***New Rivals Message Boards Launch Tonight

[MikeSinger]

After midnight tonight, Rivals will be launching its new message boards across the network, including here at FlaVarsity.com. The new boards are already up and running on our national boards - check them out here.


Here are some of the new Features & Benefits for the new Rivals.com Message Boards:

1. They are a responsive design; 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 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 and follow users so you don't miss replies to topics you're participating in or miss great posts from your favorite users. In yourNews Feed you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.

6. Dynamic quoting system 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 and automatic quoting is set up so that you can always follow the conversation with a user forgetting to quote.

7. Improved navigation and search: 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.

 

[DPHS]

do they have some one actively running them or do they pay them pennies to work on them on their spare time?

 

[MikeSinger]

Here's some of the new features...

Better media embedding so you can share pictures, videos, tweets, vines, Instagram, Youtube videos, etc.Private messaging for both users and the staff to contact you when you've been bad...this is a premium only feature.Mobile experience is nearly identical to the desktop version so links and media will be much easier to share and you can use other features like "ignore" and private messaging. Tip: The larger your mobile device the more options you'll see, turning your phone horizontally will display more as well. User profiles are easy to create and view.Email notifications when people respond to your posts or when there are new posts to any thread you choose to "watch".Copying and pasting most web pages will now appear correctly in your messages.Polls can be posted on the top or sides of the board.Archives of past messages could go back years.Ability to share posts or threads via social media.A "like" feature so you people can let you know what they think of your posts without the former star rankings, which people abused.You can use the @ symbol before a person's username and they will receive an alert that you're trying to talk with them.Preview posts before posting them live."Warn" button so you can alert mods to abusive posts or simply to cause problems for people that have different views from your own.When you reply to a message it will automatically quote the text from the message your responding to. This will help eliminate the problem of people struggling to follow a conversation.Multi-quotes so you can respond to multiple messages at once.Spoiler option so you can hide certain texts if you don't want to give away the final score of a game or ending to show or movie.More smilies and emjois.You can exit the board before submitting a new post and when you return you can continue the message where you left off.You can search individual threads, the current forum you're using or all forums on the site. You can also search for users, search by date and more.When you open a thread that you've previously read it will auto-scroll to the new messages you haven't seen.Better avatars and you will see them on the front page of the forum for who started the thread and if you responded it will also show you your pic so you can easily pick out your threads.You earn points for likes, quality posts, etc.You can drag pictures from anywhere on the Internet and drop them into your posts. You can also copy and paste images from the internet.Use permalink (small icon on each message at the bottom right hand side) to link directly to a post on a thread. By clicking the icon you can also choose to share the direct link to one of your social media accounts.