Announcement Welcome To The New BYC!

[Wishing4Wings]

@casportpony
I tried to like your repost of the quotes tutorial video, but it will not let me.

Got this message in a black and red pop up:

The following error occurred:
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action.

I was able to like the second one.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony
I tried to like your repost of the quotes tutorial video, but it will not let me.

Got this message in a black and red pop up:

The following error occurred:
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action.

I was able to like the second one.

hmmm, I wonder why it did that?

 

[1TurkenLover]

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First off, THANK YOU for your patience as we've gone through (and go through) this conversion process. We've been working on this monumental project for months, and while we hope we've been able to cover all the big stuff, there's still a lot to do!

If you have any problems or issues, PLEASE look in this new troubleshooting section for people having the same problem. If you don't see a topic on the problem you're having, we ask that you start a new topic with as much detail as possible.

Logging In:

We've kept your login and password the same. You can go here to login to your account. If you have problems accessing your account, try resetting your password. If you still can't get in, contact us (make SURE you use the email address you used to signup!).

We Kept Your Nice Things:

You'll see that we've transferred as much of your "stuff" as possible... not an easy task with millions of posts, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds-of-millions of images. The stuff we moved includes:

• Topics / Threads (now called discussions)
• Posts (now called "messages"
• Images
• Private Messages (now called "conversations")
• Signature
• Topic / Thread Subscriptions (Watched Threads)
• Forum Subscriptions (Watched Forums)
• (If you notice anything missing, please see if others have reported here, if not, let us know with a new topic here.)

About You:

There are two main sections about YOU. They include:

• Your Profile Page (anyone can access). This has stuff like general info about you, posts you've made, etc.
• Personal Details (only you can access). This is where you can edit all your settings like your signature, contact info, and all your site preferences.

Where To Do The Things:

We know there are tons of areas you visit every day on BYC (ya, we know you love it here... so do we), so here are some areas you should check out:

• The Discussion Forum
• BYC Articles Section, including the Learning Center, Chicken Coops, etc.
• Chicken Breeds & Product Reviews
• Galleries and Albums

New Things To Learn:

• How do I upload pictures?
• What are "Trophies"?
• New "Members" page
• ???

Mobile BYC:

We recognize that about 65% of our visitors are on mobile devices! That being the case, we've been trying to focus even more on making sure the new BYC is very mobile friendly. Of course, it's VERY hard to program a site with lots of features to work perfect for every device combination of phone, tablet, computer, browser, version, etc., but we'll do the best we can!

Some New Features:

A few cool things on the new system include:

• A better mobile experience
  
• Easy image uploads
  
• The ability to sort threads by "most liked"
• The system automatically saves a "Draft" of your messages every 30 seconds!
  
• User Trophies
  
• Automatic smilies: Type : ) (without the space) and automatically get
  
• Multiple ways to upload images, including copy/paste & drag/drop
• Awesome "quote" / reply functionality
• Cool new navigation (floating top menu bar and the "quick to top / bottom" arrows to the bottom right of each page)
  
• Spellcheck works proper now! No need to right-click on red squiggled words.
• You can now see when your GFM will expire and you will be notified in advance!

Some Changes:

There are unfortunately a few things we're losing or being changed:

• Private Messages: We discovered that the old system didn't "delete" your messages, but just hid them. So in our quest to import as much stuff as possible, that included all these deleted PMs. So, if you want to clean out your PM's, you can use the "select all" option at the bottom of each page, and delete all the PM's you want removed. (or just leave them... we don't mind storing them).
  
• Ovations: They are no longer "weighted", it's now a 1-to-1 relationship. Also, we unfortunately weren't able to keep ovation comments
• Lists: Unfortunately the new system doesn't support lists
• "Who's viewing this thread": We're working on adding this feature

View attachment 25194

First off, THANK YOU for your patience as we've gone through (and go through) this conversion process. We've been working on this monumental project for months, and while we hope we've been able to cover all the big stuff, there's still a lot to do!

If you have any problems or issues, PLEASE look in this new troubleshooting section for people having the same problem. If you don't see a topic on the problem you're having, we ask that you start a new topic with as much detail as possible.

Logging In:

We've kept your login and password the same. You can go here to login to your account. If you have problems accessing your account, try resetting your password. If you still can't get in, contact us (make SURE you use the email address you used to signup!).

We Kept Your Nice Things:

You'll see that we've transferred as much of your "stuff" as possible... not an easy task with millions of posts, tens of thousands of articles, and hundreds-of-millions of images. The stuff we moved includes:

• Topics / Threads (now called discussions)
• Posts (now called "messages"
• Images
• Private Messages (now called "conversations")
• Signature
• Topic / Thread Subscriptions (Watched Threads)
• Forum Subscriptions (Watched Forums)
• (If you notice anything missing, please see if others have reported here, if not, let us know with a new topic here.)

About You:

There are two main sections about YOU. They include:

• Your Profile Page (anyone can access). This has stuff like general info about you, posts you've made, etc.
• Personal Details (only you can access). This is where you can edit all your settings like your signature, contact info, and all your site preferences.

Where To Do The Things:

We know there are tons of areas you visit every day on BYC (ya, we know you love it here... so do we), so here are some areas you should check out:

• The Discussion Forum
• BYC Articles Section, including the Learning Center, Chicken Coops, etc.
• Chicken Breeds & Product Reviews
• Galleries and Albums

New Things To Learn:

• How do I upload pictures?
• What are "Trophies"?
• New "Members" page
• ???

Mobile BYC:

We recognize that about 65% of our visitors are on mobile devices! That being the case, we've been trying to focus even more on making sure the new BYC is very mobile friendly. Of course, it's VERY hard to program a site with lots of features to work perfect for every device combination of phone, tablet, computer, browser, version, etc., but we'll do the best we can!

Some New Features:

A few cool things on the new system include:

• A better mobile experience
  
• Easy image uploads
  
• The ability to sort threads by "most liked"
• The system automatically saves a "Draft" of your messages every 30 seconds!
  
• User Trophies
  
• Automatic smilies: Type : ) (without the space) and automatically get
  
• Multiple ways to upload images, including copy/paste & drag/drop
• Awesome "quote" / reply functionality
• Cool new navigation (floating top menu bar and the "quick to top / bottom" arrows to the bottom right of each page)
  
• Spellcheck works proper now! No need to right-click on red squiggled words.
• You can now see when your GFM will expire and you will be notified in advance!

Some Changes:

There are unfortunately a few things we're losing or being changed:

• Private Messages: We discovered that the old system didn't "delete" your messages, but just hid them. So in our quest to import as much stuff as possible, that included all these deleted PMs. So, if you want to clean out your PM's, you can use the "select all" option at the bottom of each page, and delete all the PM's you want removed. (or just leave them... we don't mind storing them).
  
• Ovations: They are no longer "weighted", it's now a 1-to-1 relationship. Also, we unfortunately weren't able to keep ovation comments
• Lists: Unfortunately the new system doesn't support lists
• "Who's viewing this thread": We're working on adding this feature

 

[Chickensfan]

How do I start a new thread on here?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

hmmm, I wonder why it did that?

Kathy, the quotes video post disappeared!!

 

[1TurkenLover]

Help, Where & How do I find. . .
1. my saved Forums I liked.
2. the Place/tab that had ALL Chicken Breeds on it.
3. How do I save em again.....

 

[Chickensfan]

How do I start a new thread on here?

 

[casportpony]

Kathy, the quotes video post disappeared!!

That's because I thought I was posting the picture video, so I deleted that post. Guess maybe I should put the quotes one back?

 

[micah wotring]

How do I start a new thread on here?

Click on 'Forums'.
Click on whichever forum you want to make the thread in.
Then there should be a small blue box near the top saying 'post new thread'.
Click that blue box and you should be good to go!

 

[casportpony]

Here is the video on how to do quotes: