New Forum

This is the place for chit chat! Everything goes even Star Trek! Just make sure to buy the Moderator a drink!

New Forum

User avatar
Forceflow
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 7203
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 1999 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Forceflow » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:53 pm

Hello Folks!

Okay, I finally got the Forum up and running! And guess what, it's a completely new forum! It's a phpBB3, so it's pretty much top of the line all nice and shiny!
Now of course you think you'll have to reregister, so that sucks, but lucky for you, all your user information has been transfered, too!
Of course, wih all the posts gone it'll be really boring, right? Well, I guess it would be right, but lucky us I was also able to safe and transfer all posts into the new board, too! (Yay me, it took me forever to get that all working!)

Now I know it looks ugly and there's certainly quite some problems I still haven't fixed (like the not working search-feature) But it's a new start and will hopefully make sure that the XWAU will prevail for much longer!

P.S. Yes, I do know that it looks ugly as hell! Live with it, it took me a week just to get it working, you'll survive it looking sucky for a couple of days ;)
Murphy was an optimist! I am a pessimist!
And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet! (District 9)
Webmaster of the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade Project

User avatar
Adderfangs
Cadet 1st Class
Posts: 136
Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Adderfangs » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:05 pm

Hi Forceflow. Congrats on the new forum. Don't worry about the looks we can definitely wait. I know what kind of work it entails and it is a pain in the ***! On the other hand thanks for making it possible for this huge and fantastic community to keep on going through the centuries :D

User avatar
Atx
Lieutenant Commander
Posts: 1217
Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2002 12:01 am

Post by Atx » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:48 pm

Looks awesome! :D
The Navbuoy is closed...long live the XWAU!!!

User avatar
Dragon
XWAU Member
Posts: 1119
Joined: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by Dragon » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:55 pm

Wow! Realy cool! Great work Foreflow. :gott:
Every story has four sides to it: yours, the others, the truth and what really happend.
"You have failed me for the last time, Admiral."

User avatar
WildstarBlue9
Lieutenant Commander
Posts: 1019
Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:01 am

Post by WildstarBlue9 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:59 pm

Very nice! :D

I did notice that everyone's signatures needed to be redone, so I redid mine. They'll probably allow images now, too, so I'll add that later.
Last edited by WildstarBlue9 on Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Wildstar, Red 2 (XO) (Ret.)

Not the Wildstar that authored IMCGen.

User avatar
darklord
Galactic Empire
Posts: 836
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by darklord » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:04 pm

Holly cow this is awesome!
Great job Force flow!

Though if you could change my user name back to darklord I'd be pretty thankful. the half email address was an old mistake i did when registering typing at a mile a minute, and I put up with it all this time because my displayed name was right.

User avatar
Trent001
Cadet 3rd Class
Posts: 32
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:01 am

Post by Trent001 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:06 pm

Yes, very good work man! The hard works paying off! :D

User avatar
ANDREW L
Rebel Alliance
Posts: 2634
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:01 am

Post by ANDREW L » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:13 pm

OMG XWAU IS ENTEREING THE 21ST CENTURY!!!!

AWESOME JOB!

User avatar
Forceflow
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 7203
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 1999 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Forceflow » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:27 pm

Yeah, the signatures need to be redone, and a lot of the old posts have some errors, too. (The old forum worked to much with html coding and stuff)

@darklord: I'll see what I can do, okay?
Murphy was an optimist! I am a pessimist!
And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet! (District 9)
Webmaster of the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade Project

User avatar
darklord
Galactic Empire
Posts: 836
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by darklord » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:33 pm

Thanks allot! :D Now i don't have to confuse myself when ever I try to post in these forums by typing part of my email address.

We can't use HTML anymore? :(
Ive also just noticed some of the smiles are a tad inappropriate

On the bright side we now have a working search though i think it only works with new threads

User avatar
Will T
Galactic Empire
Posts: 1371
Joined: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:01 pm

Post by Will T » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:09 pm

Wow, this is going to take some getting used to I think.
I hope you manage to get it looking a bit more XWAU though Force, just isn't the same without those X-wings telling me where the new posts are :D
Formerly known as The 95 Headhunter

User avatar
DTM
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 2119
Joined: Tue Apr 22, 2003 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by DTM » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:45 pm

Nice, really nice ! :cooler:

VPR
Cadet 1st Class
Posts: 147
Joined: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:01 pm

Post by VPR » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:58 pm

Looks a bit wierd at the moment but I'm sure it will be much better than the old forum and we'll have some new features to play with after all your hard work.

User avatar
Forceflow
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 7203
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 1999 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Forceflow » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:00 pm

darklord wrote:Thanks allot! :D Now i don't have to confuse myself when ever I try to post in these forums by typing part of my email address.

We can't use HTML anymore? :(
Ive also just noticed some of the smiles are a tad inappropriate

On the bright side we now have a working search though i think it only works with new threads
Yeah, no more html, sorry about that. But you really shouldn't need it anyways, all that's necessary should be possible with the BBCode.
As for the smilies, yeah I still have to change some of those. I just ripped them off my other board, which is why all the signs are in German, too ;)
Murphy was an optimist! I am a pessimist!
And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet! (District 9)
Webmaster of the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade Project

User avatar
Vince T
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 14045
Joined: Fri Apr 27, 2001 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Vince T » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:09 pm

Yay, here we go!

Hmmm, could you please check if the migration of the PMs worked? My inbox and outbox are empty. :(
Your ship, Captain. I need a drink. - Vince Trageton
Vince T's X-Wing HQ - where the bad guys get their gear

User avatar
Forceflow
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 7203
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 1999 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Forceflow » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:12 pm

I am afraid those might be lost, sorry :(
Murphy was an optimist! I am a pessimist!
And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet! (District 9)
Webmaster of the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade Project

User avatar
WildstarBlue9
Lieutenant Commander
Posts: 1019
Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:01 am

Post by WildstarBlue9 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:30 pm

Was going to add my helmet artwork (done nicely by former Red Squadron member Chelsey "Vape" Maxfield) to my signature, but I forgot I had the option of making it my avatar, too, so I did that instead. :)

EDIT: Forceflow, any chance of changing my name on the board from "WildstarBlue9" to "WildstarRed2"? I noticed you were able to do it for dragon, and the new name would be more in line w/ my current squadron and slot.
Wildstar, Red 2 (XO) (Ret.)

Not the Wildstar that authored IMCGen.

User avatar
Drake26
Bounty Hunter
Posts: 540
Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:01 pm

Post by Drake26 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:21 pm

Hey, Forceflow, can I get ShadowDuelist again? For some reason I didn't use that as my sign in name here, like I have everywhere else, so now I'm drake26, and it may confuse people.
Proud owner of the Almighty Frying Pan of Hugeness (Doom) or AFPoH(D)

User avatar
Rookie_One1
Rebel Alliance
Posts: 1656
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:01 am

Post by Rookie_One1 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:09 pm

good work forceflow!
Rookie One, is that you?? - Ru Merleen, Rebel Spy at Imdaar Alpha
Current Holder of the Frying Pan of Death

User avatar
K_Kinnison
Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
Posts: 5338
Joined: Fri Nov 26, 1999 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by K_Kinnison » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:13 pm

GAaaaah. It is like going from black and white to Technicolor
Currently working on an XWA campaign
XWAU Plank holder
XWAU Team official Poker
Image

User avatar
WildstarBlue9
Lieutenant Commander
Posts: 1019
Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:01 am

Post by WildstarBlue9 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:37 pm

My avatar seemed a bit grainy when I resized it on my local machine, and it wouldn't take the original (6KB limit), so I resized it on PhotoBucket...looks a bit better now. :D
Wildstar, Red 2 (XO) (Ret.)

Not the Wildstar that authored IMCGen.

User avatar
Dragon
XWAU Member
Posts: 1119
Joined: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by Dragon » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:46 pm

WildstarBlue9 wrote:My avatar seemed a bit grainy when I resized it on my local machine, and it wouldn't take the original (6KB limit), so I resized it on PhotoBucket...looks a bit better now. :D
Thanks for this hint. :up:
Every story has four sides to it: yours, the others, the truth and what really happend.
"You have failed me for the last time, Admiral."

User avatar
General Edor Crespin
Galactic Empire
Posts: 5488
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2001 12:01 am
Contact:

Post by General Edor Crespin » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:55 pm

Thanks for the work, Forceflow!!! The color scheme is jarring, but I am confident in your abilities! :D
Last edited by General Edor Crespin on Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Timon Solus
Cadet 4th Class
Posts: 11
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:52 pm

Post by Timon Solus » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:55 pm

Congrats on setting up the new forum - not an easy job.

Keep a close eye on it, though, I visit the Axis History Forum which recently upgraded to the same software, and they've had some reliability problems.

User avatar
Vince T
Fleet Admiral (Administrator)
Posts: 14045
Joined: Fri Apr 27, 2001 11:01 pm
Contact:

Post by Vince T » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:27 pm

@Force, are you going to set the number of posts per page back to 25 as it was before?
I'd do it myself, but I don't want to interfer while you're still in the process of setting everything up.
Your ship, Captain. I need a drink. - Vince Trageton
Vince T's X-Wing HQ - where the bad guys get their gear

Post Reply