FORUM MOVING - Update: Forum Move Complete!

adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201
edited April 2020 in GameSalad Kitchen

GameSalad will be moving forums soon (from Vanilla Commercial to a self hosted Vanilla Forum).
We had been waiting for Vanilla to coordinate with us, but we didn't hear anything for a while and then suddenly they initiated the cancellation procedure.

We hope for a smooth transition with at most a day of downtime.

Thanks!

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  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    We're still tweaking it, but if you want to take a look at the new forums (don't post anything it's gonna get wiped on the import).

    https://community.gamesalad.com/

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    edited April 2020

    Woah - the old forum look is gone! 😮


    EDIT: And what the heck - my avatar banner is green now instead of purple. 0.o

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    Better?

  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881

    Well... thats different!

    It might take some getting used to but I am sure it will be OK.

    Still the same functionality?

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    We lost a few things, mostly around badges. You'll be getting a new set of badges when you log in.

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    I figured it's time for an update. Hopefully people don't rail against change too much.

  • ArmellineArmelline Member, PRO Posts: 5,385

    Suddenly I have 7000 notifications but we don't seem to have lost anything of importance (need to check the old attachments though) so no complaints from me!

  • jamie_cjamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772

    I don't think search is working. It never finds anything for me no matter what I search for.

  • ArmellineArmelline Member, PRO Posts: 5,385
    edited April 2020
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    I'm going to put on my "longest-standing member" hat for a moment and say that if anyone feels the need to complain about a new forum theme while you've been putting more attention towards the Creator and the community itself than we've seen in *close to a decade* then they've got their priorities in very much the wrong place.

    That said I'm not seeing the like/agree etc. buttons. Hopefully they make a reappearance at some point, but no big deal if they don't.

  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881
    edited April 2020
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    Oohh... New game title "Rail Against Change"

    I am sure everything will be fine😁

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
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    I really enjoyed the gamification portion of the forums (badges, leaderboards, likes, etc). Is this coming back?

  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881

    @Braydon_SFX -- it will be fun to start over with badges. As long as you get to be in charge of awarding them!

  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,881

    Perhaps this would be a good time to clean up the categories. (For example, I don't think we will need the grapheme alpha tester categories anymore.)

  • gingagaminggingagaming FREELANCE GS DEV Member Posts: 1,685
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    Yes and also the loooooong stickies. Hello to you all on the other side! (missingh the likes/agree ect. They were very relevant to the context of the group

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    So they are there, but they require a hover (we're still tweaking thing when we find replacements to existing stuff. Hover near the bottom of the screen and you'll see the new reactions.

  • adriangomezadriangomez Member, PRO Posts: 440

    Wow. It looks much cleaner and nicer. Welcome to the modern age.

  • AlchimiaStudiosAlchimiaStudios Member Posts: 1,069

    Definitely a big change, but most everything seems to be in order! Cleaner too.

    Follow us: Twitter - Website

  • sinbotsinbot Member Posts: 232

    Very slick. I like ; )

  • NBWNBW Member, PRO Posts: 8

    The search function doesn't seem to be working. The following message is returned after attempting a search: "Can't find FULLTEXT index matching the column list"

  • HypnorabbitHypnorabbit SingaporeMember Posts: 272

    Looks kinda weird, but if it's free more power to you. I looked up the costs of Vanilla before - it's expensive!

  • pinkio75pinkio75 Member, PRO Posts: 1,217

    Yes it's sa little bit weird and more poor than vanilla but probably is more cheap for GS.

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    @Hypnorabbit @pinkio75 it's actually one of vanilla's default themes (we're using the OSS version of vanilla).


    For everyone, we'll be looking to restore search & attachments soon!

  • NBWNBW Member, PRO Posts: 8

    @adent42 - many thanks for looking to restore search capability.

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    So search works again for me. Give it a shot!

  • jamie_cjamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772

    No matter what I search for I still only get this message:

    Can't find FULLTEXT index matching the column list

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
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    Same

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    ugh... so it worked once, then it didn't. yay

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    edited April 2020
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    Now it's working on my end lol


    EDIT: Wait. It seems to only work with certain keywords.

  • NBWNBW Member, PRO Posts: 8

    Agreed - looks like it is partly operating.

    Search for 'sort' - yes,

    Search for 'table' - no,

    Search for 'creator' - no,

    Search for Mac - yes!

    Search for Windows - no!

    Thanks for troubleshooting.

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,201

    had to fix how we did the indexes, hopefully that's it

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