BOARD UPDATE: 7|13|2013

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BACK OPEN!

So we were made to clean up the board. You know why. But now we are open again. All threads good and bad have been removed. We had a time limit, and therefore had to act. Sorry for your loss, however, your biographies are still here. There is a new application listed, however; we have decided to start fresh and give this place an even better look. Apps, sign ups, class threads, a whole bunch.

Now, here is what is new.

Your student year for high school shall advance to the next level. It's been a while and this isn't the simpsons. So, please, let us know if you are coming back and we can adjust your profile.

You have the option of spiffying up your bio to the new one once added to the forum, or leave it as is. Not a problem.

Avatars. Please provide a picture at 150X200 to me and I will add it to the gallery. Otherwise, you can stay at a small avatar size. Up to you. Only use your own avatar. You may submit up to five avatars per char.

Sigs are 500X300 this includes text, links, etc. If you have more than one banner, I suggest you shrink it down to fit more. Don't have a banner and need one? Take it to the Coffee Shoppe here on the forum. I'm sure you can request one there.

We are taking sister site apps as well, so check out that forum before you head out.

Also, there will be some staff adjustments here on the boards. That includes new mods, titles, and teachers.

There is talk about adding a competing school to go against ck high, but it's only in the talks. We will get your opinion on the matter before we do any more.

Welcome back! And Welcome Home!

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225X300 is the new avatar size. Staff will need to add it to the avatar listing found in your mini profile edit.

We do suggest you submit one without a border so we can customize it with our own border to fit the board. The new size will NOT change.

If you need help please ask me at any time.
Also, if you had an avatar but no longer have it, please edit your profiles. We are testing a new code that places a default ckh avatar in it's place until you can get one.

All characters can have a limit of five avatars submitted to the forum.
For now. Unless they have been substituted for a new one in it's place.

A new application will be added soon, so don't worry about filling them out right now.

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I just received a p.m. by proboards for their update. Please see below for more details.


This message was only sent to the "admin" account on this forum

ProBoards v5 is coming soon!

We're excited to let you know that on April 29th we will begin to upgrade all forums to ProBoards Version 5. This free upgrade to this forum contains literally hundreds of new forum features and improved functionality. Below are just a few of the great things you can expect with this free upgrade!

The "Colors & Theme Creator" section of the Admin Panel makes it extremely simple for you to customize the look of your forum.
Host all your forum's images directly on ProBoards! No more relying on third party image hosts!
The new Forum Dashboard helps you keep track of what's happening on all your ProBoards forum accounts all in one location.
Create custom web pages and Forum Portals directly on your forum using our new Custom Pages feature.
A new Member Groups system that allows you to categorize your members into multiple groups allowing you even easier member management.
New Live Search functionality that brings you search results as you type; Never wait for your answers again.
A Shoutbox integrated directly into your forum!
Join multiple forums and transition between them seamlessly using a single account with our ProBoards Global Login.
Notifications to help you stay on top of the latest updates to threads you've participated in and more.
Send a personal message to multiple people in the same conversation, or even entire groups!
Create a unique, custom avatar inside of your forum with the new Avatar Maker.
Per-user activity feeds with the ability to follow other members.
Better moderator tools that make moderating your forum a breeze.
The ability to "Like" posts!
A new Visual Editor for creating posts. See exactly what your post will look like while you make it!
Upgraded attachments system that allows you to easily attach even more files to your forum posts!
Lightning fast forum navigation on every page with our new drop-down navigation tree and improved hotkey support.
At the top of each page you can see if any of the topics you've participated in have been recently updated.
Direct access to the forum's HTML and CSS for those hard-to-reach tweaks.
tagging to bring a member's attention to a post.
Coming Soon: Our new Theme Library and Plugin Library provides you with one-click installation for custom themes and plugins. No coding knowledge needed to make your forum look great and add new functionality!
... and so much more.

[Kia Luxin]

N E W B O A R D S K I N
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HEY EVERYONE!

First on the announcement agenda: did everyone see the new forum images that have been added to the boards? Yes? WELL GOOD! To go along with the realistic/school/city RP that CK is based off of, I opted to use a different set of images and colorized them accordingly to fit with pretty much any skin that either has, or will be, created for CKH. I have gotten everyone's opinions and have received positive responses! I'm so happy!

So, I know you all have been waiting patiently for me to complete the new skin layout for the board. As you can all see, it is of the newest original clique for the Crimson Kiss High School RPG, NOIR! 

The members of NOIR consist of four individuals who are not only physically diverse in comparison to most of their peers at the prestigious CK Academy, but they also have equally diverse backgrounds (aka, they come from no money or dirty money). Believe it or not, NOIR was formed all because of a casual joke that Aubrey said while she, Sevanni and I were online chatting in the cbox for funsies. She mentioned how white-washed the high school was and so we decided to make a change. Thus NOIR was born!

From left to right are the current members of NOIR: Genji "The Demon" Takiya, Joel "Boost" Marx, Bianca "Switch" Alvarez, and Reeva "Diva" Marquez. All characters are played by Sev and myself. While we have spoken about opening up NOIR to others who wish to join, there will be a limit to the number of people who are part of this group. Again, we wanted to keep it simple and fun but not completely exclusive if we could help it.

I chose a variety of grays for the color scheme to fit the group's motto:

"in darkness, all colors agree"

This is further represented by the fact that their name, while essentially means darkness, I went with both a dark and light color scheme.

Anyway, that's it for the Board Updates! I hope everyone enjoys all the changes for the site's overall look. If you do not like the skin, feel free to change back to the default! I will be making new skins and shall be announcing them as they are completed. Any questions and concerns? Please PM me so I can take them into account and fix any errors I might have missed.

~ Your friendly neighborhood God Mod/Image Consultant/Coder,
KIA