Forums upgrade
At long last, I've pushed online something I've been intending to do for ages: a major upgrade to the Interordi Forums.
As I've written in the full announcement, I started shaping the forums in 2005, heavily basing them on a 2002 design. In Internet time, that an eternity and a half. I knew that I needed to rethink the entire system, and it would take a long time to do. In fact, I started planning out this upgrade in 2015, about 5 years ago!
I had two main goals with this:
- Modernize the look and use to make it more intuitive, including full mobile support.
- Clean-up the code base to make maintenance easier and allow future additions.
I've worked on this on-and-off for the past several years, in-between other projects that always seemed to have the priority. In January, I finally made the call that this would be the next major element I'd get out of the door, as I've got multiple other items I want to land this year that'd depend on this being done. When I realized that it was realistic (if challenging!) to get it done in time for April's Fools Day, I jumped at the opportunity!
I'll have another post later this month to explain in detail one of the most difficult aspects of this upgrade. In the meantime, check out the new and improved forums and tell me what you think. All feedback is welcome!
– Doctacosa