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Site Update: Mar 5, 2012

Blog Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by Todd, Mar 5, 2012.

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  1. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,506) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
    STAFF Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Greetings!

    Thought I'd drop another update as to where we're at, as well as repeat some answers to some of the more common questions that have come up over the last week or so.

    Previous updates:
    http://beeradvocate.com/community/forums/announcements.49/

    What are you working on right now?
    • Upgrading "Conversations" tonight: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/upgrade-conversations.3081/
    • Wrapping "the old" BeerAdvocate site in a template that's very similar to the BeerAdvocate Community look and feel. This integration is a rather large project, so please be patient.
    • Visual template adjustments.
    • Reorganization of the forums, including adding more regional sub-forms.
    Where's my account?
    If you suspect you're one of the very few who failed to get migrated over, read this: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/site-update-missing-account.3036/ ... we can sync you up quick.

    Where are my beer/place reviews?
    It's all still there.
    What about my beer karma?
    As posted in previous updates, we're still tracking all user submissions. However contributions in the form of displayed points is currently not available. We'll be working on new ways of incorporating and displaying your "beer karma."

    Can I review?
    Yep! You can still review beers/places, add/remove hads, wants and gots, as well as add beers, places and events. Basically, you can do just about everything you could before.

    Is this the site redesign you guys were talking about?
    Nope. This is our dealing with our old forums going critical mass on us, which forced us to upgrade our servers and select a 3rd party forum/user management solution.

    When will things go back to normal?
    {sigh} If you're asking this right now, please try reading all of the updates again.

    Are you planning on creating mobile apps?
    Totally unrelated, but yes. We're dedicated to launching mobile services in 2012, but we have bigger fish to fry right now.

    Feedback & Help:
    There's been quite a bit feedback and discussions on other items too. Please take a look here: http://beeradvocate.com/community/forums/feedback-help.32/

    Much more to follow ...

    Thanks again for your patience and support! It's made all of this much easier for us to deal with.

    Cheers!
     
    #1 Todd, Mar 5, 2012
  2. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    mobile app mobile app mobile app! :grimacing:
     
    #2 AutumnBeerLove, Mar 6, 2012
    ScottK22, chunkyboy, BraveGator and 3 others like this.
  3. MADhombrewer

    MADhombrewer Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2008 Oregon

    Thanks again for all your hard work.
     
    #3 MADhombrewer, Mar 6, 2012
  4. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    Man this is great news, best beer site on the web!
     
    #4 gtermi, Mar 6, 2012
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  5. tcampbel1

    tcampbel1 Crusader (443) May 17, 2010 Oregon

    We all appreciate all of your hard work. You deserve a big:

    Thank you :slight_smile:
     
    #5 tcampbel1, Mar 6, 2012
  6. libbey

    libbey Initiate (0) May 18, 2008 British Indian Ocean Territory

     
    #6 libbey, Mar 6, 2012
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  7. Billolick

    Billolick Grand Pooh-Bah (5,547) Dec 20, 2003 New York
    Society Pooh-Bah

    great stuff, many thanks for all youse guys do!
     
    #7 Billolick, Mar 6, 2012
  8. stevefinny

    stevefinny Pundit (785) Aug 28, 2009 New Jersey

    You guys are killing it, keep up the hard work.
     
    #8 stevefinny, Mar 7, 2012
  9. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Nice job Todd! Have a beer (Yes its 11:37 on the East Coast) So what.

    Cheers!
     
    #9 FosterJM, Mar 7, 2012
  10. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    Opening up a Nugget Nectar right after this class...
     
    #10 AutumnBeerLove, Mar 7, 2012
  11. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    If it wasnt 9AM on the West Coast I would crack something. Sadly I am stuck at work.

    Cheers!
     
    #11 FosterJM, Mar 7, 2012
  12. Spider889

    Spider889 Pooh-Bah (1,933) Mar 24, 2010 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah

    I know that everything is still working (reviews, etc) but I definitely have tapered my contributions in those areas since the changes. I can't wait until everything gets synched up again...
     
    #12 Spider889, Mar 9, 2012
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  13. TicoCali

    TicoCali Initiate (0) Jul 25, 2010 California

    Thank you guys so much.
     
    #13 TicoCali, Mar 9, 2012
  14. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    cavedave happy site working good make happy good beer people liking happy good. todd make much hard work hard work make much good cavedave happy.
     
    #14 cavedave, Mar 9, 2012
  15. unionturf

    unionturf Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2007 North Carolina

    Greta job guys, I run multiple forums with no where near the custom coding you had done here....can't imagine the headaches.

    (I do like the forum here better than the old....just saying...lol.)
     
    #15 unionturf, Mar 11, 2012
  16. animal69

    animal69 Pooh-Bah (1,974) Sep 21, 2007 Louisiana
    Pooh-Bah

    The things we do for the love of beer, keep up the good work !
     
    #16 animal69, Mar 11, 2012
  17. sarro

    sarro Initiate (0) May 12, 2009 Michigan

    Loving the new forums, but would also love to see "beer karma" left out!
     
    #17 sarro, Mar 11, 2012
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  18. Spider889

    Spider889 Pooh-Bah (1,933) Mar 24, 2010 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah

    Who cares? It only seems like one would actively advocate the removal of something so trivial if they were feeling somehow inadequate because of it. Obviously some people liked it a lot so let them have their fun.
     
    #18 Spider889, Mar 11, 2012
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  19. barleywinefiend

    barleywinefiend Initiate (0) Nov 22, 2007 Washington

    Agreed.
     
    #19 barleywinefiend, Mar 11, 2012
  20. Arborescence

    Arborescence Initiate (0) Feb 12, 2012 Finland

    This has already come up in passing in previous threads, but one problem since the change is that it's impossible to view anyone's reviews if you're not logged in (using the http://beeradvocate.com/user/beers?ba={username} format).

    The reason why this is a bummer is that I want to share my reviews to people who are not on BA, preferably by creating an RSS feed of the reviews. Ideally such a feed would be provided by the site, but if not, at least let me access the reviews remotely without logging in so that I can create a feed manually. Is this something that's coming back/changing as the site integration proceeds, or is it gone permanently?
     
    #20 Arborescence, Mar 11, 2012
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