Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: lbpesq on May 11, 2016, 02:34:41 PM

Title: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: lbpesq on May 11, 2016, 02:34:41 PM
Thanks to Mica, Ron, Modder Dave and the Mods, and all who worked to update the club site.  Can't wait to check out the improvement in our little corner of the world.

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: sonicus on May 11, 2016, 02:45:29 PM
Hello to all , I would like to thank all those who were responsible for this new forum format.

  Wolf
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: slawie on May 11, 2016, 03:18:14 PM
Its great to be back!
Hello everyone.
Thanks to all the Alembic forum upgrade project team for their efforts.
It all looks so good.
slawie
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: FC Bass on May 11, 2016, 03:43:15 PM
Looks great, thanx!

For some (me included) it will take some time to get used to the new format, but I'm sure it will fit like a glove in no time. Thanx to Adriaan for pointing me in the right direction!

I also loved the old board and I have to change the homepage of my browser for the first time since I got Internet (!)  ;D
But so much more can be done in this format (at least in a easier more standardized way)

Goodbye old board and welcome new board  :D

#neverforget:

(http://www.fcbass.nl/neverforget.jpg)
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: David Houck on May 11, 2016, 03:49:53 PM
Hah!!!  #neverforget
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: FC Bass on May 11, 2016, 03:53:58 PM
 :)

One request/suggestion, or maybe I missed it... But could a link to the main site be added to the main page?

#toolazytotypealembic.cominhteaddressbar
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: David Houck on May 11, 2016, 04:30:07 PM
Flip; I don't know if that's something we can do, but I've added it to the list of things we're still working on.
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: rraymond on May 11, 2016, 05:21:10 PM
Cool! It's good to be back. Congrats to all involved in the upgrade.
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: growlypants on May 11, 2016, 06:01:27 PM
Well, a hearty congratulations...to us ALL, by the way... for what already seems to be an absolutely excellent new forum.  Can't wait to get an avatar going, and finally enjoy some great folks, again!!
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: pauldo on May 12, 2016, 05:03:50 AM
I appreciate and understand the long time coming with the migration to a new platform.
A big thank you to whom ever had to pull their hair out taking on such a task.
:-D
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: 811952 on May 12, 2016, 05:58:23 AM
Yay!

John
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: edwardofhuncote on May 12, 2016, 06:12:08 AM
I got my first full-screen look at the new Clubhouse this morning... adding two thumbs up. Looks and works great on my usual mobile too. 
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: hammer on May 12, 2016, 08:26:47 AM
It is great that the club is back!

For the first time in my life, I now truly understand what the term "cold turkey" means.  After the original resurrection date passed, I lost count of how many time a day I checked in to see if the site was up once again.
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: growlypants on May 12, 2016, 08:45:20 AM
ME, TOO!!  :)
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: fmm on May 12, 2016, 11:38:23 AM
I just wanted to see if my avatar looked ok!
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: edwin on May 12, 2016, 09:33:06 PM
Great job! I love how seamless the transition with the continuity with the old version. So many times when boards like this go through a major upgrade, much useful information is lost.

It's great to be back!
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: pace on May 13, 2016, 08:35:10 AM
Wow!!!!!
I never thought I'd see the day!
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: mica on May 13, 2016, 10:49:43 AM
So many times when boards like this go through a major upgrade, much useful information is lost.

Yeah, this was the part that was the hardest! Most of the time I see people just lock the old board and start a new one and say, "look at the old site for the archives" but what happened yesterday is not an archive, and the flow of conversations gets all messed up. It was really important for me to bring the whole club over and keep it intact. All of the Alembic Club members have worked for many years to make this place as nice as it is, and we needed to honor all that effort.

We did wind up hiring a developer with experience migrating Discusware forums. But we presented him with some new problems to overcome. Ralph has been professional and worked very late nights to get this ship sailing. So if you run across someone with a Discusware board that wants to migrate, have them contact me for a recommendation.

There are still a few wrinkles to iron out, but most of it is stuff you probably won't notice as we go along checking off one or two a day. If something more major is changed we'll let you know what's going on.
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: mica on May 17, 2016, 07:22:56 PM
One request/suggestion, or maybe I missed it... But could a link to the main site be added to the main page?

#toolazytotypealembic.cominhteaddressbar

Got to check it off the list today, Flip. Upper right corner, baby!



P.S. We noticed 2 or 3 messages disappear from this page when we ran a utility. We weren't able to recover them, sorry. Hopefully won't happen again, but we're still getting the hang of the new forum too.
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: FC Bass on May 18, 2016, 07:19:25 AM
Got to check it off the list today, Flip. Upper right corner, baby!
Great, thanx! :D
Title: Re: THE CLUB IS BACK!!!!!
Post by: richard on May 18, 2016, 09:22:05 AM
Thanks to all for the improvements;looks great!