Meant to be Seen UPGRADED!
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Meant to be Seen UPGRADED!
Unfortunately, while MTBS' traffic has doubled year over year from word of mouth alone, mtbs3D.com has been largely invisible to search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more. Our presence was felt thanks to regular press releases, but the ability for search engines to properly explore MTBS was largely hampered. This has been a very big disadvantage for us, even compared to the smallest of blogs.
Even when people would visit MTBS, it was a challenge because articles were hard to find. The frame that the site was based on made it difficult to cross-link articles too. In summary, MTBS' effectiveness was literally being crushed under its own growth.
Thankfully, we have been working very hard with a talented web designer named Vadim Krivosheev. He has spent countless hours converting the original MTBS into what you see here today. Here are just some of the leading improvements:
1. No more frame! You can cross-link articles now.
2. Website is indexed! You can search for keywords.
3. The website's comments engine is directly linked to our forums! Much more convenient.
4. Your PHPBB and MTBS registration are one and the same.
This is still a beta test. Some bugs we know about include:
1. The forum still needs some cleaning up.
2. The comments articles in the forum may be doubled. This will stop as the site matures and new content replaces the old content.
3. PHPBB needs to be fixed still. Smilies and embedded YouTube content still don't work.
This is just the beginning! Please share your thoughts by commenting below.
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Please don't hesitate to point out problems, etc. We aren't finished yet.
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Everything else is fine for me, except than when I send private messages to anyone other than myself, the sent messages forever stay in Outbox instead of Sent Items.
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Can you confirm that the problem still exists? Maybe send me a PM to see if I get it?
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Are you sure it's not possible to merge the doubling news topics in the Newswire? What about moving all the older threads and posts from the MTBS Newswire to the MTBS News? Surely a time-consuming task, but I believe the forum should handle this move transparently and no hyperlinks to existing threads should be broken...
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The doubling is temporary. What happened was the new system creates a thread for each article printed. We can easily choose destination categories, but not bind specific pre-existing threads. What will happen is moving forward, future threads will not be doubled.
We are still looking for workarounds.
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No, it's in Sent Items now.Neil wrote:The pm you sent me that I responded to, did it stay in the outbox?
I see. Hopefully you will be able to correct this eventually. Are you using a custom CMS or some PHPBB plug-in?We can easily choose destination categories, but not bind specific pre-existing threads ... We are still looking for workarounds
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The format for listings resources probably doesn't look as nice but I am sure administratively, it is a dream
After all, it is the contents that matters most on mtbs3d, not the container but it is a nice touch.
Thanks
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What I mean is that the gradient used as background for the submenus makes it look weird.
I would suggest either make it solid, or use the gradient that goes from clearer-darker-clearer, so that the white font stands out over the dark part of it.
See what I mean ?
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1. I found the bug only presented itself in Firefox, and not Internet Explorer.
2. When I upgraded my Firefox to the latest version (stability fixes, etc.), the problem went away.
Can you confirm?
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Meant to be Seen UPGRADED!
Meant to be Seen is very proud of the work we have done here. Readers can benefit from several S-3D game reviews, countless news stories, and great interviews with industry leaders. More than that, our members have been top contributors to the website and industry alike.
Unfortunately, while MTBS' traffic has doubled year over year from word of mouth alone, mtbs3D.com has been largely invisible to search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more. Our presence was felt thanks to regular press releases, but the ability for search engines to properly explore MTBS was largely hampered. This has been a very big disadvantage for us, even compared to the smallest of blogs.
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