Today's visitors to the site have probably noticed a few new features. The most obvious is we've moved the
Partner ads to the footer of the page, and added a new Partner:
Songlearning.com from Hammond Music Service. Congrats to Hammond!
We've also made a lot of changes to speed up the site: among other things, sidebar content loads after the rest of the page is already loaded.
More upgrades:
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We've eliminated paging on long lists, such as the forum listings. When you scroll to the bottom of the screen, the list will automatically increase in size.
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The "Who's online?" section will automatically update itself as other people use ChoralNet; if you need to get in touch with another user, you'll know when they're actually using the site.
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Searches are much more comprehensive, allowing you to filter your results and sort them, plus they allow searches for phrases "in quotes" and terms to be excluded using -minus signs.
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You can see all the items ever created by a particular user (or yourself) by viewing their user page and then clicking "View all..." in their sidebar. You can also filter these results by type. This might be useful when you remember posting something a while ago but can't find it.
Don't hesitate to let us know if you have questions about these features, or if they aren't working propertly on your system.
Complete new feaure list:
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Moved partner logos to fixed position at bottom
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Greatly improved search features
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Long lists automatically increase in length when you scroll to bottom of screen — no more paging
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Live Who's online section in sidebar will automatically update as new users are active on the site
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Live Moderate menu (moderators only) will automatically refresh every 60 seconds
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"Recently viewed pages" loaded after page loads, for faster performance
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Recent forums, announcements, classifieds, choirs, users kept in buffer for faster home-page performance
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Rounded corners on menus and colored boxes throughout site (only visible on some browsers)
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User-page sidebar, where the listing of recent items by the given user is shown, now has a "view all" link which shows all the items ever created by that user, filterable by type
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When users' emails have been stopped due to bouncing, they get a link in the upper right-hand corner which allows them to reset their mail status.
