New forum layout.

[Bruno]

The time of change is upon us. Again.
SRP has seen a lot of growth over the last year. As our membership grows, so does the forum structure. Over time, we have added the 'finer things' forum, the ladies corner, the forge, the DE forum, the reviews, the wiki forum, the clubs, the meetings, the videos, ... and I'm sure I've forgotten some stuff still.

SRP has grown organically to accomodate these changes, with each thing being added where it made most sense at that particular time. While this worked for each individual change, as a whole, the forum structure has become rather messy. I'm sure many will use the word 'homey' and 'cosy'. And this is true, but it is still fairly chaotic and with each new thing that gets added, it becomes less and less obvious where these new things should go.

Because of this, we set forth to reorganize the forum structure in a way that makes more sense, and that allows for future growth. We have started the initiative in the mod forums, where lots of time and effort was spent working out different proposals again and again. Then we went to the mentors, to get their feedback and adjusting our proposals accordingly. This whole process took months.

Finally, we ended up with the structure that is outlined below (see screenshot). We believe that this structure is a good balance that maintains the friendliness, cosyness and spirit that SRP has always been, as well as being a solid foundation for allowing future growth in a way that is logical.

Of course, some of the structure will be unfamiliar, and it will take some time adjust to it. I'm certain that there will be some tweaks here and there when we are using it. That's ok. And if there are problems that we didn't anticipate, we'll figure out how to solve them.

Please take the time to look at the new layout in the screenshot, to familiarize yourself with the new layout before we take it live. If you have feedback you want to share with us, feel free to post about it here.