Below is a copy of Eric Winter's posts on the national forums:
Hey everyone,
Just a quick head's up that High School Sports Central and for you National Pastime fans - College Baseball Clubhouse.
Once the migration is complete (approximately 4 to 5 hours with no major complications), the new Rivals.com team will monitor the new boards for the next 72 hours, and if all goes well, we intend on launching the new Message Boards across every site in the network (including your home sites) this coming Monday night/Tuesday early am.
Here are some of the new Features & Benefits for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:
1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different address to get the proper version for your device
2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users [/B]so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In yourNews Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
6. Dynamic quoting system [/B]so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.
7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include by keyword, date or thread title.
Once we launch Thursday morning, you will notice a pinned post titled: "Help! How Do I ... for the NewRivals.com Message Boards." Click on that link and you will have numerous threads walking you through everything you need to help make your Message Board experience a truly fun and dynamic one.
Thank you for being a Rivals.com and its local publisher sites is one of the reasons we continue to have the strongest community in the business.
The Rivals.com team and I will have more Product enhancement announcements in May ... and more to come after that.
Hey everyone,
Just a quick head's up that High School Sports Central and for you National Pastime fans - College Baseball Clubhouse.
Once the migration is complete (approximately 4 to 5 hours with no major complications), the new Rivals.com team will monitor the new boards for the next 72 hours, and if all goes well, we intend on launching the new Message Boards across every site in the network (including your home sites) this coming Monday night/Tuesday early am.
Here are some of the new Features & Benefits for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:
1. They are a responsive design[/B]; meaning, they were designed for desktop, tablets and mobile - all in one design and all at the same URL. No need to go to a different address to get the proper version for your device
2. They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
3. There will be no[/B] limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
4. There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
5. You now can set up alerts[/B] and follow users [/B]so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In yourNews Feed[/B] you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
6. Dynamic quoting system [/B]so what you select within a thread can be quoted without copying and pasting any code. You select what you want to quote and click Reply over that selection, and it will be put automatically in your reply. You can quote multiple posts[/B] and automatic quoting[/B] is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.
7. Improved navigation[/B] and search[/B]: quickly jump to the first unread post in a thread or to the top and bottom of each thread. Advanced search features include by keyword, date or thread title.
Once we launch Thursday morning, you will notice a pinned post titled: "Help! How Do I ... for the NewRivals.com Message Boards." Click on that link and you will have numerous threads walking you through everything you need to help make your Message Board experience a truly fun and dynamic one.
Thank you for being a Rivals.com and its local publisher sites is one of the reasons we continue to have the strongest community in the business.
The Rivals.com team and I will have more Product enhancement announcements in May ... and more to come after that.
