I just wanted to let you all know that on this Wednesday, April 23, 2008 after 10:00 pm CST I will be shutting down our site to upgrade the forum software. We will be upgrading to vBulletin 3.7 which has some new features. I will basically get the site upgraded and then we can work on how to configure some of the new features. The one that I think you all will think have the most value is ability to have thread prefixes so we can tag threads as insurance, mortgage, annuity, etc and then you can either search for all those threads or I can build a feature to filter them from your interface if you don't want to see them. This upgrade is just the foundation for developing some of those ideas we have tossed around.
Other new features are mostly in the member profile page where you can have some more social networking type features and a thing called Social Groups which allows members to setup little groups so all the Vanguard, Berkshire members can group up. This can also be used for other things like creating a space for members by profession. We could have different groups for various military personnel to group up (wither by branch or at a more granular level).
Some of these new features might be useful and some might not. Some might not have any relevance now but later we will find a constructive use for them. Thanks for your patience and constructive feedback during this process. It will be nice to have this upgrade behind us and ability to move forward with many of the suggestions you all have made.
Other new features are mostly in the member profile page where you can have some more social networking type features and a thing called Social Groups which allows members to setup little groups so all the Vanguard, Berkshire members can group up. This can also be used for other things like creating a space for members by profession. We could have different groups for various military personnel to group up (wither by branch or at a more granular level).
Some of these new features might be useful and some might not. Some might not have any relevance now but later we will find a constructive use for them. Thanks for your patience and constructive feedback during this process. It will be nice to have this upgrade behind us and ability to move forward with many of the suggestions you all have made.