Hats off to Admin Steve

**TL24x7** · 12-30-2011, 09:26 PM

I wanted to take a moment to publicly acknowledge the efforts of Admin Steve for making the transition to the new message board virtually seemless. I know that I was concerned about the move and I expected some push back from the members -- change seems to invite that sometimes.

I'm sure you have noticed several new features and the responsiveness is much improved. There's some great interconnectivity with Facebook and soon folks will be able to become board members through their Facebook accounts.

You might also recall a thread that I posted soliciting your feedback about improvements to the front end of the site. We are working on tightening and simplifying navigation and presenting things in a more user friendly way. We'll keep you posted and I thank you for the suggestions.

One suggestion was to make the original articles/blogs posted on the front end of the site linked here on the message board. Again, Admin Steve to the rescue.

To your right you will notice "The Latest from 24x7" listing all original content. These will be updated daily and automatically without interrupting the flow of the board.

More to come...

Thanks to all of you as well for doing what you do to make this board the best Ravens board on the planet.

GO RAVENS

**EdReed4HOF** · 12-30-2011, 09:56 PM

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**RavNMadMan** · 12-30-2011, 10:12 PM

I agree 100%....nice transition.....I like the new format. All good here. I haven't checked out the blog feature but I will soon

**Beau Petard** · 12-30-2011, 11:19 PM

Tony--
I disagree!

Admin Steve hardly made the transition "seem less"...

it seems MORE to me!

**RAVENOUS52** · 12-31-2011, 02:01 AM

Although I haven't actually seen the guy in the past 4 or 5 years, his presence has still been felt and appreciated whenever I log onto the board.

**mdcrab43** · 12-31-2011, 02:55 AM

Good catch Mr Petard!

**TL24x7** · 12-31-2011, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Beau Petard

Tony--
I disagree!

Admin Steve hardly made the transition "seem less"...

it seems MORE to me!

**suchonsports** · 12-31-2011, 07:47 AM

I like the changes... a lot.

Well done Steve and the crew at 24x7! Now go celebrate the New Year!

And bring back a W tomorrow Mighty Men of Baltimore!

**working_man** · 12-31-2011, 07:51 AM

The forum user interface is a huge step forward and this has been one of the cleanest forum upgrades I have witnessed - compliments to Steve and all of the other folks who donate their time to this board. Happy New Year and let's see a complete route of the Bungles tomorrow!

**Rxdoxx** · 12-31-2011, 07:58 AM

Better than you thought.
I'm using a tweaked/tightened version of MSIE6 and no problems with the transition!
Pretty un-noticable except when a clicking habit was changed, supurb job Steve!

**The Excellector** · 12-31-2011, 08:10 AM

Your hats off to Administrator Steven.

He opened the door, for the return........of The Excellector.

**FadeToBlack** · 12-31-2011, 01:37 PM

Mad props to Steve and everybody who was apart of this. This place is, IMO, the finest place to discuss Ravens football on the web, with quality, long-term contributors plus an influx of fresh, newer members. This may sound like a commercial, but this is an outstanding forum.

**Admin Steve** · 12-31-2011, 02:00 PM

Aww thanks guys. The Lion's share of the praise though should go to Tony for making it possible to move to the version 4 platform, and also to Nick at www.D3corp.com and some of his colleagues . Nick loaded this all up on a back up of the database last week to make sure it all worked. All I did on Wednesday was stand there while we made it live and then started the modding.

One of the new features of the platform is a blogging capability. I know some of you have a Blog, now you can integrate it here and we can push it out there for you. Tony will have more on that when we are ready (although it is working now).

The Facebook link is 99% complete - we're waiting on vBulletin to fix a tiny aspect of it which is not working and is a known bug.

Lots of other stuff coming. Make sure you visit the main 24x7 front page - we are now linking every story published on the site in the right hand sidebar. This site is clearly the best one out there. Please tell your friends.

Have a happy New Year guys. I have a Joe Manchu for the duration of the Ravens' post season. Let's hope I still have it well into January.

GO RAVENS!