Greetings, Pattern Spider members.
If you are reading this thread, you are no doubt aware that we have undergone a large number of changes in the past day or two. The largest of these is that we have merged the previous two boards (Discussion and PBP) into one board running an entirely new forum software called Xenforo. Xenforo is a relatively new arrival on the scene of forum software options. It tends to be more flexible and more well built than what the site was running before, phpBB 3.
I hope this introduction thread helps you get acclimated to some of the changes so you can get back to taking part in the community.
So now you may be wondering who this nooblord with the Legolas avatar is. I, unfortunately, don't do any roleplaying and actually know very little about Exalted other than what I have heard from others. My purpose here is to make sure the software and the server are running well and that the users (you) are able to do what you do best and be unmolested by technical issues and the like. I'm a computer geek at heart so if you ever want to talk to me about such topics as computers, servers, video games, software, web hosting, or the like, feel free to drop me a message.
You may be having questions like "how do I do X in this new setup?", and that is good. Feel free to ask any questions you have in this thread and I or someone else will answer to the best of our ability.
One topic I know that people will want to know about is how people are able to join games now. Right now those who were running games in the past have no control over their game. This will change. We'll be setting up a (hopefully) simple system so that those who run games can have moderator control in their forum(s) and be able to get on with creating content while not getting mired in a bunch of forum technical nonsense. Please bear with us while we get this setup.
If you were in charge of a game or moderated a forum or forums before the server and software change, please let us know by posting in the Admin Contact forum located here: http://www.rpdom.com/forums/admin-contact/
It is my hope that everyone will eventually find Xenforo easier to use than phpBB 3 was. Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or the staff in general in Admin Contact.
Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass!
Ghan
P.S.
If you'd like a bit more technical detail into what happened:
We moved the site to a new server and installed a fresh copy of Xenforo. Xenforo comes with a built-in importer for phpBB 3, so we imported the two boards one at a time and then proceeded with a large cleanup operation, the results of which sit before you. Previously the server ran on an Amazon Web Services EC2 Cloud Server instance. (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) We now run on a Linode Virtual Private server. (http://www.linode.com) The transition was rather smooth - most of the time that the site was down was the result of some initial cleanup and organization after dumping all of the phpBB 3 data into this Xenforo install.
If you are reading this thread, you are no doubt aware that we have undergone a large number of changes in the past day or two. The largest of these is that we have merged the previous two boards (Discussion and PBP) into one board running an entirely new forum software called Xenforo. Xenforo is a relatively new arrival on the scene of forum software options. It tends to be more flexible and more well built than what the site was running before, phpBB 3.
I hope this introduction thread helps you get acclimated to some of the changes so you can get back to taking part in the community.
So now you may be wondering who this nooblord with the Legolas avatar is. I, unfortunately, don't do any roleplaying and actually know very little about Exalted other than what I have heard from others. My purpose here is to make sure the software and the server are running well and that the users (you) are able to do what you do best and be unmolested by technical issues and the like. I'm a computer geek at heart so if you ever want to talk to me about such topics as computers, servers, video games, software, web hosting, or the like, feel free to drop me a message.
You may be having questions like "how do I do X in this new setup?", and that is good. Feel free to ask any questions you have in this thread and I or someone else will answer to the best of our ability.
One topic I know that people will want to know about is how people are able to join games now. Right now those who were running games in the past have no control over their game. This will change. We'll be setting up a (hopefully) simple system so that those who run games can have moderator control in their forum(s) and be able to get on with creating content while not getting mired in a bunch of forum technical nonsense. Please bear with us while we get this setup.
If you were in charge of a game or moderated a forum or forums before the server and software change, please let us know by posting in the Admin Contact forum located here: http://www.rpdom.com/forums/admin-contact/
It is my hope that everyone will eventually find Xenforo easier to use than phpBB 3 was. Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or the staff in general in Admin Contact.
Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass!
Ghan
P.S.
If you'd like a bit more technical detail into what happened:
We moved the site to a new server and installed a fresh copy of Xenforo. Xenforo comes with a built-in importer for phpBB 3, so we imported the two boards one at a time and then proceeded with a large cleanup operation, the results of which sit before you. Previously the server ran on an Amazon Web Services EC2 Cloud Server instance. (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) We now run on a Linode Virtual Private server. (http://www.linode.com) The transition was rather smooth - most of the time that the site was down was the result of some initial cleanup and organization after dumping all of the phpBB 3 data into this Xenforo install.