New Forums!

[Llorean]

As you can see, some changes are happening here. Over the course of the next week(ish) expect to see more. The post counts will slowly decrease in the existing forums as the back pages are moved to the new (hidden at the moment) ones. Then, as we approach finishing, the forums will be locked briefly (in theory no more than a day, and hopefully only a matter of hours or less) while the remainder of posts are moved. Then reopening with the new categories.

In some few cases members' post counts may decrease. This will happen in the case of older or invalid topics being pruned.

I apologize for any inconvenience that may be caused during this process.

[petur]

yeah, you better apologize

where's the smiley?

[XavierGr]

Ok enough is enough accel. Next time you use that sarcastic tone I will ban you.

I have already deleted a useless post from you, this is the second one.
Stay on topic and don't post unless you have to say something informative.

Now on topic....

To all members:
We may have to do the transition today, so don't be suprised if something seems weird. We all hope that it will be a swift transition.

Even if there are some annoyances at start or some confusion, the new forum scheme will make things way better than now. (at least in the long run)

[gaston]

hi,

what has happened with "old" posts ?!
for example i was looking to my post iRock for iPod 5G WPS, but i can't find it anywhere...
more generally speaking, is there no more specific forums dedicated to different targets ?

[Llorean]

Many old posts still exist but haven't been moved over yet. This is a time consuming process, so we moved the most recent / active posts first. If you'd like, I can look for a specific old post.

It was decided there was no need for target-specific forums, for general purposes. They primarily served to confuse and clutter everything because people didn't realize that most questions (at the time) belonged in General Discussion, since they were about aspects of Rockbox itself, not hardware-specific concerns.


Also: Your post is on the WPS section.

[bascule]

It was decided there was no need for target-specific forums, for general purposes. They primarily served to confuse and clutter everything because people didn't realize that most questions (at the time) belonged in General Discussion, since they were about aspects of Rockbox itself, not hardware-specific concerns.

Absolutely, I found it annoying to have to view all the separate target forums to keep up with all the Rockbox functionality topics.

The new forum structure is much better.

[mnhnhyouh]

I agree, much better

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[Corius]

It took a little while to get used to, but I think it is a improvement, in theory it should help new users too

[paulheu]

The only thing I dislike about the new setup is that I cannot collapse the forum topics I have no use for. In the old setup I could do so for all but general discussion and iRiver ports..

Not really a big deal, but it clutters the screen..

[Llorean]

Did I not make them collapsable (they're showing for me, but it might be my admin-ness), or is it an issue of the fact that they aren't as divided into categories (that one I can't fix as easily )?

[bascule]

Did I not make them collapsable (they're showing for me, but it might be my admin-ness), or is it an issue of the fact that they aren't as divided into categories (that one I can't fix as easily )?

It's the second problem...

[SilleeString]

I see what bascule and paulheu are saying, as I used to have most everything collapsed except general and ipod discussion.  Now there's at least one forum in each bigger category that I check so everything stays up, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Honestly, I have no real preference, but what's good for the masses works well for me

[psycho_maniac]

are the forums still being modified? because every time i close my browser for 30 mins or probably longer i have to log in every time and every time i check the "always stay logged in" box

[Febs]

Clear your browser's cache and cookies.

[Rincewind]

I never had to login again recently, so it seems to be a problem with your browser settings.