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Firstly and foremost, I want to thank you for taking the time to check out CardGameForge.com. I certainly appreciate you taking the time to have a look at the site, or even to share your games. I have decided to start this impromptu newsletter to keep ev...

I just finished the first version of a primitive private message system. When you view a user's profile (click on their username from just about anywhere), there should be a new option to "Send This User A Message". The rest is pretty straight...

I've been a little quiet for the past few days, so I thought I'd drop a line and let you know what I'm cooking up for the site in the (hopefully) near future. Messaging System [color=red]DONE[/color] - This will let users send messages back and forth, as...

Many of you probably host your own sites to promote your games. Now you can add the CardGameForge PDF card printing utility to your own site with one simple line of HTML code. Here is a sample page that implements this new feature: Sample Page (thanks t...

I added a new feature to try and help visitors to the site keep in touch with what is going on recently. In the right-hand site menu there is a section titled "Recent". This will list the 10 most recently added pieces of content. This feature ...

I've extended the number of card properties from 10 to 20. This should make it easier to accommodate more complex cards.

I added a new feature that lets you select multiple cards, and upload images for each card at the same time. This should save some time because otherwise you'd have to upload card images for each card individually. To use this feature, select one or more...

I finally got around to building the search utility. It's based on the very awesome Sphinx search engine (www.sphinxsearch.com). When you're looking at a particular game, the search box will allow you to search either the entire site, or just the game yo...

I've added new templates based on my original fantasy template (Fantasy White). Now there are blue, black, brown, green, red and gray variations on that same template. Here are all of the card templates currently available: [img]http://www.cardgameforg...

I've added a new feature to try and attract more games with commercial aspirations. I realize that not everyone is keen on having others print their cards, so I've added a feature that allows you to make card sets non-printable. When adding a new set you...