We have decided to migrate the BITOG forums from UBBThreads to Xenforo. The decision was made after several months of carefully considering the benefits and risks. The moderator team put many hours of work into testing a full test migration to Xenforo. We unanimously gave the green light to migrate.
We also read several threads from the past about concerns members have with migrating to a different platform. One of the most common points is that the modern forum platforms don't have the simple look we have become accustomed to with UBBThreads. We put hours of work into duplicating the look of UBBThreads. We think you'll be happy with the nearly identical look of simplicity as we enjoy with UBBThreads. Many have asked for more features that UBBThreads didn't have. Xenforo has so many cool features, we think you'll be amazed.
Search has long been one of the achilles heels of UBBThreads. Xenforo has a very good search engine, but we're taking it even further and implementing ElasticSearch. We can't wait until you try it out, it's very much like using Google.
There is one technical hurdle that we couldn't overcome. UBBThreads uses an old password hashing mechanism that makes it very difficult to migrate passwords to Xenforo.
You will have to change your xenforo password before you can use your account.
Probably the most important user account issue is that Xenforo only has one account username. We used your UBBThreads display name as your Xenforo username. You will log into Xenforo with your UBBThreads display name.
Donor avatars may not display at first, but we will get them loaded as quickly as possible.
Edit: please make sure the email address in your profile is correct, so you can receive the password reset email.
We are aiming for the week of July 13th for the migration, we'll let you know when we have a definite date and time.
Please thank the moderator team for all of their hard work to make this migration happen.
Wayne
We also read several threads from the past about concerns members have with migrating to a different platform. One of the most common points is that the modern forum platforms don't have the simple look we have become accustomed to with UBBThreads. We put hours of work into duplicating the look of UBBThreads. We think you'll be happy with the nearly identical look of simplicity as we enjoy with UBBThreads. Many have asked for more features that UBBThreads didn't have. Xenforo has so many cool features, we think you'll be amazed.
Search has long been one of the achilles heels of UBBThreads. Xenforo has a very good search engine, but we're taking it even further and implementing ElasticSearch. We can't wait until you try it out, it's very much like using Google.
There is one technical hurdle that we couldn't overcome. UBBThreads uses an old password hashing mechanism that makes it very difficult to migrate passwords to Xenforo.
You will have to change your xenforo password before you can use your account.
Probably the most important user account issue is that Xenforo only has one account username. We used your UBBThreads display name as your Xenforo username. You will log into Xenforo with your UBBThreads display name.
Donor avatars may not display at first, but we will get them loaded as quickly as possible.
Edit: please make sure the email address in your profile is correct, so you can receive the password reset email.
We are aiming for the week of July 13th for the migration, we'll let you know when we have a definite date and time.
Please thank the moderator team for all of their hard work to make this migration happen.
Wayne
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