Unity Update and BoonEx.com Uptime. Updated.
First, we have just updated Unity.
- You may see the new, separate "Jobs" module is back again (works similar to the old Expertzzz Jobs);
- Market now shows "Staff picks" (hand-picked products with good reviews, descriptions and from reputable providers);
- it is now possible to create Blog Posts "for Premium members only", so that only Premium members would be able to read it;
- Homepage doesn't show Blog posts of all members anymore (thus saying that Blogs are for personal publishing, not for discussion).
... and some minor updates.
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Now, with BoonEx.com...
- Ongoing DDoS attack and Unity update may bring some problems. We are working on it and should make it a lot more stable soon.
- We're still preparing for the move to new servers, and hope to get it done by the end of the week.
Thank you for your patience and sorry for inconvenience.
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UPDATE:
1. Read the new post about Blogs.
2. "Blogs for Premium only" means that all Advanced + members can still post, but now they have an option to create Posts that only premium members can read.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
so with that, outside of the certified mods, because that doesnt see more
while you guys are updating, do you think you can put categories for the market, this is horrendous how you have to dig through hundreds of template posts that are not even being purchased just to find something like Deano's Tools.
good job on putting the jobs section back up. now can you get some organization on the market, coupled with some moderation on the market?
Regards,
DosDawg
However, it makes no sense to remove user blog posts from the blog home page and keep them hidden. It almost seems like you don't want some things displaying for the public eye to latch onto.
With that said, I agree that there's nothing wrong with 3K-members-kind-of-mods. We just didn't pick them into "Staff Picks", since they are not our favorite kind.
I already posted about this over in the forums. Andrew, I'm not sure that completely getting rid of the members blogs is a good idea (which is basically what you have done). it makes them as good as useless. Removing any kind of index page will just kill them, no one will bother to post.
I can understand that you want to separate user submitted content from see more
Your suggestion, however, sounds interesting... we might try separating BoonEx Blog/News and Community Blogs into 2 different sections and bring back the Blogs index then, with some changes to comments.
However, I'd like those Trident news that I was hoping to get when I paid for a Premium account. (I didn't renew for obvious reasons, as noted in an earlier blog of mine).
/DM
You only want to get something...
What about writing constructive criticism?
Be happy that BoonEx provides you great scripts & products, otherwise do it yourself!
thanks for your replies. nice to have some interaction on here from you guys from time to time. i would like to mention you speak of profile grabber as not being illegal, i would certainly beg to differ on that one. accessing those sites and scraping profiles is highly illegal. the auto-online not so much, its immoral, and unethical, and even you mention that the mods are created to deceive, is that the type of reputation that you want to have from the market here.
I believe the profile see more
These modifications are developed entirely with the intent to deceive people into joining a web site which appears active, but in reality, is empty. They are used by those who instead of using honest effort to build their community, decide to simply hit a button and bingo: thousands of profiles from around the world, with the option to cheery-pick which are shown as online. I should add that many web sites using this tactic see more