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All you all can see there have been a lot of changes to the site over the past 24 hours. Now that many of the things have been buttoned up i can start to explain a bit more about some of the new features of the vB4 along with what some of the changes represent for the site.

So to begin with you will notice that the layout is much different. It is now streamlined to help not only new people but keep things better organized for us all. It makes things a lot easier having them laid out this way. Like having the Virus section right below the Windows section. Lets face it 99% of the people are on Windows when they are infected so it should be right there for them to get help.

The Members area is now the former Miscellaneous section. This is your area folks, treat it right and with respect and you maybe able to get more things added in the future if requested. But if we see things get out of hand with the couple of new additions, not only will those be removed but the chance of getting more will be gone as well.

So lets talk about those new additions. It has been asked to add in a Multimedia forum and a Car specific forum for a while now. Here it is finally. The Multimedia section will be the place for you to share your interests about books, music, movies and so much more. Please bear with us on this section as we do have much more in mind which will extend the use of this forum and it will make a lot of people happy with some of the proposed changes we want to make. Give us time to finish working out the details and it will be announced in there soon.

Next is the car specific forum. This can be used for everything and anything. Talk about car problems you are having, if your looking to buy or anything that is related to any form of transportation. Be it a bicycle, motor bike, or anything else that has wheels and a form of engine.

Now the Contest forum is there for a specific reason. You already seen the first example. It is for the contests which we plan on holding on site. But there is a catch to this forum. You cant create topics in there. You can only respond. Sorry but being Officially sanctioned by TF means that the Staff must create the thread.

Next comes the Review and Tutorial section. There is 4 sections here. 2 are for members to post up their reviews and tutorials. The other 2 are going to be used by the staff to either promote a great review/tutorial by a member or to write one up ourselves and put it up on the site. Again with this area you can only create topics in the Member Area not the Official area. Dont worry, if your topic gets promoted you will still be able to post in it.

Last but not least is the CMS or Content Management System. This is what is going to be used kinda like our Front Page now. The Staff has the option to promote just about everything and anything to the specific sections laid out on the CMS so that when a new review is written it will appear on the CMS as well.

Now with all the changes it is going to take time to populate and sort out all the little details. Like how do you become and "Official" TF Reviewer and so on. Along with getting the CMS system populated and operating fully. This is a new system for all of us and we are flying by the seat of our pants trying to get it working right. I spent countless hours trying to sort out every detail.

We ask that you please bear with us. There are going to be some growing pains with the upgrade. With your help and the dedication of our staff we will get the things worked out and fixed ASAP. It isnt going to be instantaneous but we will try our best to keep moving forward.

We welcome you to the Improved TF. This is just the first step of many that we have planned. Great things are coming for our members for the rest of this year and beyond!