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That is correct, I had to write custom code to process BBCode on profiles, and for the time being, I used the BBCode from the old site. I believe most of those codes also work in posts, but ProBoards converts everything to a sort of pseudo-HTML that's more complex than BBCode.

I'll see about putting up some sort of guide when I get chance.

So far, it's seemed that the old codes we're used to work, but the site converts them to something else. So you're probably safe to stick with the old codes if you'd like, though I don't deny the usefulness of a guide for the stuff.

Also, one thing I noticed: Notification markers in the silver theme are dark ad hard to read. Any way to make those stay red like on the default theme, or maybe a brighter color?

Wahoo! I have color!

So old codes for profiles, new codes for posting.  i gotcha.  Thanks for the help.  

I will see about typing up what I know and start a thread somewhere in the Far, Far Away section where people can add to it :-)

Speaking of, Chilly dearest; the little notification bubbles for Messages and notifications are almost invisible on the Grey/Silver version. Not a big deal, just thought I'd note that, if you ever did tweaks, they could do with being a little brighter and blend into the background less...

Another quick suggestion: Is it possible to make it so that we have to click the actual shoutbox button to bring up the shoutbox, rather than include the blank space to the right of it as well? Just a minor nuisance, really, but something I thought was worth asking.

I direct you to the post 3 posts above yours. :-)

Glad to see that the site is back up. Nexus was starting to become a part of the real world since I couldn't let him live his life on the boards. I look forward to shenanigans once more!

I heard the site was back up and decided to come along and
check it out, upon looking at it and negotiating it something occurred to, no,
not occurred but more began to puzzle me.

 

Upon the old site there was the message asking for donations
to go toward a new site, to be used to make it better and more reliable, many,
myself included donated our own hard earned money toward the site, placing our
faith in Christian to handle our money and use it to make a good site for us.

 

Yet I come to the new site and find the site is in fact a
free site, a free site with adverts upon it.

Now I know a little about sites and I know for a fact that
with the amount I and others have donated, we could have paid for an entire
year for a site with no advertising and without experiencing the lag that I
have on occasion found on this site while taking a look around.

As I am sure you can understand these facts have made me
more than curious, and nervous as to where our donations have been spent.

Could someone please explain this to me as, having given my
own money to the running of this site, I am entitled to a break down of where
exactly my money has gone.

Thank you Peter for your swift reply, Which had I tried to access through the normal path I would have not been able to since there is/was a site wide error…..

Anyway. You suspect me being a perm banned member because???? I dare challenge where the money from the donations of us members of the site is being used? Or because I did not reveal my true username through concern of retribution?

Despite your suspicions you are very very wrong, I am not Vale *yawns at the narrow minded assumption*. I am a site user who wishes to know where their money is being spent as there has been no evidence of it.

In reference to the points you have made (which seem to be dancing around the subject rather than answering). We the users were not informed our donations would be used/wasted on keeping a dead site up and running, this matter, I am not alone in thinking, should have been put to the members.

Secondly, do not assume me ignorant of the cost of the site. Before I made the donation, and after seeing your request for help for the old site via FB, I did the responsible thing and did a little research, so I am more than aware of the large amount it costs to run a site such as JvS.

People (when I say people I mean Whills using their character identities, You know who you are!) continue to attempt to demean members on the site, chat, Twitter, who ask questions or say anything remotely negative about the running of the site, the problems the site has etc with the phrase “this is a free site!”, it is NOT a free site when members are putting their own money into it, and the attitude we are seeing in response to this is “the Whills have rl lives “, yes, they do, however that does not mean to say that does not mean you should not do your job, if your rl is too busy to make the site run effectively, step down and let someone take your place who is willing and able to do the work.
Another attitude you see, if you read between the lines “how dare you challenge us mighty whills”, we dare as we have a right to ask to questions, we have the right to express our concerns and not be shot down for voicing them.
I saw someone challenged by Inky at the beginning of this thread for asking a simple question on why did it take so long to get the site up and running, and why were we not kept informed, all of these valid questions yet it appears we are now going to be told what we can and cannot say to those in power?
Here we are with an example of this attitude again, I ask where our money is being spent and I am met with false accusations as to my identity and told I am not in anyway entitled to know how it is spent?

You say a charity/ “non profit organisation does not explain these things but they do, by law they are obliged to. I know this as a member of my family (close member) I a CEO of a ‘charity’.
This is how I know that JvS being a non profit organisation should be declared to whatever government agency oversees these things in your country, and accounts have to be declared and such, is Christian doing this? These are the agencies that safe guard the public donations and make sure they are being spent accordingly, and not filtered into the pocket of whoever ‘runs’ it.
These are the laws for the UK anyway.

So, as an act of good faith, do we, the members of the site, not get the same courtesy? Would we, if there is nothing to hide, be better off knowing the running costs? Maybe it would be wise to ensure that we can all trust the almighty Whills with our money to ensure it is being spent where we think it should and not going into their pockets instead?

Now instead of dealing with this where I would actually prefer Christian replying, why don’t you deal with the many admin requests?