Announcement BYC Updated - Post Questions, Concerns, Issues, & Praise Here!

[Nifty-Chicken]

Thanks for everyone's patience as we put in a bunch of midnight (and 1,2,3,4, etc. am) oil into updating the forum software.

... we now ask for patience as we continue to find and tweak things as we find them. There are about 24,465 levers and knobs that we're bopping, twisting, and pulling to make everything nice and perfect for the (literally) millions of BYC visitors that come and hang out with us each and every month!!!

Please take a look around and let us know if you see things that are broken. Feel free to also make suggestions on things that could be changed to make BYC better. I can't promise we'll change them, but we'll listen and evaluate every request! Keep in mind that it's just hard to please all the people all the time... especially a few million of them

OH, and please point out your favorite new features and tools!

... but yeah, also PLEASE BE PATIENT with us as we continue to make adjustments

Thanks for being awesome members of BYC!!

-Rob

------------A FEW OF PEEP'S FAV NEW FEATURES----------


Fun new reactions:

Picture resizing on-the-fly:



The ability to "jump" to any page in a long thread:



The ability to type emojis right from your phone:


Additional Notes:

• Easier Image Uploading
• Conversations, bookmarks, editor, and other improvements
• Push notifications & Browser notifications
• Ad Placements / issues with ad-blockers
• No idea who this guy is, but he has some good points!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

A HUGE GINORMOUS THANK YOU to @CarpCharacin & @MattW for their countless hours preparing for this big project, and a bunch of hours today / tonight making it happen!!!

 

[MattW]

Yes, it's been a very long morning so far, with more goodies still to come

 

[CarpCharacin]

And we're back!

 

[TwoCrows]

We all need to keep in mind that this update is not finished yet, there is a lot of dust in the air and we will be working on this for quite a while till it's all polished up.

 

[TwoCrows]

OMG, we are on!!!

 

[Chicken Nifty]

I totally agree. @Nifty-Chicken Nifty (Rob) is the site owner and he is FABULOUS with not only the upkeep but the further development of the site, he really cares about our members and where BYC is going! If it weren't for Rob, we wouldn't all be here loving BYC!!!! Of course we can't forget our 2 techies James @CarpCharacin and Matt @MattW for keeping all the gears oiled here, the site would blow without their technical knowlege. Yay for BYC!

Hmm... you *might* be correct, but after digging around quite a bit (and I mean no disrespect) I'm pretty sure you're mistaken.

After thorough research here's what I've discovered:

The dudes you mentioned are pretty smart and do good work, but it seems the REAL people I should be thanking and acknowledging are:

1. The AMAZING moderators that keep things running smoothly. What an incredible group of level-headed and caring people!!
2. The "Project Managers" and volunteers that help so much "behind the scenes"
3. The fantastic members that "pay it forward" by helping other members in all kinds of ways... from sharing chicken-wisdom to welcoming brand new members!

All-around a pretty phenomenal community. I think I'll stick around for a while.

 

[MattW]

 

[TwoCrows]

How do you like it?

I am still trying to figure it all out but I think I'm going to like it much better!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Love the new look! Love the new features! Great job everyone! Thank you for everything you do