Over a year ago, we decided that our rapidly growing forum section needed to be upgraded and modified to better suit hardcore BangShift members. The time for that much needed upgrade his finally arrived and on Wednesday (yes, today) and Thursday, it will be taking place. This may mean that you’ll be unable to access the forum section of the site at different period, over the course of the next two days.
This upgrade will allow for the direct uploading of photos from users computers, embedding of video content right into forum posts, a custom built garage section that will allow readers to build their own “garage” and display their vehicles for the world to see.
We’ve beta tested it with a small army of dedicated BS’ers and now it is time to throw the proverbial switch.
If you are not a BangShift forum member, become one! It is just as easy as clicking the Join Today button and best of all it is free!
Here are some details on the switch —
Yes, freaking finally. The long awaited BangShift forum upgrade will happen on Wednesday and Thursday. This process will have a few steps and will take the forums off-line for certain periods during Wednesday and Thursday. You may stop in here and get a “work in progress” note or something to that effect while the guys at the web company do their work.
What does this mean for you?
You’ll have the ability to directly upload photos and stuff to the forums. No more using Photobucket, etc.
You’ll be able to build your own “garage” profiling your cars and sharing photos and information about them.
You’ll be able to use some other new widgets that we’ll announce once things are in place.
What YOU will have to do…
Because passwords are protected data, they cannot be transferred to the new board. That means you’ll need to request a new password on your first log-in. This is easily accomplished by clicking the forgot password link in the log in window. You’ll be e-mailed a new password, which you can change once you have logged in to your account for the first time.
We have had a small band of BS agents get in and try the “new” site, with lots of good feedback and information. They all managed to navigate the password resetting process. (Moderators/Admins) have a different process to go through, but that’s not of your concern.
Will there be initial glitches and small issues? Probably, yes. Avatars and other stuff should “make the switch” but if they do not, you’ll need to reload them. We’ll be available for help via e-mail @ [email protected]
We’ve obviously spent a bunch of time tweaking and working on this thing so we anticipate that you’ll enjoy it. The people who have been to the “other side” and worked with the basic version have all been complimentary and provided awesome feedback that we put to good use.
