On April 1, 2009 DetroitYES forum was officially launched. 

Sign up [register] and start posting now. Your old forum login will not work.  You must sign up again.  [Sorry about that. We tried hard to carry over the accounts, but it didn't workl]

Click Here to sign up now.

It is simple and quick so, once again, Click Here to sign up now.

What will happen to the old forum and all the threads?

Nothing. It will still be there, readable and searchable with links to easily move back and forth via the dual menus you have seen for some time now. 

What is the difference between the new and old forums?

At the most basic level of posting and creating new thread, there is practically no difference. It is quick and easy, almost identical to what you are used to.

If you want to try some practice posts, please visit the "Test Lab" forum after you sign up, your can-do-no-wrong sandbox for experimentation.

Your Profile and Your Privacy

Upon creating your new account, you will have a "profile".  You may want to adjust that profile which allows you to expose as little or as much about your self, including your picture, to other registered forum members.  Your profile is not open to the general public. Click UserCP [Control Panel] to enter and tweak / pimp out your profile.

Please read the Discuss Detroit sticky thread "Showing or Hiding Your Profile - Privacy setting" to learn how to manage your profile privacy.

New Features

New features include personal accounts, photo albums, member messaging, a DetroitYES calendar [to which you may add Detroit-related events], polls, friending, social clubs*, blogs*, multiple viewing options and even 'ignore listing' for hiding posts of a forum member whose posts you may not wish to read.
*Requests for social clubs and blogs are not provide by default, but we will favorably consider requests for sincere users.

How can I read up on this and learn more?

Start with the FAQ, then check out and contribute to the How-to forum. Nervous? No problem mon. Just ask questions. DetroitYES forum members are famous for their kindness and willingness to assist others.

We hope those of you who have helped with the testing will help answer the many questions sure to arise by the many new features this improved data base core software offers.

Best wishes and let's go!

Lowell