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News by SteveB added Nov 20, 2011, read 3395 times
OK, so it took about 3 months longer than it should have, but we are making progress! The TSR forums have now completed the merge from our own hosted vBulletin forums which were very old and out of date and running on our own hardware. The content has been merged into a hosted solution with Invision Powerboard, a different forum platform that many of you will no doubt already be familiar with. This will allow us to reduce our costs in the long term and remove some of the technical load on our team now that our staff numbers have reduced.
So what's new? Well, at the time of writing this, not much, but I'm working on it! You should now be able to visit the new forums from the links at the top of the site (under Community), or if not, they are here. I am in the process of clearing out some of the old, unused forums, reorganizing the ones we are keeping and setting up user groups to give you all access to the same content that you had before. This will take a few days, so don’t panic just yet if you were a higher access level than you are right now (Artists for example), I'll get to it.
We also plan to turn on some of the bells and whistles that you aren't used to from our old forums, like Topic Rating and Reputation Points, Member Ranks etc. Some people love them, some people hate them. Me? I haven't decided yet! The Live Chat will also be enabled and will replace our old, cranky IRC server.
One thing you will immediately notice is that the forums have been styled around the new, upcoming version of TSR (Version 8), with its large, bold header and footer and new navigation. Right now we are aware of some design issues around the forum and header/footer including some broken links, missing ads, images vertical instead of horizontal... but it's being worked on... honest! It's easier to start working towards Version 8 than reusing the old v7 code.
I have lots to do to polish the forums (replacing old Smilies and adding some new ones for example), and some of the layout will likely change (forum listing) but as you are all eager to get back in, we are opening the forums for you now. Have fun with them, and feel free to post your feedback and experiences here, or call in to the Live Chat and say 'ahoy hoy'.
One important note: Your old PM's have not been copied over, so if you have anything important you want to pull from there you need to visit our old forums here. They will remain online until we switch the server off in a couple of weeks.
Lastly, attachments (uploaded files) have just started converting to our cloud host. These were part of the delay as we had planned to remove the facility due to the quantity and file of attachments we have built up over 11 years. You, our community, were quite vocal about keeping them, so we looked at alternate methods of hosting. With tens of thousands of files totalling some 20 Gb they are copying over at the rate of 10 per cycle. It's going to take some time, but attachments will be turning up slowly. In the meantime it will mean missing file links. Again, anything critical, grab it now from the old forums.
/Steve
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On Nov 20, 2011 SteveB wrote:
It seems that some users are not being logged in to the forums even
though they are logged in to TSR. If this happens to you, please try
logging out of TSR and in again, then visit the new forums. If you are
still logged out, please submit a Support Ticket and we will check your
account link.
On Nov 20, 2011 Cherrybooboo wrote:
The Forums looks amazing. Fantastic work done by all at TSR.
On Nov 20, 2011 mepour2 wrote:
Oh thank goodness the fourms are back, I was starting to hyperventilate. So many questions, I'll be up all nite!! Thanks everyone I know it was a huge task.
On Nov 20, 2011 KSkywalker wrote:
How do I submit a support ticket?
I tried logging out and back in, no luck. I also tried a deep refresh via F5 key. All I get is the old Locked Forums.
On Nov 21, 2011 Cyclonesue wrote:
KSkywalker: use the link at the bottom of the newspost for now. The site developers have yet to change the site links to go to the new forums. Make sure you're logged into TSR, then go to: http://forums2.thesimsresource.com/
On Nov 21, 2011 murfeel wrote:
Thank the fates!!
I've been dying to get back onto the forums cuz I've been having noting but problems with the new TSRW and some Cc I'm makin g, and needed so much help! 
YATTA!! 
Gotta go! 
On Nov 22, 2011 BBKZ wrote:
But something is wrong. I'm Featured Artist for the Sims 2, but in forums I'm like a normal member. Why? Here is my forum profile: http://forums2.thesimsresource.com/index.php?/user/412861-bbkz/
On Nov 24, 2011 JCIssette wrote:
I love the new forums. And the chat room is amazing.
On Nov 25, 2011 BluElla wrote:
I'm Featured Artist for sims 3, but in forums normal member. Why ? My profile: http://forums2.thesimsresource.com/index.php?/user/2054443-bluella/
On Nov 26, 2011 mrjln wrote:
I still get redirected to the vBulletin forums, no matter which link I use...
On Dec 18, 2011 enzo demo wrote:
Hello everybody. I also have the same log-in problems on the new forums. I don't know where I can send a support ticket, what should I do? Is there a way to fix the log-in issue on the new forum? Because despite I am logged in on the main site, but I'm a guest on the new forum...
Thank you!
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