It's been a long time coming and a ton of work, but it's finally here. The new Garage Journal features a ton of new features and a whole new look. As we are just launching this version, there is bound to be a few bugs and problems, but hang in there with us as we work them out!
What's new?
1. User Profiles
This is probably the largest new feature that we added. With the new user profile pages, you can now host your own photo galleries, join and form social groups (more on that later), and form "friends" similar to myspace.
Admittedly, the "friends" functionality is a little juvenile, but I decided to run with it as it could have pretty cool effects later in the game.
To see some of these features in action, check out my personal profile.
2. Social Groups
This feature is not quite complete yet, but it's far enough along to get folks going on it. Essentially, groups are profile pages for a group of people with a common interest. A good example would be a car club. Clubs can create their own groups, invite their members, and completely control their group page content with galleries, messages, etc... Again, this feature will be pretty incredible once it's fully blown out. Until then, it's just kind of cool.
You can see the Central Texas Area group (in its infancy as I haven't had time to invite all the vendors yet) here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=1
3. Inline Images
You can now post images inline with your posts instead of just at the bottom of the post. To do so, simply click on the paperclip icon (
) when creating a post. The upload window will popup and you will be allowed to upload images. Once done, close the window. Now, whenever you want to place an image in your content, simply click the arrow (
) located next to the paperclip icon and choose the image you want to appear in the content.
Obviously, there are quite a few more new features in this release but I think the above are the biggest. In time, I'll try to get tutorials done on how to use all of them... until then, check out the FAQ if you have questions.
And again, please excuse any bugs or problems you run upon. We are still actively working on things. In fact, the forums might be a tad slow for a day or two until we get things optimized.
Thanks and enjoy!
What's new?
1. User Profiles
This is probably the largest new feature that we added. With the new user profile pages, you can now host your own photo galleries, join and form social groups (more on that later), and form "friends" similar to myspace.
Admittedly, the "friends" functionality is a little juvenile, but I decided to run with it as it could have pretty cool effects later in the game.
To see some of these features in action, check out my personal profile.
2. Social Groups
This feature is not quite complete yet, but it's far enough along to get folks going on it. Essentially, groups are profile pages for a group of people with a common interest. A good example would be a car club. Clubs can create their own groups, invite their members, and completely control their group page content with galleries, messages, etc... Again, this feature will be pretty incredible once it's fully blown out. Until then, it's just kind of cool.
You can see the Central Texas Area group (in its infancy as I haven't had time to invite all the vendors yet) here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=1
3. Inline Images
You can now post images inline with your posts instead of just at the bottom of the post. To do so, simply click on the paperclip icon (
Obviously, there are quite a few more new features in this release but I think the above are the biggest. In time, I'll try to get tutorials done on how to use all of them... until then, check out the FAQ if you have questions.
And again, please excuse any bugs or problems you run upon. We are still actively working on things. In fact, the forums might be a tad slow for a day or two until we get things optimized.
Thanks and enjoy!
