I have just updated the forum software, which adds some new functionality.

If you encounter any problems, please let me know. I will provide more information on the changes soon.

I have also had to disable the alternative styles for the moment, because they may not be compatible with this new version. If anyone desperately wants one of the old styles, I will endeavour to find something suitable if it is available.
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Can I have VBSilver back, pretty please? :-)
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Argh.
I can't even remember what my old style was, but I need it back. This is ghastly. :-)

If you can't restore the old ones then could you find some new ones, please? :-)
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OK, I have re-enabled the old styles. There will be some graphical errors with them though, especially in the profile sections.
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Tags

You will notice that every thread now has a 'Tags' section towards the bottom of the page. These allow members to provide related keywords, which will build up into a facility for finding related threads on the forum.

Here is an example thread:
http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/ukip...onference.html

Any registered users can add appropriate tags. Please check your spelling and punctuation!
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Social Groups

In the top navigation bar, you now have a new link to 'Groups'. I haven't tried these yet, and have installed an extra modification so that when a group reaches 5 members it can have its own sub forum area.

Anyone can start a group, but please do try to keep them relatively sensible otherwise the forum will get swamped with silly ones :-)
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This is a full list of the improvements for the techies:

Inline spam management & prevention
Thread tagging
Search cloud / tag cloud
Thread prefixes
Reciprocal friendships between users
Public visitor messaging on profile pages with 'conversation' feature
User picture galleries with user comment facility
User-created social groups with invite only and moderated membership options
Extended member profile pages
Customizable member profile pages with admin-controlled styling abilities
Inline editing of custom user profile fields
Lightbox viewer for attached images
Social bookmarking integration
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Thread Prefixes

If you wish, you can add a prefix to a thread title. Currently these include the most common thread types from the forum:

News
Rumour
Question
Advice
Scandal
Result
Aaarrgghh

I can add more as people wish.
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Party Membership

You can now show your party affiliation without the need for an avatar. You can either edit it through your profile, or via your 'User CP'.

If there are any other parties that need adding, please just send me a PM.
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Woah - RSS feed!

When did that happen?
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