Thread: Major Forum Changes Ahead

Update

Outgoing e-mails are working great. I should have the new user activation process complete today or tomorrow.
For those interested, plan for beta testing again near the end of the weekend. Thank you for the help, it makes things go much faster.

Update

Things went faster than expected, and I've completely finished new user registration, including the out-going e-mails and the account activation procedure.
I'll be hanging out in the chat room off and on this weekend looking for people who want to beta test the new user registration portion.

Big thanks to all those guys in the chat box willing to help Ben with testing features.

Update

Beta testing the new user registration went very well. Thank you to all who helped! There was only one small thing to fix, and now I'm moving on to the next feature.
We only have 3 major features left before the minimum viable product is complete. They are chat, PMs, and threads/posts.
I think I will tackle chat next, since I'll be using a 3rd party solution which should go very quickly.

I've already spent the cash on a 2 year membership again just last month - I assume that will carry over and any cost differences up or down I'll be notified?

Yes, the memberships will carry over. Everyone will be notified if/when the amount for membership dues changes. If dues are less expensive, then in cases like yours I'll likely extend memberships to make things fair. We'll see when it comes time to cross that bridge.

Update

The chat feature gave me fits all weekend, but I believe I have tamed it well enough for now. I'm moving into the beta test phase for chat.
Those who would like to beta test the new chat, head over to the chat room for directions.

Thanks for the work Ben.

Update

The beta test for the chat went well. There were a few things to iron out, but it looks like it's working quite well now.
I'm moving on to implementing PMs.

Update

I wanted to have the PM system finished by this weekend, but it is proving more involved than I anticipated. There are no road blocks and I'm making steady progress for sure, but I am maybe 60% finished now after the last two weeks of work. I'm hoping to have it finished by next weekend, but it might take longer still.
I'll report back in a week.