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New Profile Fields

Bigwebmaster — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:34:36 -0700

Favorite Browser
Favorite Software
Favorite Quote
Favorite Books
Favorite Movies
Favorite TV Shows
Favorite Songs

You can edit your profile here: http://www.ozzu.com/ucp.php?i=164

If you think I should add any other profile fields please feel free to post what you think I should add in this thread.]]>

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Premium Memberships Rate Plans Change

Bigwebmaster — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:18:08 -0700

We have just changed all of our membership plans to be more reasonable for members who wish to help support Ozzu while getting additional features for their account at the same time. You will no longer have to worry about recurring fees or your membership expiring. Once you pay to become a bronze, silver, or gold member you will always be one. We have also made it possible so that you can upgrade your plan to something higher later and only pay the difference in cost. So if you pay to become a bronze member today, you could still upgrade to a silver or gold member at a later time and your previous payment will be applied towards that membership.

If you would like to help support ozzu please upgrade your membership by clicking on the control pane link at the top of ozzu:
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and then click on "Upgrade Membership" as shown in the screenshot:
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If you have any questions or comments please feel free to post them here.]]>

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Premium Memberships now available

Bigwebmaster — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:52:14 -0700

I will be adding more to these premium membership types as time goes on. If there is something you would like to see offered in one of these memberships that currently isnt there, you are welcome to make a recommendation.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.]]>

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TUTORIAL: Making tutorials for Ozzu Howto

Bigwebmaster — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:00:24 -0800

Introduction
With the upgrade to phpBB3 we now have subcategory support and will have tutorial sub sections in many forum categories across Ozzu. If you have a tutorial you want to place on Ozzu but see no tutorial category for it, please use our suggestions forum to make the request. Any registered user is welcome to post a tutorial, please keep in mind though that they will not show up until approved by a moderator. The reason why it will be on an approved basis is because our tutorial format must meet specific guidelines. This will make it easier for members following tutorials because the format will be consistent. It will also keep the tutorial forums free of junk.

The Tutorial Format

Each title of a tutorial should have this format:

TUTORIAL: Name of Tutorial

and then the actual post should have an introduction, sub headings, and a conclusion of some sorts. Every heading should be bold, underlined, and size large -- just like you see on this page. You can do that with code like this (take the space out of the first bbcode):

CODE:

[tuthead ]Your heading[/tuthead]
Paragraph starts here...

So for example it would look something like this:

QUOTE:

Introduction

The introduction here ... blah blah blah ... blah blah.

Sub Heading 1

Information here, can use any bbcodes such as code tags, lists, images, etc. Images should be done using the attach feature of ozzu to make sure that the tutorials always work in the future.

Sub Heading 2

More info here ...

Conclusion

The conclusion here ...

Tutorial Content

The tutorial is allowed to have text, images, code, quotes, colors, etc. You can fully use the BBCode system to help make things more clear. If you are unsure how to use BBCode please read this:

faq.php?mode=bbcode

If you choose to use images please attach them to the post. We will not allow externally linked images because they are not reliable to work in the future. In our tutorial forums all registered users will be able to attach images, movies, text files, programming files, zip files, and more. You can access the attachment area by looking below the posting box in the Additional Posting Preferences section. That section will let you know precisely what types of attachments are allowed. Here is a screenshot of what I am referring to:

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Tutorial Replies

Since you are the author of the tutorial, you will have the ability to keep the tutorial open for replies, or you can lock the tutorial if you do not want to bother with that. You do not need a moderator to lock your topic, you are able to do this yourself after you have posted the topic.

Tutorial Approval Process

The tutorial approval process is fairly straightforward. Any registered member can go into a tutorial section and create a new tutorial. You do this by simply creating a new topic in that section. Remember while you are in the middle of making your tutorial you can also save the tutorial as a Draft if you would like to come back to it later before submitting it. Once you have fully formatted the tutorial you can go ahead and post it to that tutorial forum.

At this point only you and moderators will see your topic, no other registered user will see it. Once a moderator comes around they will take a look at your tutorial to make sure its fits within our tutorial guidelines. If it does, they will approve the tutorial and it will then show up in that tutorial sub category. If it does not fit wihin guidelines the moderator will simply reply to your tutorial topic letting you know the problems. Once all the problems are fixed, the moderator will remove all of the additional comments so that only the tutorial is left. If the moderator feels the tutorial has no chance to being approved they may delete it completely.

Rules

Any tutorial submitted cannot be for the purpose of promoting your website. What this means is you cannot have embedded links in a tutorial referencing your website period. You are allowed to attach your signature which may have your links to your website.

A tutorial must be your own work. You cannot copy and paste someone elses work and claim it is your tutorial. This is called copyright infringement and will not be tolerated.

Conclusion

I think the tutorial sub sections will make a great addition to Ozzu. I know it is something that many Ozzu members have been wanting. We hope everyone enjoys the tutorials and have fun making them!]]>

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Ozzu Forum Update in Progress

Bigwebmaster — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:09:55 -0800

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Ozzu Forum Update

Bigwebmaster — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:15:01 -0800

With the update there is some important information I should address. Unfortunately due to the time requirement the smartDark theme will not be coming with this transition. Phpbb3 uses a completely new template system and I have already worked weeks on converting the current light theme. There will be a dark version of the light theme coming with this update (which will have similiar colors to smartDark), since that only requires CSS changes. In the future all additional themes will most likely only be CSS variations, and some may be derived from the recent Ozzu CSS competition that was held here.

There will be some changes to the structure of ozzu, for the most part everything will be very similiar. Regular members will have some new features, and eventually we will be introducing a premium member system of which will have even more new features. In addition to that some important fixes will be made, especially concerning the [php] tag and how it inserts spaces and formats code incorrectly. With this transition that should be finally fixed.

I may at some point be looking for a few beta testers of the new system to find any problems I have overlooked.

If anybody has any questions or concerns feel free to ask here.]]>

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Ozzu on Brand New Server - February 7, 2006

Bigwebmaster — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:13:18 -0800

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Profiles have new fields

Bigwebmaster — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:43:41 -0800

Gender
Education
Spoken Languages
Programming Languages
Programming Skill Level
Web Design Skill Level
Hardware Skill Level
Windows Skill Level
Unix / Linux Skill Level
SEO Skill Level
Short Biography

All of this new information will be publicly viewable such as mine at:

viewprofile2.html

I am still open to adding new fields.]]>

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Updated PHPBB to 2.0.19

Bigwebmaster — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:47:45 -0800

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Signatures Reset on Dec 14, 2005

Bigwebmaster — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:08:27 -0800

I am sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you.]]>

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