Forum change?

[Mystara]

Howdy,

After much, but not yet complete, consideration it seems likely that in the coming weeks we will move to a new forum package.

The forum we have (phpBB) is stable and does what it says on the tin. But it's old and most of the updates that occur with it these days seem to be bug fixes and security fixes. I'd like to try and make the forum a bit easier to use and engage with. I'm therefore looking to move to the somewhat fancier NodeBB.

New features
NodeBB offers a number of features including the ability to give web notifications when someone responds to a post, or posts to a forum that you are interested in (no emails needed). It's also responsive and more suitable to a live discussion. It's easier to search, somewhat more robust to spam, and it is entirely practical for us to offer a web app at some point.

It also has a live chat capability. This will be disabled initially. But in view of the complete lack of support for web->IRC bridges, I have my eye on it with a view to moving Knightmare chat to the web.

What you need to do
Nothing. All existing posts and forums will be moved over. It is, however, likely that you will need to reset your password once we have moved. Now would therefore be a very good time to make sure your email address is up-to-date.

When?
Could be soon. I've completed a first batch of tests that have reassured me that the transfer is possible and the minimum set of features I want are present. There are still some things that I want to check. But likely once I've checked those and I have a free weekend, the transfer will happen.