As you may have noticed, we've experienced some problems, and it has been decided to restart the forums from scratch. This allows us to tidy up a lot of things, and to optmisethe database, which had been getting unwieldy.
The upside is that it should mean an overall improvement inthe board, but the downside is that we all start again, postcount-wise.
The first implication of all this is that everyone has to register again. THis will, of course, reduce the membership database by eliminating inactive accounts.
Several people have asked about Avatars.
I have reset the post count level required for a custom avatar to 100 posts for a limited time. This will probably be a couple of weeks, or so.
Please note, however, that this is not an encouragement to a blatant spamming session. If we see that, we'll "amend" post counts accordingly. Probably to zero, so you have been warned
This is an opportunity, however, for those that had custom avatars to get them back relatively quickly and easily, AND for those that were some way off the 500 post requirement to get there more quickly.
To those that were just short of 500 posts, I can only say we're sorry, but it isn't feasible to edit postcounts for everyone manually.
The board appearance (colour scheme and graphics) will be changing, but that is currently towards the bottom of the list. Please bear with us on that one.
If anyone has any questions, please ask in here and we'll do our best to answer.