Hey all,
I am currently in the process of making preparations to upgrade the forum to a new software, that should do away with all the bugs and the quite frankly horribly outdated design. Essentially what will happen is that the forum software will be exchanged to a state of the art 2017 software that should allow RP to happen in an appropriate environment for a long time for now.
I have already been in discussion with some members on our Discord (please join if you feel like talking to us, not only about RP!
As for the old forum/content, I'd like to hear community opinions. Quite frankly, it will be quite a hassle to convert our 11 years old database that has gone through several generations of forum software to the new suite, and it might also quite potentially have some quirky effects, not speaking of of slowing down the new forum from the get go. Due to that, I am strongly favoring making the old forums an archive once the new software is up and running, allowing people to access old content, but not edit it anymore. I wanted to hear if there are any objections to this and whether there are any voices that strongly wish the old content to be integrated into the new forum even despite the issues I just mentioned.
Finally, I hope to make things more comfortable for our NationStates friends as well and give them better forums and means of self-moderation once the page is up and running.
Anyhow, thanks for reading all this and looking forward to your replies. Cheers
- Xen
I am currently in the process of making preparations to upgrade the forum to a new software, that should do away with all the bugs and the quite frankly horribly outdated design. Essentially what will happen is that the forum software will be exchanged to a state of the art 2017 software that should allow RP to happen in an appropriate environment for a long time for now.
I have already been in discussion with some members on our Discord (please join if you feel like talking to us, not only about RP!
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) and they have graciously offer to shoulder some of the costs involved in the update - including server changes and licenses for the new software it will be around 250 dollars, possibly less. We seem to be pretty well-funded at the moment, but if anyone wants to chip in, they are more than welcome to, no pressure at all though, and I genuinely mean that.As for the old forum/content, I'd like to hear community opinions. Quite frankly, it will be quite a hassle to convert our 11 years old database that has gone through several generations of forum software to the new suite, and it might also quite potentially have some quirky effects, not speaking of of slowing down the new forum from the get go. Due to that, I am strongly favoring making the old forums an archive once the new software is up and running, allowing people to access old content, but not edit it anymore. I wanted to hear if there are any objections to this and whether there are any voices that strongly wish the old content to be integrated into the new forum even despite the issues I just mentioned.
Finally, I hope to make things more comfortable for our NationStates friends as well and give them better forums and means of self-moderation once the page is up and running.
Anyhow, thanks for reading all this and looking forward to your replies. Cheers
- Xen