We are pleased to announce that the long expected upgrade to the Forum's software is now scheduled to take place. From approximately 10am on Wednesday 4 October the Forum will be offline to allow for the upgrade. We anticipate that the Forum will be unavailable for most of the working day and possibly longer.
Currently the Forum runs on vBulletin 3. As I'm sure people have noticed this software is now increasingly obsolescent and in order to keep the Forum running our Technology team have had to disable more and more functions. Whilst it remains functional in this reduced state the Staff Team have had to think about the future stability of the Forum, it's usability and security therefore we have decided to move to XenForo.
This new software is a significant improvement on the current software and after testing we believe it is the best choice for the Forum. We also sought feedback from a number of members who also agreed that they preferred the new software.
As well as modernising the Forum's basic infrastructure the new software will come with a number of other improvements:
All existing posts that are on the Forum will be transferred to the new software so there should be no risk of any posts going missing after the upgrade.
We are all very excited by this upgrade and we hope that you will all enjoy the improved experience of using the Forum after the upgrade is complete.
If you have any question in advance or after the upgrade please feel free to post them below!
All the best,
The RailUK Staff
Currently the Forum runs on vBulletin 3. As I'm sure people have noticed this software is now increasingly obsolescent and in order to keep the Forum running our Technology team have had to disable more and more functions. Whilst it remains functional in this reduced state the Staff Team have had to think about the future stability of the Forum, it's usability and security therefore we have decided to move to XenForo.
This new software is a significant improvement on the current software and after testing we believe it is the best choice for the Forum. We also sought feedback from a number of members who also agreed that they preferred the new software.
As well as modernising the Forum's basic infrastructure the new software will come with a number of other improvements:
- Improved usability and readability for mobile and tablet users
- Improved Private Messaging functions
- Better basic posting functions
- Improved security as we transition to HTTPS
- A significantly better search function
- Various behind the scenes improvements to improve the speed of the Forum
- And various other changes and improvements
All existing posts that are on the Forum will be transferred to the new software so there should be no risk of any posts going missing after the upgrade.
We are all very excited by this upgrade and we hope that you will all enjoy the improved experience of using the Forum after the upgrade is complete.
If you have any question in advance or after the upgrade please feel free to post them below!
All the best,
The RailUK Staff