As some of you may have noticed, the forum has been having some problems lately. The upgrade to 2.0 produced some funny results when posting certain combinations of text, producing Server 500 errors. This usually occurred when modifying a post.
 
Also, first-time views of a page, such as the index of forums, seems to be taking a very long time for the server to generate. You can view this at the bottom of the page, where it says "Page created in 38 seconds with 8 queries" or a similar message. Typical page generation times should be under 1 second, and I am currently working to correct this problem. If you are experiencing it or any other problems with the forum, please post them as replies to this article so I can investigate further. Be sure to include any error messages you get.
 
Thanks guys!
 
-Andrew

Hello again all,

I recently did an upgrade to the forum which will allow for WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) posting. What this means is that when you reply to a topic and want to use any formatting, such as bold or underline, it will show up as you're typing like it does in Microsoft Word. This prevents you from having to type something like [ b ] to bold a word.

This upgrade will help out with anyone who's a novice poster, but also managed to break a couple things in the process, including our skin.

I'm currently working to correct that and a few other small issues, but for the most part the forum upgrade was a success. 
 
-Andrew

As you can see, the calendar is up and running. Eventually we would like for brothers to be able to update it and plug in events whenever they need to, but for now, if you have any events or event details that need to be updated, feel free to email them to Josh Reitz.

jdreitz@bsu.edu

Any questions or comments, just direct them towards the web committee. Thanks!

- Josh Reitz
   Web Committee  As an additional note, the Events page is now up, and a Full View link has been added to the mini-calendar. On the full view, you may flip between Agenda, Month, and Week views,  and even add the AKPsi calendar to your personal Google calendar. Enjoy!

- Andrew Alden
   Web Committee Lead Developer

Hello again brothers,

First off, Upsilon Chi would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new Spring '08 pledges, and a big thanks to their respective big brothers! The chapter is proud to have earned your interest and dedication in joining the fraternity, and is looking forward to each of your progress throughout your pledgeship. Good luck!

Secondly, the Web Committee would like to give you an update on our current projects. The following are areas we're currently focusing on:

• Fixing the server's e-mail system for the chapter. This will include e-mail lists to make distribution easier, as some brothers might remember from way back when.
• A file center for storing minutes and other documents
• Completing various informational areas of the site, which will also be an ongoing process. If anyone feels they could contribute to the content that is on the site, please contact the web committee and you will be more than welcome to add any content to any area of our new site. Don't be shy.. this is a chance for each of you to contribute to the project and leave your mark on the site!

As always, any questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to the web committee, or you can simply leave a comment in the forums. Thanks guys!

-Andrew Alden
  Web Committee Lead Developer