Goodbye to JWD ... hello to JWN !

by Simon 179 Replies latest forum announcements

  • Simon
    Simon

    As I announced some time ago, JWD as it is will not continue ...

    ... but ...

    It's clear from people's comments that they do like the site and many would like it or something else like it to continue.

    One issue was the forum software that was self-developed and not really in a good state to hand-over to anyone but I've been working on that and can now reveal the first release of what will probably be called JWN (son of JWD):

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/

    It is still work-in-progress so not all features are enabled yet but it will allow you to browse the site in a similar way to this one and it is pointing at the same database (although because of the way the caching works, new posts made on this site won't appear immediately). You can login and browse but not (yet) register or post.

    I'm making sure that everything works cross-browser (meaning IE, FireFox, Safari and Chrome) including the posting which will have a WYSIWYG editor that works across them all. It's also optimised for page load-times so things should be fairly snappy.

    What else is new? Oh, the orange RSS button on your browser should light up and let you subscribe to the whole forum, individual subjects or specific topics. This will also be usable by other sites wanting to integrate latest discussions etc... into their portal pages.

    There will be lots more added as I work on it so expect it to continue to evolve based on my existing todo list and any suggestions I receive. One thing I want to improve is the layout and font-use to make sure it is usable by all including those that need larger fonts or high-contrast schemes.

    Please let me have your feedback.

  • Witness 007
    Witness 007

    May I be first to say well done mate sounds great!

  • Witness 007
    Witness 007

    Can I be the second person to say well done Simon............this is what we wanted but thought impossible!

  • Emma
    Emma

    Bless you Simon!

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    thanks

  • isaacaustin
    isaacaustin

    I just tried to log into JWN and it has me logged in as [email protected]?????

  • isaacaustin
    isaacaustin

    this will be a mirror of JWD?

  • Mary
    Mary

    I'm really glad to hear this Simon......One thing I've long wanted to see are more of the Smileys. Plus, it would be great to have these available in Private Messages along with the ability to send links to someone.

  • insearchoftruth
    insearchoftruth

    IA, did the same to me, then as I browsed, it switched me over to the correct logon name......but like the way it looks!!

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I just tried to log into JWN and it has me logged in as [email protected]?????


    cripes that is me, i logged in there with my account here, sorry if i screwed something up.


    purps

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