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    2. For Regular Users, Dark Style "ColorPlay" and Light Style "Nexus" Return To Availability Today 1

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      • March 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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    2. Forum Categories Update 11

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    2. Welcome to the EpicureanFriends.com Forum

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      • April 29, 2015 at 3:55 PM
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    2. Happy Epicurean New Year

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      • January 30, 2016 at 9:28 AM
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    2. Announcing the EpicureanFriends.com WIKI

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      • June 19, 2016 at 10:30 PM
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    2. Old Prototype For FAQ - Superceded

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      • February 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM
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    2. Welcome To EpicureanFriends.com!

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      • June 18, 2017 at 1:04 PM
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    2. RSS Feeds Added to Home Page

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      • January 9, 2018 at 9:01 AM
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    2. "Calendar" Feature now added to website

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      • January 11, 2018 at 6:42 AM
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    2. Calendar Event for Epicurus' Birthday Created

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      • January 11, 2018 at 11:22 AM
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    2. Discussion Group At Discordapp.com

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      • January 16, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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    2. Topics For Continuing Discussion - Would You Like To See A New Subforum For Something Special?

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      • March 22, 2019 at 7:49 AM
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    2. State of the Forum - Week of April 8, 2019

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      • April 9, 2019 at 9:16 AM
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    2. New Forum For Reviews of Epicurean Books, Articles, and Video/Multimedia

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      • May 2, 2019 at 2:24 PM
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    2. Spam / User Privileges / Revisions of User Groups

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      • January 6, 2020 at 8:24 AM
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    2. Use of the "Bookmarking" Feature

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      • March 22, 2021 at 8:12 AM
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    2. Banner Headlines List

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      • April 11, 2021 at 8:47 AM
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    2. "Official Post" Button / Label

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      • July 17, 2021 at 8:20 AM
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    2. Forum Tweaks Logbook

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      • July 17, 2021 at 11:37 AM
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    2. Highlighting User Contributions to EpicureanFriends.com

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      • February 1, 2022 at 10:43 AM
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      • February 1, 2022 at 10:43 AM
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    2. Home Page Changes

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      • March 24, 2022 at 3:41 PM
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    2. Alert: Potentially Significant Change in EpicureanFriends URLs Implemented Today

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      • August 4, 2022 at 5:51 AM
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    2. Upgrade of the "BLOGS" Section

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      • October 20, 2022 at 2:19 PM
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    2. Forum Organization Comment

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      • January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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      • January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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    2. Participation Level February 2023

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      • February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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    2. Two Significant Front-Page Changes

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      • February 27, 2023 at 11:35 AM
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    2. Homepage Upgrade July 2023

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      • July 15, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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    2. Temporary Forum Outage - Now Resolved If You Are Reading This!

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      • November 22, 2023 at 11:37 AM
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    2. Light - Dark Theme Changes

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      • January 24, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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    2. Updates May Solve Some Of Recent Issues (Such As Notifications Taking You To The Right Place)

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      • January 29, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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    2. New Dark Themes Added to Site - Filed under "Ambience" With Five Color Variations.

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      • March 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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