It's SWG's turn move to our new forums!

On Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 we will be changing forum software. Transitioning to a new forum system gives us the opportunity to offer you new features and allows us to update and upgrade the system as often as needed.

During the transition period, there will be no official forums available for 48 hours.  We will, however, have a single temporary bulletin board available to you during this time. 

If any of this information changes, we will post updates in our announcement forum – so be on the lookout! 

In the meantime, we've put together a list below of important information about the message board migration.  PLEASE make sure to read it carefully and let us know if you have any additional questions.

Thank you!

THE GENERAL FACTS

• The forum change will begin on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007.
• There will be no official forums available at that time.
• A temporary forum will be available http://soe.lithium.com/swg/ for you to use while the change occurs.

FORUMS BEING MOVED

During the migration, we are taking advantage of the opportunity to scale-down the size of the database so we can better consolidate and keep track of SWG-related conversations.  Discussion threads from following forums will be the ONLY discussions moving to the new system:

• Development Discussion
• Developer's Digest
• Development Discussion Archive
• Community News
• Game Guides / Hints / Tips
• Role Playing

Note: Current forums such as galaxy forums, galaxy trade, profession forums and other familiar forums will be still available on the new forums.  We just won't be moving over the archived threads.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOUR STUFF?

• Your Forum Handles and post counts will be transferred from the existing forums to the new forums.

• Your bookmarks, subscriptions, friend lists etc. will NOT transfer over to the new forums. If you currently use any of these features, you will want to make note of them before the transition so that you can set them up once again after the transition occurs.

• Those of you with specialized forum ranks and privileges will be updated shortly after the launch of the new forums.  For example, if you have the Turkey Hunter title now, we'll be making sure you have the Turkey Hunter title on the new forums.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER…

• We will be moving some of the existing forum posts to the new forums.  If there is any specific posts that you would like to keep , save them!!!  This includes player guides or other lists you may have created to share with the rest of the community. Some examples might be your:

• Guides
• FAQ's
• Stories

• Posts from the temporary bulletin board will not be moved to the new forums.  If you post anything you want to keep, remember to save it and repost it once the new boards are up.

• Once the new forums are live we will provide information on its new features!

Kurt "Thunderheart" Stangl
Community Relations Manager