, and I think you will see that too. Just know I do watch for things and think about new roles even for others. Hopefully we grow more as a community. Keep playing and modding Turok.

Let me tell you I have been a much busier person lately.
Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on May 29, 2018, 05:02:51 PM
Added Turok Discord to the menu bar right after the log out button.

Edit: Removed Help menu

Title: Re: Forum Updates
Post by: Duke64 on September 11, 2019, 12:33:51 AM
I thought I fixed the shoutbox before (where users could delete chat posts). Having it available could give the sense that its only on your end. However, that wasn't the case and that is totally my fault that things were deleted.

Thanks to archiving DoomMarine 23 made a file that you can download and view it all again.

I posted it to Turok Sanctum:

https://turoksanctum.com/download/turok-forums-shoutbox-history/