http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums This is an XML content feed of; CaribbeanChoice : Announcements & What's New! : Last 10 Posts Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:20:11 -0600 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:02:23 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 8.04 30 www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=3 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/images/parrot_w.gif http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80209&PID=524393#524393 Scott on 14 Jan 2010 at 5:02pm

In our continuing effort to upgrade the website, we now added support for Gravatars (Globally Recognized Avatars) to comments on Articles and Recipes.  Gravatars are frequently used on blogs to show a commenter's avatar, and are widely used in the blogging community.

If you do not have an avatar selected in the forums, and if you have registered a Gravatar, it will show up next to your comments on the recipe or article page. 

Forum pages will only show forum avatars, however.  After we upgrade the forums in a few months, we will work on implementing Gravatar support for the forums.

Enjoy!
]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:02:23 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80209&PID=524393#524393 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80163&PID=523491#523491 Scott on 06 Jan 2010 at 10:46pm

We have made some interesting changes to the website concerning commenting on recipes and articles.  Commenting is now integrated with the forums, which gives you all the functionality of posting in the forums (editing posts, quoting what someone said, etc.) as well as being visible in the active topics list.  Comments on a recipe or article will be visible both in the forum displayed as regular forum posts, and on the recipe or article page in a manner similar to blog posts.

We are in the process of converting existing recipes and articles to the new comment format.  Look for the comment icon next to the recipe or article name on lists to see which ones  have been converted.

Some examples of pages that have already been converted:

• Jamaican Jerk Chicken
  
• Bajan Sweet Bread
• The Seven Wonders of the Caribbean
• How to be More Romantic to Your Woman
  

Hopefully this and other changes will increase comments and participation throughout the site.

Thanks for being part of CaribbeanChoice and see you online!
]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:46:44 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80163&PID=523491#523491 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80079&PID=522691#522691 Scott on 02 Jan 2010 at 3:36am

Happy New Year!  We here at CaribbeanChoice are working on some exciting things.  Here are some of them:

• More Recipes! We are adding more recipes to the Recipe Section, and fixed the Add a Recipe form so you can add recipes too.
   
  
• More Forum Areas! To make it easier to find discussions you want to participate in, we have added additional forum areas.
   
  
• Toolbar with Internet Radio: We now have our own toolbar with useful features like internet radio, weather, e-mail notifier and pop-up blocker as well as easy access to the latest CaribbeanChoice content.
   
  
• Facebook & Twitter: We now have two fan pages on Facebook.  The CaribbeanChoice Fan Page gives you updates (like this one) on what is happening on the site, as well as shows your support for CaribbeanChoice. The second one is the Caribbean Food Fan Page which displays new recipes.  Plus you can Follow Us on Twitter too.
   
  
• Updated Battle of the Islands: We have enhanced the Battle of the Islands to better reflect user participation on the website.  You can now see the most active countries and users on CaribbeanChoice.
   
  
• And More to Come!

2009 was a rough year, for many reasons, and we are happy to come into 2010 with some exciting new changes.  Please come and join us in 2010!
]]> Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:36:13 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80079&PID=522691#522691 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80058&PID=521756#521756 Scott on 21 Dec 2009 at 12:25pm

As many of you know, earlier this year we had some issues that effected certain areas of the site, including the articles.  We have gone through and temporarily removed all the problem articles.  Hopefully with this update we have eliminated all of the bad links on the site.  Over time, we will restore all those pages with their original or updated content.

If you find any other issues, please visit the Suggestions, Comments & Help! forum and let us know.

Thank you for your patience while we restore and upgrade the site. :)
]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:25:58 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80058&PID=521756#521756 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80050&PID=521557#521557 Scott on 19 Dec 2009 at 3:49am

To better organize the forums and make them easier to use, we have created a variety of new forum areas, such as Relationships, Self-Improvement, Music, Literature - Books, Poems, Sports, and Movies, Plays & Celebrities.

Please check out the forums and be part of our community.
]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:49:59 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80050&PID=521557#521557 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80033&PID=521209#521209 Scott on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:38am

As many of you know, we have recently moved to a new server, and also had some issues from earlier this year that effected certain parts of the website.  We are happy to announce that you can now submit your own recipes again on CaribbeanChoice.

To submit a recipe visit the Add a Recipe page.

Thank you for your patience as we restore the website, and I look forward to your submissions.
]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:38:17 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80033&PID=521209#521209 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80030&PID=521181#521181 Scott on 07 Dec 2009 at 11:56pm

Today we are announcing something new for CaribbeanChoice:

The Free CaribbeanChoice Toolbar with Internet Radio (Beta).

The toolbar includes the following features:

• Internet Radio, with select Caribbean stations already added. (You can add more.)
• Popup Blocker & Privacy Tools
  
• Weather
• E-mail Notifier
• Internet Search powered by Google
• Search CaribbeanChoice
• Recipe Search
• Quick Links to CaribbeanChoice Sections
• Links to the Latest Articles, Recipes, Forum Topics & Announcements
• and the ability to customize and add additional components
  

We are testing out this new toolbar so please try out the new toolbar and tell us what you think.  If you like it, we will keep it.

You can download it here:
http://caribbeanchoice.ourtoolbar.com/

Thank you!


Edited by Scott - 14 Dec 2009 at 5:07am]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:56:11 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80030&PID=521181#521181 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80008&PID=520864#520864 Scott on 09 Nov 2009 at 12:59pm

We are happy to announce that the recipe section and the links directory have been cleaned up.  Over the weekend, we removed hundreds of links that were not working or had some type of error. Hopefully we got them all.

Almost all of the recipe links in the recipe sections should be working now.  Some links to articles may still be broken.  We are working on that.  There may still be some links not working in the links directory, but we are working to get them all. We removed almost 1,000 non-working links over the weekend.

More updates to come!

Enjoy!


Edited by Scott - 08 Dec 2009 at 12:49am]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:18 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80008&PID=520864#520864 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80006&PID=520813#520813 Scott on 05 Nov 2009 at 5:42pm

Just wanted to let you know that we fixed the Private Messenger (PM) on CaribbeanChoice.  Before, messages were successfully send, but it incorrectly sent you to a 404 page.  Now it directs you back to the Outbox correctly.

If you discover any more errors, please let me know.  Thank you.
]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:42:50 -0600 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80006&PID=520813#520813 http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=80005&PID=520786#520786 Scott on 04 Nov 2009 at 9:48pm

Hello Everyone!

We have updated Battle of the Islands.  Be sure to login and participate in the November 2009 Battle of the Islands. 

We have also added some new articles, including Around the World With Carry-on Only. Be sure to check out the new articles.  Each new article will be marked with the indicator.

Enjoy and see you online!



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