Brian's progress on Specialty Gamer

Added portion to say that I swap banners with other websites on the Links page.  Also added a new, 2nd banner to choose from.  Looks like this.

Checking out the selection of open source forums, it was between phpBB, DeluxeBB, and SimpleMachinesForum.  I went with Simple Machines forum basically by process of elimination - and I liked the format of SMF.

I never particularly cared for the term "archives" which is used by default in my MT installation.  So I changed the name of the [section name] Archives to [section name] Full Index.  And from [section name] Index to [section name] Home.  I also cleaned up category archive names and just removed the Archives wording from categories entirely.  And for authors, changed it to [author's name]'s Page.  Sounds more personal to me.

Also, removed an extra colon (:) that was in some page titles, and also fixed spacing in some page titles.

I realize I've been neglecting to post on my Progress Journal here.  I have been working past few weeks on the Talk Boards, which I think are just about ready to open.  I need to adjust all the links and add a new graphic to the home page to show its open and no longer "in progress".  Not in the mood to make the graphics now, but will tommorrow.

For anyone interested in seeing it early, here is the link - www.specialtygamer.com/talk/

I am back from Jet City Retro.  Fun time.

Thought of plenty of good ideas for Specialty Gamer and etc.  One of them was to add game collection tips section to the talk boards.  Basically the idea being for people share their tips on keeping their collection in the best shape possible.  With areas such as cleaning, repairing, buying, researching, maintaining and storing.

Check out the Talk Boards