On October 28th a new version of the forum software we are using here at Ray Peat Forum will be available. Many people including myself have been looking forward to this release for a while now and its finally going to happen. I am very excited to say the least.
Many new features are coming out, including a "notifications" system that is totally awesome. It has different ways on how to control notifications.
We will lose the instant messaging system, because the "social platform" modification was abandoned by the author of the mod. This comes at the right time for us, because we simply cannot handle that many hits with the resources available to us. There is however, a "wall" modification mod that is in development and should be ready to go by the release. So, we should definitely be able to at least have a wall. I will also keep my eye out for other instant messaging systems in hopes that we can find one that will work for us.
There is a huge bonus is the new upgrade thats coming out. If you remember, I went through a lot of stress and work with some of the modifications to get them to work with our board. However, the modification system has been completely rewritten into a "hooks" system which makes it incredibly easy to work with mods now. YAY!
Also the new theme will be incredibly fast, and run well with mobile navigation devices. So things should get faster around here.
Gravatar support is added, meaning you can pull avatars from the Gravatar system now.
Most of the major mods we use like the reputation system, topic preview and others we will still be able to use because the mod authors carried them forward into the new system. Yay!
So this week I will be working on cleaning out the database of old mods and getting the forum ready to drop in the new software soon as I am able to download it. I should only have to take the site off line for a very short period for the upgrade. I will then be going through the forum trying out all the new bells and whistles just like you will. Once I feel we are at solid place and all is well, I will then start adding back in the mods and also work on getting the design colors matched closely to the way we have it now.
https://www.phpbb.com/about/launch/
Many new features are coming out, including a "notifications" system that is totally awesome. It has different ways on how to control notifications.
We will lose the instant messaging system, because the "social platform" modification was abandoned by the author of the mod. This comes at the right time for us, because we simply cannot handle that many hits with the resources available to us. There is however, a "wall" modification mod that is in development and should be ready to go by the release. So, we should definitely be able to at least have a wall. I will also keep my eye out for other instant messaging systems in hopes that we can find one that will work for us.
There is a huge bonus is the new upgrade thats coming out. If you remember, I went through a lot of stress and work with some of the modifications to get them to work with our board. However, the modification system has been completely rewritten into a "hooks" system which makes it incredibly easy to work with mods now. YAY!
Also the new theme will be incredibly fast, and run well with mobile navigation devices. So things should get faster around here.
Gravatar support is added, meaning you can pull avatars from the Gravatar system now.
Most of the major mods we use like the reputation system, topic preview and others we will still be able to use because the mod authors carried them forward into the new system. Yay!
So this week I will be working on cleaning out the database of old mods and getting the forum ready to drop in the new software soon as I am able to download it. I should only have to take the site off line for a very short period for the upgrade. I will then be going through the forum trying out all the new bells and whistles just like you will. Once I feel we are at solid place and all is well, I will then start adding back in the mods and also work on getting the design colors matched closely to the way we have it now.
https://www.phpbb.com/about/launch/