HongFire.com Site Updates (3/7/2006)

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Welcome To The HongFire.com Site Updates Information Center!

In this thread, you will find various posts from staff members announcing any kind of progress & changes on the site. Please check the posts on this thread from time to time, as we, the staff members, will constantly edit & update each posts quite frequently to reflect any up to date changes. We also appreciate any feedbacks from members so that we could make any improvements or remedy any bugs or loop-holes on the site. If there are any problems, issues, or further questions, feel free to voice out & discuss them in the Suggestions & Feedback (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=36) forum section.


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[Lisa Hayes]

There are minor revisions of the forum rules concerning direct downloads. As of now, direct downloads are allowed in HongFire forums.

Guidelines for direct download threads:

As a rule, all direct download threads should contain "[download]" label in their thread. All the necessary tags should follow after the download tag.
[download] - [anime][manga][RAW]... name of material All direct download threads will be contained in their respective forum section. If its a hentai manga, post it in the hentai manga section. If hentai anime, it goes in the hentai anime section. If its a CG set, it goes in the hentai lair section. If its an OST, then it goes in the OST discussion. DO NOT POST YOUR DIRECT DOWNLOAD THREAD IN THE TORRENT SECTION!


As a rule, the material being direct downloaded MUST COMPLY with the torrent rules. Failure to comply with the torrent rules will result to thread deletion. Uploading of real child porn is not tolerated, and will result of an immediate permanent ban when found.


Lastly, as a precaution, do not direct link materials that will attract authorities. For obvious reasons.

This should clarify on matters about direct downloading.

[BOiNG!]

2/16/2006: The Clubs & Fandom Forum Section Updates (Still Under Development)

After several site upgrades, the administrators have finally made revisions on the Clubs & Fandom Section. The following are the most recent changes made & information on how things work in the club sections:

1. The Clubs & Fandom Forum Section

One of the changes introduce an entirely renovated new forum section called the Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143). Under the Clubs & Fandom (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=142) forum section, all of the current 9 official HF clubs are categorized under Official Clubs (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=132) forum section. These clubs within this section are the official main clubs on HongFire.com (refer below to know how these clubs work). On the other hand, under the general Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) forum section, any members can start their small group or fandom threads to discuss their favorite subject. These little groups are similiar to the main HF clubs, but in smaller scale/size. Think of it like disposable one-time fandom groups, or testing grounds for potential new HF clubs. Much like a lobby area for groups of members with similiar interest on a particular subject, or unofficial mini-clubs. All members are free to create threads & posts in this particular section. However, the Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) will still be moderated by the staff members just like on the main forums. Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) is an entirely seperate section from the official main club sections, so club moderators from those main club sections have no moderation control over this section. For more information regarding the rules & guidelines on using the new Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) section, please refer to the following thread (still under development): http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43335

2. How The Official Clubs Section Work.

Generally, all community members are free to view the contents of any clubs (public viewing). However, only approved club members in a respective club section can create threads and posts within it. For non-club members of any clubs, they do not have the permission to create threads and posts in those sections. Exception to this are members with the following status; VIP, Donor, Special Group, Staff, Moderator, Super Moderator, Administrator; these members are free to create threads and posts in any club sections.

3. Becoming A Club Member For A Certain Club.

Guidelines, rules, & information on how to qualify to be a club member of a certain club can be found on the respective club's forum section (usually in one of their main club-membership information thread). To join a club:

1. Go to member's UserCP and click on the "Group Memberships (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/profile.php?do=editusergroups)" option. This will display a section with the list of HF clubs available for a member to join.


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2. Check any one of the "Join Group" radio buttons of member's desired club to be joined, then click on the "Join Group" button located below the list.

3. Member will then be directed to the "Join Request" form, where member will need to type in their reason for joining the particular club. Once done with typing in the reason, click on the "Send Request" to send this request notice to the appropiate club leaders.


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4. Member will have to wait for the club leaders to approve their club membership request in order to be officially accepted into the club. Club leaders will make their decison on whether or not to authorize the member to be accepted into the club. Once member have been approved & given the club membership rights by the respective club leaders, member will then be officially listed as a club member for the respective club.

5. Member also have the choice of leaving a club anytime after joining it. To leave a certain club, return to member's UserCP "Group Memberships (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/profile.php?do=editusergroups)" option section. Near the bottom of the HF clubs list, is the list of member's currently joined club. Just check any one of the "Leave Group" radio buttons of member's desired club to leave, then click on the "Leave Group" button located below the list. Member will then finally be removed from the club.


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4. Club Leaders, Club Moderators And Their Abilities.

Club leaders are members who take charge of matters/activities within their club. Each club have various number of club leaders. These club leaders have the control of granting club membership rights to potential members who applied to join their respective club. Currently, only one of these club leaders in each of the clubs have the permission & ability to moderate their respective club. These club leaders with limited moderation controls are known as Club Moderators. Their abilities function only within the designated clubs alone, they won't function outside of their respective club section, and obviously won't work on the main forum sections. Club Moderators' abilities include:

i. Granting or removing club membership rights.
ii. Viewing the list of the entire registered/approved club members.
iii. Delete or edit posts.
iv. Delete or edit threads.
v. Open or close threads.
vi. Stick or unstick threads.
vii. Merge threads or posts.
viii. Move posts.

Exception to this are certain clubs having a staff member as an active club member, where he/she will take over the role to be the club moderator (refer to the list below). Additionally, all staff members (Moderator, Super Moderator, Administrator) will still maintain their moderation on all of the club sections. The following members are the designated Club Moderators:

HF-Key = adun50 (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=32)
HF-Guilty Gear = Miltani (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=2452)
HF-YUSHY = S&T Kawaii Love (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=42878)
HF-Loli = Atachi (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=14804)
HF-Hentai = Mai Tokiha (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=78323)
HF-[img] = PowerMog (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=57714)
HF-CLAMP = xxxkHOLiC (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=90982)
HF-Mimikko = jsnut (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=102)
HF-Mecha = Redsuns (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=4052)

5. Club Issues.

Any club related issues should be fowarded to the appropiate/respective Club Moderator first, since they have the main role of handling any club related matters. If for some reason members find it inconvenient to address it to the Club Moderators, members are also free to foward it to the staff members, where we could try to help members ease/settle whatever problems they might have. As for the other groups within the Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) section, those are handled & moderated by the staff members.

6. To The Club Leaders.

Now is the time to update all of your club's membership information threads to reflect the current changes. Please make sure that whatever guidelines, rules, & information on how to become a club member on your club are clearly stated.

[BOiNG!]

2/15/2006: New Status Titles

As of recently, 3 new status titles have been added! Listed below are all the current status titles available on HongFire.com:

VIP: Very <Insert Word Of Choice Starting With The Letter "I"> People; like celebrities or politicians.

Donor: Members who donate money ($$$) to HongFire.com's site fund.

Special Group: Fan-sub or release groups' representatives associated with HongFire.com.

Staff: Doing "stuffs" behind the scene; a mysterious bunch.

Moderator: Lesser beings of Super Moderators; tasked with cleaning the forums, settling minor disputes, reporting to their superiors, and taking out the garbage.

Super Moderator: 40% bigger & more important than Moderators; shares the same tasks as Moderators, but at a larger scale with more power & responsibilities.

Administrator: The Big Bosses; handle site codings & overseeing the whole site; like the "Big Evil Eye" from The Lord Of The Rings; finalize big important decisions & changes.

Junior Member: New members, or members who don't post much; having a post count of anywhere between 0 to 29.

Member: Regular members; lurking around for quite sometime; having a post count of anywhere between 30 to 999.

*NEW!* Senior Member: Just like regular members, but with higher post count; having a post count of anywhere between 1000 to 1999.

*NEW!* Master Member: Old members; been around for a long time, or might be posting too much; having post count of 2000 & above.

*NEW!* Club Moderator: Club leaders/representatives of their respective HF clubs; moderate & take care of club related matters only.

Probation: *Description Pending*

Banned: *Description Pending*

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2/15/2006: Redirect Script For External Links Updated

With the recent revision of the redirect script for external links, from now on, members are able to post hyperlinks to "certain" websites without much problem (like getting errors). However, any older posts containing hyperlinks that was posted before this update will not take effect unless members edit & update those old posts as well.

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2/16/2006: Updated FAQ Section & New IRC Chat Link

The FAQ (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/faq.php) section have been updated with two new categories, "Rules" and "Clubs & Fandom". Hopefully, this will enable/help members to search for certain information much easier. So no more "I can't find the forum rules!" or similiar excuses, everything is right there in the FAQ (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/faq.php) section for members' convenience.

IRC Chat link have been added to the top navigation bar, allowing easy/convenient access for members to join HongFire.com's official IRC channel, #hf-network at ir.rizon.net. To learn more about this, please check the following thread: http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1799

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2/16/2006: Restricted Sections


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Certain sections within this site are now categorized as "Level 5 Hentai", putting it in the same league as Hentai Lair and Hentai Torrent sections. Most recent addition to this include; HF-Loli (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=138), HF-Hentai (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=134), HF-YUSHY (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=137), and the Club House (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=143) sections. These sections are now restricted, viewable only to registered HongFire.com users. Users who are not registered as a member of HongFire.com will not be able to view the contents within these restricted sections. Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.

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2/16/2006: New & Improved HongFire.com Animated Fav Icon


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HongFire.com is now outfitted with a new animated Fav Icon for supported Internet browsers (with some help from PowerMog in making the icon). This icon can also be dragged out from the Internet browser and onto the user's desktop, creating a new shortcut icon which can be open & automatically link directly to HongFire.com's main site. Even the icon on the desktop will be a 32x32 size quality icon.


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2/23/2006: 3 New VIP Members!

Not exactly related to the site's updates, but we have recently upgraded 3 old members to VIP status! It's been long overdue, but here they are. Those fortunate members are; HereAtThere (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=24119), Maria Renard (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=14257), and orka (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/member.php?u=896)! Congratulations to them for being chosen!


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[BOiNG!]

3/1/2006: Removal Of Flash Sections In The Gallery

Unfortunately, due to the possible malicious intent or potential "exploitation" with flash formats (SWF), two of the flash sections within the gallery have been removed. Until the staff members manage to figure a way around this problem, these sections will remain "unavailable" until further notice. Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause, but it had to be done for security & safety reasons.


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[jsnut]

3/2/2006: New Feature Available

A new feature called Link Database (http://www.hongfire.com/links) is now available. In this section, members can share or view the links from various categories such as anime websites, game company websites, etc. Members can also reply to or rate the links to give feedbacks to the posters. All submitted links will be subject to the admin's approval so please submit the links that are useful to other members.

More categories will be added later on. So if you think we need more categories, please feel free to make suggestion in the main forum. Also, if you have questions/suggestions regarding this new feature, please post them in Site Support & Bug Reports (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5)/Suggestions & Feedback (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=36).

We hope you enjoy the new feature and/or find it useful for you.

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3/7/2006: Minor Clubs & Fandom Section Settings Update

We have enabled the permission for any community members to create posts in any threads within the Clubs & Fandom Section (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=142). In other word, all members are free to post in any clubs (including any official clubs). However, non-club members are still restricted from making new threads in any of the official club sections. Only authorized club members of their respective clubs are allowed to create new threads on their respective secitons.

Take note that this is an ongoing change, we are still conducting field test surveys to observe how the club sections are working & evolving, expect to see more drastic changes & major upates soon. We are still trying to tweak and improve the whole Clubs & Fandom Section (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=142), working to balance out various settings & parameters. As part of this testing process/excercise (and by popularity), we have also upgraded the HF-TypeMoon Club (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=144), officially making it as a part of the Official Clubs (http://www.hongfire.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=132).

HongFire would like to remind all of the current club moderators to excecise their leadership role & responsibilities properly in their respective club sections. Failing to do so (poor performances) will lead to the removal of the particular club moderator's role (in other words: fired), which then a new club moderator will be chosen/elected as the replacement by the staff members. HongFire says; "Know your role, and do your job properly."