# Board Notifications **URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/c/miscellaneous/notifications/15.md [Latest](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Board Notifications category](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-board-notifications-category/22)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/about-the-board-notifications-category/22 "2005-01-12T21:07:37Z")
General notifications around this user forum --- ## [We've enabled the new user status feature](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/weve-enabled-the-new-user-status-feature/75037)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/weve-enabled-the-new-user-status-feature/75037 "2023-03-17T14:08:12Z")
As part of the latest update to Discourse, the option to set a custom status has arrived. We’ve enabled this still experimental feature so that you can share whatever status you feel is worth sharing by changing the stat… --- ## [Welcome to Discourse](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/welcome-to-discourse/45595)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/welcome-to-discourse/45595 "2019-03-27T15:13:13Z")
Dear all, We’ve finally switched our user forum over from the dated phpBB3 to shiny new Discourse. While it might feel unfamiliar at first you’ll soon find that it’s way more comfortable and consistent than our old foru… --- ## [Website switched to SSL](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/website-switched-to-ssl/23739)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/website-switched-to-ssl/23739 "2018-03-27T05:19:16Z")
Yesterday we have switched all our public sites — this user forum, our company blog, our helpdesk, and our website itself — to use SSL by default. Please let us know if you encounter any page elements that no longer wor… --- ## [New forum style](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-forum-style/13108)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-forum-style/13108 "2011-11-22T17:26:52Z")
Dear users, with today’s relaunch of our website we have also changed the default style to the new DEVONtechnologies website style. If you don’t like it and would rather use phpBB3’s Prosilver style you can change it ba… --- ## [Rearrangement of boards](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rearrangement-of-boards/13096)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rearrangement-of-boards/13096 "2011-11-17T19:23:32Z")
Just in case you haven’t noticed: We have rearranged the board structure slightly to better accommodate future changes and products. --- ## [Using authentication for the Atom feed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-authentication-for-the-atom-feed/12021)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/using-authentication-for-the-atom-feed/12021 "2011-05-27T10:41:24Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, If you want to use the Atom feeds provided by this forum with authentication, e.g. because you are member of the beta group, you can use HTTP-based authentication as follows to get access to these … --- ## [New anti-spam mod installed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-anti-spam-mod-installed/10508)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-anti-spam-mod-installed/10508 "2010-09-27T15:49:09Z")
Ladies, Gentlemen, As you may have notices, spam on this forum has increased tremendously in the recent weeks, presumably due to better auto-registration software on the dark side. I have installed a much improved anti… --- ## [New boards for DEVONthink To Go](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-boards-for-devonthink-to-go/10441)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-boards-for-devonthink-to-go/10441 "2010-09-17T16:01:16Z")
We have just added new boards for DEVONthink To Go. --- ## [RSS feeds with authentication](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rss-feeds-with-authentication/9319)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rss-feeds-with-authentication/9319 "2010-03-08T10:22:14Z")
If your news reader does not work with cookie-based authentication, like the Apple Mail/Safari combination, you can add standard authentication directly to the URL of the RSS feed. First grab the RSS feed’s URL you want… --- ## [RSS feed causing problems](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rss-feed-causing-problems/9200)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rss-feed-causing-problems/9200 "2010-02-20T07:41:57Z")
We have finally tracked down the outages and maybe also the sluggish performance on our mySQL server and we have found the RSS feed script for the forum to be the cause. I have disabled the feed for the moment and will a… --- ## [New spam protection](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-spam-protection/7876)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-spam-protection/7876 "2009-07-21T21:21:48Z")
Just a quick note that I have installed a new level of spam protection which will hopefully keep some of the registration bots away for a few weeks. --- ## [Switched to mySQL-based search](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/switched-to-mysql-based-search/5873)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/switched-to-mysql-based-search/5873 "2008-09-29T09:04:51Z")
Due to problems with phpBB’s own full text search as well as certain mySQL outages that some folk believe are connected to phpBB 3.x’s new search function I have switched to board to mySQL’s own full text search. I hope … --- ## [Search index was incomplete](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-index-was-incomplete/5395)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-index-was-incomplete/5395 "2008-03-26T07:36:28Z")
It seems that the search index of phpBB3 is less robust than that of phpBB2. I have just started a complete rebuild of the index and hope this fixes any search problems here. --- ## [How would you like your RSS feed?](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-rss-feed/5370)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-rss-feed/5370 "2008-03-19T16:59:39Z")
With the new forum software we had to re-write the RSS feed script. Now, opinions about how it should look like are diverting. Tell me what you would like. --- ## [New phpBB version is online](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-phpbb-version-is-online/5322)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-phpbb-version-is-online/5322 "2008-03-03T21:58:05Z")
Everyone, I have just activated version 3.0 of our forum software, phpBB. The new style is usable but not polished yet. Alternatively you can switch to a generic style in your personal preferences. Please comment on th… --- ## [Spam messages on the forum](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/spam-messages-on-the-forum/3819)
**Author:** [@Bill\_DeVille](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Bill_DeVille)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/spam-messages-on-the-forum/3819 "2007-07-12T18:51:34Z")
Now and then a spammer registers on the forum and posts spam messages, some of them quite offensive. We check the forum frequently and remove such spam postings, also banning from the forum the registered spammer. I wo… --- ## [New RSS Feed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-rss-feed/2941)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-rss-feed/2941 "2006-07-11T15:18:09Z")
I have just changed the old RSS feed to a new one that delivers much richer content. Please update your bookmarks. You can access the new feed via the orange RSS button in the head navigation of this forum, just below th… --- ## [Now online, "The Balkony"](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/now-online-the-balkony/2922)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/now-online-the-balkony/2922 "2006-07-05T18:40:18Z")
In the last two years, blogging has matured from a being just a “trendy” way to spend your spare time to a serious communication medium. So, the time for a DEVONblog has come… And, because I write the for it most of the … --- ## [DEVONacademy online](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonacademy-online/2920)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonacademy-online/2920 "2006-07-05T05:00:44Z")
We have finally reworked our support center and added a new section called “DEVONacademy.” Here, you will find additional learning resources for both DEVONthink Professional and DEVONagent, e.g., Example Databases Tuto… --- ## [New language-specific forums](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-language-specific-forums/2672)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-language-specific-forums/2672 "2006-04-21T09:31:16Z")
For all of you who want to discuss our applications in your own language, we have set up language-specific forums for German, French, Spanish and Italian. Please not that we don’t speak French, Spanish and Italian, so p… --- ## [New user forum design](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-user-forum-design/2625)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-user-forum-design/2625 "2006-04-11T18:32:00Z")
As you may have noticed, our user forum appears now, finally, in the same new, exciting design of our Web site. I hope you like it. Best, Eric. --- ## [phpBB completely re-updated and Morpheus X style removed](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/phpbb-completely-re-updated-and-morpheus-x-style-removed/1477)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/phpbb-completely-re-updated-and-morpheus-x-style-removed/1477 "2005-04-05T21:10:44Z")
Dear all, We’ve had another hacker attack today. Nothing was destroyed, but they tried to install a hidden IRC server and had access to all files on our webserver. To close the holes, I have, among other measures, compl… --- ## [RDF/RSS feed with variable maximum posting length](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rdf-rss-feed-with-variable-maximum-posting-length/1436)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/rdf-rss-feed-with-variable-maximum-posting-length/1436 "2005-03-15T19:31:23Z")
Dear forum users, I have just modified the code for the RDF/RSS feed. You can now use the “chars” parameter to modify the maximum lenght before postings are clipped in the feed. See here: devon-technologies.com/phpBB …… --- ## [New forum for general notifications](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-forum-for-general-notifications/1204)
**Author:** [@eboehnisch](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/eboehnisch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/new-forum-for-general-notifications/1204 "2005-01-12T21:07:37Z")
Dear forum users, In this board you’ll find notifications about new Web site features, new forum features, modifications, new styles or problems. This is a notification-only forum, so you cannot post your own articles h…