=][= CHANGES ARE COMING =][=

[Brother Tyler]

We have a few changes that are in the works, but these will be rolled out over time. For now, I'm only going to tell you about two of the changes.

 

The first is a reorganization of our Forums. This is what you'll see in the very near future (notes are in italics):

 

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This category and the forums within are only seen by guests and by members who aren't logged in. The forums either point to or duplicate information that is provided elsewhere, but it appears at the top of the site to give these visitors important information without having to search for it.

 

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This forum and category are only seen by new members in the + FRATER NOVUS + group, welcoming them to the community and providing basic information as they begin their participation within the community.

 

++ COMMUNITY ++

+ NEWS, RUMORS, AND BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS +

+ AMICUS AEDES +

+ EVENTS +

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Links to each of the other (non-Forums) site features such as Blogs, Clubs, etc. are provided here (in addition to appearing in buttons at the top of the site).

 

++ AN ETERNITY OF WAR: SETTING AND LORE ++

+ AGE OF THE IMPERIUM +

+ AGE OF DARKNESS +

+ BLACK LIBRARY +

 

++ STRATEGIUM: RULES AND GAMEPLAY ++

+ WARHAMMER 40,000 GAME +

+ WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY +

+ EPIC SCALE HORUS HERESY GAMES +

+ KILL TEAM +

+ NECROMUNDA +

+ ROLEPLAYING GAMES +

+ PBP GAMES +

+ OTHER GAMES +

 

++ FORGE: HOBBYIST CREATIVITY ++

+ GENERAL PCA QUESTIONS +

+ WORKS IN PROGRESS +

+ HALL OF HONOUR +

+ TUTORIALS AND HOW TO'S +

+ THE LIBER +

+ FAN FICTION +

+ Fanthology +

+ SPECIAL PROJECTS +

+ Legio Imprint +

 

++ IMPERIUM ++

+ ADEPTA SORORITAS +

+ ADEPTUS ASTARTES / LOYALIST LEGIONES ASTARTES +

+ BLACK TEMPLARS +

+ BLOOD ANGELS +

+ DARK ANGELS +

+ GREY KNIGHTS +

+ SPACE WOLVES +

+ ULTRAMARINES +

+ ADEPTUS MECHANICUS / MECHANICUM +

+ ASTRA MILITARUM / IMPERIALIS AUXILIA +

+ IMPERIAL KNIGHTS +

+ TALONS OF THE EMPEROR +

+ THE IMPERIUM OF MANKIND +

 

++ CHAOS ++

+ CHAOS DAEMONS / DAEMONS OF THE RUINSTORM +

+ CHAOS KNIGHTS +

+ HERETIC ASTARTES / TRAITOR LEGIONES ASTARTES +

+ DEATH GUARD +

+ EMPEROR'S CHILDREN +

+ THOUSAND SONS +

+ WORLD EATERS +

+ REALM OF CHAOS +

 

++ XENOS ++

+ AELDARI +

+ DRUKHARI +

+ GENESTEALER CULTS +

+ LEAGUES OF VOTANN +

+ NECRONS +

+ ORKS +

+ T'AU EMPIRE +

+ TYRANIDS +

 

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Here's a rundown of the changes:

 

We're moving some categories up in the sequencing. Not counting the two categories that are only visible to certain members (the ones in orange text), the first two categories that you'll see will remain the same (++ COMMUNITY ++ and ++ SITE FEATURES ++). We decided that we wanted the next three categories to revolve around the three pillars of the hobby: lore, gameplay, and hobbyist creativity. Prior to this, those three categories were scattered throughout the sequencing, with the metafaction categories appearing above most of them. We believe that it is very easy for members to find the metafaction categories and the corresponding (sub)faction (sub)forums in which they are interested, but members often overlook some of the (sub)forums dedicated to the three pillars of the hobby because of where they appear on the site. By consolidating categories and (sub)forums and moving them to the front of the sequencing, we hope to see more participation in discussion about these pillars of the hobby. Each of those pillars and their corresponding categories and (sub)forums is discussed in the following three paragraphs.

 

The current ++ IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE ++ is being adjusted, losing the + OTHER GAMES + forum and its subforums, retaining the + BLACK LIBRARY + forum, gaining the existing + AGE OF DARKNESS + (dedicated to the lore of the Horus Heresy era and prior times), and gaining a new forum for the + AGE OF THE IMPERIUM + (dedicated to the lore of the setting from the time the Emperor was interred on the Golden Throne through the present). The overall category is being re-named ++ AN ETERNITY OF WAR: SETTING AND LORE ++ to make its purpose clear.

 

The current ++ STRATEGIUM ++ category is being expanded. First, the three forums currently in that category (+ OFFICIAL RULES +, + TACTICA +, and + LIBER VICTORUM +) are being combined into a single forum dedicated to the Warhammer 40,000 game. All of the forums and subforums that are dedicated to various games are being moved into this category. The concept is that discussion about rules, tactics, army list composition, battle reports, and anything else related to actually playing the game will be discussed in the forum named for the game. And for those games that don't have a dedicated forum there is the + OTHER GAMES + forum. Of note, the subforums of the + WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY + forum (+ Rules +, + Tactica +, and + Army Lists +) will be merged into the parent forum since there isn't enough activity in any of those subforums to warrant their existence. The overall category is being re-named ++ STRATEGIUM: RULES AND GAMEPLAY ++ to make its purpose clear.

 

The current ++ FORGE ++ is being expanded from just discussing aspects of painting, converting, and modeling via the + GENERAL PCA QUESTIONS +, + WORKS IN PROGRESS +, + HALL OF HONOUR +, and + TUTORIALS AND HOW TO'S + forums (and the latter's subforums) to also include other aspects of hobbyist creativity, including + THE LIBER + (DIY creation), + FAN FICTION + (speaks for itself), and + SPECIAL PROJECTS + (wide ranging projects). The subforums of + TUTORIALS AND HOW TO'S + (+ Bases and Terrain Tutorials +, + Painting Tutorials +, + Modelling Tutorials +, and + Photography Tutorials +) will be merged into that forum and tags will be used to identify tutorial types. The overall category is being re-named ++ FORGE: HOBBYIST CREATIVITY ++ to make its purpose clear.

 

The metafaction categories and their (sub)forums remain virtually identical to their current state in terms of what they cover. You'll notice that the names of a few are changing to make their intended subject matter clearer, but these (sub)forums have been intended to cover these factions for years. As a general rule, we are including the Horus Heresy counterparts in the (sub)forum names now. For example, the current + ADEPTUS ASTARTES + forum is being changed to + ADEPTUS ASTARTES / LOYALIST LEGIONES ASTARTES + and + ASTRA MILITARUM + is being changed to + ASTRA MILITARUM / IMPERIALIS AUXILIA +. The one notable change in these categories is that the current ++ ADEPTUS ASTARTES ++ category is being merged back into the ++ IMPERIUM ++ category and the + GREY KNIGHTS + forum will become a subforum of the + ADEPTUS ASTARTES / LOYALIST LEGIONES ASTARTES + forum. We're still limiting the Astartes subforums to those Chapters/Legions for which there are codices/codex supplements, with the others covered in the parent forum because there isn't sufficient content about those other Chapters/Legions to warrant dedicated subforums.

 

The other change you'll notice is that we're going to adjust the sidebar blocks. The intent with this change is to better promote the other (non-Forums) features. We haven't quite hammered out the exact details here, but you can expect the following:

• Blocks for recent blog activity and recent club activity will be moved to the top of the page, appearing where you currently see the mission statement.
• The mission statement image will be removed, replaced as a banner in the rotation.
• The existing blocks for recent blog activity and recent club activity in the sidebar will be removed (since they're going to appear at the top of the page) and the other sidebar blocks will be expanded to give more content (though we'll try to get the total vertical space to be somewhat close to the space needed for the categories and (sub)forums).
• The blocks in the sidebar and the top of the page will appear in all of the forums and subforums (not just on the main Forums page). Some of the blocks that appear on the main Forums page won't appear on the (sub)forum pages, so the other blocks may be tweaked. The good news here is that the vertical size of the (sub)forums is consistent so we can fine tune the sidebar blocks to align with the (sub)forum height.

The Forums restructuring and the changes to the sidebars/blocks will happen in the next seven days (not sooner than Friday).

 

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There's nothing to fear.