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[F1p]

We have just updated your profiles!

Some of the new features we have included for you are:

• Increased profile fields (Facebook, YouTube, Flickr etc.)
  
• Plugs to other sites/accounts (Modelling related is visible from Mini-Profile)
  
• Custom Profile Background image or colours

Profile Fields:

Click on your username at the top right of the page > My Profile > Edit my Profile (Top right) > Profile Settings

You can add information about yourself, contact methods and information.

Under the Plugs section:

"Plugs" (Plugged URLs) now appear as small icons in your Mini-Profile, next to your posts


Custom Profile Backgrounds:

Click on your username at the top right of the page > My Profile > Edit my Profile (Top right) > Profile Customization

Images of up to 2MB can be uploaded.



In other news...

We have shuffled our upload limits around,

• Attachment allowance has been reduced to 5MB (from 25MB)
  
• Gallery allowance has been increased to 60MB (from 50MB)
  
• Regular users of the gallery may be invited to be a Gallery+ member, with an allowance of 150MB.

Multiple Gallery uploads at the same time can now be done using the "Flash Uploader", choose this while uploading.

Multiple Gallery images can now be posted using the "My Media" link and choosing "Gallery Images" when posting.

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[Geo Ghost]

Yipee! More customization!

[Geo Ghost]

Quick idea that's just come to mind regarding the plugs.

What about having website plugs for the following:
-Layout topic on MRL
-2012 Competition entry topic

Offering a quick link to that person's layout topic on the forum.

Also for contact methods / links, I'd like to suggest perhaps the possibility to add Deviant Art? or at least a box for "other websites" perhaps for those who may have a couple of different sites, youtubes, photography links or even model rail sites

[F1p]

Patch Update (07/01/2012):

• Added two more website plugs (These only appear on your profile)
  
• Added a MRL Plug (This appears in your mini-profile and you can link it to an MRL Topic)

[Blackcloud Railways]

Just a suggestion, doesn't matter if it can't be done but it might look neater if the icons could be arranged in a horizontal line rather than a verical one.

As I said, just a matter of appearance and not really important so doesn't matter if it can't be done.

[Geo Ghost]

Phil, slight issue that is bugging me.

When I try to create a youtube link within text, the link is replace by media tags and a video window.
Could this be altered? I want to put the video link in the text and it automatically changes it to a media tag, erasing the text. A tad annoying for me as I tend to like hiding video and picture links in texts. Either for a reason, or just for comical reasons.

[F1p]

Patch Update (10/01/2012):

• Plugs now appear horizontally in your mini-profile next to posts.

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Geo Ghost:

The function is either On or Off and it's quite a helpful feature, sorry about that.
I will see if there is a possible longer way around it, of course you could do it like this:

YouTube

Which is just highlighting text and selecting "Link".

[Geo Ghost]

Hi Phil.

That's the process I did and it would change to a media tag rather than URL. I've tried both using the normal posting editor and by doing it manually with written tags.

Testing

Ok that's odd. It works now.
Well what ever you did Phil, cheers

Edit:
Mystery uncovered. It seems adding a fullstop (or a number of) at the end of the text somehow changes it to a media tag. Bit weird.

Testing...

Yup, there we go. It changes to a media tag for some reason with a set of dots at the end. How very strange.
Removed link so you can see.