Apologies for the downtime folks!

[Russ]

Very sorry that the upgrade took so long... I've done this plenty of times before, but whoa, this is one big forum with a lot of attachments.

It had to re-process almost 800,000 attachments and over 1,500,000 posts which caused a good few issues during the upgrade.

I'm still in the process of re-enabling some add-ons and doing a little more styling to streamline things a little so you'll be seeing some smaller changes over the next couple of days, after I've got some much-needed sleep!

Apologies again for the delays!

[Steve-Oh]

Looks good.
Nice clean & updated.
Good job!

[JenniferParisHusband]

Looks good, I just wish the subscribed thread icon was a little bigger, so I could skip to the ones I mostly look at. But I guess I'll get used to it.

[flabbybody]

no need to apologize Russ. Change is inevitable. When they roll out a new platform at work everyone gets pissed at the IT guys and they're the ones with the most stress. Of course the older folks are the crankiest because we would prefer things stay the same forever.

[fab]

Excellent work & thanks, Russ. I'm sure everyone appreciates your work on the upgrade, I sure do & thanks again.

[Vladimir Putin]

Very sorry that the upgrade took so long... I've done this plenty of times before, but whoa, this is one big forum with a lot of attachments.

It had to re-process almost 800,000 attachments and over 1,500,000 posts which caused a good few issues during the upgrade.

I'm still in the process of re-enabling some add-ons and doing a little more styling to streamline things a little so you'll be seeing some smaller changes over the next couple of days, after I've got some much-needed sleep!

Apologies again for the delays!

Will the YouTube links work again? How about the like/dislike buttons?

[youngblood61]

It's all good Russ.

[darkrose2000]

Everything is fine.

I like the new look

[THEbottom]

Pictures don't enlarge anymore when clicked on ???? That's better ?????

[Jimmy W]

I have an honest, not trying to be a dick, question: Why change the site? What does the update accomplish for those like me who peruse, post, comment and engage a few times a month? I ask because other non sexual sites I am perfectly comfortable navigating have done the same and I can't see any benefit and in fact have stopped visiting because I don't want to learn new their rules ...if I have to learn how a new website works I will take the opportunity to find one better. I would really love to know the thought process. BTW I have no opinion on the new HA layout because I haven't taken it for a test run. My question is of a very non-specific nature.