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  1. Chris D

    Happy new year

    From us all at ValveTime.net and...
  2. Chris D

    Forum update

    It's about time we updated the forum! We're currently running a version of XenForo 1.5 from 2016 and the latest version is XenForo 2.1 which was released this year. Here's an idea of what we have missed since then: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/whats-new-in-xenforo-2-0.133426/...
  3. Chris D

    Half-Life: Alyx announced

    Is it really that time again? We're very excited about the recently announced Half-Life: Alyx. As you might appreciate, it's been a while since we posted any content here. While we cannot promise a resumption of full news coverage, we will attempt to cover Half-Life: Alyx as we learn more...
  4. Chris D

    New ValveTime Design: Let us know what you think!

    Welcome to the new ValveTime.net style! Along with the new look, we have also upgraded XenForo to 1.3.3 so there are quite a new features too. For the most part we'll let you familiarise yourself with those until another time. In the meantime, please do let us know if you see any issues at all...
  5. Chris D

    Animated avatars are now working again!

    Yep. True story.
  6. Chris D

    New Forum Smilies

    I don't expect everyone will like what we've done, but basically we have changed a few things with regards to smilies: 1) You may now notice that there is a little "Smilies" tab underneath the text editor. This is an alternative interface for picking smilies. Right now you will only see one...
  7. Chris D

    ValveTime.net - Now More Mobile Friendly!

    We have just launched some improvements to the style and design here at ValveTime.net. For the most part, it will look identical to what we've always had but there have been some behind the scenes changes. These behind the scenes changes have enabled us to launch a mobile friendly design to...
  8. Chris D

    /me slaps you around a bit with a large trout

    Drum roll please! /me does a drum roll This thread is to let you know about the reintroduction of a long lost "feature" that we haven't had around these parts for a long while. The good old "/me" command. I originally implemented this when we first launched a year ago. It was crap, and...
  9. Chris D

    Community Feedback: Steam profile badges

    Unless you're deaf, dumb and/or blind, you will notice that most people have Steam Profile badges next to each post. These are created when you fill in the relevant profile field with the last portion of your Steam Community URL. We plan to keep the Steam Profile badges, but it is long overdue...
  10. Chris D

    Middle of the road PC build

    Any advice on a decent middle of the road PC build? I did post a thread a few months back - still not bought the bits... babies are expensive :eek: I'm after something that will serve me well for the next couple of years, but without costing a fortune. So I'm thinking of maybe a nVidia 660...
  11. Chris D

    Improvements to our RSS Feed

    Our main news RSS Feed is (and always has been) available here: http://www.valvetime.net/index.php?forums/news.32/index.rss Previously this feed contained just a boring list of news titles with no preview or description content. Thanks to... well, me... the feed entries now contain a healthy...
  12. Chris D

    Introducing: ValveTime Status Connect

    We have just installed a new feature to the site which aims to make the experience at ValveTime.net that little bit more social. You should be aware that we already had a status update feature, this has now been updated with the Social Connect feature. One thing that the Social Connect...
  13. Chris D

    New Hosts

    You will notice that we changed to a new host yesterday. We (well, StarMonkey) completed the move in just under two hours. The main prompt for doing so was to ensure we're on a much more stable and reliable host. We are now hosted by Nimbus Hosting. They specialise in hosting forums and...
  14. Chris D

    New PC Advice

    Well, holy shit. I'm finally buying a new PC! \o/ And I need the help of you, ValveHelpLifeTime.net! Some of you may know I work in IT, and back when I last built a PC I worked quite closely with PC hardware. Now I'm a little bit out of touch as I'm working with servers and networking all...
  15. Chris D

    EXCLUSIVE: Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art

    UPDATE: We've gone ahead and added the raw, non-watermarked images. Click on an embedded preview image to download its high quality counterpart. Enjoy! Fancy a glimpse of what Half-Life 2: Episode 3 could look like? Here you go then...
  16. Chris D

    New Site Feature: My Attachments

    I often can't believe it when I say this... but some of us have been here for 9 whole years and over that time as well as our posts that I often read through for nostalgia, we also might just have uploaded the odd file or two. This could be an image you created, or something you've written...
  17. Chris D

    Cookie Law - How our site uses Cookies

    Some of you may notice that a small pop up widget has appeared in the bottom left hand corner of the screen while browsing the site. On May 26th 2011 a new EU originated law came into effect that requires website owners to be more transparent regarding their usage of cookies on websites...
  18. Chris D

    ValveTime Weekly News Round-Up - 28th May 2012

    We upload a weekly news round up every week. Very occasionally we even post it on the site on time. This is not one of those weeks. Catch the latest video round up below, and be sure to Subscribe and check out our other videos. Oh, and what do you think to the new music as featured on the...
  19. Chris D

    The winners have been chosen...!

    Remember that logo contest? Well, we've finally chosen (most of) the winners! They will be announced in a couple of hours. Stay tuned!
  20. Chris D

    The WYSIWYG Editor / Text Box

    Ok. So I don't dislike the Rich Text / WYSIWYG editor. But we're pretty stuck with it as it is the default editor. Of course it could be changed with an add on etc. but we have to wait for one to be created first. Oh, and that's happened :D Here's a demo video of it: I think it does...
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