I have upgraded this forum's software to the latest version of Flarum. Hopefully it should be more stable with improved spam blocking and a search feature that maybe, just maybe, actually works! Please let me know if you encounter any problems.
Also, there are bunch of new features to check out! ...
Look ma, we have forum category icons now!
If you've started a topic, you can now mark someone else's answer as the "best answer":
We have a fancy new emoji picker!
Also, the image upload button looks a bit different, but it still works:
You can now login with Facebook, Twitter, Discord, or Google.
I think that if your Facebook/Twitter/Discord/Google account uses the same email as your forum account, it will link them.
You can now start "private discussions" with people. These are kind of like PMs, but fancier. To start a PD, click your username and then click Private Discussions:
Also by clicking your username, you can toggle on/off "night mode":
When you start a new discussion, you can now give it a poll!
If you try to necropost in a topic that's more than a month old, you'll now get a warning:
You can now "react" to a post by clicking the little button next to the like button:
You can now request a username change, which the moderators will review and either approve or reject. Do that within your account settings:
If you're security-paranoid like me, you can setup 2-factor authentication (Google Authenticator or equivalent) on your account, also from your account settings:
When starting a new discussion, you can now click the eye icon to preview your post:
Click it again to return to editing.
And lastly, you can now follow, lurk, ignore, or hide entire tags/categories:
Enjoy! Please let me know if you run into any issues.