The permanent forums are now being used. You can find them at http://www.jg1.org/richthofen/Forums.aspx, also clicking the Forums link in the navigation will take you to the proper area. Registration is not required. However, if you are registered on the site the forums will use your web site credentials. Logging in is required to see member only forums.  Working with the forums should be very similar to what you are used to so it shouldn't be too hard to transition to the new forums. Just remember, that hat rack on your shoulders can be used for more than storing your fedora.  Presently only a few individuals have moderator or even access to every forum; this is due to security mappings road block I am dealing with. This will change as time goes on, but not until I an satisfied that what we do doesn't hinder us. Also, the forums are displaying your user name for each post, and not your display name. This is not cause for alarm...

A couple years ago, we decided to switch out the JG 1 website with a more user and administratively friendly and easier to support website. We were having problems with our hosting provider at the time which the underlying issue was spread throughout the existing code base. That plus the fact that changing how it looked would be a major undertaking.  We decided to drop the hosting provider, host the sites ourselves and to create a new web site that was bigger, better and faster. We discussed, planned and implemented what we have today.  Our new website is able to do much more than anything we've tried before. It is extensible featuring an module driven design that allows us to implement new features without worry about the existing code. It is easy to use. For non-technical content contributors, learning to add and maintain web pages can be done with minimal training. We are extremely scalable, allowing us to grow as much as we need over time without migration to another CMS. We can support an unlimited...