I am pleased to announce the first major update to the FMA website and back-end system!

New Features:
+ forum search option
+ "Recent Topics" page on the forums
+ user profiles now show post count and joined date
+ group profiles now show hometown
+ FMA sponsored regional events!

Bug Fixes:
+ users can save their signature without having to have a personal info section
+ schedule page fixes to correctly show Full Events in any situation
+ force "www" in URL to avoid login problems

FMA Regional Events:
These are clearly marked on the Schedule page and are first come-first served. Groups may join up to 3 regional events per season at this time. Regionals can hold 50 groups. Simply click the "Join Now" link to join a regional. Note: regionals still count toward your daily and weekly event limits.

There are many other updates and features I want to add, however I wanted to get these out immediately due to their high importance. More updates will come in the near future!

All the new features look great. Excellent work. =)

Awesome work Alex.. send me an email if you would like any help in taking care of bugs or adding features or anything

Great job!

Thanks for the update Alex!

Thank you Alex!

Thanks for the updates Alex! Much appreciated!

Thanks Alex. The updates are great.

Sweet! Thanks Alex!

The Regionals are amazing! Espesially since they are automatically confirmed. Thanks for the update!

Yay updates! Still nothing on the link bug then?

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Edit 1: Maybe?

Edit 2: Yep.

Thanks Alex =)

sweet :]

my favorite is the regional competitions.

My bad, it doesn't show "last login" on the user profile, its "Member Since", which is probably more interesting.

Unless you are considering joining a competition, and you see that they haven't logged in since making their show..

thanks alex

Great job Alex. Can't wait for more updates.:D