We thought it would be a good idea to let the cat out of the bag already, thus we are now proudly presenting Suck-o V2.0.
Suck-o V2.0 is an upgrade of the old site, featuring a new and Improved CMS as well as a new forum engine. The design and colours are very much the same to keep the traditional suck-o look. We circled around on a lot of different types of CMS, although the forum was decided pretty quickly that it would be PHPBB3. After a long discussion on what CMS to use, we decided to divide up in to teams and try some different ones, although it came down to Joomla because of the limited time of the suck-o staff, as well as the many features available for Joomla.
When the new site opens, the old one will be closed and all of the users accounts and material such as forum posts/threads, PMs and such, will still be there, just as you left them when you logged out the day before.
The new Suck-o V2.0 will have the following exciting features:
Features
- *PHPBB3 and all of its features (Forum) (Private messaging included here)
*Joomla and all of its features (CMS)
*A traditional Suck-o design
*Stronger and more comfortable security(no more issues with posting code)
*Download section for registered members
*News section
*Our holy "rules" page
*Photo gallery
*All old content will be available on the new site
*Easier administration for the staff
*Wargames
*New affiliates section
*"Who's on IRC" module
*Server clock
*A status page separate from the rest of the site (this can be useful when you can't reach the site and need somewhere to check the status of the site)
*An emergency IRC server for "emergencies"
*Suck-o's own Youtube channel with tutorials and interesting material created by both members and staff.
*Staff blogs, where the members of the staff can share their thoughts on specific topics, or just discuss that new hamburger down at Mc'Donalds (I hate Mc'Donalds btw)
*A Suck-o Wiki, where all the rock solid information will be easily available for both our users, and new users who use Google to find new information sources.
Some features for the future that might not make it to the release are:
Future features
- *A new JAVA IRC client, built specially for suck-o
*Community module with advanced profile settings
Now, we would like to ask you users what kind of features you would like to see in Suck-o Version 2.0, so let's hear it!