[Cynic]

Aionsource - A New Beginning


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Well good morning, or afternoon should that be the case, my lovely cherubs and welcome to the new AionSource.

As we mentioned last week the powers that be have decided it's time for us to move from vBulletin to IPBoard. Thus the shiny sparkles that are littering the ground everywhere

Now this change means different things for different people, Joe Blogs will probably go "oh... new skin?" while Chalky is currently hunting me down with an axe trying to find his Mod panel ._. That aside though there are a few changes to the way of life that I'll try to explain to make this change as easy as possible.

We're now utilizing the Curse.com authentication system for logins, those of you new to it will need to follow these instructions if you get stuck:

New to Aionsource? Only have a Curse account?

Sign in using your Curse credentials and follow the on-screen prompts.

Sign in with your Curse information and your Aionsource account will be automatically associated to it.

Please be aware that your Curse and Aionsource account emails must match or the system will simply make a new Aionsource account.

You can update your Curse.com email here, it's essential they match if you want to save yourself some grief.

Don't have a Curse account and need to migrate your Aionsource account?

For most this will go fairly smoothly, hopefully. Simply login with your Aionsource account information and a Curse.com account will automatically be generated for you. If your Aionsource login name is unavailable as a Curse account name you will receive a prompt asking you to choose a new one. This new account name will be used whenever you need to enter your credentials on our site however you will keep your current display name here at Aionsource.



The shiny IPBoard version of Source comes with a few cool little features and the odd thing you may want to change, from improved social features to musical profiles the new site adds some interesting functionality along with the new look.

We're hoping to add new features to the site in the future along with modifying the odd thing here and there should the community request it, by all means if you find something that's broken or doesn't look quite right don't hesitate to tell us. Site Feedback will most likely have a thread up for that purpose when I find a spare minute.

Also for you early birds that are reading this moments after it's posted please don't be alarmed if you suddenly hear someone grumbling in a corner somewhere or forums you've never seen before suddenly pop up. That's more likely than not me running around, hopefully not headless unless Chalky caught me, updating all the forum settings for this sparkly new forum As previously mentioned feel free to let us know if we miss anything!

Be sure to clear your cache prior to reporting any bugs or anomalies to ensure you're running on the latest version of the site, should your browser encounter any issues running the site itself you may wish to ensure you have the latest version. (FF 3.6, IE 8.x, Safari 4.0.5)

We hope you like the new layout and don't forget it's double XP this weekend!

All the best,
Cynic - See what I did thar?



Update Notes:

• Login Authentication bug should be fixed.
  
• Redirect loops should be gone.
  
• Investigating a registration bug, unable to reproduce at this stage. Possible cause of registration/migration bug for some users may have been found, will be addressed shortly. Hopeful for a quick fix. Possible fix applied for Registration bug, awaiting user feedback.
  
• Shoutbox should no longer be appearing for users.
  
• Blogs should now be accessible.
  
• Categories cannot be viewed directly, looking into that. Doesn't effect functionality though so low priority.
  
• Youtube videos embedded previously are now just text, they will be fixed in the near future. URLs posted from now on will embed as per usual though.
  
• Aion-themed emoticons will be re-added tonight. Readded.
  
• Gallery should now be accessible.
  
• Report feature fixed.
  
• Edited By: field is unstyled, will be fixed in the near future. Updated.
  
• Some additional user profile fields missing, investigating.
  
• Old PMs may be marked as unread and shuffled, looking into it.
  
• As requested unread threads will now display in bold text for greater visibility.
  
• Manually uploaded an entire new series of emotes, former tacky (white border) emotes have been removed.
  
• Browser freezing with conversations fixed.
  
• Emails default to hidden now.
  
• Dev tracker is fixed.

Note: Keep an eye out for layout changes, we're expecting the visual appearance of the forum to change a bit between now and early-mid next week

[Sardoni]

Not sure if want...

*continues trudging through things*

[Annie]

It kinda looks the same, it kinda doesn't.

Anyway, glad to see the forums back =D

[Cynic]

Still doing settings so please keep us posted with any issues, I'll bring up a thread in site feedback later when I have a spare moment.

-Rushes off into the distance-

[Dashvault]

New design is pretty cool, will take some getting used to though

[Mortred]

Really dislike this new layout. It either looks horribly designed or extremely buggy, can't really tell which.

Why try to add all this fluff and crap when none of it was needed? And before anyone says, no, it's not fear of change, it's really just a bad layout with unorganized features and more difficult to read.

[Cynic]

Mortred, on 13 March 2010 - 02:44 AM, said:

Really dislike this new layout. It either looks horribly designed or extremely buggy, can't really tell which.

Why try to add all this fluff and crap when none of it was needed? And before anyone says, no, it's not fear of change, it's really just a bad layout with organized features and more difficult to read.

If you have an issue with the new layout please specify exactly what it is, we're still working on this skin and I'm running around like a headless chicken getting everything up and going so user contribution is not only welcome but also encouraged.

If a certain feature bugs you or doesn't seem to work right, list it.

If something is hard to read, reference it.

If you have a stroke of genius, enlighten us.

Progression is a two-way street, help us and we'll help you to the best of our abilities

EDIT: Oh and the reason for this change was mentioned in an earlier thread, this was not a matter of simple choice for us. Our vBulletin board had several critical database failings that needed to be addressed, a complete clearup was the most efficient way of doing so. All Curse fansites were penciled down for migration to IPBoard in the nearish future so this was simply a reason for our tech department to push it forward for Source.

I hope that addresses your concerns.

[Dushatar]

Cynic, on 13 March 2010 - 02:50 AM, said:

If you have an issue with the new layout please specify exactly what it is, we're still working on this skin and I'm running around like a headless chicken getting everything up and going so user contribution is not only welcome but also encouraged.

If a certain feature bugs you or doesn't seem to work right, list it.

If something is hard to read, reference it.

If you have a stroke of genius, enlighten us.

Progression is a two-way street, help us and we'll help you to the best of our abilities

EDIT: Oh and the reason for this change was mentioned in an earlier thread, this was not a matter of simple choice for us. Our vBulletin board had several critical database failings that needed to be addressed, a complete clearup was the most efficient way of doing so. All Curse fansites were penciled down for migration to IPBoard in the nearish future so this was simply a reason for our tech department to push it forward for Source.

I hope that addresses your concerns.

I preferred the last layout a lot better, I'm not sure what it is that makes me dislike the new one. It might just be that you were used to the old one. Also its harder to see what threads has new posts, before I think new threads were bolded? I liked that system.

I'm sure you changed for a reason tho, so I guess Ill just have to adjust.

[Cynic]

Alright I've also opened up a separate bug report/suggestion thread in Site Feedback which can be found here

You guys can post in this announcement or there, we'll watch both.

@The bold idea, that might be something to consider. Alex?

[Mortred]

Well for starters the main forum page that lists all the forums looks far too cluttered right now like everything is packed in on the left half of the screen. The right columns need to be moved or made horizontal and added to the bottom or something like it was before.

Also not really sure how desirable that shoutbox is taking up space.

[Cynic]

The shoutbox is not meant for you, I'm still updating permissions so if you can still see it in five minutes let me know and I'll address that ASAP.

As for everything being packed to the left if you look to the right where the recent threads thing is, there's an X. Hit that and it will all space out normally.

[Cynic]

Meer, on 13 March 2010 - 03:12 AM, said:

Hitting "Contact Us" link throws me to the gladiator discussion forum. Pretty confusing getting around as well, so I can't even find the right forum to throw this up(where it would work). Alongside couldn't reply on the support topic you linked in your earlier post, nor even make a thread there.

But put well, put simply, when trying to login to my acc, I get this new screen for creating a curse account, filling in stuff there gives me off a "There was an unrecoverable error registering the new Curse.com account. The error was: InsufficientPermissions" message. Not really sure what to do 'bout that.

We're trying to replicate this issue but I have been unable to do so on Firefox or IE. This was while being logged out and clicking "Register" inbetween Sign in and Help.

[Cynic]

Update notes added to original thread, will update as bugs are reported/resolved.

Investigating your issue Aura/Sulli.

[Cynic]

Update: It seems there may be an issue somewhere along the line with the migration system, we've contacted the person who manages that part of the network via email.

Should be addressed early tomorrow (or today depending on your timezone)

@Meer - Unable to reproduce the contact us bug, it sends me to Site Feedback whether I'm logged in or not. Try clearing your cache.

[Mortred]

Twitter link at the bottom seems broken, too

Site feedback and contact us also go to the same URL...

[Azxiana]

Mortred, on 13 March 2010 - 03:55 AM, said:

Twitter link at the bottom seems broken, too

Site feedback and contact us also go to the same URL...

That is on purpose.