Zwielicht
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- Aug 31, 2013
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What's New
Updated GUI
Does something here look... different to you?
That's because the GUI for BHW 2.0 has been updated to be more modern.
Feel like not much has changed? That's a good thing, because we aimed to keep BHW 2.0 as close to that original à la mode BHW style everyone has come to know and love.
Reactions
The "thank you" system on Black Hat World has gone through several changes over the last five years. Those of you who were around prior to BHW's migration to Xenforo will remember when a "like" was a "thank you" that listed the usernames of every member at the bottom of your post.
Now that "like" system has expanded into the new reactions system. At the moment, it appears this system still only allows you to "like" a post or thread, but as some of you may know from beta testing BHW 2.0, the system can be expanded into additional reactions. Alerts you receive for reactions on reflect this change as well by telling you exactly who reacted and which reaction they used.
Update July 7, 2020: I meant to mention this earlier, but more types of reactions will be rolled out in time. We do currently have two reactions available on the forum: a generic "like" and a "haha".
Social Shares
Ever dreamt of having your BHW post go viral on the internet? Well,
If you look at the top right-hand corner of each post, you'll see that every post now has a social share button to easily get the link to specific posts.
Bookmarks
Members now have the option to bookmark specific posts, threads and sub-forums. Want to come back to a useful guide, or just a funny post you read? Well, now you can easily find them again using the bookmark feature.
Pop-Up Box Glow
There's now a subtle white glow around pop-up boxes, such as the login pop-up box, to make them just a bit more noticeable. It might seem like a basic CSS change, but it was added in based on the support tickets we've received.
Speed Improvements
Images & Videos On Profiles
Remember how you couldn't share images and videos on your profile and you had to opt for just posting the link instead? That's a thing of the past as you can now embed them in profiles posts. I'm personally looking forward to seeing all of the meme status updates we get on profiles from now on.
Sticky Navigation Menu
BHW now has a sticky navigation menu, meaning when you scroll down, the main forum links at the top of the page are still viewable.
Viewable Sections On The Homepage
As you can see in the screenshot above, the section a thread is in is now viewable from the homepage.
This should definitely help those of you who want to differentiate marketplace threads from regular threads on the forum.
Resizeable Images
New Default Avatars
New Colour Swatches
There's a new colour palette for the forum. You can also now enter custom codes if you prefer not using the default colours on the palette.
In-Line Spoilers
Back-To-Top Button
Links Now Turn Into Snippets
When you share a link in a post, it now displays a snippet.
In-Line Code
It's delicious, I know.
Thread previews
Suspicious that "How to make money with Instagram" thread is actually a poorly-titled question or a clickbait marketplace thread instead of a helpful guide? Well, if you hover over a thread title in one of the subforums, you can now see a preview of the contents of the thread.
Push Notifications
For more information on enabling push notifications, please refer to our BHW newbie guide thread here:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/push-notifications-on-blackhatworld.1240207/
Reactions In PMs
The No Folder
For those of you who organise their PMs like I do, PMs that are not sorted are placed in the "No Folder" .
Sort Subforum By Likes
I know this is one of those changes many of you have been asking about for a long time now. With BHW 2.0, you can now sort threads in a subforum by the number of likes in the first message.
What's Changed
Left & Right-Aligned Images
See... See what I did there?
Ever found it annoying whenever you inserted a left or right-aligned image only to find that the forum always centre-aligns it? Well, no more! With BHW 2.0, images are no longer auto-centered.
This means that if you wish to center an image in a post or a signature space, you'll be able to specify the alignment using BBcode or the forum's built-in rich text editor; it'll actually listen to you now.
Left-Hand Menu GUI Change
The left-hand menu that displays popular sections of the forum now shows the currently selected section you are on with a tab on the left (on hover) and a grey highlighted bar instead of highlighting it in yellow.
Quotes
Prior to BHW 2.0, quotes in posts were displayed in a grey and dark grey blockquote. It did the job, but the style was rather outdated.
The new quotes are similar to the old quotes in terms of the grey background colour, however they're now more indented with a yellow bar on the left-hand side.
Member Profile Changes
Members profiles have been re-organised to make them easier to view and navigate. Language used on profiles is now more consistent with language used across the forum (e.g., "quote" and "reply" are used now instead of "comment"). As Reaction scores have replaced likes, they can now be viewed on profiles as well.
Membership Banner Changes
Banners no longer wrap around the avatar. Instead, they're displayed in
Online User Icon
Notable Member's List
Gif Avatars No Longer Work
Full Change Log (So Far)
- Updated GUI.
- "Likes" changed to "Reactions".
- Social share button added.
- Glow around pop-up boxes.
- Site speed improvements .
- Images and videos cahn now be embedded on profiles.
- Sticky navigation menu.
- Sections threads are placed in are viewable on the homepage.
- Resizeable images in posts.
- New default avatars.
- New colour swatches.
- In-line spoilers.
- Back-to-top button.
- Links now turn into snippets.
- In-line code.
- Thread previews.
- Push notifications.
- Reactions in PMs.
- The "No Folder" in your inbox.
- Sort subforum by likes.
- Left and right-aligned images.
- Left-hand menu GUI changes.
- Changes to the way quotes look.
- Member profile layout changes.
- Membership banner changes.
- Online user icon changes.
- Notable member's list changes.
Special Thanks
Staff@Jammie Dodger, @Diamond Damien, @WilhelmScream, @alwaysconfused, @Society Girl, @Zwielicht (self-aggrandising, I know), @MisterF, @davids355, and @BassTrackerBoats.
Members
@yakuzaemme, @Veil123, @Billy Batts, @javabro, @Topiano, @Total Noob, @Seo Lover, @baccart, @FatBee , @3bisu, @Mr Positive, @Meerakat, @Social Sparrow, @xfiles999, @Azaan, @Festinger, @nonin, @Aulig, @rafark, @Toz, @Razen666, @The Seer, @reuse, @perrymason, @Walterwhit, @SirLouen, and the rest of our community.
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