[Articles] CocoonTech.com 2.0: Phase 3

[CT Droid]

I'm happy to announce Phase 3 of CocoonTech.com 2.0 is now live!  As you can tell, the 'front door' looks a little different now.  In order to be able to post higher quality content, I have decided to invest time and resources in a real content management system.

The forums will still be the 'core' of the CocoonTech community, but it will now be much easier to offer more content.

Instead of making you read a long post explaining everything, I would like to invite you to check everything of for yourself, and if you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to post them.

The site is far from done, but I needed this phase to go live before I could continue working on the new features.



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[electron]

Looks like CT Bot's new posts aren't showing when using the 'View New Posts' link, so I'll have to work on my own 'View everything that's new' type feature.

 

[Squintz]

Looking good!

 

[rmasonjr]

LONG time lurker here.... Looks fantastic!

 

[123]

Dan,

Great work! The landing page looks first-class. I especially like the new 'puzzle' logo.

 

[wuench]

Whoa! I thought I was on the wrong site for a minute...

 

[Smarty]

Where do I find the "Todays active Topics"?

 

[Sacedog]

Where do I find the "Todays active Topics"?

Ditto!

Looks great btw. I too thought I was at the wrong site.

 

[Neurorad]

Great job!

 

[Dean Roddey]

Wow, very spiffy looking. A nice clean and attractive layout.

 

[mdavis]

I agree - looks great! Nice job Dan.

 

[electron]

Thanks for the kind words guys! The link you are looking for still exists, I guess it must have been on the old portal page as well, but in a better location. I'll add it to the drop down menu. For now, you can find it right above the box where the active members are listed:

Today's active topics · The moderating team · Today's top 20 posters · Overall top 20 posters

 

[project_x]

I'm happy to announce Phase 3 of CocoonTech.com 2.0 is now live!� As you can tell, the 'front door' looks a little different now.� In order to be able to post higher quality content, I have decided to invest time and resources in a real content management system.

The forums will still be the 'core' of the CocoonTech community, but it will now be much easier to offer more content.

Instead of making you read a long post explaining everything, I would like to invite you to check everything of for yourself, and if you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to post them.

The site is far from done, but I needed this phase to go live before I could continue working on the new features.



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Dan, it looks great. I have two items I wanted to bring to your attention.
1. The last 2 (maybe 3 days), using Chrome as my browser, it will not retain my login status (works for other sites, and worked before the new "Login banner")
2. Would it be possible to have a link on the main page to "Today's active posts", I realize that it is under forum tab, but I can't get to that on my blackberry using opera mini?


thanks for all your hard work,
Rob

 

[electron]

if you go to /forums you should see the link on the bottom of the screen where it always has been. I'll try to come up with a more user friendly version for low-res device. As for the login issue, nothing has changed, so I would try the "delete all cookies" link at the bottom of the main forum page (near the view todays topics link).

 

[AnthonyZ]

I LOVE the new look and feel. Very well done. I also really dig the new puzzle themed logo. It's perfect and I'd like to see a shirt (T-shirt and collared) sale again. I would absolutely buy again. Maybe embroidered, as before, for the collared shirt and a larger screen print for the T's? Well done!