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[Nick]

Hello everyone.

I'd just like to inform everyone of some major updates coming to Reloaded, over the coming weeks. At some point, we will be upgrading to one of the newest versions of IPB, IPB 3.4. New features and upgrades will improve the forum, and make things run more smoothly.

One of the big upgrades, is a new post editor.

Also we will be switching out some of the emotions, and adding new ones. Right now there are some slight issues with the current batch, since most of them are really old (Pre-IPB 3), and some will have to replaced. I'll be working on doing that more, once we upgrade to the new IPB version.

Once upgraded, we'll also begin the hunt for a new skin, considering this one would no longer be compatible with the newly upgraded forum.

I'll keep you updated.

-Nick

[Frodo]

THanks for keeping us informed Nick.  :smile:  Let's hope the upgrade goes smoothly

[Nick]

Good news! Rafiq will be updating the forum on or after December 27th.

Right now I am in the process of trying to figure out which version we will use. We will either be upgrading to version 3.3, or 3.4. Right now we are using 3.2.

Those small change in numbers mean a big difference.

[Frodo]

Great news that we will be updating  :smile:

[Nick]

After looking for new skins, our current skin, Innovation 4, is still the best. It looks good, functions well, and lets members change the colors if they want.

Innovation 4 was also released for the version of IPB we're moving to, IPB 3.3.4, so we will use the new version of Innovation 4. Same look, with updates.

[Nick]

An announcement was posted forum wide regarding the updates.

http://www.reloaded....ouncement=5&f=3

EDIT:


So far, this is what happened due to the botched update:

-Broken warning system, looks like all warns are gone. Luckily, banned members and restricted members appear to have stayed the same.
-"Last post by.." not showing up as it should.
-Some buttons appear to be missing around the site.

Basically during the final phase of the update, we had server issues, hence the crash, and now the bugged forum. Once I can upgrade us to the (probably) latest version of IPB, I will have our programmer do the upgrading. This time, maybe we won't have as many issues.

[Frodo]

Thanks Nick  

[Nick]

Okay, the forum is mostly fixed after the broken upgrade. We also have three new skins, with the light skin being default.

If you would like one of the dark skins, use the skin changer at the bottom left of the forum.

Feel free to ask any questions.

[GTX2GvO]

Looks around.

What about the Forum favicon?
It's still that blue IPB one.

[Nick]

Yeah, it's still something I need our programmer to do. I've bothered him so much with major stuff, the forum icon is on the bottom of the list. I'll have to mail him about it.