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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Mar 19, 2014 13:29:15 GMT -5

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Mar 19, 2014 13:29:15 GMT -5

We've made some changes and will probably continue to do so for a long time. Here you'll be able to get a quick picture of what's changed.

GENERAL FORUM:
We added
1) Driving Lessions, learning to drive!
2) Admin Help, Suggestions, Questions (it the board you're reading this post in

3) We changed the name Funny Stuff to Off-Topic so people will feel free to chat about anything. Dashcam Drenthe added a popular topic called The Bar.

DASH CAM CHANNELS AND EFFORTS (this is a name change)
1) We've streamlined all the names in this board so the main subject word is listed first in the title (i.e. Vehicle, Bicycle, Pedestrian, Motorcycle…)
2) We've added sub-boards to each of this main boards that deal with PRO-TIPS to encourage quality skills. By moving Pro-Tips, we eliminated the board it was in.

VIDEO & MEDIA INFO:
1) We realized, with a suggestion from a member, that there were too many dash cam specific posts mixed with 'general hardware' so we created a new board just for dash cam discussions and reviews called: DashCam Discussions & Reviews (what else would we call it

IN THE NEWS:
1) We added a new board called New Technology and Trends thus moving into it many posts that related to this topic.

REAL WORLD PROJECTS AND IDEAS TO MAKE A SAFER EXPERIENCE
1) This is a new category to absorb a variety of topics. It has two new Boards called
2) Road, Bike Path, Sidewalk Design Projects/Ideas and,
3) Vehicle Design in regards to safety, Existing or New Ideas.

ADMIN & MODERATORS ONLY BOARD
1) We added this board so new admins and moderators can discuss the forum and website.

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Mar 23, 2014 19:52:11 GMT -5

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Mar 23, 2014 19:52:11 GMT -5

We've decided to create a sub-board for ChitChat called Polls:VoteHere. It's more of a test to see if it works, and may include other topics.

Our hope is people will be willing to create their own poll, and to answer other polls.

It also frees up the ChitChat section for more chit chats.

There's probably other tweaks that have happened too as well refine the forum to make it easy to navigate and fun to use.

Suggestions always welcome, like the one we just implemented.

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Mar 26, 2014 12:02:15 GMT -5 Bad New Jersey Drivers, C_H EdmontonDrivers, and 1 more like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Mar 26, 2014 12:02:15 GMT -5

We just passed 50 members, YAY!

Thanks everyone for registering rather than just looking around as a guest, and helping spread the word. The bulk of new members joined just within the last week.

The participation on this new forum has been amazing. So many people and so many great posts and new topics.

Very cool, I'm now glad we decided to try this out.

Cheers!

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Mar 27, 2014 23:01:19 GMT -5 DashCamExtraordinaire and C_H EdmontonDrivers like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Mar 27, 2014 23:01:19 GMT -5

I split the 'In the News' into 2 boards called:

News, Technology, Trends, Influences and The Reckless.

I also added a new board called something like Cultural Influences so we can explore this topic. In many cases there is no real cultural influence, and I certainly don't want to imply there should be any restrictions on freedom of speech, but young people do get ideas in their head and believe them to be true. For them, sometimes it takes a tragic event to change their attitude, and thus here we try to figure out if there's a way to reach people without having to rely on tragic events and thus seek to explore where certain ideas come from.

I've changed the board title of Video & Media info to Hardware, Software and Media

Finally I've added a new board for Truck drivers of all kinds. I don't think we'll get a big crowd in this area as there may be other forums for big rig drivers, but still I sub to a lot of driver channels including a couple of tow truck channels. Lets hope they feel welcome here.

Refining will hopefully help navigation easier over the long term, sorry for so many changes.

Last Edit: Mar 27, 2014 23:06:06 GMT -5 by DontDentMyCar

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Apr 24, 2014 12:50:13 GMT -5 Safe Drivers Unite and HLW OnTheRoad like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Apr 24, 2014 12:50:13 GMT -5

Did you notice, with the help of staff, especially Safe Drivers Unite, that the 'Featured Channels' and their links have changed in the right side bar? Your name, if you are a member, could be now listed. If it isn't there yet, it will be soon.

We wanted to say thanks to our members, and will continue to add more member names to the list, especially if you participate on the forums. It's our way of saying thanks.

In fact Safe Drivers Unite has been promoted to an Administrator, and ExposingBadDrivers to a moderator position, congrats to both.

We have assigned Moderators to each board now, and their names should be visible on the main forum board. This to ensure that all visitors and members know that ProjectRoadRush is a group effort.

Finally, THANKS! We are approaching 75 members and have on several occasions almost had 500 people visit our forum in one day. No doubt they are subscribing to those members who are participating, so if you haven't done so already, REGISTER!

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Why is a text message more important then staying focused on the road???? >:(

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Apr 26, 2014 14:33:16 GMT -5 MichiganDashcam and Trail like this

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Post by DashCamExtraordinaire on Apr 26, 2014 14:33:16 GMT -5

KARMA SYSTEM:

We've added a Karma award add-on to the forum so you can award points or take them away from members for their posts. It works much like a thumbs-up and thumbs-down system. Every member gets one point Karma for registering.

To give someone an 'Exalt' (positive) or a 'Smite' (negative) just click on those particular words under their Avatar. The number of Exalt's will be displayed there and on their profile page. Enjoy.

Last Edit: Apr 26, 2014 15:01:00 GMT -5 by DontDentMyCar

badsouthfldrivers Moderator-XP Keep calm and drive on Posts: 576	FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Apr 26, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by badsouthfldrivers on Apr 26, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 Apr 26, 2014 14:33:16 GMT -5 DashCamExtraordinaire said: KARMA SYSTEM: I noticed that. I was wondering what they were. Thanks for the information!

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Apr 26, 2014 15:54:00 GMT -5

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Post by DashCamExtraordinaire on Apr 26, 2014 15:54:00 GMT -5

Apr 26, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 badsouthfldrivers said:

Apr 26, 2014 14:33:16 GMT -5 DashCamExtraordinaire said:

KARMA SYSTEM:

I noticed that. I was wondering what they were. Thanks for the information!

You got it!

MichiganDashcam Moderator-XP Posts: 830	FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Apr 27, 2014 14:18:16 GMT -5 Dutch Bicycle Cam likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MichiganDashcam on Apr 27, 2014 14:18:16 GMT -5 DontDentMyCar oops, just saw this
	Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCfkckRgYEg8Udw13_6PSwnA

Dashcam Drenthe Moderator-XP Learning how to drive Posts: 692	FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG May 5, 2014 7:32:43 GMT -5 DontDentMyCar likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dashcam Drenthe on May 5, 2014 7:32:43 GMT -5 Oops, just send DDmC a message Well, now I know
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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG May 14, 2014 13:31:20 GMT -5 C_H EdmontonDrivers, HLW OnTheRoad, and 3 more like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on May 14, 2014 13:31:20 GMT -5

KARMA:
haha no problem Dashcam Drenthe and MichiganDashcam

If you like someone's post, give it some love

no, just an 'exalt' will do

ICONS: I hope everyone has also noticed we've changed some of the graphics to make things like stickies and announcements easier to distinguish within a board:

Sticky

<Like this one for a Sticky (orange).

This is so you can scroll down to regular posts understanding that anything near the top might not have a new post acknowledgement. Hope it helps.

BANNER: We've also periodically are updating our banner image with great images provided by our members. Hmm, I think we should start adding a thank you within the image to the author of the picture by adding a credit.

THANKS: I personally can't thank enough all the people who are participating and making real contributions to ProjectRoadRush. I was just talking with a board member of WhatCountsNow yesterday and they were impressed on their own with how much was happening here. It's really a great sign of how total strangers can come together for the greater good and even find an extended family. The shared stories, the different personalities and perspectives and just everything... like the creative questions and comments, the serious issues balanced with several fun topics, it's really great.

I'm impressed, and never thought this 'ProjectRoadRush' idea could become such an engaging place to be. I'm always excited to see the next post or thread, never knowing what to expect. I'm personally really humbled by everyone's belief in ProjectRoadRush, lets keep it a place for everyone, built by us all for the greater good. Thanks

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG May 14, 2014 23:09:05 GMT -5 DontDentMyCar, Dashcam Drenthe, and 1 more like this

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Post by Trail on May 14, 2014 23:09:05 GMT -5

May 14, 2014 13:31:20 GMT -5 DontDentMyCar said:

THANKS: I personally can't thank enough all the people who are participating and making real contributions to ProjectRoadRush. I was just talking with a board member of WhatCountsNow yesterday and they were impressed on their own with how much was happening here. It's really a great sign of how total strangers can come together for the greater good and even find an extended family. The shared stories, the different personalities and perspectives and just everything... like the creative questions and comments, the serious issues balanced with several fun topics, it's really great.

I'm impressed, and never thought this 'ProjectRoadRush' idea could become such an engaging place to be. I'm always excited to see the next post or thread, never knowing what to expect. I'm personally really humbled by everyone's belief in ProjectRoadRush, lets keep it a place for everyone, built by us all for the greater good. Thanks

Haha, yeah!

I am grateful that this site was created. I loved watching dashcam vids for a long time and this site gives us an easy way to talk to said dashcammers. I love being able to participate in discussions with you guys.

I really feel this site has brought us all a whole lot closer than ever before.

A late turn signal isn't any better than no turn signal.

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG May 17, 2014 13:56:07 GMT -5

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Post by DontDentMyCar on May 17, 2014 13:56:07 GMT -5

BLOG
We did a little cleaning of our wordpress blog. We added a new banner, and added a link to the forum.

We're still not sure whether we'll keep this component or eliminate it, but for now it's okay as is, and does show up in Google searches. Eventually we might be able to better incorporate it into the forum component, and add monthly, weekly or even daily blogs if we get that big, one day

projectroadrush.wordpress.com

Last Edit: May 17, 2014 13:56:26 GMT -5 by DontDentMyCar

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Jun 2, 2014 12:51:26 GMT -5 Dashcam Drenthe, Safe Drivers Unite, and 1 more like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Jun 2, 2014 12:51:26 GMT -5

Sub-Board Display:
We've added a new way for the Sub-Boards to show up on the forum. It basically creates a new space under it's parent board so the name is easier to see.

Shout Box Links:
Added a mod that now makes links posted in the shout box clickable.

But be respectful with what link you post. If this feature is abused by anyone we'll just remove it. If your link requires a warning it's better to create a post or new thread. Thanks and enjoy.

Back To Top button:
We've added a mod that allows users to click on a button in the lower left to bring them back to the top of the forum, since we have so many great long threads. It's invisible if at the top, and then fads in as one scrolls down a thread. Enjoy.

Last Edit: Jun 2, 2014 14:59:33 GMT -5 by DontDentMyCar

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FORUM BOARD CHANGE LOG Jan 1, 2015 12:39:55 GMT -5 Safe Drivers Unite, Bad New Jersey Drivers, and 1 more like this

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Post by DontDentMyCar on Jan 1, 2015 12:39:55 GMT -5

Home Page updates:

We've added more 'featured member videos' and even an article to the Home Page. Also, a slightly new look, a clearer description in the 'Why Register', our PRR introduction video and removal of the gif animations which were slowing down the loading time of the Home Page. Hope you all like the changes.

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