Welcome to the new BeerAdvocate Community!

Blog Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by Todd, Feb 22, 2012.

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  1. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    Staff Super Mod Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    Greetings!

    We had hoped to get this up soon, but it wasn't in the cards. And we're still migrating/converting data to the new system. Until this is 100% complete we've opted to launch the "beta" version of the new forum so everyone can reconnect with each other.

    Please Note:
    • Access to the main site is currently unavailable; we'll have an ETA later tonight.
    • All data has been backed-up.
    • If you HAVE a BeerAdvocate account, please login with your username/password. This will sync your account with your reviews, etc once the migration is complete.
    • If you DON'T HAVE a BeerAdvocate account, you can create one here and as soon as the main site is up we'll sync you to it.
    • The old forum will not be imported into the new one, but we plan on archiving it as HTML pages eventually.
    • Until the site and new forum are fully integrated, there will be a visual disconnect. We'll be working on syncing the two over the upcoming weeks, including color schemes.
    • Profile pages will eventually be sync'd too.
    • Old Beer Mails will be view-only once we get the data migrated.
    • Buddy Lists are now replaced with Follows and Followers.
    Also, there are a TON of new features with this new forum. Please take some time to explore and please don't abuse them. Feel free to rebuild your profile page too!

    Server Upgrade:
    For those of you who didn't know, last week we purchased and migrated to two new servers. Performance has been exceptional.

    Finally, thanks to all of you for your patience and support. The last week or so has been chaos, but we're getting there.

    Cheers to all of you!

    Todd (and Jason)
     
  2. woosterbill

    woosterbill Pooh-Bah (2,733) Apr 6, 2009 Kentucky
    Pooh-Bah

    I look forward to learning all the ins and outs...but I have to be the first to give a big :slight_frown: to the advent of smilies.

    I'll miss the clean look of the old forums, but I'm sure the greatly expanded utility of the new ones will outweigh my nostalgia eventually.

    Cheers!
     
  3. oreo

    oreo Initiate (0) Jul 29, 2010 Illinois

    HI JASON AND TODD. HELLO!
     
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  4. weatherdog

    weatherdog Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2007 Illinois

    Hello Hello...Is anyone out there? Can anyone hear me?
     
  5. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    Staff Super Mod Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    Yeah, this forum has code and smilies enabled. No way to turn them off yet, but the next version might.

    Whatever. I'll take that over the functionality of these new forums any day! :slight_smile:
     
  6. woosterbill

    woosterbill Pooh-Bah (2,733) Apr 6, 2009 Kentucky
    Pooh-Bah

    I'm assuming that was a reply to me, so I'm posting back to see what replies look like.
     
  7. woosterbill

    woosterbill Pooh-Bah (2,733) Apr 6, 2009 Kentucky
    Pooh-Bah

    :astonished: So a reply to a reply only quotes the original reply's new text, and loses the content of the post that was replied to in the first place; I hope there will be some way to retain the old forum's visual cues as to the chain of sub-discussions. The indentation could get extreme after a while, but it was nice not to have to jump back and forth constantly just to follow a series of replies.
     
  8. tewaris

    tewaris Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2009 Minnesota

    Looks great!
     
  9. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,254) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    Staff Super Mod Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    It was. I'm still getting the hang of it myself.
     
  10. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

  11. callmeishmALE

    callmeishmALE Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2010 Colorado

    I don't know, I think this "da hell!?" :grimacing: could come in handy for some posts. Glad to see the site back on its feet!
     
  12. Crftbrfan

    Crftbrfan Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2011 West Virginia

    Hello all, seems to be working.
    Cheers
     
  13. DrewShal9

    DrewShal9 Initiate (0) May 18, 2011 Massachusetts

    The symptoms of withdrawal are beginning to subdue ....looks great and definitely faster. Thanks bros!
    -Drew
     
  14. rmalinowski4

    rmalinowski4 Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 Illinois

    Yes, we can hear you! :wink:
     
  15. OldCrustacean79

    OldCrustacean79 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2012 Connecticut

    Where are all my messages?
     
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  16. ColForbinBC

    ColForbinBC Pooh-Bah (2,461) Sep 9, 2005 New Jersey
    Pooh-Bah Society

    Well, isn't this interesting. Will all of our user stats come over as well? Or are we all starting fresh?
     
  17. ehammond1

    ehammond1 Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2008

    Will our old Profiles be coming back along with all of our reviews/forum posts, etc?
     
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  18. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

    I like the new layout, including the color scheme. Bright, easy to read. Also, I like the design of the scroll over info blurbs - pretty handy. The text editor is also way more fun to use :grinning: I'm excited about the file attachment options.
     
  19. SageO

    SageO Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2010 California

    I’d suggest at least temporarily making the Login link more noticeable - took me a while to find it, and frankly I'm going to guess some people will never find it where it currently is.
     
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  20. Marti403

    Marti403 Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2011 Michigan

    Ha, this looks crispier. I can dig it.
     
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