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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.

Not yet. BUT IT WILL!

*crawls under suitably sized rock*

Change is scary.

I'd like to go on record as the first to say the new site sucks donkey balls.

:aaahhh:

Well, as long as the new site doesn't need to play sound you guys should be fine.

God damn yellow buttons.:tongue:

:dance:
I'm so excited I couldn't wait!

Amorous Vyxen said:

And the Panic Button didn't work, lol.

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Then why am I panicking?

*panics*

Why are these panicking pictures so cute?

The Panic Button DOES work!

Go to your UserCP -> Forum Settings -> Panic Button ON/OFF.

Make sure you put in a full url for the panic button to redirect you. I just tested and it worked fine.

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On the test site or new site, of course.

By default, it should direct you to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Or NASA, for a much more subtle reference.

oh god whats happened..

Hello Kitty will now be the default theme.

When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!

*runs in circles*

OMG

ONOZ

I'm cold and frightened!

I didn't see the site go down any yesterday and the version still shows 3.8.4. Was it loaded, crashed and burned and a rollback occurred or were there too many problems to even try the upgrade?

Bonhomme Richard said:

I didn't see the site go down any yesterday and the version still shows 3.8.4. Was it loaded, crashed and burned and a rollback occurred or were there too many problems to even try the upgrade?

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Missed that it was the 27th and closed it out soon after reading. Guess I just assumed since things were going well on the test server it was supposed to be yesterday.

Just noticed it's supposed to be released this week. I'm totally off, huh. I really should take some days off work.

I'm waiting for gold to be released at any moment. Then I'm going to test the shit out of our test site and either whoop & holler or gnash my teeth.

In fact...v4 Gold is now released and I'm setting up the Dev & Test sites. Whee!

For the sake of your teeth I hope it goes well.

Don't worry about Dave's teeth. The guy's so old he keeps them in a glass next to the sink at night.

I miss the new posts button

There's the 'What's New?' button up top.

I need my UserCP back please! How else can I know when my subscribed threads have new posts?

Also, some dark theme please? All this white makes me hiss as if exposed to sunlight.

Hiff.

Thanks Allen!

Charlie Dont Surf said:

I miss the new posts button

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Remember when the New Post button wasadded and people bitched....?

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I miss the new posts button

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Remember when the New Post button wasadded and people bitched....?[/QUOTE]

Fuck 'em! But it's all good, I got "What's new". It eliminates me having to look in more than one forum, but still lets there be separation for those that like that.

It's so shiny.

Also I agree with Charlie, Fuck 'em the new posts button was awesome.

Yup, I exclusively used the new post button.

Not big on the layout, but I'll deal with it the best I can. I'll certainly post more when I have a layout I am comfortable with though.

The New Posts thingie is still there you guys...

you're right. That's what I get for not paying attention.

So, as I type this on my iPhone I feel compelled to ask, what's the status on the mobile version of the site?

From another post I saw earlier: There's actually a mobile theme installed - though I think they want to tweak it - and they'll soon get it set up with the mobile.halforums.com address.

Awesome news. I knew we would be getting one, I was just curious as to what might be holding it up.

Covar said:

Awesome news. I knew we would be getting one, I was just curious as to what might be holding it up.

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Don't get too excited. First off, they haven't come up with one for v4 and the one we put in is a 3rd party mod. Second, that 3rd party mod is...wonky. But we're still hoping to get something soon for you mobile guys.