Dave
Staff member
I'm sure by now you have seen the wonderful Notice above the forum that talks about the upgrade of Halforums to vBulletin version 4. We're very excited about the change but there's a few things that need to be discussed before it happens.
First, Artist of the Month. As it stands, Moss is the LAST listed Artist of the month. So if we are to continue this then we'll need to get some names in. As we've brought in some new people and will be starting to feature more stuff on the front page and marketing, if you were an artist in the past we can certainly have you take a turn again. I realize some of you early adopters got little exposure from us. I hope and expect this to change.
Next, the ticket system I wanted to have in place will not be ready in time due to the constant changing of the versions from vBulletin. So until v4 comes out in Gold release I'm not going to worry about it. This means that the Bug Request board will stay for now. PLEASE do not snow us under with requests for stuff yet - only report bugs. We're going to be busy enough as it is.
The front page, style and things like that will probably not look the best when we first open it back up. We're going to make sure the board functions and then turn it back on. We'll THEN start to do things like fixing the front page articles and such. So when you log in and see lots of "Lorem ipsum" things you'll know why. Getting the board back up is our #1 priority.
Once this is up and running the Dev and Test sites will be backed up to be perfect mirrors of the live board. When addons are put in they will be done one at a time and tested before installing them on Live. This is to prevent Dave from bringing everything down. Again.
For now I think that's it. I know we'll lose some stuff for a time and I'm sorry. We'll get things back as they come available.
First, Artist of the Month. As it stands, Moss is the LAST listed Artist of the month. So if we are to continue this then we'll need to get some names in. As we've brought in some new people and will be starting to feature more stuff on the front page and marketing, if you were an artist in the past we can certainly have you take a turn again. I realize some of you early adopters got little exposure from us. I hope and expect this to change.
Next, the ticket system I wanted to have in place will not be ready in time due to the constant changing of the versions from vBulletin. So until v4 comes out in Gold release I'm not going to worry about it. This means that the Bug Request board will stay for now. PLEASE do not snow us under with requests for stuff yet - only report bugs. We're going to be busy enough as it is.
The front page, style and things like that will probably not look the best when we first open it back up. We're going to make sure the board functions and then turn it back on. We'll THEN start to do things like fixing the front page articles and such. So when you log in and see lots of "Lorem ipsum" things you'll know why. Getting the board back up is our #1 priority.
Once this is up and running the Dev and Test sites will be backed up to be perfect mirrors of the live board. When addons are put in they will be done one at a time and tested before installing them on Live. This is to prevent Dave from bringing everything down. Again.
For now I think that's it. I know we'll lose some stuff for a time and I'm sorry. We'll get things back as they come available.
