SMF installed = what?

[Doug.S]

In upper left of my screen in this forum (just above "home" tab/button) it says "News: SMF - Just Installed!"

I have no idea what that means or if it affects us somehow.

Nothing to click on. Nothing in news category.

Do I ignore it?

Doug.S

[Nik]

SMF = Simple Machines forum.

I think it is just an ad for the format.

If it has installed anything beyond a log-in cookie, neither AdAware nor my paranoid firewall have found it...

IMHO, ignore it.

[ahr8tch]

Simple Machines Forum is the underlying software that supports this forum.  One of its features is a "News" headline which the admin can use to draw attention to things.  From time to time, I expect Mr. Taylor will use the feature to direct our attention to features, rules, etc.  (I host a forum using SMF for my high school class; that's how I know about it.)

For Mr. Taylor:  I suggest you make your news headlines bold so that they are more visible.  I have made the message blink when I really needed to draw attention to it, in addition to making it bold.  Larger type size also brings out your headline.  You can use html markup to achieve the effects.

rh

[Kajvin - Robert W]

Click on help and then on the link simple machines forum it will expalain what  SMF is.
/robert