The new forum is LIVE and in what I am calling Beta Mode!!

 

The reason I am calling it beta status is because I know there are still some items that need to be tweaked and figured out yet.  Overall, it was a real pain in the butt and hopefully the last time I will ever need to do this. We both truly believe while it was unfortunate to take the forum down for this long, moving forward, the features and ideas we have for this will be worth it.

 

A few things to note (the bad news):

• All your private messages are not on this forum, you will be starting over from scratch (sorry about that)
• You will need to add your avatar
• We are still working out the single sign on code.  There may be a chance you will see an error when logging in from the main site and visiting the forum (this is especially true for new members that have never been to the forum yet)
• Polls are gone
• I am sure there are things I have not noticed yet in the overall setup of the forum.  The features here are 1.2 billion times more robust than the last one
• I need to tweak the template to work better on mobile devices
• I will get the latest forum posts on the home page as soon as I can
• Links to old forum in Google or other search engines will be erratic for a bit until the search engines can reindex the new forum and forget about the old one.

Brickpoints

Brickpoints are still here, but there will be a little bit of work to transition everything to the new style and a few rules may change.  I will be removing the current Brickpoints page and log for bit since it will not be updating like it did before.  Ed and I will have an update on Brickpoints once everything is fully clear to us. 

 

NOW FOR SOME SUPER GREAT NEWS!!!!!

• This forum auto saves as you are typing, which is great if there is failure and you lose the page, etc.  You will not lose your work
• Images and video in the posts.  You will be able to insert images and youtube videos directly in the posts.  This should be a nice feature and hopefully not beaten to death to slow down the pages.  Just paste in a Youtube share link and the forum will automatically convert it and add the player
• Lots of features for finding the latest content since your last visit.  I know lots of you will enjoy that so you can see what you missed while you were gone
• I will post more as the features come to me.

 

There are more things we will be making active once we know the forum is solid. Hopefully everyone like the newer technology and we appreciate the patience while we go through this.  Once we get through the next 24-48 hours, I think things should be pretty solid. If you are running into major problems, please send me an e-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Thanks!!!

How do you upgrade, because level three is 500, level four is 1,500...?  There will never be a Chairman of the Brick!

Is that user award of a baby you gave me an insult? 

Is that user award of a baby you gave me an insult? 

 

No, its an award   http://community.brickpicker.com/index.php?app=jawards

I thought you were giving me an award for whining, which could be justified.  I think that these are more of warnings so that people don't get stuck with the troll 'award'! 

 

Just give emes the braniac award now!

Looks good guys! Thanks

I am not sure how this will come out on there, it may be too big, but here are some of the Ranks.   There are more coming, just not done yet

 

 

How about you have a rank above Chairman of the Brick:  Bricktator For Life!!!   (see what I did there   )

How about no one ever gets that high on the rankings because if they did they would have no life outside of legos which is not healthy..

How about no one ever gets that high on the rankings because if they did they would have no life outside of legos which is not healthy..

 

I think that all of our lives consist of Lego...  It is a requirement to be on this set.

Loving the new design Jeff! The transition was smooth for me. 

Thank you, Jeff! This is great! 

Really cool. Just one question why doesn't chrome for android support the plug in for forum post on the main brickpicker page?

No, its an award   http://community.brickpicker.com/index.php?app=jawards

Ha! I'm eligible for the Geezer award... 

Really cool. Just one question why doesn't chrome for android support the plug in for forum post on the main brickpicker page?

 

Can you explain a little more?  Are you talking about the main home page?  What aren't you seeing or able to do?

Ya the main page. I have to go discussion forum to look at the new post and topics. Its below the Facebook thing where you can look at the most recent replies and topics.

Ya the main page. I have to go discussion forum to look at the new post and topics.

 

That has nothing to do with Android, so you are ok.  I had to remove it for now until I can make a new widget for the new forum.  It will be back.

Oh ok you scared for a bit :)

People have to give us some time to sort through the new upgrades and convert some of the old features over.  Jeff has been busting his ass on this and the UK, Australia, and German data and will bust his ass to get the Brick Classifieds up and running.  This forum upgrade is huge for the success of the site and many questions that are asked can be answered by just messing around.  The new levels are all custom made for this site and people will obtain the highest levels.  There will be many new options for emoticons and other features of the site, like the new "personal blog" system and the like.  

 

This is all new to me and Jeff and we are learning as we go.  For those of you who care to look at more of the features, you can look here:

 

http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/

 

Trust me, in a week or two the conversion will be complete and everyone will be used to all the new options and features...

This will take a day or 2 getting used to. Looks great though! Well done Jeff

People have to give us some time to sort through the new upgrades and convert some of the old features over.  Jeff has been busting his ass on this and the UK, Australia, and German data and will bust his ass to get the Brick Classifieds up and running.  This forum upgrade is huge for the success of the site and many questions that are asked can be answered by just messing around.  The new levels are all custom made for this site and people will obtain the highest levels.  There will be many new options for emoticons and other features of the site, like the new "personal blog" system and the like.  

 

This is all new to me and Jeff and we are learning as we go.  For those of you who care to look at more of the features, you can look here:

 

http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/

 

Trust me, in a week or two the conversion will be complete and everyone will be used to all the new options and features...

 

First let me say GREAT WORK, while it will take time to get used to the forum I like it.

 

the only thing really deeply missing is ''mark all posts as read''

 

 

Good work Jeff!

Nice update, guys. The new interface is pretty slick. For those having trouble posting, because it tells you to log in but you're already logged in: Log out, close the tab, then go back to the home page, then to the forum main page, THEN log in. Maybe there's a simpler way but that worked for me.

By the way, the new ranks are cool. The immediate transition from Brickpicker to Brick Broker is hauntingly accurate...

Nice update, guys. The new interface is pretty slick. For those having trouble posting, because it tells you to log in but you're already logged in: Log out, close the tab, then go back to the home page, then to the forum main page, THEN log in. Maybe there's a simpler way but that worked for me.

By the way, the new ranks are cool. The immediate transition from Brickpicker to Brick Broker is hauntingly accurate...

Jeff will straighten out the LOG IN procedure, but your idea worked.  I will have more information on the levels/ranks soon.  We are adding another.  

Wowie, zowie! This new format is absolutely freakin' brilliant! I have become so accustomed to the other one that it will take quite a while getting used to this though but still. You deserve one heck of a pat on the back for your constant dedication and hard work, Jeff!

 

Something to add, what is the maximum/optimum size for your avatar? Mine doesn't look so good in my post; it's all fuzzy and dithered.

 

Those smileys are not mine or from this site; just some random ones I remembered from another site.

Nice update, guys. The new interface is pretty slick. For those having trouble posting, because it tells you to log in but you're already logged in: Log out, close the tab, then go back to the home page, then to the forum main page, THEN log in. Maybe there's a simpler way but that worked for me.

By the way, the new ranks are cool. The immediate transition from Brickpicker to Brick Broker is hauntingly accurate...

This worked for me.

Thanks for all your work J & E!

Good job guys. Inline pics is going to be money. Will take some getting used to, but I have been through many a forum upgrade before on other sites, and they are always for the better. Thanks for the hard work.

I really like the upgrade. Much sleeker design and the additional options seems great. Thanks again Jeff for your hard work and dedication to providing us this site.