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Creating a new article is pretty easy. Go to the library section you would like the new article created and click on the "Add new article" button: Fill in all the sections and hit save. Your screen will look a little different to the screenshot below as some of the options you see here are only available to the mods. If you are writing the article in something else such as MS Word and pasting it in, it's best to save all the formatting for here. When you paste in the content, it's important to remove all the associated formatting. This is done to ensure that all the library articles remain consistent in look and feel. It also saves a lot of rework if the forum font/style ever changes. By sticking to the default forum font and style, articles will automatically be upgraded if there are any changes in the future. You can also select the text and use this button to clear the formatting if you are going back to edit an existing article: View full article

Hi Everyone, We are running our first ever facebook competition. I will post the image here for you to view. If you're on facebook, go to the Shrimpkeepersforum page and start clicking. Great prize to be won!!

With around 12 weekends to go until Christmas, it's probably a good time for the next SKF quarterly update. Forum Upgrade A fair bit of work is happening in the background by the forum software developers on the next version of forum software. A lot of enhancements are being included and the new version has been rebuilt from the ground up to be a lot more responsive for all platforms. In layman's terms, this means a much better experience for those of you that also use your iPhones/iPads or Android tablets to access the site. To better inform our community, I've created a forum dedicated to the next upgrade. In that forum I've already posted some videos and details around a test\demo site. The following threads might be of interest to you: Video Examples of Next Upgrade Demo SKF Site SKF Marketplace This has been a regular topic of discussion from the change to Classifieds and then to the new Marketplace. I've listened to all the feedback and have reverted the Marketplace back to the original format where you can post directly to the forums instead of needing to use the Marketplace app. I'll be decommissioning the app shortly. Image Restrictions Upload restrictions have been at 2MB for sometime now. With newer phones and cameras supporting higher resolutions, a lot of photo's being taken are over this limit causing members to have issues in uploading. I've temporally increased this limit to trial larger image uploads with a view to eventually allow this for SKF subscribers only. Larger uploads equates to requiring more space in the backend to support their storage hence limiting to subscribers only. For the moment, everyone can enjoy the additional quota. Opening up the Site Visitor traffic to the site via organic search (e.g. Google) continues to grow. This quarter saw an increase to 38.7%, up from 20.4% from the previous period. This has translated to an increase in overseas members joining the ranks which is great to see. Traffic from social media remains low at under 5% and will be an ongoing area of focus. Referral Program A referral program is now in place to facilitate word-of-mouth registrations. For more information, have a read through this thread. SKF Library The library hasn't had much attention in this last quarter and I'll try to spend some time on it in the upcoming period. In the meantime, I've put a call out for anyone interested in helping out. Supporting the Site If you are interested in supporting the site consider becoming a subscription member. We currently have 3 levels of subscription: Premium - Access to classifieds via the SKF Marketplace, chatroom and up to 500 PMs Platinum - Premium benefits + up to 1,000 Pms and 5MB uploads Individual Sponsor - Platinum benefits + dedicated gallery album and own forum (if required) to promote personal non-commercial blogs, youtube channels etc... As I bring more and more features to the site, they will generally start with the subscription members first. There is also SKF Merchandise available for sale at the SKF Store.

Looking at getting some merchandise soon, what sorts of things would you like to see in the SKF Store? Use the attached poll. Some examples: Mug Bumper Sticker

Welcome Welcome everybody to Australia's premier dedicated shrimp community. It's great to have you here and we look forward to hearing about your experiences and seeing some photos of your setup. The members here have a broad range of experience and are only too happy to help out with any questions. Limited Access You will have noticed that upon joining that your access is limited and there are quite a number of forums you can't view. This is done to encourage you to become an active member of this community of likeminded aquatic keepers. As you contribute more to the forum you will find that more of the site becomes available to you. It's also done to protect the copyright of the site and to prevent people from simply browsing and borrowing our communities hard work to use on their own sites. A quick way in which to start contributing is to: Take the time to introduce yourself and tell everyone a little about what shrimp you keep, how many tanks you have, etc... Complete your forum profile (e.g. location, default thread subscription, signature, etc...) once your membership changes from registered to regular Classifieds Access to the classifieds is available for premium members only. Subscription to premium membership can be done via My Account and Paid Subscriptions under Settings. We do not allow classifieds anywhere else on ShrimpKeepersForum. If you see a thread or receive a unsolicited PM selling/buying goods, please advise a site moderator immediately. The rules that are in place exist to make ShrimpKeepersForum safe and fun. Happy shrimping!! View full article

Well, here we are. The new site is up and running and the old forum content should have been migrated over. I've got the site up so that people can start doing stuff again whilst I finish off the remaining bits and pieces. Any issues, let me know.