Plug-In Forum Maintenance

[Merlin]

At the following time, we will be performing maintenance on The Final Fantasy Forums. During this period, the forums will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

[Date & Time]
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 from 16:00 to 18:00 (EST)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Maintenance Details]
- Reputation System overhaul will be implemented and tested
- Cleanup of various reported layout issues

This topic is in regards to the new system and features. Complaints, etc in regards to the Reputation System and it's temporary removal are NOT ALLOWED. Additional details of the features will be added upon maintenance completion.

Features of Thank-You System
Phase I

• You can rate individual posts with either `Thanks!` (positive) or `No Thanks!` (negative)
• Messages are shown in your User CP as before, with `Thanks!` being green and `No Thanks!` being red
• There is no user ranking. The pips are gone and any reference to your "status" has been removed. Thanking someone does not affect the user status in any way, shape, or form.
• Limits on Thanking have been greatly reduced to encourage more interaction. These may be adjusted in the future.
• Capability of Banning users and specific forums from the Thank-You System have been added.
• Everyone is on a clean slate as far as this System goes, meaning no-one will be banned from the start.
• TFF Rules apply to the Thank-You System. Violators can and will be disciplined by the staff. If you believe someone is violating the rules, please tell the staff.

Phase II
This Phase is not implemented yet. It will be similar to sites like Digg, where you can rate specific posts, rather than a user. Kinda stupid it wasn't written that way in the first place, but I didn't design the system, Jelsoft did. I tried a few hacks but they all suck ass. Therefore, I'm working on building one from scratch. It will not be up any time soon since I have a lot on my plate.

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Thanks to everyone for being patient. It might not seem like much right now, but it's just the first step. My main goal today was eliminating all the bad stuff and retaining all the fun stuff we like. If you find any bugs, (like your old Rep Count, etc showing up somewhere), please post it here and I'll take care of it as soon as I can.

I think the layouts are pretty much bug-free right now. The tables are still screwy looking on the main page, but I'm not going to mess with that until I totally replace them in a few months. It's not a simple fix.