For those that have had technical issues beyond our control, they might be resolved here shortly. This was posted on the MB so I do not have a "go-to" point of contact. Sorry Nate if you were going to hit on this. Also, sorry for the large font below but I couldn't change it.
Here's the release:
Just a quick head's up that Rivals.com will be launching brand spanking new "National" Message Boards early Thursday morning.Starting at approximately 9 p.m. PT Wednesday night, Rivals.com will begin the process of migrating data for the following Message Boards:[/B] The Main Board, College Football Soundoff, College Basketball Board, Basketball Recruiting Board, High School Sports Central and for you National Pastime fans - College Baseball Clubhouse. [/B]
Once the migration is complete (approximately 4 to 5 hours with no major complications), the new Rivals.com "National" Message Boards will be live and ready for your enjoyment. The 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:
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.
They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
There will be no limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
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 your News Feed you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
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.
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.
Once we launch Thursday morning, you will notice a pinned post titled: "Help! How Do I ... for the New Rivals.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 subscriber. Your loyalty to 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.
Here's the release:
Just a quick head's up that Rivals.com will be launching brand spanking new "National" Message Boards early Thursday morning.Starting at approximately 9 p.m. PT Wednesday night, Rivals.com will begin the process of migrating data for the following Message Boards:[/B] The Main Board, College Football Soundoff, College Basketball Board, Basketball Recruiting Board, High School Sports Central and for you National Pastime fans - College Baseball Clubhouse. [/B]
Once the migration is complete (approximately 4 to 5 hours with no major complications), the new Rivals.com "National" Message Boards will be live and ready for your enjoyment. The 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:
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.
They have a modern, secure and actively maintained framework built for speed & stability
There will be no limit on Thread History, so you can reference old topics or replies at any time
There is Private Messaging, Social Profiles and Rich(er) Content - embeddable video, embeddable Tweets, etc
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 your News Feed you'll be able to see all of the topics, users, and content that you wish to follow.
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.
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.
Once we launch Thursday morning, you will notice a pinned post titled: "Help! How Do I ... for the New Rivals.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 subscriber. Your loyalty to 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.
