As some of you may know, behind the scenes we've been working on updating some of The Bench's features and getting them ready for a major (and much needed) software upgrade. Well, the time for that upgrade is almost upon us. Over the next several days I'll be posting a series of Coming Soon threads to show some of the changes that will take place as part of this upgrade.
Admittedly, most things that you do here on the site will change. I know, I know...nobody likes change. However, this forum software is old and outdated. So outdated, in fact, that we can't even upgrade the server software because it'll cause things on the site to break (which is what happened with the trade manager before). That said, I think you'll all quickly learn to use the new site and realize that it is actually much easier to use.
With this upgrade, we mainly focused on keeping the major features that are the most used, or most important to the site. So, the trade manager (obviously), the collector's database, and the HOF listing will all be upgraded. Some other features, such as the TTM database (which is very rarely used) may be added back on later. Once we see that things are running smoothly after the upgrade, we'll start to look at adding some more new features.
There is still no definitive date on when this upgrade will take place, but it's looking very likely that it will happen at some point this month.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this upgrade, feel free to ask them here.
Stay tuned for more Coming Soon threads in the coming days to get a more details look at some of the changes that will be made during the upgrade.
Admittedly, most things that you do here on the site will change. I know, I know...nobody likes change. However, this forum software is old and outdated. So outdated, in fact, that we can't even upgrade the server software because it'll cause things on the site to break (which is what happened with the trade manager before). That said, I think you'll all quickly learn to use the new site and realize that it is actually much easier to use.
With this upgrade, we mainly focused on keeping the major features that are the most used, or most important to the site. So, the trade manager (obviously), the collector's database, and the HOF listing will all be upgraded. Some other features, such as the TTM database (which is very rarely used) may be added back on later. Once we see that things are running smoothly after the upgrade, we'll start to look at adding some more new features.
There is still no definitive date on when this upgrade will take place, but it's looking very likely that it will happen at some point this month.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this upgrade, feel free to ask them here.
Stay tuned for more Coming Soon threads in the coming days to get a more details look at some of the changes that will be made during the upgrade.