New Forum / Library Area with many new and educational features

The new Forum / Library is here. There are many additions to this new area, on top of a fully upgraded forum area. The new main sections are as follows:

• Downloads: In this section you can upload and download various types of files, including hard to find audio and book files.
• Media: The Media section organizes all sorts of different online streaming videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and other types of sites. You can easily post links to your favorite videos in this section so that the rest

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A simple explanation for why current political economic thought just won't work. Written by a PhD in Economics, it's brief, easy to understand, and so very true.

Clear, concise, understandable. And very relevant....

I have quite a few copies of Shi Xing Hong's Three Tiger's book, printed sometime in the late 1990's. I don't know how "rare" they are, or how much they are in demand. But I found quite a few in damn good condition, and I will sell them for $15.00 each, which includes shipping, and me dragging my ass to the nearest mail store.


Contact me if you're interested. Payment is via PayPal....

On April 26, 2010, United States Ambassador Eric G. John convened a Town Hall meeting for American citizens in Bangkok. Joining him were other Embassy officials to answer questions from the audience. During the more than hour-long meeting, the Ambassador emphasized the need for Thailand to solve its political differences peacefully and without bloodshed. He also added that the Embassy was in frequent contact with all parties in the current political situation and that the United States Government...

Here's a quick Visual Guide on how Manage Sections in the new CMS.

1. Editing a Section: If you have permissions to manage a Section, as you hover over the Section title, a pencil icon will display.

After clicking the pencil icon, you will be taken to the Section Edit page. Here's what you will see:

2. Section Name: Enter the Section Name
3. SEO URL Alias: This is the SEO Friendly URL. By default, if this is blank, the system will automatically copy the section title.
4. Section Layout: For each section you can define an individual section layout.
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All registered members can now create articles in the russbo.com Forum / Library area. Submit educational information, or advertise your events, schools, and competitions.

Articles are approved and published by the russboTeam. The submitted articles can be categorized into one of our existing Sections, or, we can create new sections that fulfill your needs. You can essentially have your own separate Section, or website, hosted here with us. Information submitted should be relevant, and of good educational value.

Here's a quick visual guide on how to create a new article with the CMS.

1. Create New Article Button: Navigate to the section you want the article to be published in. Click on the "Create a New Article" button. This will open an article form.


2. Article Title: In the "Add/Edit Article" screen, enter the title of your article in the "Title" textbox.
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One of the innovative new features on vBulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite is the cross-publishing "Promote to Article" functionality. In the spirit of promoting content discovery, we wanted to create features that will allow content to flow between Forums, Blogs, and Articles. For example, there might be a really popular post in the forums, but unfortunately it is buried inside page 13 of a thread. We will now have an option (if you have permissions) to "promote" a forum (or blog) post as a new artic...

Welcome to the new CMS. Here's a quick guide of the different areas of this page.

1. Section Navigation Widget. This widget allows you to go to different sections. The "plus icon" means that this section has sub-sections. Clicking on the "plus icon" will display the sub-sections. ...