USA Rink Hockey

Hello All.

It’s been a while since I got the overwhelming to change the site, so over course, that is what this is all about. New look to the main site, slightly new look to the forum, and new functionality for now and more to come later.  Let’s see if I can remember all the changes.

1. New layout for main site with new graphics, including rotating header graphic (each time you refresh the page, the banner should change (right now there are only two options: Men’s team and Women’s team, but more will come).  Also, the page will display as wide as your browser window is open, which means less scrolling for those with wide screens. I am also redoing the pages (right hand column).
2. No more comments/logging in on the main site. To reduce my constant deletion of “fake” users, I decided to remove all ability to create users and/or leave comments. All comments will be left in the forum now (more to come on that). However, you will still receive those emails each time I post new stuff. I have added all the previously registered users to the “subscription” list which means you get those updates. New people to the site to subscribe by entering their email address in the “Subscribe For Updates” section in the right hand column. You can remove your email address by entering yours and clicking Unsubscribe.
3. I still have more content to add and change, but I think I was able to get all the previous content moved over successfully. If you don’t see something there that you did before, let me know.
4. To comment on content now, you go to the forums and do it. There is a section where all the the new posts will be automatically added (updates every 60 minutes so if you don’t see it right away, give it some time and it should show up) so all you have to do is log in and post away. Your user names and passwords haven’t changed so that functionality is still the same.
5. For the most part, the forum  is the same, but I changed a couple of categories and changed the “look” just a bit. My big push to redo the sites was the forum because the database for it was tweaked to the point that I couldn’t update it anymore with new features or security fixes. So, I started from scratch and once I got everything updated, I was able to move over the old content. Many of you have already gone through that with me before so not really a big deal. If something isn’t working right, let me know.

I will continue to add things to both the site and forum, but the main stuff is there again for you all to enjoy. Remember, if you don’t see something you would like to see, let me know.

PJ