It's been some time since we've been able to upgrade the Discussion Board platform that has been so popular among our patient and caregiver visitors, so it's with great joy that we announce the launch of our new platform today! The LLS Blood Cancer Discussion Boards are the latest addition to the LLS Community ( see: community.lls.org ), the social networking site that we launched last year for our Team In Training colleagues. In the interim, community spaces were created for Light The Night and Hike For Discovery. The LLS Blog and @LLS, our marketing and promotion blog, were also launched from this platform. However, the biggest and (we anticipate) most active community space with be the LLS Blood Cancer Discussion Boards.
Our Discussion Boards have a new look and feel:
What's New?
Like the old Discussion Boards, our Information Resource Center (IRC) staff will continue to monitor this community. Unlike the old Boards, the new Boards offer a number of enhancements for everyone who registers at community.lls.org:
- Create a single profile for all of the community spaces on community,lls.org
- Customize your experience and see only the discussions you want to see. Learn more about how you can do this as a registered participant.
- See something offensive or posted in the wrong board? You can now easily report posts to our monitors and moderators. Learn more about how you can do this as a registered participant.
- Tag your content so that others can find topics they are interested in more easily. Learn more about how you can take advantage of tags.
- Spell check, Really Simple Syndication (RSS), send as email and much more are now available to you to make your online experience with LLS more enjoyable and intuitive. Learn more about how to get started in the Getting Started Guide.
If you're concerned that this might take some getting used to, read our update on the reasons behind why we chose to move and change software in the on the LLS Blood Cancer Discussion Boards.
What's to become of the old Discussion Boards?
With the transition to the new platform, we will be leaving the old Discussion Boards in a view-only format through July 1st. At that time we will remove those files from our site.
Questions?
If you have any trouble registering send an email to community@lls.org .
