AnswerBank Update Coming... Tomorrow

[AB Editor]

Afternoon everyone.

We're planning a little downtime "this evening"/tomorrow morning at 1am. Hopefully this won't effect the majority of you :)

The changes we're making:

1. Fixing the way the menu works.
Related post: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1194783.html

2. We're adding some new badges:

Whino: 20+ posts in drinks
Peeping Tit: 20+ posts in bird-watching
Family Tree Surgeon: 10+ best answers in Genealogy
Marathon Starter: Started a question with 1000+ answers
Planting a Family Tree: 20+ questions in Genealogy
Stork: 5+ best answers pregnancy
Super-Nanny: 10+ best answers in parenting
Fiddler/Tinkerer: 10+ questions in "how it works"
Gossip: 30+ posts in Celeb gossip/soaps
Word wrangler: 30+ answers in Phrases and sayings
1/2/3 Year's Service: Given out on their AB birthday!
100 Club: 100+ Best answers, any Topic
250 Club: 250+ Best answer, any topic
500 Club: 500+ Best answer, any topic
1000 Club: 1000+ Best answer, any topic
Green Fingered: 20+ answers in gardening
Handyman: 20+ answers in DIY
Interior Artiste: 20+ answers in Interiors
Salesman: 30+ answers in Adverts
Curious Kitten: Asked 20+ questions in Animals & Nature
Entrepreneur: 20+ answers in Business & finance
Head Badger: 50+ posts in Editor's blog
Enquirer: 20+ questions in science
Slade's Beard: 2+ posts in Christmas outside of December
Black Cat: Posted a question on Friday 13th
Long Service: 5+ years membership
Lifetime Service Award: 10+ years membership

You should see these calculate over the next few days.

3. We're splitting up your first name and last name in the database. Currently we've got a single field called "name". While this is fine, it means that often we can't be all that formal in Newsletters and the like. So, we're programmatically splitting the field into two. Tomorrow it would be worth checking to see how well we've done by visiting here:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/user/edit_profile.php

And correcting your first name and last name. Don't forget to click "submit" at the bottom of the page before leaving!

4. We've tweaked the password recovery system and made some minor technical changes to the way our results appear in Google. You won't be able to see these changes immediately however, and there will be a further announcement when you can.

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

[Mick-Talbot]

Whino: 20+ posts in drinks

Can that be changed to

Whino: 20+ posts in drink .......?


A fair few of us qualify for that one.

[carrust]

Is there a badge for boot-licking the Ed? lol

[shoota]

An early night for me then :-(

[AB Editor]

"Is there a badge for boot-licking the Ed? lol "

Yes, well, nearly. OBN is available: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/badges/obn/

[MarkRae]

> Fixing the way menu's work.
>
> As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Any chance of the ability to edit posts after submission...? ;-)

[AB Editor]

Well, as always you can chat with others forced out into the wild on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AnswerBank

[rowanwitch]

my badge count will go up then we need a smug monster badge for those with a lot of badges

[AB Editor]

"Any chance of the ability to edit posts after submission...? ;-)"

Not tomorrow morning! :)

[carrust]

There should be a badge for not seeing any waxwings......:-)

[AB Editor]

"my badge count will go up then we need a smug monster badge for those with a lot of badges"

I think that might be what the 'undred clubs are for! :)

[MarkRae]

Didn't think so, but you can, right...? :-)

[Baldric]

^^^ What's Icarus got to do with it? ^^^

[vivandorron]

No comment.

Ron.

[ChuckFickens]

"Head Badger: 50+ posts in Editor's blog"

That reminds me, I wonder if Ron has figured out his door handle problem yet.

[ChuckFickens]

Oh, errrm, Hi Ron...

[AB Editor]

I'd never do such a thing Mark :) (yes)

Other badge suggestions welcome, as always.

[MarkRae]

Much better... :-)

[Mick-Talbot]

Any chance of the ability to edit posts after submission...? ;-)


LOL @ MarkRae woorying about his pour grammer

[Arksided]

Any chance of the ability to edit posts after submission...?

I like this idea, it has been suggested many times before... a minute or so would do.

thanks for letting us know Ed of the changes, some are self appointed rulers on here at times it seems.

[ummmm]

Or they could just bring back the preview option.