Forums to close for major upgrade

KennyVader

Just make sure you take a backup first

jumpycheese1

Does anyone know if your posts/thanks/thanked posts stats will be affected?

tara747

A weekend without MSE?

I bet more housework gets done this weekend than ever before... the flylady thread will be full of boasts of how much cleaning they've got through! :rotfl:

As for the rest of us, arrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh no MSE for two whole days! :O

tara747

p.s. what's this about losing posts? What about those useful recipes and tips that I love?

Nooooooooooo

missymugwump

Do we get new/more smiley face things ?

iheartpcd

EEEK EEEK EEEK!
OKAY! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, I HOPE ITS ON SUNDAY CUS THATS MY COMPING SPECIAL DAY!

HOWS ABOUT A TEMPORARY FORUM?! LIKE MAKE ONE AND THEN WE CAN USE IT FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEN LEAVE IT TIL WE NEED IT AGAIN FI THEY DO MROE UPDATES?

Harveycat_2

I do hope they tone down the 'busyness' of the pages.

They are far too crammed with information.

It doesn't matter how long I stare at a page I always feel I've missed something.

I find navigating a chore as well. Instead of trying to find my way back somewhere I usually just click on the 'Forums' tab and restart from the beginning. It's easier!

Other than that it's a cool site!

:beer:

Cinders2001

I'm in shock.....what on earth am I going to do to fill the time?!!!

sparky7

For those asking what the upgrade might result in, MSE currently use version 3.6.5, The latest version is 3.8.1. So you can expect some (not all) of the following improvements:

v3.8
vBulletin 3.8 has the following features:[3]
Social group discussions
Social group categories
Private message sorting and filtering
Private message history
Quick edit for newer types of content (visitor messages and picture comments)
Social group icons
Social group transfers
Private message quick reply
Private message throttling (limit messages sent over a time period)
Private message reporting
Profile privacy (limit blocks to a subset of users)
Lightbox navigation
Thread prefix permissions
Dismissible notices
A full and detailed list is available here.

v3.7

New features included:
Inline spam management & prevention
Thread tagging
Search cloud / tag cloud
Thread prefixes
Reciprocal friendships between users
Public visitor messaging on profile pages with 'conversation' feature
User picture galleries with user comment facility
User-created social groups with invite only and moderated membership options
Extended member profile pages
Customizable member profile pages with admin-controlled styling abilities
Inline editing of custom user profile fields
Lightbox viewer for attached images
Viewable and comparable history maintained for post edits
Extended re-authentication for inline moderation actions
Notices system for navigation bar
Multiple human-verification systems including reCAPTCHA, image verification and Q/A
User change history
Social bookmarking integration

fermi

Can we have this? PLEASE.

(probably hoping for too much...)