THE NEW SHENMUE DOJO WILL GO LIVE THIS FRIDAY 27/7
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:17 pm
Hi Everyone!
It's time. Pack those bags, say your fond farewells, and get hyped for the NEW SHENMUE DOJO launching this Friday, 27th July!
The new site now complete, with everything implemented! From a main front news page, interactive widgets and more! Everything is brand new, and built from the ground up, including a new logo, colour scheme, layout.... i could go on, but there's no point spoiling all the fun for you guys!
The new site also retains as much old content as we possibly could in regards to Shenmue media, as well as having new content added or redone. Other aspects of the site... again i will let you explore on your own! I will stress however that as much as we are looking to the future in regards to Shenmue and the Dojo, we will not forget where we have came from, and the 18 year history of this place has been well preserved.
In regards to these forums, this current site which we are all a part of, they will be closing.
Yes, i will say it again. The current PHPBB forums that we have had for over 15 years will be archived. They will be view-able for anyone who wishes to do so for an unspecified period of time, but no new members will be allowed to join, and no new posts or edits will be allowed to be made. Its time to let go of the past, and look to the future. Believe me when i say this was the hardest decision of them all, and not one that was taken lightly! I didnt make the call based on my own decision alone either. I know in my heart that its the right call.
Despite not being on the most up to date version, even the current version of PHPBB just feels old. Out of date. Far too reminiscent of what will soon be the "old" Dojo, and that's not what i want. It sticks out like a sore thumb when held up to the new site, and it's because of that reason, that we have decided to go with XenForo for our new forum software. For those who don't know what XenForo is like, its a forum you would expect a forum to be in 2018. With so many more advanced features, it just feels right with the new site! One of the great feelings i get from it is that it feels "within" the website. Thanks to the theme and the masthead etc, it just feels like you are moving across to the forums rather than being taken to a different URL. It just feels GOOD!
That will mean we will ALL be starting from scratch. You will all need to register new accounts on the new boards once they go live with the new site.
It's a new dawn folks. A new chapter in the history of this website. Shenmue has been revived and so have we. We have come so far on an insane journey, and the ironic thing about it is that we are just getting started...again! Get hype folks!
Shenmue, and the Shenmue Dojo along with it, lives on!
It's time. Pack those bags, say your fond farewells, and get hyped for the NEW SHENMUE DOJO launching this Friday, 27th July!
The new site now complete, with everything implemented! From a main front news page, interactive widgets and more! Everything is brand new, and built from the ground up, including a new logo, colour scheme, layout.... i could go on, but there's no point spoiling all the fun for you guys!
The new site also retains as much old content as we possibly could in regards to Shenmue media, as well as having new content added or redone. Other aspects of the site... again i will let you explore on your own! I will stress however that as much as we are looking to the future in regards to Shenmue and the Dojo, we will not forget where we have came from, and the 18 year history of this place has been well preserved.
In regards to these forums, this current site which we are all a part of, they will be closing.
Yes, i will say it again. The current PHPBB forums that we have had for over 15 years will be archived. They will be view-able for anyone who wishes to do so for an unspecified period of time, but no new members will be allowed to join, and no new posts or edits will be allowed to be made. Its time to let go of the past, and look to the future. Believe me when i say this was the hardest decision of them all, and not one that was taken lightly! I didnt make the call based on my own decision alone either. I know in my heart that its the right call.
Despite not being on the most up to date version, even the current version of PHPBB just feels old. Out of date. Far too reminiscent of what will soon be the "old" Dojo, and that's not what i want. It sticks out like a sore thumb when held up to the new site, and it's because of that reason, that we have decided to go with XenForo for our new forum software. For those who don't know what XenForo is like, its a forum you would expect a forum to be in 2018. With so many more advanced features, it just feels right with the new site! One of the great feelings i get from it is that it feels "within" the website. Thanks to the theme and the masthead etc, it just feels like you are moving across to the forums rather than being taken to a different URL. It just feels GOOD!
That will mean we will ALL be starting from scratch. You will all need to register new accounts on the new boards once they go live with the new site.
It's a new dawn folks. A new chapter in the history of this website. Shenmue has been revived and so have we. We have come so far on an insane journey, and the ironic thing about it is that we are just getting started...again! Get hype folks!
Shenmue, and the Shenmue Dojo along with it, lives on!