Great news! 
As some of you may know we had to disable the datalk store and the microchips system a while ago due to security issues, but they've been fixed now so we can finally open up the store and start to use the Microchips again!
What are microchips??
Microchips are Datalk's "official" currency and you can earn them primarily by posting.
You get 10 Microchips for every new thread started, and 5 for each reply you make (with some exceptions).
You can check out the "forum rules" box at the bottom of each main forum to see how many microchips you earn for replies/threads there
(you get more for posting reviews..
)
The Datalk Store
You can find a link to the Datalk Store if you click the "Shop" menu at the top.
In there you can buy lots of stuff to "pimp your profile" like username and title glow/shadow, color, font type etc. and you can also buy custom user titles there (displayed under your username)
It's also possible to change other members usertitles there, and even change their avatar pics (no offensive titles or pics allowed!!)
When you've earned enough microchips you can also buy different things to make your threads stand out mroe, like new colors, bold text, glow etc. can be very nice to use in the buy/sell forums, once we get some more "action" in there..
HTML color chart for finding the glow/shadow/font etc. color
you want to use for your username/title etc: http://www.datalk.com/faq.php?faq=vb...faq_color_code And a Font type chart: http://www.datalk.com/faq.php?faq=vb...aq#faq_fontfaq
But please note that glow and shadow only works in Internet Explorer!
The Datalk Gadget Store
Another option you can find under the Shop link is the Datalk Gadget Store.
Here you can buy different gadgets/pics to display in your posting user profile, like different logos etc. (example at the bottom of my posting profile to the left)
You can also re-order your gadgets or sell them again from the Gadget Store main page.
The Datalk Bank
You can also save your microchips in the Datalk Bank, link also found under Shop or directly from the Datalk Store.
You get 2% interests on your savings every 4 days in there.
It's even possible to donate microchips to other members, as gifts or "payment" for help/services. Just use the "donate" link located above the gear in the members post profile (like mine to the left of this post)
Please post any questions/comments or suggestions to more gear for the gadget store etc. in our Questions/Suggestions forum:
http://www.datalk.com/questions-sugg...dback-f31.html
The store prices aren't 100% "fine tuned" yet, so they may change without notice!
Hope you like the newest addition to Datalk.com
