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TechExams is getting a facelift — we want your input!
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Hey TechExams Members!
I’m Megan, Client Community Manager at InfoSec Institute. Thanks to contributions from dedicated members like you, TechExams has long been one of the best certification preparation resources on the web.
You may have noticed the InfoSec Institute ads around the forum — that’s because we acquired the community from Johan Hiemstra (Webmaster) in 2016. We’ve been pretty quiet hosts these past few years. The existing admins, mods and senior members have done a fantastic job managing the forum during this time — we cannot thank them enough!
Today, I’m excited to share TechExams is getting a facelift in the coming months. We are migrating the platform from VBulletin to Vanilla Forums. Vanilla powers many well-known communities, including:
All of your threads, profiles and posting history will be moved to the new platform. We’ll also receive an SSL certificate and new (tech-related) categories to help us grow and build the community.
The migration will complete at the end of August/beginning of September. In the meantime, we’d love your feedback on a few key topics:
If you have other questions about the migration, please drop them here or directly message me (admin) on the forum.
Looking forward to getting to know you!
-Megan
I’m Megan, Client Community Manager at InfoSec Institute. Thanks to contributions from dedicated members like you, TechExams has long been one of the best certification preparation resources on the web.
You may have noticed the InfoSec Institute ads around the forum — that’s because we acquired the community from Johan Hiemstra (Webmaster) in 2016. We’ve been pretty quiet hosts these past few years. The existing admins, mods and senior members have done a fantastic job managing the forum during this time — we cannot thank them enough!
Today, I’m excited to share TechExams is getting a facelift in the coming months. We are migrating the platform from VBulletin to Vanilla Forums. Vanilla powers many well-known communities, including:
All of your threads, profiles and posting history will be moved to the new platform. We’ll also receive an SSL certificate and new (tech-related) categories to help us grow and build the community.
The migration will complete at the end of August/beginning of September. In the meantime, we’d love your feedback on a few key topics:
- What you love about TechExams now
- What you’d like to see improved
- Your feedback on new category ideas
If you have other questions about the migration, please drop them here or directly message me (admin) on the forum.
Looking forward to getting to know you!
-Megan
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OptionsNavyMooseCCNA Member Posts: 544 ■■■■□□□□□□How are things going with the migration?
'My dear you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly' Winston Churchil
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Optionsshochan Member Posts: 1,004 ■■■■■■■■□□inquiring minds want to know!CompTIA A+, Network+, i-Net+, MCP 70-210, CNA v5, Server+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, ISC² CC, ISC² SSCP
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OptionsPC509 Member Posts: 804 ■■■■■■□□□□The migration will complete at the end of August/beginning of September.
Yup. This is definitely an IT project!
How are things progressing? Did you get the info you needed for moving things over, new forum categories, etc..? -
Optionscyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 ModWell, I see no year listed up there, so technically we are still good
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OptionsTechGromit Member Posts: 2,156 ■■■■■■■■■□I have no idea who ran the site before, but looking up Johan Hiemstra's LinkedIn profile, he still lists himself as the owner of the site.Still searching for the corner in a round room.
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OptionsUsualSuspect7 Member Posts: 97 ■■■□□□□□□□I would like to see a more define forum for certification exams:
- Comptia boards needs be cleaned up to dedicate it's board for CYSA+, PENTEST+, ETC ..
- Cisco boards also needs to be cleaned up:
- I would also like to add a board for application delivery technology such as F5, which I don't see.
Thanks.CISSP, CCENT, CCNA R/S, CCNA Cyber OPs, Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, Network+, Microsoft AZ-900, InsightVM CA -
OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminHey everyone! So sorry I missed these posts! As you can see...the migration is complete!
We'll continue to work on refining forum categories in the coming weeks. We are also in the process of hiring a full-time community manager, which will be a big help in getting these changes done quickly.
Thanks for all your patience!
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Optionschrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□Looking good so far! great work!
I just have a couple ideas about signatures. Under our "signature settings" there doesn't seem to be a signature preview. I also noticed the options to select font color is not around but you can use bbcode as stated beneath the input box. Its not a big deal but just throwing it out there just in case it was a simple check box in your web editor thing-a-ma-bob. Awesome job on the new interface!
Certs: CISSP, EnCE, OSCP, CRTP, eCTHPv2, eCPPT, eCIR, LFCS, CEH, SPLK-1002, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-900, AZ-500, VHL:Advanced+
2023 Cert Goals: SC-100, eCPTX -
Optionsmikey88 Member Posts: 495 ■■■■■■□□□□Good work, and welcome to the 21st century everyone. So, are signatures the new way to brag about what certs you have?Certs: CISSP, CySA+, Security+, Network+ and others | 2019 Goals: Cloud Sec/Scripting/Linux
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Optionststrip007 Member Posts: 308 ■■■■□□□□□□Dang. Going to miss the old look, been coming here for years.
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OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminI'll check out signature options tomorrow and get back to you.
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Optionsinfosec_darren Registered Users Posts: 20 Admin@mikey88 We'll take bragging however you want. Signatures are default for now though. Other ideas?
@tstrip007 yea...it was comfy like an old shoe. Hopefully this will grow on you. Hopefully there's something for everyone besides just the interface. Many things are easier, https, sso, emotes etc.
Please do bring all ideas, this isn't going to be a one-and-done kind of improvement. Just getting to this point was more monumental than we thought, but now we can build on it, so let her rip! -
Optionschrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□mikey88 said:Good work, and welcome to the 21st century everyone. So, are signatures the new way to brag about what certs you have?
-edit: ah I see you were asking due to the certs not showing by the avatar. I guess we just have to visit peoples profiles to see certs.Certs: CISSP, EnCE, OSCP, CRTP, eCTHPv2, eCPPT, eCIR, LFCS, CEH, SPLK-1002, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-900, AZ-500, VHL:Advanced+
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OptionsDZA_ Member Posts: 467 ■■■■■■■□□□Out of curiosity, will there be any further refinement to theme or will it be as is? Will there be an option to select a dark theme?
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OptionsLeBroke Member Posts: 490 ■■■■□□□□□□Is there a way to make the UI more dense like it used to be?
As it stands, this feels much like the new Reddit, where random UI rectangles take up much of screen real estate for no reason, while posts are restricted to a tiny box taking up maybe 40% of available area.
Makes it much less user-friendly. Case in point: This is an entire page in my browser.
So much wasted space and so much more scrolling to do.
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Optionsinfosec_darren Registered Users Posts: 20 Admin@LeBroke I'll check with our devs and see how flexible it is right now and if we can not fix it at that width.
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OptionsLevithan Member Posts: 72 ■■□□□□□□□□New UI is absolutely Terrible IMO, the old interface was much better and more useful! As the old IT adage goes, If it aint broke don't fix it!
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OptionsDatabaseHead Member Posts: 2,753 ■■■■■■■■■■
I can't believe people are having trouble navigating this new site.
It's like a bunch of old geezers are complaining that taco Tuesday has been moved to Friday.
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OptionsSwift6 Member Posts: 268 ■■■■□□□□□□UsualSuspect7 said:I would like to see a more define forum for certification exams:
- Comptia boards needs be cleaned up to dedicate it's board for CYSA+, PENTEST+, ETC ..
- Cisco boards also needs to be cleaned up:
- I would also like to add a board for application delivery technology such as F5, which I don't see.
Thanks.
Do we know when new categories for exams will be added?
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OptionsTheFORCE Member Posts: 2,297 ■■■■■■■■□□DatabaseHead said:
I can't believe people are having trouble navigating this new site.
It's like a bunch of old geezers are complaining that taco Tuesday has been moved to Friday.
For those of us who have been here for 15 years I can see why getting used to will be hard.
We just need more options on the themes available, this seriously is hurting my eyes, the lighy theme is not very good -
Optionsally_uk Member Posts: 1,145 ■■■■□□□□□□I have just logged on after a period. What the hell has happened to tech exams? This new look is ghastly....Microsoft's strategy to conquer the I.T industry
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,031 AdminOh, this revelation will be going on for years...
Forum Admin at www.techexams.net
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OptionsPC509 Member Posts: 804 ■■■■■■□□□□JDMurray said:Oh, this revelation will be going on for years...
I think it looks and works great. The changes since the switch over have been great and I really have no complaints anymore (the ones I did were extremely minor and were easily fixed by the devs... good work on that!). It's just different. You get used to it and really appreciate the changes. -
OptionsMeggo Registered Users Posts: 197 AdminThe best place to post suggestions for improvement is in the TechExams Support category here: https://community.infosecinstitute.com/categories/tech-exams-support
(Closing this thread to consolidate support-related threads and ensure we don't miss feedback.)
This discussion has been closed.