Chat & Sidebar Site Upgrade!

[falcon9]

The site has been upgraded with chat and a new menu system.

Please see the following image…

 

[falcon9]

Currently we are just testing chat for Worlds. We will see how it goes and the Gymnaverse @staff will talk about it from there on out.

Being able to reply very fast is something that is great… however… losing the concept of a forum (organized content) would be bad. I can see the chat feature working very well to compliment the site… it needs to do just that though… compliment the site… not take it over.

 

[makam]

Do the chat’s archive? Is it just endless scroll? I like reading through the forum commentary if I miss a competition or don’t have the flipnow, will chat content “age out”?

(It will be interesting to see how it goes. I know during competitions we use the thread as a “chat” with half of us posting “nooo!” when a favorite falls on BB but those don’t really add all that much to the thread, I’ll admit.)

ETA: Sorry, more questions.
Who is able to create chats? Is there a process to request a chat creation? Like if we wanted to specifically discuss leotards during Worlds but didn’t want to create a thread or clutter up the chat or thread discussing the actual gymnastics (as an example, I don’t actually want that chat currently)

 

[falcon9]

Do the chat’s archive? Is it just endless scroll? I like reading through the forum commentary if I miss a competition or don’t have the flipnow, will chat content “age out”?

Great questions…

Right now the chat is set to retain the conversation forever. Chat is a new feature with the software… however… there will be a way to “archive” (save forever) the chats. Say there is a “Worlds 2022” chat… when it is over we will be able to turn that into a regular thread and save it forever.

Right now… just the staff can create the chat channels.

 

[falcon9]

I have renamed the Worlds 2022 chat channel to Test Chat. I then archived it to test how it would be saved after the chat is completed. Here is a link to the archive that was created…

Test Chat Archive About this Site + Feedback

This topic is an archive of the Test Chat chat channel.

Seems to work pretty good.

 

[falcon9]

Here is the 2022 Worlds chat channel…

https://gymnaverse.com/chat/channel/6/2022-worlds-liverpool

There will only be one channel for chat for the entire 2022 Worlds competition. For details talk please use the threads at the link below…

https://gymnaverse.com/tag/2022_worlds

 

[Sasha]

Just wanted to say that I like the new logo!

 

[ucrgirl]

Me too! I’m not good at noticing details (so I’m not sure how long certain changes have been in place) but I like the “vault into knowledge” motto/tagline.

Nice work @falcon9