Well, we've now finished phase 1 of the Wario Forums upgrade

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Which means the site is now running XenForo 2, the latest version of the forum script used here on Wario Forums. This comes with various new changes and additions, such as:

  • A responsive design that works on smartphones
  • Quick posting options straight from the home page and forum categories
  • Various editor changes, including in the fancy file uploaders.
  • Alerts in favicon (now default)
  • Enhanced PM editing
  • An expanded what's new system
  • As well as various other additions from the news post here.
But that's not all. Oh no, you may have also seen a Discord link above. Yeah, that's... a bit different to the one we used to have, since it now fully integrates with our Discord server for cross site roles, posting and other useful features. For instance, all new topics you post should now show up on the Discord server in the dedicated channel for them, complete with a nice link back here. That's pretty cool, and provides a new way to promote the site.

However, there are also a few things that needed changing that perhaps aren't so good. Namely, the reactions, the moods and the shop system.

For the former, the original post ratings system we used wasn't supported on this version, so we've migrated to a new version with a new interface. This should keep most functionality the same, but it did mean we couldn't carry data over here.

On the other hand, the points system is still in progress, and will hopefully be added soon. I'm just trying to figure out which one to use, and get round to buying it since the most likely choice will cost something like $400.

Finally, moods are just gone, since the mood modification hasn't been released for any forum script since XenForo 1. Not sure why, presumably the creator got bored with forums and walked off, and no one else has made their own version since. Either way, I'll see what can be done there, perhaps by editing another mod (like a user flags mod) to act as an ad hoc version.

Thanks for sticking with us for this upgrade, and we hope to improve the forum even more in the future.
 
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This is definitely something that's gonna take some time to get used to after being used
to the old design for some long, but it doesn't look too bad. not too bad at all. Interested in seeing how this all turns out
in the long term.
 
A quick hot take.

I think you should make it so that some non-vital information isn't displayed on the mobile site since as of right now it feels a bit cramped, especially the main page.

No objections towards Discord integration if it makes it easier for you to manage both. However, do keep in mind what happened when you tried to introduce a different form of communication on the site. While you may still see the two communities as one and the same, there's certainly some people who only use the forums and even more people who only use the Discord server. So, just be careful with that.

Other than that, this seems to be a straight upgrade and no other problems or potential problems I can think of.
 
Crescent-Moon Villager said:
So in other words, all the things that made this forum unique were removed.
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The reactions are the same thing as the post ratings, and the shop system is coming back very soon.

Triple M said:
A quick hot take.

I think you should make it so that some non-vital information isn't displayed on the mobile site since as of right now it feels a bit cramped, especially the main page.

No objections towards Discord integration if it makes it easier for you to manage both. However, do keep in mind what happened when you tried to introduce a different form of communication on the site. While you may still see the two communities as one and the same, there's certainly some people who only use the forums and even more people who only use the Discord server. So, just be careful with that.

Other than that, this seems to be a straight upgrade and no other problems or potential problems I can think of.
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I'm definitely going to cut down the stuff displayed on the mobile site. Kind of surprised XenForo themselves didn't do that by default to be honest, seems like a logical thing to do for a responsive style.

Discord is always optional.
DanTH400 said:
I'm actually enjoying the new look so far, it looks a bit more clean and stuffs stands out pretty nicely. :GBWario:
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Thanks!
 
CM30 said:
The reactions are the same thing as the post ratings, and the shop system is coming back very soon.
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How do you do reactions? I only see the option for liking posts now.

Also, does this mean that all of my coins and treasures that Monaware gave me I earned through typing hundreds of insightful posts and being an active member of the community are gone now?
 
Crescent-Moon Villager said:
How do you do reactions? I only see the option for liking posts now.

Also, does this mean that all of my coins and treasures that Monaware gave me I earned through typing hundreds of insightful posts and being an active member of the community are gone now?
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Click the 'like' button. It's not a like button, it brings up a menu with reactions that work like the old post ratings.

Your shop items will be back when the shop is, don't worry. All coins and items will be carried over, at least for active members.
 
Now that the ratings have been reset and we've all lost most of our ratings I would like to congratulate the new WF Most Positive Ratings Champion, @Robin for beating me. What a fitting award.
 
CM30 said:
But others are gunning for the title now, so don't get too used to it!
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Yeah, I'm not too attached to it, honestly. If I really wanted to I'd post loads more insignificant funny posts to get the likes!
However, I do want to post more, just got to have a productive answer of sorts.
 
Well...
It's unfortunate that almost all the rating are lost forever now. :shokoraeh:
But I guess this design is.... ok? .....I guess? :shokorameep:
I'll need to get used to it. :SWorried:
 
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