Gear up; this is new!

Thread tagging:

A new way to facilitate searching and grouping of threads, it is now possible for users to add tags to threads they post or read.



Tags can be added when creating a new thread, or to an existing thread by any user (with appropriate permissions).



Any users who then click on these tags will not only find all thread that have the same tag as the one clicked, but will also contribute to the building of a search tag cloud, which gives users a quick guide as to what has been searched for recently and most frequently.



Reciprocal Friendships Between Users

As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.



Public Messaging

While private messages between users has been in DesiTwist since version forever, DesiTwist now introduces the public messaging, allowing users to communicate publicly via their profile pages.

User Picture Galleries

vBulletin users can now create albums and upload pictures to their account.



The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.

User-Created Social Groups

To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, DesiTwist now includes a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.



These groups are enhanced by having their own public messaging system, and the ability to add pictures to the group from user albums.

New Member Profile Page

In order to accomodate all the new features in DesiTwist, the member profile page has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

The new page presents information in a far cleaner and more logical manner, while dividing up information into manageable chunks using a tabbed interface.

Individual profile field categories can be displayed alone in blocks in the right column, in addition to appearing by default in the 'About Me' tab.



Member Customization of Profile Page

Use the profile page customization tool, which allows you to alter fonts, colors, background and borders etc. of you profile page in order to create a more personalized look.

Inline Editing of Profile Field Values

The 'About Me' tab of each member's profile page has edit controls, allowing them to quickly change values without leaving their profile page.



Attachment Viewing Lightbox

Clicking on an attached image will now open a lightbox rather than open a new window, with the image scaled to fit the browser viewport. A click on the image in the lightbox will open it in a new window as before.

Social Bookmarking of Threads

You can now bookmark your favorite threads in the provided social bookmarking services.



And More...

There are plenty more new features in DesiTwist:

• Visitor tracking on profile pages
• Automatic resizing of attached images to match filesize or pixel dimensions
• Youtube videos in profile pages
• Zero page-refresh while posting comments
• Profile comments now conversation based

waoo...great addition...enjoyed using them...thank you..

I am lovin it

Just an update to you folks, don't forget to visit your buddy list; you've new friend requests to approve there.

cool updates ... I love them .. !! will use them definitely..

Time to shine my profile again

I cant read all this

ok i read it and dude this must have cost u some bucks. i see where u r going u r trying to launch the full social networking programs in this site. cool. i appreciate hardworkers and u sure seem like one.

and awesome tutorial really

Thank you for appreciating my efforts. Another day, another feature; Now the system will automatically check to see if the postings the user creates are helpful? Are his or her threads frequently read? Does the user participate on the community by posting pictures, attachments, leaving visitor messages, tagging threads? All this can will be viewable by everyone.

Calculation of the score:

Taken into calculation are these things:

Threads

• Created threads
• Thread views of own threads
• Thread replies of own threads
• Thread votes of own threads
• Thread tags
• Replies to own threads
• Sticky threads

Posts

• Created posts
• Views on attachments

User

• Days since registration
• Referrals
• Received infractions
• Reputation
• Visitor messages on profiles
• Members of own social groups
• Album pictures
• Friends

Misc

• Post Thank You
• Hot or not

The points, activity, points needed to reach a certain level will be displayed below a user's signature. For detailed statistics, visit your profile and look for the vbxperience tab.

Awards

There are four awards: Community, Posting, Activity, and Helpful. The awards are shown in Rankings, next to a username in threads and in Profiles.

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