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News Archive / MyBB Upgrade About To Begin
« on: April 12, 2009, 06:35:15 pm »
The MyBB upgrade is about to begin as per http://www.support.smfnew.com/showthread.php?t=1800

Thank you.

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News Archive / MyBBnew Maintenance - Monday 13th April 09
« on: April 09, 2009, 12:15:30 pm »
Hello,

MyBBnew.com will be unavailable early Monday 13th April 09 morning due to maintenance. The estimated outage will be at least 10 minutes. This is due to a PHP framework update of which I have been working on for some time now.

All forums will be inaccessible until I am happy that the upgrade has run smoothly. I expect it to take around 10 minutes in all, however it could last up to one hour if a problem were to arise. All users at this time will be re-directed to a holding page informing them of the maintenance. I suggest you alert them before that time.

Thank you.
Matt.

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News Archive / MyBB and SMF Updates!
« on: April 06, 2009, 02:07:59 pm »
Here you go, a few nice updates to keep you all going!

Win your own domain name from us for free! http://www.support.smfnew.com/showthread.php?t=1768

4 New SMF Themes!!

1) PurpleBlitz

2) Albino

3) Reference

4) DS-Natural

12 New MyBB Plugins!!

1) Poll on Index - Displays a poll on the index/portal page.

2) Spoiler MyCode - Create a Spoiler MyCode to your Forum

3) Highlight own threads - Highlights threads that you created.

4) Fast Menu - ACP Fast Drop Down Menus

5) Portal Redirect - Redirects users from the index page to the portal when they arrive each day.

6) Multi Video Mycode For MyBB - Plugin supports 12 different video sharing sites [two more sites added, link version for youtube and a flash mycode added too]

7) PM on Registration - Sends a private message automatically to new users.

8) Bump Thread - Plugin which allows a thread starter and staff to "bump" a thread without replying.

9) We Miss You! Plugin - Sends an email to any user that hasn't been active for X days.

10) Quick Theme - Allows you to quickly change the theme on a forum. It nicely integrates itself into the bottom of every page

11) Social Sharing Button - Allows you to display a social bookmarking button on your forum's posts. The button includes options such as Digg, Facebook, Myspace

12) Colorful Announcements - Show Colorful Announcements Forum Index

I am still working on the theme import system for MyBB. Please be patient.

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Binned / Request New Languages
« on: April 05, 2009, 09:43:43 am »
Request New Languages

Please post what languages you would like to see in SMF 2.x.

If you have the time and can speak the language, please let me know if you could help out translating a few strings to your given language.

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General Discussion / Why we are running vbulletin and not SMF.
« on: March 24, 2009, 10:23:33 am »
Many people ask me this question, and our competitors do find this a point to criticize us.

So why am i running vbulletin and not SMF?

1) This site was started by easyforumz.com, which ran phpBB2. Therefore, i bought vBulletin as the support forum as phpBB2 as we all know would not have done the job.

2) I then created SMFnew - there is your answer. I did not host SMF before i bought vBulletin.

3) Would you think that would be biased that i run SMF as the support forum and not MyBB, SMF or phpBB3? All of which we host?

4) It would be too much of a haste to convert to SMF or MyBB or phpBB3. Thats time i don't have.

So there is your question answered. This site was not created in one go, it was built over time which many people find a "strange concept" somehow??

P.S http://www.support.smfnew.com/showthread.php?t=1675

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General Discussion / Just to let you know..
« on: March 23, 2009, 04:55:27 pm »
Edit:: Sorry i mixed the dates up.
I wont be here
30th March
31st March
1st April


I don't know if you have seen on my twitter page but i will not be here on the following days:

31st March
1st April
2nd April

Although Alex and DevilKid will compensate for my absence, this would be the time for potential members to shine in the smfnew support section. I am looking to take on another support staff for SMF 2.x

Thanks!

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News Archive / The upgrade approaches!
« on: March 22, 2009, 10:28:58 am »
The upgrade approaches!

So, as the date approaches for smf v2, we have some exciting updates to share with you! Our main website will also be updated to follow the new software.

Whats New in SMF?
  • A new system I have coded will allow us to upload themes in a matter of seconds! No need for us to edit them = you get way more themes!
  • Modifications, we can easily install modifications like the themes! Meaning all your requests may be accepted.
  • Debated, you may be able to edit the themes css file! Therefore, you can change the colours and images!
  • Rank images! Yes, I'm excited about this too. Upload your own rank images.



Whats New for smfnew?
  • Many new parts to our website, including much more information to help you build and make your forum.
  • Create admin user! If your Administrator account on your forum gets deleted, you can easily make a new one via the control panel.
  • Addon domains, a new system which will enable us to add your domains in seconds! No more needing to create a thread asking us to add it.
  • Reporting! Made a report on a forum? You will be able to track your report and see what we have done to your report.
  • Advertising, chose which type of advertisements you want on your board! You can even advertise on every forum by our new advertising panel.
  • More payment gateways and cycles!


How and when?
  • We will let you know in advance before we upgrade.
  • The forum upgrades will be first come first serve basis. If you enter your forum, http://www.forum.smfnew.com, your forum will be placed into a queue which will upgrade it when you are first in line.
  • All members, boards, posts, attachments will be kept! The only thing you will lose is the "Powered by SMF 1.1.8" mark!


Misc
Q : I don't want to upgrade to SMF v2. What can you do for me?
A : All forums will be upgraded. There is no reason not to. SMF v2 has many more features and the front end looks similar to smf v1. If you are still adamant on running 1.1.8, you will be able to purchase a hosting plan from us.


Q : You didn't say when we will upgrade. When will we?
A : No idea. Probably before mid summer (July).


Q : Why are you hyping it up when its ages away?
A : We like to inform all users of whats happening in advance. Not a last minute job!




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General Discussion / phpBBnew.com 2 years old today.
« on: March 06, 2009, 06:08:49 pm »
phpBBnew.com/easyforumz.com is 2 years old today. What a long 2 years they have been!

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News Archive / SMFNEW2.com - Closed until the near future.
« on: March 06, 2009, 06:41:21 am »
Hello,

With other a month of testing, SMFNEW2.com has been closed until the near future. It will be back and open for signups in a few weeks. This is the penultimate "preparation" until that big day comes!

Thank you.

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News Archive / Server issues, explained.
« on: February 27, 2009, 06:04:10 am »
Hello,

You may have noticed the server having troubles this morning. This was due to a very small attack which Alex has rectified.

I would like to thank Alex for working on it this morning.

Please report any issues which may arrise.

Thank you.

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News Archive / New Sister Site on its way!
« on: February 26, 2009, 03:06:56 pm »
Hey guys,

I have some exciting news for you all! We have been working hard to develop the system for SMF 2.0. I have concluded that we will not upgrade until SMF 2.0 RC 2 is released or later to save time and have improved stability.

Therefore, i have been developing a brand new website relative to smfnew! We are hoping to launch it early next week. While i do not want to give away what this site is, you may see some changes occurring on our support forum over the next few days following up to next week in preparation.

Well, without giving it away what this new project is, I'll stop typing!

Feel free to discuss this announcement in this topic.


P.S, http://www.smfnew2.com will be under heavy maintenance from the week starting the 9th of March. All forums hosted on smfnew2 will be deleted.

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News Archive / SMF 2.0 RC1 Open For Signups!
« on: February 21, 2009, 12:49:30 pm »
Hello,

We have opened our doors to the creation of SMF 2.0 RC 1 forums! While we continue to develop on the new software, we need it to be tested. So please, feel free to create a free forum and test out the new functionality. If you do find any problems or bugs then we would appreciate it if you let us know as soon as possible!

Please note, forums made on this domain will not be transferred over to our main hosting site. This site is just test out the new software and prepare it for use on our main site. We will be upgrading our main hosting site when we feel it is appropriate.

You will notice this has not been modified to hold any modifications or new themes. We will add modifications and themes over time. We will be upgrading to SMF 2.0 n smfnew anytime after SMF 2.0 RC 2 is released.

LINK

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Support / POLICY : Forum Restore
« on: February 15, 2009, 06:12:46 am »
Forum Restore Policy - SMFNEW ONLY

Lately, we have noticed a increasing amount of forums being "hacked" because the Administrator has chosen a weak password. Although we do make daily backups of our server, it does take a considerably long time to restore a forum. Therefore, by restoring a forum, it robs us of valuable time. So, we have place the following policy in to place to prevent this in the future.

For us to restore your forum to a previous date of which your forum was in working order, we will charge a one-off fee of $2.95, regardless of how many posts, members or ranking it has.

To ask for this service, please do the following:


Topic Title : Forum Restore Request

You MUST include the following in your post:

Quote
Forum Link:
Date you created your forum (estimate if not known):
Email used to create the forum (the one you entered on www.smfnew.com/signup.php):
I would like my forum restored on, or before, the following date:

Finally, you must email forumrestore@smfnew.com from the email you used to create the forum! Please send this email after you created the thread:


Email Title : Forum Restore Request (LINK TO THE FORUM)

Email Contents:

Your Name:
Thread Link (link us to the thread you just created):


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News Archive / SMF Portal - Installed
« on: January 24, 2009, 09:14:55 am »
Hello,

The SMF Portal has now been installed on all SMF forums. Allowing you to create a portal to your forum. You can customize this portal, moving blocks around etc.

It has been installed on all themes except Pitchblack10.

The following themes were taken out of circulation:
lightning-dk_114v2
XD-Reborn1


Please leave us feedback.

Thanks!

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News Archive / Recent Downtime
« on: December 16, 2008, 04:48:24 pm »
Dear SMFNew Users,

We apologize for the last 2 hours downtime between 8-10 GMT, the reasons for this downtime was unexpected and beyond our control. Our data center (who manages our servers), limestone were moving all servers to a new facility and when warning us of the move they got the dates wrong so we did not expect the move to be today.

However, this now means we are located in our new data center and everything should be up and running again. We also expect 0 downtime for the rest of this month and many months to come!

On a side note we are reaching our goal of 200,000 posts across all forums! To celebrate this and Christmas we will be releasing competitions to win yourself some MP3 players! Look out for these updates!

Happy foruming!

SMFNew Admin.

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News Archive / SMF 1.x.x Attacked
« on: November 21, 2008, 03:39:08 pm »
There has been much news in the past week over SMF 1.x.x being attacked with spam registrations. You can read for yourself at http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=273816.0. In return, to protect SMFNEW users, we will be adding a number of Anti-BOT measures to all forums hosted by SMFNEW. This will be compulsory for all forums to use these anti-spam measures until the foreseeable future.

These changes will take immediate affect tomorrow.

Please report any attempts here.

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News Archive / Shop is GONE!
« on: November 02, 2008, 05:29:37 pm »
The shop modification has been uninstalled on all hosted forums. Many members reported it did not work nor was it bringing any benefits. After investigation we concurred with this.

Due to the lack of updates by that specific modification author, we have been forced to uninstall it.

On the other hand, we will be installing other modifications, themes and updating your control panel over the next week!

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News Archive / Not Receiving Your Password?
« on: October 31, 2008, 01:59:03 pm »
Hello,

If you have not received your password to login to your control panel, then its dead easy to reset it.

Login to your SMF Admin panel. Read the section below your notepad on how to reset your password. You will see a verification code.

Go to http://www.smfnew.com/control/lost_password.php

Enter your code, hit submit, then check your email!

Dead easy!

Thanks

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News Archive / SMFNEW 2.0 > Thursday!
« on: October 27, 2008, 12:18:35 pm »
Hello,

This is a notice to SMFNEW users.  All SMF Forums will be under maintenance for a maximum of 3 hours so that we can upgrade the system to SMFNEW version 2.0. This will take place on Thursday, 30th October 2008. We urge you to alert your members to this as they will be unable to access your forum at this time.

We will be posting regular updates on our support forum up till Thursday of then which a new thread will be created with further updates on the upgrade process.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask us (http://www.support.smfnew.com).  After the upgrade, you will be given access to new parts of our website, of which includes a brand new forum management console for all SMF forum Administrators.

Regards,
Matt.

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News Archive / SMFNEW - 1 Year Old!
« on: October 10, 2008, 01:17:42 pm »
Hey!

Just to remind you, today is SMFNEW's first birthday. And what a year it has been. I can't get over how popular it has become, and i thank everyone for making it what it is today! We couldn't of done it without you.

Seeming nothing exciting was planned for today, instead you can start to prepare for the SMFNEW version2.0 early next month. More updates on that soon!

Matt.

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