As you probably gathered, the upgrade was a success. There are a few things to note however.
1. Signatures are generally a little mangled. If yours is just redo it.
2. Avatars didn't copy over succesfully, feel free to re-upload.
3. Attachments didn't copy over, we took the view that for the 80 or so posts out of over 30000 that had them this wasn't a dealbreaker. They should work for new posts though.
4. For some complex posts (e.g. the WoTLK NDA post) the formatting is totally stuffed. Again this is a handful of posts so we're not too worried.
On to the good stuff, the new forum is updateable so we should be able to stave off the spammer infestation without resorting to manual account activation, over the coming weeks (subject to approval from the management) we can add more complex registration to weed out the bots.
My favourite bit is the new linking ability, this took a little bit of fiddling to integrate but finally...
[wowitem]Life-step Belt[/wowitem]
[wowitem]dragonhide gloves[/wowitem]
[wowitem]Pattern: Devilsaur Gauntlets[/wowitem]
[wowitem]super mana potion[/wowitem]
[wowitem]Ice Threaded Bullet[/wowitem]
[wowchar=arathor]Amberley[/wowchar]
To get an item link you do it like this
[wowitem]Life-step belt[/wowitem]For a character you do it like this
[wowchar=Arathor]Amberley[/wowchar]
If it doesn't work first time check your spelling, if it still doesn't work make sure the armoury isn't down (it does cache them but needs the armoury for the first time you link it).
Hope you like the changes.
