MASSIVELY HUGE UPDATE
So http://www.gamehandout.com has gotten a MASSIVE update to the forum, though some of it is still being worked out.
One of our biggest things is we've added Badges to the forums. Not just your average badges, but they are built into the core of XenForo (Trophies) and every badge you obtain you gain EXP which will go towards leveling up your account. The higher level you obtain, the better your user title is. This replaces the bland post count title ranks, and makes it so you have to gain pretty much achievements to level up your title rank. It's a fun, and eventful new feature that I feel will help the activity quite a bit, and add some uniqueness to the forums. http://gamehandout.com/badges/ As stated, some things are still being worked out/added. There's going to be lots more badges, and I'll fix the weird display glitch as soon as I figure out how too :/
We've also added a homepage (Though it isn't 100% the homepage yet) which will display all of our latest announcements, game news, game reviews, game deals, game giveaways, our giveaways, and all of our games you can get for free. This is another huge thing, as it slightly brings us out of being just a forum. http://gamehandout.com/articles/
A footer has also been added, I hope to add social icons to it soon, but working on the homepage first over everything else.
All in all, I'm pretty proud with this update and what it has accomplished with the forums, I figured I'd share this with everyone and hope to hear what you all think about it.
So http://www.gamehandout.com has gotten a MASSIVE update to the forum, though some of it is still being worked out.
One of our biggest things is we've added Badges to the forums. Not just your average badges, but they are built into the core of XenForo (Trophies) and every badge you obtain you gain EXP which will go towards leveling up your account. The higher level you obtain, the better your user title is. This replaces the bland post count title ranks, and makes it so you have to gain pretty much achievements to level up your title rank. It's a fun, and eventful new feature that I feel will help the activity quite a bit, and add some uniqueness to the forums. http://gamehandout.com/badges/ As stated, some things are still being worked out/added. There's going to be lots more badges, and I'll fix the weird display glitch as soon as I figure out how too :/
We've also added a homepage (Though it isn't 100% the homepage yet) which will display all of our latest announcements, game news, game reviews, game deals, game giveaways, our giveaways, and all of our games you can get for free. This is another huge thing, as it slightly brings us out of being just a forum. http://gamehandout.com/articles/
A footer has also been added, I hope to add social icons to it soon, but working on the homepage first over everything else.
All in all, I'm pretty proud with this update and what it has accomplished with the forums, I figured I'd share this with everyone and hope to hear what you all think about it.
