About the New Awesome Forums

January 3, 2012 - Thursday

Within the new awesome forums there is one issue to speak of that has drawn the site administrator's attention which was the user's name failing to display within various areas. For the most part this issue was fixed as of today. However, if there are any areas found where a user's name fails to display where it should, please post it right away in the Site Support Topic which was made specifically for this issue, and be sure to include in your post the URL where this issue was found. As with all things, changes are best made in moderation to ensure full functionality, which is what us here at ACBay have intended to do to so we have this legendary website back up at full speed. On our to do list next are the following:

• Install a more robust blog system to replace the existing one
• Install a chatroom

Thank you all for your patience and cooperation, and most importantly assistance with and dedication to this great website made with the support of you.
- Andy

New Forums!

January 2, 2012 - Wednesday

The old buggy forums have been replaced! We were unfortunately unable to transfer the topics/posts, and all activity that took place on the site between Dec. 31 - Jan 1 was deleted to make this change take place. There will be a temporary link here to the old forum in case there is information anyone would like to take off of it.

Big Changes

December 30, 2012 - Sunday

After much work attempting to make our current forum software function as desired within the community, it has come to our attention this is not easily feasible to fix a number of issues we're having. As regrettable as this is to say, we are going to need to switch to different forum software, and consequently, different blog software as the two are integrated together. This will be for the better however, as this change will lead to an improved user experience. Issues such as the profile avatar not reflecting the profile avatar, and notifications not displaying on the forum/blog pages, will be things of the past. The forum is an integral part of our community, and as such this must be resolved prior to advertising this website and increasing traffic flow. During the change to the new forum software, there will be a period of time where both forums will exist for the purpose of transferring our current posts, topics, and boards. If there are any concerns and/or questions over this, you may continue to post them in the usual forum area.

Minor Updates

December 27, 2012 - Thursday

The following has been done:

• The forum boards have been revised, some removed, some added, some moved.
• The links on the "video games" board description now correctly point to their appropriate sub categories.
• Replaced all forum smilies with new ones
• Added quick reply feature on forum thread responses, added smilies to quick reply

Thanks, more to come!

Merry Christmas ACBayers!

December 25, 2012 - Tuesday

Care for those you love! Today is a day to remember that which is truly more important to us - our true friends, whether related or not. I wish for all of you to remember this throughout the day. Site updates will be on hold during this time, and will resume between Dec. 26-27, so spend some time on this day, play a board game, take a walk outside and breathe in the chilly winter air. If you have snow, take a picture and share it on the forums! Have fun all and Happy Holidays!

Lots More Updates!

December 22, 2012 - Saturday

Happy Holidays ACBayers!! I hope everyone has something exciting going on this holiday season, good vibes are going around so it's a great time to be around friends and family! If not, a hot cup of cocoa always does the trick for me :)
On to the updates! The following updates have been performed on ACBay:

• Various 404 page errors regarding signup buttons have been resolved
• Forum boards have been made, pending future additions. Suggestions on this can be made here
• Thumbs Up/Down feature added for forum posts
• there is now a short link to profiles (example: animalcrossingbay.com/vampire)
• the "send message" link in the forums now sends the message to your profile
• Various links on the forum updated to go to the correct places within the community section of the site
• Made modifications to the layout within forum posts where the member information is located & added reputation feature
• Search bar added within each forum for quick search functions
• Search bar added to forum home page for quick search functions
• Added tabs to the forum home page to switch between recent posts and the forum board listings
• People who do not have an avatar will now display a default avatar of blanca

On a side note - There are some members who have a first that was inputted during registration. This causes some discrepancies when viewing the user's name on the forum and the community section, so I will be going into these accounts to remove the names in an attempt to fix the issue. This shouldn't be a problem in the future as the option to input a name other than the "username" has been removed. People with suggestions or comments, I'll see you in the forum!

Happy End of the World Day!

December 21, 2012 - Friday

Well it's here, the end of the world. I hope you all have lived life the way you've all wanted up to this point, because it's all going to end!...

Not really. All you may have noticed either a deeper depression or ability to let go of thoughts with a general higher sense of mental freedom and happiness. If you fall into the latter category, congratulations! If not, join the crowd!

Small Fixes

December 20, 2012 - Thursday

The following addition has been performed today:

• Facebook style chat bar was installed to the forum area and all sub pages

The following bug fixes have been done today:

• New members signing up were unable to post to the forum. This has been fixed.
• Accessing your profile page from any of the animal crossing guide areas resulted in a 404 page error. This has been fixed.

Website Updates

December 19, 2012 - Wednesday

The following updates were performed:

1. profile comments are no longer allowed by guests (that was the admin who posted a test comment on your profile Stephii)
2. wild world accessory item images now display, as seen here
3. User notifications in forum, blog, and guide areas no longer result in and error
4. various popup windows for new messages, adding friends, etc. had the grass background over the entire window. This has been fixed.

More updates to come!