Forum Update - Information Here

[MJ DeMarco]

UPGRADE STATUS: 99% Completed

As you can see, the forum is reopen at the new domain:

https://www.thefastlaneforum.com
(or FastlaneForum.com)

The update is only about x% complete but I've reopened the forum since it is fully functional ... there are lot of style kinks/bugs that I have to fix so please be patient. I have to reinstall several plugins, fix the reputation/speed system, etc. This stuff will take some time.

Here are some of the changes:

1) Personal blogs -- if you want to start your own here at Fastlane you can ... great for progress threads or more personal topics that might not be appropriate for the forum. The rules for blogs are a little more lax because it is YOUR blog, however, vitriol or other offensive topics will not be tolerated.

2) News -- I'm working on a plugin that will recategorize any NEWS that someone comments on. In the old version, NEWS that was interesting and commented on often got lost in the NEWS forum. If you comment on a NEWS article, it will be automatically be moved into the primary discussion forum. In effect, a comment on a news item "promotes" it for visible discussion.

3) Newbies won't be able to have signatures until they reach a 50 post limit.

4) Please "like" The Millionaire Fastlane for me on the right sidebar, much appreciated!

5) The articles section of the forum has moved to http://www.fastlaneentrepreneurs.com (or the singular if you prefer) ... I will start creating articles again and any articles posted there will be fed into here both in the forum and on the right sidebar. For the first few weeks, however, I will be simply moving some of my old articles posted here, over there.

6) Traffic to the site should decline a bit as I work out all the redirects.

I will update this thread daily to report on the UPGRADE STATUS as progress is made ...

Thanks
~ MJ

 

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[Jonleehacker]

looks great!

 

[Icy]

Any way to change the default font size for the posts? I took a quick look and couldn't find anything in my options.

Looks great though. Also, I never like things for Facebook, so be happy I made an exception!

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

Looks great!

 

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[Anon3587x]

Different, I see this is all in anticipation of your book.
If you sell 50,000 copies I'd assume at least 10,000 of those people will register as members of this forum.
Are you making plans to buy a bigger server?

All the older posters on here will soon become legends to these newbies who will be popping in soon.

 

[Anon3587x]

Am I the owner of the FIRST fastlaneforum blog?
Woot Woot!

 

[Russ H]

Wow, MJ, amazing amounts of work on things.

I've been "walking around" all the new pages for a while-- you've been a busy guy-- and the layouts are excellent!

Some of this is just a bit too new for me-- I feel like I'm wearing 3D glasses right now-- but I'm sure that will settle down in a few more days as I get used to things.

Again, congrats-- I know you're gonna be running around like crazy working on things the next few days.

-Russ H.

 

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[Guest3722A]

What? No new car smell?

It looks great. I don't think I've ever seen a site set up like this.

 

[Runum]

Yeah, the format is clean and bright. I need shades.

 

[JayKim]

Cant wait to see what the rest of it will look like this is great!!!

 

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[Bilgefisher]

Good stuff MJ. Nice, crisp and clean. To funny, the switch required me to login again, I had to find my password.

 

[Allseeingeye]

I like the green especially, I heard somewhere green helps you to be creative!

Thefastlaneforum has officially been pimped!

 

[CMCarlin]

excellent re-design MJ. Good stuff!

 

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[nipsid]

It looks so much better.

 

[Motivated]

Looks great! Im only new to this place but the new look to it is excellent.

 

[Bond]

I like the clean design.

 

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[NoMoneyDown]

Looks really nice.

Are the three characters that appear in the menu list (when you hover over a topic subject on the main page) part of the "work in progress"?

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[SaraK]

I love the new look! And I really like the book cover you decided on and the promo section for the book. It all looks very integrated and up-to-date.

 

[PaulRobert]

Awesome Look MJ! Loving the new changes and can't wait to see the other 80%!

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Looks really nice.

Are the three characters that appear in the menu list (when you hover over a topic subject on the main page) part of the "work in progress"?

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Fixed, update 25% done.

 

[G_Alexander]

Great work MJ. Looks really good, but like Russ said I too am definitely in a foreign country right now without a dictionary. I will have to learn the language on my own!

Of course, can't wait to see the speed limits and tags back up. Funny the first time I checked out the forum re-work I am on my sisters new Macbook Pro and it looks great on here!

Best,

G. Alexander

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Just a new feature note ... anytime someone comments on a NEWS item (The News Tab) the article is immediately promoted to the main forum area. Basically, when a news item strikes your fancy, comment on it and it will "move" to the "latest threads" section with the thread moving to its parent forum.

Under the old board, the topic would stay in the "news" forum and not update to the main section usually resulting in not much conversation on the news item.

 

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[Russ H]

Just a new feature note ... anytime someone comments on a NEWS item (The News Tab) the article is immediately promoted to the main forum area. Basically, when a news item strikes your fancy, comment on it and it will "move" to the "latest threads" section with the thread moving to its parent forum.

Under the old board, the topic would stay in the "news" forum and not update to the main section usually resulting in not much conversation on the news item.

Mee LIKE!

-Russ H.

 

[x9vjzs098u123rnl]

This is the first time I've been by in a little bit, and it looks GREAT! Can't wait to try out the blog feature too.

(also appreciate the new dollarsign/road favicon)

 

[Anon3587x]

Mj I have an issue!
Where did the speed go?
Am I just not seeing it?

I really enjoyed the "Thanks" and "Speed+" features this forum had.

Are you making plans to bring it back?

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

At the moment, the STAR below every post is how you add speed. The speed rankings aren't up and is on the list. Note: As of today, I've ranked the update about 30% complete.

 

[Icy]

At the moment, the STAR below every post is how you add speed. The speed rankings aren't up and is on the list. Note: As of today, I've ranked the update about 30% complete.

The speed rankings are kind of up, just not like before. Hovering the mouse over the green boxes below peoples names gives their speed.

 

[Adam_C]

Giant font?
Looks like 20pt.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

At 35% ...

1) removed the tool tip "hover" on the newest posts box ... just seemed like overkill.
2) added the Fastlane forum icons (click on any forum to list theads)

(Nothing new)

(Unread/new posts)

(Hot thread with your participation, new posts)

(Hot thread)

(Hot thread with your participation)

Basically, any thread with an exclamation is a thread you've commented on.

3) Also fixed the "Hot Thread" parameters.
4) Separated and offset stickies.

 

[biophase]

The advanced reply text input form needs to be bigger. It's so tiny and the font is huge it's hard to see what I'm typing.