New Message Boards Now Open!

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:06am

The original notice is posted below the dotted lines (.........); this notice is for any late arrivals to the new boards now that the old ones are no longer online:

PLEASE BOOKMARK THE NEW BOARDS O' MAGICK URL: http://www.sorcerers.net/forums/index.php

LOGIN INFORMATION FOR THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS - IMPORTANT!

1. For all the existing users, the USER NAME on these new boards is your PUBLICLY DISPLAYED NAME (PDN) from the old boards. If you don't remember what your PDN on the old boards was, please contact us with as much information about your old account as you can provide (user name, e-mail, etc.) and we will search for your login information. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANEW ON THE NEW BOARDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ACCOUNT FROM THE OLD BOARDS - IT IS STILL ACTIVE!!!

2. Your password on the old and the new boards is the same.

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THUS FAR WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST 1 CONFIRMED CASE WHERE THE USER'S PASSWORD FROM THE OLD BOARDS HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN CARRIED OVER PROPERLY, AND THE USER COULD NOT LOG IN WITH HER PASSWORD ON THE NEW BOARDS. IN SUCH A CASE, USE THE "LOST PASSWORD" LINK ON THE NEW BOARDS AND ENTER THE SAME PROFILE E-MAIL THAT YOU HAD SET ON THE OLD BOARDS (YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD THIS WAY).

IF YOUR MAIL FROM THE OLD BOARDS IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, PLEASE CONTACT TAL AND DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM AND WE'LL FIX IT.
----------------------

IMPORT NOTES

Please read all of this carefully; most of the questions that you probably have are answered here:

1. As per this announcement, private messages (PMs) HAVE NOT CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS. Now that the old boards have been taken offline, the only way to retrieve your old private messages is to contact Tal to do this for you. Please note that this is a PAID service which we provide as a last resort option to any members who didn't save their old PMs themselves in nearly a year of time during which this was possible.

2. What has been imported: Members, Forums, Threads, Posts and Polls (as textual archives of the entire poll contents & results).

3. There is always the chance that some threads/posts have not carried over to the new message boards during the import. If you spot a thread/post missing from the new boards that exists on the old boards, please send a PM to Taluntain on the new boards with the link to the thread/post and we'll arrange for a re-post, if warranted.

4. After logging into the new boards, you will need to reapply your profile picture, if you have had one set on the old boards. The profile picture is the large(r) picture that shows only when people view your profile; this is not your portrait/avatar! You can find the imported url of your profile picture from the old boards stored in your legacy "profilepic" profile field on the new boards. If the url was too long, it wasn't imported properly. In such a case, reapply the picture url here.

5. !!! Certain members have had their avatars/portraits and/or titles messed up during the import. This will all be fixed as soon as possible. !!!

6. The gem ranking system and stickies will be added back ASAP.

7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin.

8. Please keep in mind that this is currently a bare-bones, unmodified board. There will be MANY changes made to it in the following days and weeks, so please be patient while the settings and features from the old boards are being restored here.

Other notes:

- The "last visited in 1970" thing is normal; it defaults to that because that data is not imported. It updates the first time you log in.
- The private forums are password protected; this is just for so long that I can properly reapply permissions to users allowed to access them.
- Post icons in imported posts only show in the first post inside a thread.
- Wish list links in Members' Amazon Wish Lists forum will need to be fixed.
- The "more smilies" popup window will need to be resized.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the switch, don't be shy to post them here. If you spot anything broken or not working properly that isn't listed here, please let me know immediately.

Finally, explore the new boards and features and have fun - the next generation of Boards o' Magick is here at least!

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PLEASE BOOKMARK THE NEW BOARDS O' MAGICK URL: http://www.sorcerers.net/forums/index.php

LOGIN INFORMATION FOR THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS - IMPORTANT!

1. For all the existing users, the USER NAME on these new boards is your PUBLICLY DISPLAYED NAME (PDN) from the old boards. If you don't remember what your PDN on the old boards was, simply log into the old message board with your old login information and look your PDN up in your profile area. If you have lost your old login information, you can retrieve it here. If you cannot retrieve your old login information via this link, please contact us with as much information about your old account as you can provide and we will search for your login information. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANEW ON THE NEW BOARDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ACCOUNT FROM THE OLD BOARDS!!!

2. Your password on the old and the new boards is the same.

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THUS FAR WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST 1 CONFIRMED CASE WHERE THE USER'S PASSWORD FROM THE OLD BOARDS HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN CARRIED OVER PROPERLY, AND THE USER COULD NOT LOG IN WITH HER PASSWORD ON THE NEW BOARDS. IN SUCH A CASE, USE THE "LOST PASSWORD" LINK ON THE NEW BOARDS AND ENTER THE SAME PROFILE E-MAIL THAT YOU HAD SET ON THE OLD BOARDS (YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD THIS WAY).

IF YOUR MAIL FROM THE OLD BOARDS IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, PLEASE CONTACT TAL AND DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM AND WE'LL FIX IT.
----------------------

IMPORT NOTES

Please read all of this carefully; most of the questions that you probably have are answered here:

1. As per this announcement, private messages (PMs) HAVE NOT CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS. Please see the announcement for details on how to save your old PMs.

2. What has been imported: Members, Forums, Threads, Posts and Polls (as textual archives of the entire poll contents & results).

3. There is always the chance that some threads/posts have not carried over to the new message boards during the import. If you spot a thread/post missing from the new boards that exists on the old boards, please send a PM to Taluntain on the new boards with the link to the thread/post and we'll arrange for a re-post, if warranted.

4. After logging into the new boards, you will need to reapply your profile picture, if you have had one set on the old boards. The profile picture is the large(r) picture that shows only when people view your profile; this is not your portrait/avatar! You can find the imported url of your profile picture from the old boards stored in your legacy "profilepic" profile field on the new boards. If the url was too long, it wasn't imported properly. In such a case, grab it from your profile on the old boards. Reapply the picture url here.

5. !!! Certain members have had their avatars/portraits and/or titles messed up during the import. This will all be fixed as soon as possible. !!!

6. The gem ranking system and stickies will be added back ASAP.

7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin.

8. Please keep in mind that this is currently a bare-bones, unmodified board. There will be MANY changes made to it in the following days and weeks, so please be patient while the settings and features from the old boards are being restored here.

Other notes:

- The "last visited in 1970" thing is normal; it defaults to that because that data is not imported. It updates the first time you log in.
- The private forums are password protected; this is just for so long that I can properly reapply permissions to users allowed to access them.
- Post icons in imported posts only show in the first post inside a thread.
- Wish list links in Members' Amazon Wish Lists forum will need to be fixed.
- The "more smilies" popup window will need to be resized.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the switch, don't be shy to post them here. If you spot anything broken or not working properly that isn't listed here, please let me know immediately.

Finally, explore the new boards and features and have fun - the next generation of Boards o' Magick is here at least!

*Dalveen* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:12am

Wheee! Yay for new boards!

*Nakia* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:21am

Hip hip hooray. Tal did it. Thanks for all the hard work.

joacqin · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:49am

I have probably missed something but why the need to change boards? I had grown accustumed to the old one and now this one looks so ... generic. I liked orange on black. Blue on blue well, it looks like all other forums in the world. I apologice if I am whining and I know you put in a lot of work Tal and as always it is appreciated.

Faraaz · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:57am

I like it...of course, like joacqin I loved the old boards...they had a unique feel to them...but this is good too...

Barmy Army · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:12am

It won't stay like this, I'm pretty sure...

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:23am

From the first post:

"7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin."

Thank you for reading.

joacqin, the need for the switch has been discussed several times in SS over the years, but to recap... UBB (our old message board software) was flat-file based and completely discontinued over a year ago. The new message board software is modern, database-backed, chock-full of new features and actively supported. I've wanted to switch for a long time, but the stars have finally aligned properly now so that I was actually able to do it the way I wanted to - with minimal loss and as perfectly as possible.

*Aldeth the Foppish Idiot* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:45am

OK I'm on! Now where my war hammer?

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 3:22am

I've edited the first post in this thread to account for login problems.

*Splunge* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 3:58am

Holy crap! This is even better than the beta boards!

Great job, Tal!

Edit - except my avatar isn't showing yet. Of couse, neither is Tal's. Minor things to work out yet.

Edit #2 - joacqin in a whiner.

Edit # 3 - why did the Boards just change colour? Not that I'm complaining - it's even better! I guess it's one of the many fine-tuning things Tal is doing.

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:15am

There'll be a lot of fine-tuning in the next few days... buckle up for safety!

If anyone is still seeing the default board style (colours, etc.), log out and back in and you'll see something more familiar. This is just a quick take on it, of course, still a lot to be fixed.

Disciple of The Watch · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:36am

I'm the second case of the old password not carried over correctly...

kuemper · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 5:03am

The only problem with my password is that on the new boards it is case sensitive.

This place is very shiny.

EDIT: Yayness, my marilith made the move!

Enagonios · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 5:23am

this will take some getting used to

the new look is kinda... bright? i dunno, something.

Aikanaro · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 7:57am

Now this is kooky looking. Good to the see that the new boards have finally arrived (and by that I mean 'after so long that I'd forgotten there were ever going to be new boards' :P ).

*Kitrax* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 11:10am

It's looking better and better.

Even though the beta phase is over, I'm sure Tal still has a *lot* of things to do.

One question I just had:
For us SPS members, we used to have to login on the main SP page and select an "ad level", and then login again on the BoM. How is the SPS login going to change on the new boards? Will logging in once on the BoM instantly kill all the ads?

*Montresor* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 11:55am

Well, well - I could *definitely* get used to this!

Urithrand · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 12:04pm

And after all the excitement, then forgetting about it, then wondering "Whatever happened to those new boards" and repeat, it's finally here!

Thanks for all your fantastic efforts Tal, appreciated by all! And let the spamming begin!

Incidentally, my personal comment doesn't seem to work anymore. Not the most important problem on your plate right now I'd imagine though

Caradhras · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 12:17pm

It's all shiny and new and even better than before. I like it!

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:19pm

There are some places where the new board is CaSe-sensitive, whereas the old one wasn't. Most notably, when logging in, and with the smiley code. I'll check if this can be changed for the smilies, but the login sensitivity most likely can't be changed.

Kitrax, you actually didn't have to login twice on the boards. As soon as you were logged in with your SPS login, all ads would be disabled on the boards without any other action required. Initially, I'll most likely just copy things over from the old board since it'll be the fastest, but later on we'll come up with something more elegant.

*Ziad* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:48pm

Ooooooh, BoM is back to that good old soothing blue!

It's going to take me a few days to get used to the new boards, but I think I like them.

Speed difference! Posting a new message is now MUCH faster! Wow!

Barmy Army · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:50pm

Why not add the 'Views' column next to 'Posts' now that we're on vBulletin?

Taluntain · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:45pm

What, you mean total views per forum on the front page of the boards? Since we haven't had views in UBB, all threads have imported with replies+1 views only, so the figure would be completely off. I don't see much point in that... Views are only going to be valid for new posts made since the switch.

*Saber* · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 6:45pm

Sweeeet deal! Thank you Tal for all your hard work!

P.S. SHIIIIIIINNNYYYY!

Barmy Army · Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 7:43pm

No, views per thread. It's on each other board I use.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:06am	#1
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	New Message Boards Now Open! The original notice is posted below the dotted lines (.........); this notice is for any late arrivals to the new boards now that the old ones are no longer online: PLEASE BOOKMARK THE NEW BOARDS O' MAGICK URL: http://www.sorcerers.net/forums/index.php LOGIN INFORMATION FOR THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS - IMPORTANT! 1. For all the existing users, the USER NAME on these new boards is your PUBLICLY DISPLAYED NAME (PDN) from the old boards. If you don't remember what your PDN on the old boards was, please contact us with as much information about your old account as you can provide (user name, e-mail, etc.) and we will search for your login information. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANEW ON THE NEW BOARDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ACCOUNT FROM THE OLD BOARDS - IT IS STILL ACTIVE!!! 2. Your password on the old and the new boards is the same. ---------------------- THUS FAR WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST 1 CONFIRMED CASE WHERE THE USER'S PASSWORD FROM THE OLD BOARDS HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN CARRIED OVER PROPERLY, AND THE USER COULD NOT LOG IN WITH HER PASSWORD ON THE NEW BOARDS. IN SUCH A CASE, USE THE "LOST PASSWORD" LINK ON THE NEW BOARDS AND ENTER THE SAME PROFILE E-MAIL THAT YOU HAD SET ON THE OLD BOARDS (YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD THIS WAY). IF YOUR MAIL FROM THE OLD BOARDS IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, PLEASE CONTACT TAL AND DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM AND WE'LL FIX IT. ---------------------- IMPORT NOTES Please read all of this carefully; most of the questions that you probably have are answered here: 1. As per this announcement, private messages (PMs) HAVE NOT CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS. Now that the old boards have been taken offline, the only way to retrieve your old private messages is to contact Tal to do this for you. Please note that this is a PAID service which we provide as a last resort option to any members who didn't save their old PMs themselves in nearly a year of time during which this was possible. 2. What has been imported: Members, Forums, Threads, Posts and Polls (as textual archives of the entire poll contents & results). 3. There is always the chance that some threads/posts have not carried over to the new message boards during the import. If you spot a thread/post missing from the new boards that exists on the old boards, please send a PM to Taluntain on the new boards with the link to the thread/post and we'll arrange for a re-post, if warranted. 4. After logging into the new boards, you will need to reapply your profile picture, if you have had one set on the old boards. The profile picture is the large(r) picture that shows only when people view your profile; this is not your portrait/avatar! You can find the imported url of your profile picture from the old boards stored in your legacy "profilepic" profile field on the new boards. If the url was too long, it wasn't imported properly. In such a case, reapply the picture url here. 5. !!! Certain members have had their avatars/portraits and/or titles messed up during the import. This will all be fixed as soon as possible. !!! 6. The gem ranking system and stickies will be added back ASAP. 7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin. 8. Please keep in mind that this is currently a bare-bones, unmodified board. There will be MANY changes made to it in the following days and weeks, so please be patient while the settings and features from the old boards are being restored here. Other notes: - The "last visited in 1970" thing is normal; it defaults to that because that data is not imported. It updates the first time you log in. - The private forums are password protected; this is just for so long that I can properly reapply permissions to users allowed to access them. - Post icons in imported posts only show in the first post inside a thread. - Wish list links in Members' Amazon Wish Lists forum will need to be fixed. - The "more smilies" popup window will need to be resized. If you have any questions or comments regarding the switch, don't be shy to post them here. If you spot anything broken or not working properly that isn't listed here, please let me know immediately. Finally, explore the new boards and features and have fun - the next generation of Boards o' Magick is here at least! .................................................. ............................... .................................................. ............................... .................................................. ............................... PLEASE BOOKMARK THE NEW BOARDS O' MAGICK URL: http://www.sorcerers.net/forums/index.php LOGIN INFORMATION FOR THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS - IMPORTANT! 1. For all the existing users, the USER NAME on these new boards is your PUBLICLY DISPLAYED NAME (PDN) from the old boards. If you don't remember what your PDN on the old boards was, simply log into the old message board with your old login information and look your PDN up in your profile area. If you have lost your old login information, you can retrieve it here. If you cannot retrieve your old login information via this link, please contact us with as much information about your old account as you can provide and we will search for your login information. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANEW ON THE NEW BOARDS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ACCOUNT FROM THE OLD BOARDS!!! 2. Your password on the old and the new boards is the same. ---------------------- THUS FAR WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST 1 CONFIRMED CASE WHERE THE USER'S PASSWORD FROM THE OLD BOARDS HAS APPARENTLY NOT BEEN CARRIED OVER PROPERLY, AND THE USER COULD NOT LOG IN WITH HER PASSWORD ON THE NEW BOARDS. IN SUCH A CASE, USE THE "LOST PASSWORD" LINK ON THE NEW BOARDS AND ENTER THE SAME PROFILE E-MAIL THAT YOU HAD SET ON THE OLD BOARDS (YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD THIS WAY). IF YOUR MAIL FROM THE OLD BOARDS IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, PLEASE CONTACT TAL AND DESCRIBE YOUR PROBLEM AND WE'LL FIX IT. ---------------------- IMPORT NOTES Please read all of this carefully; most of the questions that you probably have are answered here: 1. As per this announcement, private messages (PMs) HAVE NOT CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW MESSAGE BOARDS. Please see the announcement for details on how to save your old PMs. 2. What has been imported: Members, Forums, Threads, Posts and Polls (as textual archives of the entire poll contents & results). 3. There is always the chance that some threads/posts have not carried over to the new message boards during the import. If you spot a thread/post missing from the new boards that exists on the old boards, please send a PM to Taluntain on the new boards with the link to the thread/post and we'll arrange for a re-post, if warranted. 4. After logging into the new boards, you will need to reapply your profile picture, if you have had one set on the old boards. The profile picture is the large(r) picture that shows only when people view your profile; this is not your portrait/avatar! You can find the imported url of your profile picture from the old boards stored in your legacy "profilepic" profile field on the new boards. If the url was too long, it wasn't imported properly. In such a case, grab it from your profile on the old boards. Reapply the picture url here. 5. !!! Certain members have had their avatars/portraits and/or titles messed up during the import. This will all be fixed as soon as possible. !!! 6. The gem ranking system and stickies will be added back ASAP. 7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin. 8. Please keep in mind that this is currently a bare-bones, unmodified board. There will be MANY changes made to it in the following days and weeks, so please be patient while the settings and features from the old boards are being restored here. Other notes: - The "last visited in 1970" thing is normal; it defaults to that because that data is not imported. It updates the first time you log in. - The private forums are password protected; this is just for so long that I can properly reapply permissions to users allowed to access them. - Post icons in imported posts only show in the first post inside a thread. - Wish list links in Members' Amazon Wish Lists forum will need to be fixed. - The "more smilies" popup window will need to be resized. If you have any questions or comments regarding the switch, don't be shy to post them here. If you spot anything broken or not working properly that isn't listed here, please let me know immediately. Finally, explore the new boards and features and have fun - the next generation of Boards o' Magick is here at least!
	Last edited by Taluntain; Fri, 17th Oct '08 at 8:30pm.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 3:58am	#10
Splunge SPS Account Holder Bhaal’s financial advisor Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In hiding after Bhaal became Lord of Murder when I had him put everything into subprime mortgages. Age: 49 Posts: 5,145 Rep Power: 23	Holy crap! This is even better than the beta boards! Great job, Tal! Edit - except my avatar isn't showing yet. Of couse, neither is Tal's. Minor things to work out yet. Edit #2 - joacqin in a whiner. Edit # 3 - why did the Boards just change colour? Not that I'm complaining - it's even better! I guess it's one of the many fine-tuning things Tal is doing.
	Last edited by Splunge; Sat, 3rd Nov '07 at 4:12am.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 12:04pm	#18
Urithrand SPS Account Holder News Editor Mind turning the light off? It plays havoc with my complexion. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Vale Of Aldur Posts: 1,185 Rep Power: 7	And after all the excitement, then forgetting about it, then wondering "Whatever happened to those new boards" and repeat, it's finally here! Thanks for all your fantastic efforts Tal, appreciated by all! And let the spamming begin! Incidentally, my personal comment doesn't seem to work anymore. Not the most important problem on your plate right now I'd imagine though
	Last edited by Urithrand; Sat, 3rd Nov '07 at 12:08pm. Reason: Added error report

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:12am	#2
Dalveen SPS Account Holder Rimmer gone Bald Defence The Game Champion! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Scotland Age: 21 Posts: 1,440 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 9	Wheee! Yay for new boards!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:21am	#3
Nakia SPS Account Holder Distinguished Member The night is mine Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Pocket Plane somewhere in NJ. Age: 69 Posts: 5,022 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 15	Hip hip hooray. Tal did it. Thanks for all the hard work.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:49am	#4
joacqin Confused Jerk Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Age: 29 Posts: 4,926 Rep Power: 17	I have probably missed something but why the need to change boards? I had grown accustumed to the old one and now this one looks so ... generic. I liked orange on black. Blue on blue well, it looks like all other forums in the world. I apologice if I am whining and I know you put in a lot of work Tal and as always it is appreciated.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:57am	#5
Faraaz Gems: 26/31 Latest gem: Diamond Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland Age: 23 Posts: 2,401 Rep Power: 9	I like it...of course, like joacqin I loved the old boards...they had a unique feel to them...but this is good too...

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:12am	#6
Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Join Date: May 2003 Location: England Posts: 5,310 Rep Power: 14	It won't stay like this, I'm pretty sure...

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:23am	#7
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	From the first post: "7. The style (colour scheme, etc.) of the boards will be adjusted to match our old boards. What you are seeing now is just the default skin." Thank you for reading. joacqin, the need for the switch has been discussed several times in SS over the years, but to recap... UBB (our old message board software) was flat-file based and completely discontinued over a year ago. The new message board software is modern, database-backed, chock-full of new features and actively supported. I've wanted to switch for a long time, but the stars have finally aligned properly now so that I was actually able to do it the way I wanted to - with minimal loss and as perfectly as possible.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:45am	#8
Aldeth the Foppish Idiot SPS Account Holder Mod Reviewer Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Froggster Champion! Gold Miner Champion! Tubin Champion! Worm Catcher Champion! Join Date: May 2003 Location: MD Age: 35 Posts: 8,008 Rep Power: 27	OK I'm on! Now where my war hammer?

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 3:22am	#9
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	I've edited the first post in this thread to account for login problems.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:15am	#11
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	There'll be a lot of fine-tuning in the next few days... buckle up for safety! If anyone is still seeing the default board style (colours, etc.), log out and back in and you'll see something more familiar. This is just a quick take on it, of course, still a lot to be fixed.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:36am	#12
Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: What? Age: 26 Posts: 6,381 Blog Entries: 7 Rep Power: 12	I'm the second case of the old password not carried over correctly...

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 5:03am	#13
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Age: 39 Posts: 8,926 Rep Power: 13	The only problem with my password is that on the new boards it is case sensitive. This place is very shiny. EDIT: Yayness, my marilith made the move!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 5:23am	#14
Enagonios Gems: 31/31 Latest gem: Rogue Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Here Age: 25 Posts: 5,881 Rep Power: 14	this will take some getting used to the new look is kinda... bright? i dunno, something.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 7:57am	#15
Aikanaro Gems: 31/31 Latest gem: Rogue Stone Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Elsewhere Age: 20 Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 14	Now this is kooky looking. Good to the see that the new boards have finally arrived (and by that I mean 'after so long that I'd forgotten there were ever going to be new boards' :P ).

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 11:10am	#16
Kitrax SPS Account Holder Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Age: 25 Posts: 7,110 Blog Entries: 11 Rep Power: 20	It's looking better and better. Even though the beta phase is over, I'm sure Tal still has a lot of things to do. One question I just had: For us SPS members, we used to have to login on the main SP page and select an "ad level", and then login again on the BoM. How is the SPS login going to change on the new boards? Will logging in once on the BoM instantly kill all the ads?

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 11:55am	#17
Montresor SPS Account Holder Online Walkthrough Writer Mostly Harmless 30k Starfighter Champion! Breakout Champion! Cutie Quake Champion! Driller Champion! Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,102 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 10	Well, well - I could definitely get used to this!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 12:17pm	#19
Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lugdunum Age: 31 Posts: 2,378 Blog Entries: 5 Rep Power: 10	It's all shiny and new and even better than before. I like it!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 1:19pm	#20
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	There are some places where the new board is CaSe-sensitive, whereas the old one wasn't. Most notably, when logging in, and with the smiley code. I'll check if this can be changed for the smilies, but the login sensitivity most likely can't be changed. Kitrax, you actually didn't have to login twice on the boards. As soon as you were logged in with your SPS login, all ads would be disabled on the boards without any other action required. Initially, I'll most likely just copy things over from the old board since it'll be the fastest, but later on we'll come up with something more elegant.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:48pm	#21
Ziad SPS Account Holder I speak in rebuses Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal Age: 28 Posts: 3,791 Rep Power: 12	Ooooooh, BoM is back to that good old soothing blue! It's going to take me a few days to get used to the new boards, but I think I like them. Speed difference! Posting a new message is now MUCH faster! Wow!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 2:50pm	#22
Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Join Date: May 2003 Location: England Posts: 5,310 Rep Power: 14	Why not add the 'Views' column next to 'Posts' now that we're on vBulletin?

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 4:45pm	#23
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ramazith's Tower Age: 27 Posts: 17,976 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 35	What, you mean total views per forum on the front page of the boards? Since we haven't had views in UBB, all threads have imported with replies+1 views only, so the figure would be completely off. I don't see much point in that... Views are only going to be valid for new posts made since the switch.

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 6:45pm	#24
Saber SPS Account Holder A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Age: 19 Posts: 4,237 Rep Power: 11	Sweeeet deal! Thank you Tal for all your hard work! P.S. SHIIIIIIINNNYYYY!

Sat, 3rd Nov '07, 7:43pm	#25
Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Join Date: May 2003 Location: England Posts: 5,310 Rep Power: 14	No, views per thread. It's on each other board I use.