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Follow Nexus on Twitter

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The Nexus now has its own Twitter page updated by yours truly. Now none of the staff are really big on Twitter as a personal tool; "Robin is going to the toilet", "Robin has had a hard day", "Robin is going to have a bath tonight", noone cares about that sort of rubbish, not even my friends, but what Twitter is handy for is keeping people up-to-date on changes to the site as well as providing a medium to communicate problems to people if for whatever reason (touch wood) the site goes down.

There's a new feed on the right-hand side and fellow "twits", as I like to call them, can start following the feed for updates.

Talking of updates there have been quite a few recently. First of all if you haven't picked up on it yet I've launched a new site for Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age Nexus. This is the first Nexus site to not serve the Bethesda community so I'm really enjoying the new challenge of fitting in to a new community. Head-on over there if you haven't already to see what terrible colour scheme I've picked.

Moving on with the updates you can now set the time zone you reside in in your preferences area and all the site's times will update to fit your time zone. Tired of wondering how a mod got uploaded at 8pm when it's only 3pm where you are? Well no more!

You know that pop-up that shows once every once in a while to remind you to rate the files you've downloaded? Well now a new pop-up will show on the site whenever you receive a PM on the forums, just to remind you it's there.

I've updated Skinnynerd's Formatting and BBCode article on the site to list all the available BBCode commands you have at your disposal when adding descriptions for files, images and articles as well as making comments. The input fields also have a reminder next to them to let you know you can use BBCode.

File owners can now edit their files directly from the file page by using the new "Admin" drop-down area to manage different aspects of their file page more quickly. Note this only works for the uploader of the file page and won't work for people with editing access.

And lastly the Download/rating history page now lists the files you've rated differently. If you haven't rated a file you can choose to endorse, or not endorse, a file directly from the history page without having to go to the file page. Similarly if you've only just downloaded a file the page will tell you how long you have until you can rate the file.

More updates to come.

9 comments

  1. LHammonds
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    Twitter? Why in the world would anyone want to use that for? Oh...in case the server is down. Ok...but I don't see any need for an individual to have an account. <img class=">

    LHammonds
  2. FaithReaver
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    So, you couldn't resist in creating a Dragon Age Nexus did you)))
  3. JD_Hman
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    I'm with Buddah. At first I thought the info on the side would be a bit much - but after letting it sit for a couple days... I find it really nice to know when to expect website errors and knowing what's going on.

    Thanks for the alleviation of a least a little bit of frustration on our parts Dark0ne.
  4. buddah
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    Not a huge fan of social sites.....but I do like the info on the side of the page for current issues you are working on and looking into. Most informative and relevant, the jury is still out on this one, but so far I do like it and it does not clutter the boards or sites.

    Buddah
  5. PacificMorrowind
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    Dragon Age Site bug report... rather minor to say the least;
    the title for login page there says Elder Scrolls nexus.
    admin button on my files ooh cool thanks! (and thanks for everything else too).
    Pacific Morrowind
  6. zaldiir
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    Thanks for the heads-up Dark! <img class=">

    Were already following you on Twitter, but I saw an increase in Followers when this was posted. <img class=">
  7. McKeen
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    "And lastly the Download/rating history page now lists the files you've rated differently. If you haven't rated a file you can choose to endorse, or not endorse, a file directly from the history page without having to go to the file page. Similarly if you've only just downloaded a file the page will tell you how long you have until you can rate the file. "

    Thats a great update, thank you!
  8. melancholyroar
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    I wouldnt mind knowing about you going to the shower <img class=">
  9. Yossarian22
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    I have to agree, the color scheme of DANexus is really hard to read. Anyway, good luck for it and thanks for all the effort you put in our comfort.