EduGeek V6 is Go!!!!

It’s finally here…almost!

This is a little heads-up to let you all know that it is planned that EduGeek will be receiving its much-anticipated upgrade to EduGeek v6.0 is coming in the next week. We will be doing a full test this weekend 15th-16th March if the final checks are okay and dont present any issue's we will look to migrate but if anything comes up it will be in the following week. We are just going through some extra testing and checks and will update here with an ETA.

THIS ARTICLE WILL BE UPDATED WITH ETA's

Updates:

Progress on the final tests has been good (last few fixes remaining) so we should be migrating very soon. A notice will be posted with a countdown.

What will the new site look like?

This is going to be a tough one to answer as we shall need to ensure that everything works correctly during the course of the migration and we’ve never done it with the live site before (for obvious reasons!).

What we can say, and please be prepared for, is that whilst we have taken every step we can to make the new site look as familiar as possible, it is a completely different platform and some things may not be where you expected them to be.

Please be patient as we are sure that you will find the new features we are to bring in more than worth the slight inconvenience of having to learn where ‘stuff’ has gone.

To hopefully provide you with answers to any questions you might have, we have made up a list of PAQ's (possibly asked questions )

Migration FAQ’s:

Q. How long will EduGeek be down for when we migrate?

A. Hopefully around 24 hours (probably less) with parts of the site coming much sooner (search takes a while to rebuild). It is planned that we shall take the site down possibly this weekend all being well unless something occurs causing a delay to the following week or two.

Q. Where have some forums gone?:

A. As part of the migration, we will also be undertaking some much needed housekeeping, and many older forums such as the legacy Windows ones (Vista, 7 and 😎 will be merged within the Windows forum, and some older ones such as the RBC forums will be archived (but still accessible).

Some other forums will be also be renamed to make them more relevant, with new titles reflecting the content within more accurately. Netbooks, PDA and Phones, we’re looking at you here!

Q. Where has my sig gone?

A. Because the new platform does not import signatures correctly from the old, we are having to do the import without these. Before we do, please ensure you have backed yours up. Then once the migration is complete you will have to re-enter this in your profile settings. (we may be able to manually recover some if needed)

Q. Will we keep you informed about how the migration goes?

A. Yes, we shall have a shoutbox in place as well as our usual Twitter feed:

/ Bluesky feed: https://bsky.app/profile/edugeek.net - and we may even have some fun things to look at as we do it live as well!

Q. Will there be any new features added to the new EduGeek?

A. Oh yes! It is one of the reasons we are moving. Some of the new features may be live when the migration has taken place, and some will be introduced over time once we are sure the new platform is stable, and we have gone through any snagging spotted.

Q. Can I help with any areas on the new site?

A. We anticipate that some areas of the new site will need us to ask some of you to volunteer to help us oversee, manage or moderate them. Once we introduce these, we shall ask for volunteers to help out if required.

Q. Will there be any kind of help on offer to find my way around the new platform?

A. Yes, we shall be creating a dedicated forum for this and hopefully you will find your way around in no time at all

Q. I've found a fault with the new site, can I report it?

A. Yes! We shall have a thread setup to allow you to flag up issues with us and help you out if you need it.

Q. Some styles and ranks are missing?

A. When we go live we will initially just have the standard blue style for the first few days or so to make rolling out fixes much easier but styles will return as soon as we work through any reports.

And that’s about it for now, we shall keep you all informed as to timings etc. closer to the date.

Exciting times!