Problems with new format, is it my computer or the new forum software?

[JimLev]

When typing and you want to hit the return key to start a new line it doesn't work. After you submit the thread there use to be a box at the bottom left you could hit which would bring you back to the main forum. Now you have to scroll up to the top and hit the 1996 - 2003(E39) to get back to the forum. I do like all of the other options. You have to keep typing to get to the end of the displayed page before the cursor will drop downnnnnnnnn

[pegcity]

I think the site looks terrible now

[feeshta]

Search function is not working either. At least not for me. It just returns 0 results all the time.

[Kevlar]

The upgrade is far from complete... I'd say we are about 20% through right now. It was either come back with a soft launch or have two weeks of downtime to get everything reinstalled and polished. Being offline for two week when people need the valuable information housed in the forum seemed a bit extreme, so we are back (even if off and on for the next two weeks).

The search is a critical component of the site... we put the old search dog down and are replacing it with something new fresh and fancy, but unfortunately... it takes a little while to get all 25 million posts reindexed. It will be back, it just takes time.

[feeshta]

Add email notification of replies to the list of things currently down. We understand that there will be some growing pains with this transition, and respect the work you guys are putting into it. I sticky thread of what is down at the moment might be useful to save some people time though.

[Kevlar]

The emails is a whole separate issue because of well.. email blacklists/spam reports etc., but it is on our list for our host to fix while we work through the software upgrades.

[MParallel]

Ah glad I read this first. Was also getting the zero results return.

25 million post. Damn.

[Anthracite528i]

I like the old look better. The white background makes it look like bimmerfest (not that anything is wrong with the fest, just saying).
I want to see how the site looks/functions when it's all done though

[Guru01]

Sometimes upgrades are not worth the cost or effort.

One step forward and two steps backwards!

This new format is clunky and not user friendly.

[OnTheFence]

Are there any end user benefits of the new forum?
Or is it just for the benefit of administration and optimization?

[TriniSpeC]

I could be worse, atleast the actual board is back up.

[Cereal]

wanna search... use google and search bimmerforums + whatever you want to find...

[jp5Touring]

I would hate to think what it takes to run a site like this... I liked what they did before, So im thinking I will give them some time to get it right ??
Kinda like a new pair of jeans,,,

[carlova789]

This new setup isn't very user friendly to me. Is there any way to bring the old one back?

[tuanies]

Upgrading from VBB 3.x to 4.2 takes a lot of time and effort. The entire forum had to be reindexed, which is why it was down. The current theme is the default layout because 4.2 reset the styles. It will take them a while to tweak everything to how it was before. Major software updates take a while.

[Junglist]

I hope they plan on replacing the cooling system and fan clutch while they do this upgrade.

[jamesdc4]

Once the upgrade is complete, I imagine there will be the obligatory choice of style formats to choose from. I'm surprised some '12s are more level headed and patient than the pre-'10s.

[JimLev]

The upgrade is far from complete... I'd say we are about 20% through right now. It was either come back with a soft launch or have two weeks of downtime to get everything reinstalled and polished. Being offline for two week when people need the valuable information housed in the forum seemed a bit extreme, so we are back (even if off and on for the next two weeks).

The search is a critical component of the site... we put the old search dog down and are replacing it with something new fresh and fancy, but unfortunately... it takes a little while to get all 25 million posts reindexed. It will be back, it just takes time.

Thanks for the update. At least this upgrade doesn't look like it is going to bomb out like it did when Roadfly did theirs. I don't spend much time there anymore, more than 1/2 the page is filled with ads and takes toooo long to load.

[m5hoot]

The search algorithm totally sucked as do most of the forum searchs regardless of what forum is about, etc. Too bad you could not fix the search to do something reasonable and leave the rest.

[Skwisgaar]

Sometimes upgrades are not worth the cost or effort.

One step forward and two steps backwards!

This new format is clunky and not user friendly.

This new setup isn't very user friendly to me. Is there any way to bring the old one back?

The search algorithm totally sucked as do most of the forum searchs regardless of what forum is about, etc. Too bad you could not fix the search to do something reasonable and leave the rest.

Obviously you guys missed Kevlar's post saying that the upgrade is about 20% complete. I probably wouldn't like my car very much if it had a back seat, two wheels, no windows, no suspension, and ran on two cylinders. Be patient... when the updating is finished I'm sure you'll like it after a week's time and you'll have forgotten about the old version.

[Anthracite528i]

I hope they plan on replacing the cooling system and fan clutch while they do this upgrade.

+1 lol


But I like that the site is being upgraded, although I understand it isn't anywhere close to being finished. I think the old gray color theme was perfect IMO. They new white seems too bright and the black seems too dark, idk maybe I'm just picky. But small things such as the color theme won't stop me from coming back here every single day. Keep up the good work
Oh and maybe we could add some new smilies, just a thought