Beta of new forum software now officially open

[theymos]

I'm happy to announce that the new forum software (called Epochtalk) is now officially open for public testing at https://beta.bitcointalk.org/. Please help test it. To log in, you currently have to click on "Help, I forgot my password" to reset your password first. This password reset affects only beta.bitcointalk.org. For extra security, I recommend using a different password on the beta than on the main forum.

You can post about any bugs or missing features in either New forum software here or Beta discussion on the beta forum.

[Cyrus]

Good work! Time to do some more testing.

[Evildrum]

Do I get credit for signature posts there?
Will give it a look right now.

Edit: Looks like I willhave to try from my comp. Got a wheel of death icon on my andriod.

[Jhanzo]

nice. guess it won't be long before we start migrating to the new forum.  though there are still some bugs like inaccurate number of replies shown on the topic list and users post count and stuff.

[Vod]

Edit: Looks like I willhave to try from my comp. Got a wheel of death icon on my andriod.

Works fine on my Android.

[Jhanzo]

err.... any way to get my password reset without an email?

[bitbaby]

Is that the final look of it or a different theme will be added? And instead of re-setting the password there, can we not just make a new(temp.) account to test it out?

[Quickseller]

Very exciting.

[stingers]

It shows my total number of posts as "1505" ! Whoa! I never made those many posts, my post count is still around 593(on this forum) . Also why doesn't it show my posts made after 11th April ?
And I also see there is a "deactivate account" option, just in case I press it and confirm it accidently, what happens? I believe it should at least have an email confirmation before finally deactivating you account.

[bitspill]

Also why doesn't it show the my posts made after 11th April ?

That's the day they imported the current database into the Beta to have content, it's not synced to the live forum.

[stingers]

Also why doesn't it show the my posts made after 11th April ?

That's the day they imported the current database into the Beta to have content, it's not synced to the live forum.

Ah I see. But where did they come up with the magical number of 1505?

Edit : There are no ranks on the new forum?
Edit 2 : What about personal messages? Wont they be imported?
Edit 3 : Its not working good with windows phone IE browser.

[bitspill]

Also why doesn't it show the my posts made after 11th April ?

That's the day they imported the current database into the Beta to have content, it's not synced to the live forum.

Ah I see. But where did they come up with the magical number of 1505?

Edit : There are no ranks on the new forum?
Edit 2 : What about personal messages? Wont they be imported?

1505 is just a miscalculation/placeholder for your post count, everyone has absurd values, it also seems everyone is "HERO" as of now which I'm sure will be fixed with time

PMs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QRgKbDsVGU

[theymos]

Is that the final look of it or a different theme will be added? And instead of re-setting the password there, can we not just make a new(temp.) account to test it out?

The final theme will look similar. Some adjustments might be made.

You can create a separate account if you want.

err.... any way to get my password reset without an email?

No. You could create a separate account using a throwaway email service.

With the final version, there will be a way to move your account without having a valid email.

PMs?

I'm currently thinking that for security, PMs will not be automatically transferred over. Certainly, there will be a way to download your old PMs for at least a year after the transition, and maybe there will be a way to import these PMs into the new forum if you want. (I already have code written for exporting your PMs as an mbox file which you can import into eg. Thunderbird, though I haven't gotten around to creating all of the interface stuff for it yet.)

[Quickseller]

PMs?

I'm currently thinking that for security, PMs will not be automatically transferred over. Certainly, there will be a way to download your old PMs for at least a year after the transition, and maybe there will be a way to import these PMs into the new forum if you want. (I already have code written for exporting your PMs as an mbox file which you can import into eg. Thunderbird, though I haven't gotten around to creating all of the interface stuff for it yet.)

What is the security risk of transferring PMs over? I would think allowing people to import the PMs into the new forum would cause additional risks as PMs might be able to be faked, ect

[botany]

PMs?

I'm currently thinking that for security, PMs will not be automatically transferred over. Certainly, there will be a way to download your old PMs for at least a year after the transition, and maybe there will be a way to import these PMs into the new forum if you want. (I already have code written for exporting your PMs as an mbox file which you can import into eg. Thunderbird, though I haven't gotten around to creating all of the interface stuff for it yet.)

What is the security risk of transferring PMs over? I would think allowing people to import the PMs into the new forum would cause additional risks as PMs might be able to be faked, ect

My thoughts exactly. Would validating of PMs (by reporting it to a moderator) be possible after this?

[Lauda]

Ah, this was unexpectedly great to hear. So exactly what is the plan once the beta finishes, a merge of everything (i.e. threads and posts made on both 'forums')?

[b!z]

Feels like a million dollars.

[KenR]

The moment we all have been waiting for! If I post something ,will it be reflected on this forum too ?

[shorena]

The moment we all have been waiting for! If I post something ,will it be reflected on this forum too ?

Nope.

[skeletonbit]

Finally very good work i am so happy to try it out right now