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author: einar
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categories:
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- KDE
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- Linux
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date: "2009-06-27T23:18:47Z"
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slug: a-brand-new-look-for-kde-comunity-forums
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tags:
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- forums
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- KDE
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title: A brand new look for KDE Community forums
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Today, a major upgrade of the [KDE Community Forums](http://forum.kde.org) took place. The change brings quite a number of changes to the forums themselves, and it's a further step towards providing a better experience for KDE users (and developers too!).
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The new forums, powered by [phpBB](http://phpbb.com), have a whole new theme, heavily inspired by KDE 4.3's "Air" Plasma theme:
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[]({{ site.url }}/images/2009/06/newoforum.png)
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Not only the looks have improved, however. A number of features have been added:
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  * The ability of tagging a specific thread;
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  * A new, improved reputation system;
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  * A _friends connection_ system where you can mark other users as friends and interact more easily with them;
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The popular section "KDE Brainstorm" has also received improvements, such as the ability of having a neutral vote, an improved voting pad, and a brand new look to match the one of the forums.
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[]({{ site.url }}/images/2009/06/brainstorm.png)
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As a final note, we would like to thank phpBB developers cs278, naderman and NeoThermic for their kind assistance and great support during the migration process. Thanks a lot!
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Take a tour around the new KDE Community Forums, and [let us know what you think!](http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=62056)
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