Forum Software Upgrade

[Windsun]

We have upgraded the forum software to the new version of vBulletin (4.180) which also includes a blog.We will be making some changes to the forums over the next few days. The new version includes quite a few new and updated features, so if you get confused read the FAQ.

[niel]

just when you get used to something it changes. layout seems to be too soft in colors as it makes me think martha stewart was here. oh i forgot she was recently into stripes too.

[Windsun]

Yeah, the style on the old version is not compatible, so will be updating the colors and graphics as I get time. Not going to do much more tonight - almost 4 am, but wanted to get it installed to see how it goes.

[niel]

blogs can make for some advertising. do we let them go on the blogs?

[Windsun]

The only ads will be ours. In the future might consider ads from manufacturers such as Midnite Solar, but otherwise no.

I have not configured any permissions yet, so keep an eye out for that. As far as I know admin and moderators should have same permissions in the blog as the forum.

[mike95490]

What about links to old messages/posts, will they work, or are they dead ?

[Windsun]

Nothing in the links should have changed. I did however delete all users that have not logged in or posted for over 600 days, so some very old posts may not show the author.

[n3qik]

just when you get used to something it changes.

2X on that.

The blue/gray icons are hard to see to tell when a thread has new posts in it.

[CDN_VT]

just when you get used to something it changes.

Like the funny about the stripes ..
X3 ,
I thought I felt a tremor in the Force

VT

[TheBackRoads]

NAWS where is the FAQ? I can't figure out how to see what I've already read in a thread when scrolling through, so I have to go by date... kind of a deal breaker.. help? lol