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As many of you have already noticed, I have been making a few minor changes to the GTPlanet Forums. As promised, here's a quick run-down on what is new and what has changed:
This is essentially the way we have always done things here, in terms of moderation. Now, though, the system is entirely automated and much more organized. These new features should make our world-class moderation team even more efficient and effective at keeping our favorite forums clean, organized, and fun while also being fair and just.
With that said, enjoy the new features and please let me know if you have any questions (which I'm SURE you guys do!).
- Signatures are now automatically limited to 300 characters and 6 lines. Also, the quote and alignment tags will no longer function in signatures and there is a maximum font size of 1 (this allows you to create text smaller than the default size, but not larger). It's OK if your current signature does not fall under these limitations - these changes will simply be applied the next time you edit your signature. I am sorry that many of you will miss the alignment tags, but give the new changes some time. As time goes by and everyone's signatures have been updated under the new rules, I believe you'll appreciate the neat-and-tidy, more readable and usable appearance. Also, when all signatures have a smaller font size than the post, the left aligned text will not distract you when reading through a thread. Remember, the center of attention when looking at a post should be the message - not the signature!
- The new multi-quote feature allows you to automatically quote multiple posts in one thread! Just click on the little green button next to the "Quote" link of any post in a thread. It will instantly change to a check mark, and when you click on that Quote link or "Post Reply", each post that you "checked" will be quoted for you automatically in the post composition box!
- When viewing a list of threads in the forum, you'll see a little paperclip to the right of the thread name section if any posts in the thread have attachments. Now you can click on that paperclip to view all of those attachments and their statistics and info.
- You'll get a Private Message inbox quota warning sent to your email address when your box is 90% full.
- When sending PM's, you now have a BCC field which functions just like email. Members entered into that field will still get the PM, but the users in the "To" field will not be able to see the BCC names.
- You can double-click on the little folder icon on the forum home page to automatically mark that forum as "read".
- When viewing quoted text in a post, you'll notice a little comment bubble icon. This will link you directly to the quoted post for reference.
- When using the Quick Editor to edit your posts, you can enter the reason for editing. This reason will be displayed next to the "Edit" information below your signature in the post.
- Notifications sent to you by email for thread subscriptions, notifications, etc. can now be unsubscribed to with one click of a special link now included in these emails. You no longer have to log into your account and manually unsubscribe.
- When entering usernames, you'll notice more auto-complete options which automatically try to guess the username that you are entering. This is most evident on the search pages and when composing a PM.
This is essentially the way we have always done things here, in terms of moderation. Now, though, the system is entirely automated and much more organized. These new features should make our world-class moderation team even more efficient and effective at keeping our favorite forums clean, organized, and fun while also being fair and just.
With that said, enjoy the new features and please let me know if you have any questions (which I'm SURE you guys do!).
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You should have your green edit notes above the line now. 
