Hello everyone and welcome to what we call "4DR Forum 2.0"!
This is the biggest update we have ever made to our forum since the launch and we are very excited about all the changes, features, and enhancements that are now possible with this forum. To get somewhat technical for a second, this facelift is due to our upgrade to XenForo 2.0, which is a huge change to the forum software. Previously (and for a majority of the lifespan of the forum thus far), we were on XenForo 1.5- XenForo 1.5 (and XenForo as a whole) is fantastic, but we definitely wanted to make some kind of change to the forum, so here we are! I do want to make it very clear right off the bat that while this upgrade opens up new opportunities and features for us, this does mean that some features we were accustomed to on our old forum have been left behind and/or will not be coming until later. We ask that you please understand this and work with us during this transition so we can make this forum as awesome a place as possible for all of you guys. The reason that the following features are not present is not from our own choice, but rather, they have not been coded to work with XenForo 2 just yet. I will now begin to list, in no particular order except for as I think of them, some features that you guys may have been accustomed to on the old forum that are no longer here or are not coming until later (we had a lot of features, so if I forgot some, please let me know!):
Check back often as I will be updating this post and the thread in general often here as we start out.
Known Issues:
This is the biggest update we have ever made to our forum since the launch and we are very excited about all the changes, features, and enhancements that are now possible with this forum. To get somewhat technical for a second, this facelift is due to our upgrade to XenForo 2.0, which is a huge change to the forum software. Previously (and for a majority of the lifespan of the forum thus far), we were on XenForo 1.5- XenForo 1.5 (and XenForo as a whole) is fantastic, but we definitely wanted to make some kind of change to the forum, so here we are! I do want to make it very clear right off the bat that while this upgrade opens up new opportunities and features for us, this does mean that some features we were accustomed to on our old forum have been left behind and/or will not be coming until later. We ask that you please understand this and work with us during this transition so we can make this forum as awesome a place as possible for all of you guys. The reason that the following features are not present is not from our own choice, but rather, they have not been coded to work with XenForo 2 just yet. I will now begin to list, in no particular order except for as I think of them, some features that you guys may have been accustomed to on the old forum that are no longer here or are not coming until later (we had a lot of features, so if I forgot some, please let me know!):
- All existing styles have been removed because they are not compatible with this newer version of the forum software. Everyone should have been booted off to the default style if you were not on it already, but if you aren't for some reason, make sure to switch to that to ensure that you do not see the funkiness that is outdated styles. We are currently working on adding more styles over time and reaching parity like we were with our old forum. Again though, this is something that will take some adjusting to and we ask that you work with us.
- Post Ratings (rating a post as funny, informative, etc...) - this WILL be coming to a future version of XenForo in the very near future, however, as of right now, this does not exist and you will have to use just the traditional "like" button.
- As of right now, Advanced Memberships are not able to delete/undelete, or open/close their own thread. We are looking into some form of replacement to do just this, but there doesn't appear to be a feasible one just yet.
- Bumping a thread using the Bump system is no longer possible as there is no feasible replacement. This may be a blessing in disguise though as there was never any confirmation prior to bumping a thread.
- The "Today's Birthdays" widget is no longer here. Please use the following page under the "Members" tab if you are interested in seeing birthdays on the forum: Today's birthdays.
- This doesn’t necessarily have to do with XenForo 2, but just happens to be convenient timing- all media and albums added to the Media Gallery over the years have been deleted due to a corrupted database table. There is NO ONE more bummed about this than me, so believe me, I know how annoying this is. The good news is that Resources made over the years are still here and I have fixed the table so if we upgrade again at some point in the future, this will not happen again.
Check back often as I will be updating this post and the thread in general often here as we start out.
Known Issues:
- Prefix selector/filter cuts off on Blade style.
- Some criteria for obtaining 4DR Swag Bucks is not working (namely the Media Gallery I believe) until the next update arrives.
- Read/unread forum icons for “Help” and “Bowser’s Castle” sections are not displaying. The fix revolves around the add-on developer releasing an update, so I can’t do anything about it until then. Luckily these are two sections that aren’t used frequently, but I still apologize for the eyesore. For the time being, you can always tell if a section has new posts not only by its icon, but also if the title if said section is in bold. Please use this method to indicate if there are new posts in these sections until the add-on gets updated.
- Probably other issues that I can't see/haven't experienced yet. Please comment or otherwise message me if you see any issues that aren’t listed here already!
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