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Dear all,
I wanted to to update you on some changes and improvements we have planned for Fishing Magic.
Cliff Hatton is going to step down as Editor, effective immediately. We are grateful for Cliff's contributions over the years but it is time for a change.
The rest of this update focuses on planned changes which will happen over the next few weeks. Currently we have our magazine site FishingMagic Online Fishing Magazine and Fishing Forum and this forum site. We are proposing to close the magazine site and have the forum as the main site. The content from FishingMagic Online Fishing Magazine and Fishing Forum will be made available via the forum.
The next change regards software. I’m sure many of you have noticed how slow and outdated our current Vbulletin software is. We’re planning to move the forum onto another software called Xenforo, which is much more modern, faster and more secure. If you’d like to see how it works, have a look at Fly Fishing Forums UK where it has been a big improvement and seems to have been a popular move. If you enjoy the articles on Fishing Magic, don’t worry - we will still host articles on the forum and we will be encouraging article and blog contributions from members. We'll make sure all of the content we currently have on the site is still available.
We won’t have an Editor as such, but instead will continue with our wonderful team of moderators. I’ll continue behind the scenes, looking after the technical side of the site and troubleshooting where needed.
I know many will be sad to see Cliff step down - we remain friends and wish him all the best. I hope the other changes we have planned will be welcome, please do let me know here or via PM if you have any questions.
All the best,
Kirsty
I wanted to to update you on some changes and improvements we have planned for Fishing Magic.
Cliff Hatton is going to step down as Editor, effective immediately. We are grateful for Cliff's contributions over the years but it is time for a change.
The rest of this update focuses on planned changes which will happen over the next few weeks. Currently we have our magazine site FishingMagic Online Fishing Magazine and Fishing Forum and this forum site. We are proposing to close the magazine site and have the forum as the main site. The content from FishingMagic Online Fishing Magazine and Fishing Forum will be made available via the forum.
The next change regards software. I’m sure many of you have noticed how slow and outdated our current Vbulletin software is. We’re planning to move the forum onto another software called Xenforo, which is much more modern, faster and more secure. If you’d like to see how it works, have a look at Fly Fishing Forums UK where it has been a big improvement and seems to have been a popular move. If you enjoy the articles on Fishing Magic, don’t worry - we will still host articles on the forum and we will be encouraging article and blog contributions from members. We'll make sure all of the content we currently have on the site is still available.
We won’t have an Editor as such, but instead will continue with our wonderful team of moderators. I’ll continue behind the scenes, looking after the technical side of the site and troubleshooting where needed.
I know many will be sad to see Cliff step down - we remain friends and wish him all the best. I hope the other changes we have planned will be welcome, please do let me know here or via PM if you have any questions.
All the best,
Kirsty