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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FreakyGsMom, post: 913286, member: 17127&quot;]<b>I can&#039;t find a TOTW add on either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="3">Hi Guys,</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="3">Maybe I can shed a little bit of light on the issue of software not being available to nominate a TOTW.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vbulletin.com/" rel="nofollow">vBulletin</a> is a commercial software program that is used by many online forums including CoinTalk and NumisSociety.&nbsp; Jelsoft Enterprises makes the vBulletin software and then third parties write modifications or hacks for the software to be expanded and offer additional features like the TOTW and mood feature.&nbsp; Since these mods are made by a 3rd party and not the software developer they don&#039;t always work as promised. :rolling: vBulletin periodically updates their software to fix bugs and/or add features and then the mods you have installed on your forum might not work any longer once the software is updated.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing this is what happened to the TOTW feature that CT used to have. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s kind of like when Windows Vista came out and all of a sudden your printer wouldn&#039;t print with the new updated software.&nbsp; It was supposed to be a step forward, but as many of us recall it was two steps back. :computer: Since the software developer isn&#039;t making the mods you are at the mercy of a 3rd party unpaid, volunteer developer to develop, test and update a product that works as advertised that they&#039;re not making a dime off of. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;m speaking from experience when I tell you that these mods often do <b>NOT</b> work as described. We crashed our whole forum a while back adding what was supposed to be a relatively simple modification.&nbsp; It took five minutes to download and install the mod and 5 hours of tech support at the cost of several hundred dollars to undo the damage that one installed mod caused.:crying: Some of you might know that Garrett started his own coin forum a few months back and we&#039;re running a newer version of vBulletin than CoinTalk is and we&#039;ve also been unable to find a viable option for a TOTW add on.&nbsp; There just isn&#039;t one out there right now that works as described. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;m looking for one for our site and I told Doug if/when I find one I&#039;ll let him know so CoinTalk can also add it to this site. :thumb:</font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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