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Starting from today, I'll be copying the news items from the home page, here - so that we'll have a bit of an archive of the old ones.

(It also gives me an excuse to increase my pathetically low post count!)

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From September 17, 2010:

 

We have recently updated the site software to use the latest versions of the Invision Forums, Gallery, Downloads (file-sharing) module; the free chat room and the Blogs. We hope that our members and guest visitors will like the improved functionality of the site
The index page of the Invision Power Services Community Content System (IP Content) module, now provides the home page for the entire website. The content system will enable the site-owner to update the home page with ease. And, as time permits, you will hopefully be seeing a much improved and more professional-looking home page for this website!

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The new Classified ads and Links directory modules of the Forums are now up-and-running. However, in order to prevent abuse of these facilities by spammers, any New Member will need to request an upgrade to the Full Members group before they can upload advertisements or links there. Any Full Member can use the free Classifieds to advertise animals that they have bred and would like to sell as pets. There are also categories for things like Pet Supplies, Services for Pets, For Sale - Anything else, (things like second-hand cameras, for example) - and of course, the usual Personal Ads category for members seeking friendship or whatever.
Full Members are also very welcome to use the free Classifieds module for their own affiliate marketing. Same thing with the Links directory - although we are also hoping for some good quality pet site links - just because members would like to recommend them!

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News update from March 11, 2011:

New software has been installed for the Gallery module of the Forums.


The new software represents the biggest upgrade that the Invision Gallery has ever seen. It has been completely rewritten to modernize the interface and to add better functionality. The cobwebs have been blasted out and there is a slick new interface that never loses sight of what a Gallery should be. Permissions have been simplified and accessibility has been improved to remove the clutter and confusion. (For example, you no longer have to be at the index page for a particular album before you will see the "Upload" link - now it can be found at the bottom of any page in the Gallery.)


Unfortunately, the new Gallery software no longer allows Members to rate their own uploads using the image rating system. (This will not usually be a problem, unless your user-name is "smb!" (It took him several hours to work-out why he could rate some images and not others... Duhh!!)

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The MySoulPet.com Forums and associated modules, (with the exception of Classifieds and Links,) have recently had their software updated to the latest versions available from Invision Power Services.

Unfortunately, the Classifieds and the Links modules are not compatible with the new Forums software and these modules have been temporarily disabled.