1)PM system has been "enhanced" a little bit. If you look to the right of your screen, you will see that the pm widget has a little drop down menu. You can use this navigation for all your private conversation needs as well as accessing your main folder. Also, the text indicating the no: of new pm-s you've received will blink red when you receive new correspondence.

2)We have a "Tagging" system now. This is a new functionality brought about by the whole web 2.0 phenomena. Basically, tagging behaves like categories and lets users search for threads by key words. When one creates a new thread, one has the option of tagging it with a few relevant terms. Example: "My ball python is not eating" can be tagged with the words "Eating, Fasting, Refusing Food" etc. The user can then search for these words and pull up threads that have similar tags. If you wish to see the "Tag cloud" then simply click on "tag" on the top right of your screen. You can search tags by using the "search" function located in the navigation bar.

The option to enter key words will be provided when you create a new thread or edit it(within a specific time span). I strongly encourage you guys to take advantage of it as it would benefit all. If you have any questions regarding these two new features please post them in this thread. Thanks.