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  1. Kevin

    Announcements Board Upgrades In Progress

    We're currently in the midst of upgrading the sites software. If you experience any problems please let us know and we'll fix it ASAP. Thanks, Kevin EDIT: The upgrade to vBulletin 3.0.4 has been finished with just a couple of hurdles to get past. Everything seems to be running fine. :cool...
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    Announcements Cool SciFi redesign online!

    I'm very happy to announce that the new design for Cool SciFi went online today! :cool: The style was designed by Nicholas at ForumSkin.com and I couldn't be more happier with the results. All of the graphics, even the really cool ray gun in the logo, is all custom work by Nicholas. As you...
  3. Kevin

    Announcements Site Maintenance

    Some site changes that some of you may have noticed.... :P The Media Gallery has been updated from Beta 5 (B5) of the software to Release Candidate 1 (RC1). Unfortunately there were a couple of glitches along the way so it took me a bit of time to get it all worked out again. If you received...
  4. Kevin

    Announcements The new Media Gallery is now open!

    It's finally open, our new Media Gallery! The Media Gallery will be the place were any all types of art work, music, video clips, and anything else we come across will be available for downloading. Right now there are just a few items in there as we get started but soon more will be coming. I...
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    Announcements The Arcade has been updated

    The Arcade has been updated! :jiggy: In recent months we switched from the v3Arcade system to a beta version of ibProArcade for VB. ibProArcade has come out of beta and we've upgraded to the 'gold' version! While there we've also added a bunch of new games including some for the winter...
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    Announcements Links Has Been Updated

    Two changes to our links section tonight..... The application has been upgraded from the RC3 beta version to the 1.0.0 'gold' version. :jiggy: While doing the changes I noticed that our Community Members visitors were able to add new links but not our Registered Members visitors. Whoops. If...
  7. Kevin

    Announcements I'm back!

    After a few weeks absence to get married, go on a honeymoon, and transport my computer systems to the new house I'm back! It looked liked everything was quiet was I while gone so that's good. I think. :confused: I'm working on a few new toys for our Community Members so hopefully in the...
  8. Kevin

    Announcements Cool SciFi -- Will be on auto-pilot for about 2 weeks.

    For the next two weeks Cool SciFi will be in auto-pilot mode as I take some time off to get married! I'll be back around November 13th/14th but everything should remain running business as usual while I'm gone. If anybody would like to volunteer to keep an eye on things while I'm gone please...
  9. Kevin

    Announcements New Arcade System Being Tested

    New Arcade Being Tested Some of you have noticed that there is now a new Arcade section. Yep, we're testing a new arcade system to see if it behaves and so far..... we're impressed. :P For now the Arcade is open to all registered visitors, regardless of their post count, so everybody can...
  10. Kevin

    Announcements Sorry 'bout that, folks...

    We needed to update some of our DNS server settings and the result ended up making some people unable to reach us. Everything is (hopefully) back to normal and no more problems are expected. :) Kevin
  11. Kevin

    Announcements Downloads Changing

    Within the next few days access to the downloads will be changing. Any files currently available in the downloads area and any future downloads will be made available only to visitors who are Community Members. All registered visitors are automatically considered Community Members when they...
  12. Kevin

    Announcements New Arcade games added

    Claim your today - visit the Arcade to be champion. http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/images/arcade/jawashoot1.gifJawa Shoot You are a smuggler forced to land on Tatooine to make repairs after a battle. While visiting with your friend Beru the Jawas make a raid! Shoot as many as you can but...
  13. Kevin

    Announcements New style Hardwired installed

    For those that prefer a dark look & feel to their forums we've installed a new style tonight just for you! ;) The new Hardwired style is a dark style with dark text with the added benefit of being light onthe graphics so you shouldn't have to wait that long for it load either. A screen...
  14. Kevin

    Announcements New Links Section

    Along with a new name we've added a new feature -- Add your own links! On the navigation menu on the left the "Links" option will now allow you to add your own links. Have a web site? Link it! Know of a cool place to visit? Link it! Have a file or download that you'd like to promote? Link it...
  15. Kevin

    Announcements New name -- What do you think?

    Well, we're trying a new name for the site.... :P What do you think of "Cool Sci-Fi" as our site name instead of the "Farpoint Station" name? Good? Bad? Indifferent? We should try again with a different name? :confused: Let's us know what you think! This is your community, your opinion...
  16. Kevin

    Announcements The Arcade is now open!

    Like playing games? The Arcade room is now open! Check it out by either clicking here or choosing the "Arcade" option from the navigation menu. :cool: The Arcade is available to all of our registered community members. Not registered? Register today, it's fast, easy, & free! Get your today!
  17. Kevin

    Announcements Create your own smilies!

    Ever wanted a quick & easy way to create your own smilies? Now you can! Registered visitors can create their own smilies thanks to our own Smile Creator! Just click on the Smilie Creator menu option in the Navigation menu and then you're just a few mouse clicks away to creating your own...
  18. Kevin

    Announcements Add your own quotes!

    Some minor construction at the Station today.... registered visitors can add their own quotes! Regular visitors are used to seeing a random quote at the top of the page but now if you're a registered visitor then you can add your own special quote to be randomly displayed. If you aren't...
  19. Kevin

    Announcements Server Upgrade!

    Construction here at the Station was halted for a few days in order to give our hosting service some time to upgrade our server! The Station was moved to a newer Linux box that has a bunch of new bells & whistles on it for us to play with and, so far, also appears to be giving better response...
  20. Kevin

    Announcements Station Contruction tonight

    Yep, more construction going on with the forums. Tonight got a new 'skin' installed and I also realized that some lines aren't working off of the main page in the left navigation menu. Whoops! :o The links broke because I've (temporarily?) disabled the sub-domain names to make life easier for...
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