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Newsletter - May 2010

Newsletter - May 2010

* Congrats to KNtoran, the new Member of the Month for April 2010. Unfortunately it seems like voting is not considered by most Members so we may not continue it if it does not improve.

* Contributors page has been updated so you can see who Donated towards the work of the Community.

* TV / Movies Board now has easily accessible links to the most popular TV Series.

* Hot or Not Gallery date bug was fixed and the "Submit Image" highlighted.

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A Happy Mother's Day to all of you who will be
celebrating on the 9th May, 2010. Other countries
celebrate Mother's Day on another day of the year.

General Mother's Day Thread
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Come share with us thoughts about your own mother.

On another note those of you who were interested
in Super Hero Comic Role-playing will be happy to
see both the new interface and the game that has
already started. Creating your Character is more
simple than ever. When you Post within the game
it is formatted to look just like a Comic Book!

Check out Be A Super Hero:
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See what else is new:
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Newsletter - May 2010 Feedback & FAQ News Community

Mature Boards Have Own Skin

Boards that display more Mature content will be seen with a new Skin.

Some features of the new Skin:

1. No Ads anywhere on the page except maybe for internal.
2. Very fast loading, all the hype has been taken out
3. Very graceful looking - you will feel like you're in a different Community

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Here is just some of what's being Discussed at the most
constructive social network online: InternationalDiscussions.com

-- Lds_forever's New Public Blog --

* As some of you may know we have three special needs boys.
How we could be that 'lucky' to have autism, Adhd, and Ocd
as part of our daily lives we do not know. Normally Lds_forever
will write about this in her private blog accessible only by
Upgraded Members, but now she has decided to create a
public blog to list what life is like home schooling and coping
in a Banana Republic:
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Feel free to add your comments

* Having your own Blog is Free! Once you have 100 Posts do
request one to be opened for you within your Intro Thread.

-- Inactive Accounts Deleted --

* 105 Members were cleared out of the system for joining
and Posting nothing. Ensure to keep your account active.

-- Role-playing games --

* Be A Super Hero Rpg has started with an all new look!
Some players are already trying to save some people in a
hostage situation but it is still early in the game so you can
still join in. Make sure to get your character created after
making a minimum of 30 Posts. See the Board:
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-- Movie Reviews --

* We are trying to compile a review for most of the well known
movies and although we are making good progress its amazing
how many are left out. Thanks to some Members we are able
to fill in the gaps. Have you seen a movie lately? Do you have
a favorite Tv series that you are seriously following? Please go
to the Movie Board and place a review. You will find easy to
use links to most of the current series and you can do a Search
to see if your best movie is already listed, if not please add it:
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-- Trinidad & Tobago Elections --

* There was a recent Cnc 3 interview with the political
candidates, read our review of it here:
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* Have parties resorted to spamming? Yes, JB has gotten
spam messages from both the Pnm and Unc (see latest Post):
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-- Real Estate Reviews --

* Did you know you can get as much as 1.9 to 2.5 forum points
per post when you participate in Discussion related to mortgage,
buying a home and foreclosures? if you need the points then get
started here:
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-- Some Random Theads --

* Secret Underground Shelters
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* The Jesus Discovery
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* Check the latest Topics and add your input:
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If you have not logged on for awhile you may wish to check
back Threads by selecting a "week to today" on the Latest
Replies page.

-- Hidden Topics --

Did you know that we have various levels of Membership at
InternationalDiscussions.com? We have deeper level Boards
that go into marriage, overcoming past experiences, online
tips for business and more. There is also an Lds Mature section
with very thought provoking Topics. It costs an enormous
amount to both run and manage the servers that run this site,
your Contribution helps in the effort and as a way of us saying
"thanks" you get to see some of the deeper content:
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Numeric Login Requirement

This has been disabled. One Member claimed to be color blind and another has been having difficulty logging in and it may be because of the extra security question. For now we will keep it disabled until we come up with a better system check.

Newsletter - May 2010

Removing Control Panels

For now I'm removing Control Panels that usually show this block of information on certain Boards. I understand that they contain fancy' info but they're too bulky. I will probably come back with something better later. This is all towards clearing out the guts of Posts so the most relevant things are shown. I may just use them in the Intro section only.

Newsletter - 2010

Renovation

Less is more is what we took into consideration with the new look of all the Skins. We took out many things to make each Skin load faster and look more uniform. Having all the Skins at more or less the same standard size allows us to cater for any viewer size screens / resolutions.

One of the major things you will like is the removal of each Boards top menu from every Thread. Instead on each thread you will just see the Thread's title and a link back to the Main Board. Then in the Index of each Board you will once again see the big top menu should you wish to take advantage of things there. This cuts out the unnecessary scrolling.

In many cases we downsized the headers of Skins too so there isn't a lot of loading. We are still making changes to clear up things, but the major part has already been done.

Newsletter - 2010 Community News FAQ & Feedback

-- What's New At InternationalDiscussions.com


* We have updated all the Skins within our Community to be less
bulky and able to fit any screen size by using a standard width.
This way we are guaranteed that what we see is what you see.
As screen sizes get lager and larger everything becomes spaced
out to fill the full width of the monitor thus causing everything to
be out of alignment. Have a look at the different Skins and you
will see it is easier on the eyes. To comment on the new look:
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* Many of you may not know but we have about twenty plus
other Communities that we manage. If you will like to be an
active Poster on one of them then you can work towards earning
a Premium Membership in International Discussions which gives
you access to unseen Boards, lots of Forum Points and features.
If you will like the challenge then please respond to this Thread:
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* You can always show your Support by Donating directly:
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* Many of the Tv Series are being updated - Thank you! See if
there are any of your favorites that you can update:
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-- Some Recent Topics To Note:

* Is There Free Speech Online?
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* Lds_forever's Public Blog - Challenges With Autism
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* Synthetic Life - Men Become G-ds
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* Trinidad Elections - 24th May, 2010
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* 2010 World Cup Football
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* Us Constitution Failure
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* Michelle Obama & Child With Illegal Immigrant Mom
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* Will The Dream Act Become Law?
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* Arizona Illegal Immigrants
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See what else is new:
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