Recent Forum Changes

Greetings, fellow Hivers!

As many of you may have noticed, there have been some BIG changes in the forums the last couple of days. This post is to inform you all of some of the more important changes.

• Many forums have been moved, and some have been merged with others. Take a close look around for what you want. It is mostly likely still there. Hiding. :P
  
• Staff ranks have been rearranged.
  
• Staff members no longer have colored names in the forum. All staff members do have bolded names, however.
  
• Each staff member now has an extra user title under their avatar that specifies the areas in which they are in charge.
  
• It is the hope of the administration that these new changes will better The Hive and give the community a boost!
  
• There could be more changes to come. Some staff members are being moved around, some are being removed (because of inactivity) and some new people might be added....

Don't be alarmed by the sudden changes. The Hive is improving because of them!

I'm sure most of you have noticed, with your 20:20 Vision, but here are some of the changes:

• The Hiveworkshop Roundtable, Something Else, Polls, Computer Tech, Medivhs' Tower, and Introductions have all been moved into one Parent Forum titled "Off-Topic", which can be found under the first category within THW's forums.
  
• All forums under "the Arena" section have been merged into a parent forum called "The Arena", which can be found under the first category at THW's forums.
  
• Hiveworkshop Polls has been moved into the Site Discussion Forum, it is now its parent forum.
  
• As Ghan_04 has explained Moderators and Admins know have user titles versus the original Image displayed below their Avatar. This should help show the specific locations in which users are moderating or administrating, etc.

Thanks for the notification Ghan_04! I just wanted to point out where the forums have been moved to in case anyone gets lost. ^_^

I hate these changes.

EDIT: Vote!

I am not hate that changes but that changes are strange.

I don't care about the forum locations, since I use New Posts anyway.

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

important changes.

Naw. :p

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

Staff members no longer have colored names in the forum. All staff members do have bolded names, however.

:(

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

Each staff member now has an extra user title under their avatar that specifies the areas in which they are in charge.

The links are now lost.

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

It is the hope of the administration that these new changes will better The Hive and give the community a boost!

XP

Originally Posted by Ghan_04

Don't be alarmed by the sudden changes. The Hive is improving because of them!

Not the name color revoking! >:(

The biggest change in the name coloring. I vote there be a poll about it so I can vote "Bring back the old ones! D;"

I personally think the name colouring was helpful. We could tell a users position among THW much easier.

I prefer the Title Under a users name.

The new Forum Locations are helpful.

Personally I like it better this way.

The changes will bring about many, MANY inconveniences. You can check more on our opinions in Pyritie's poll.

I don't like because are no more username colors :(

Name color was cool... That is all I want to contribute to this discussion.

I think the forum rearrangement is a bit disorienting, but other than that it is all cool. The staff title things need to be changed though, or at least add a little icon next to their names (like a raider, chieftain, shaman, etc) to let us know what their rank is.

Oddly enough, it's the users that dislike the colored names. I don't care about forum moderators not having them, but I think there should be three or maybe two. All moderators have green. Admins and Global Moderators have another. Or Globals and Admin can each have one.

I really think Admin and Globals should be separated from the rest. Or as Rising_Dusk said, make them one.

Originally Posted by Gilles

Oddly enough, it's the users that dislike the colored names.

And me!

Colored usernames are not coming back, folks (thank god) Face it.

Hmm I have a peon next to my name... what is it for? I see other people that don't have them.

I'd remove the peon icons but keep all the other ones -- The peon icon just looks demeaning, i mean seriously.