Today we've launched a project that at times seemed like it would never end: single-sign-on and merged accounts for the site and forum.
What this means for you
I've noticed a problem
I logged into the site but am not logged into the forum
A few users have reported this - just log out, clear your Anime-Planet cookies, and re-login to the site and it should work fine in the future. This should be a one-time occurrence.
I've noticed another problem
Post a bug report in the bug forum and we'll look into it.
Why did it take so long?
What's next?
We'd love your ideas on how we can better merge the site and forum to be even more seamless. First and foremost would love to better communicate to the hundreds of thousands of main site users that the forum exists! As well as ways to integrate your site contributions here in the forum.
Please post any ideas here! And read the thread for ideas others have.
Thanks
Huge thanks to the developers who helped work on this to make it happen - Chalamius, Xesxen, Crimm, kweeket, Muchiachio (and I helped too! ;) ).
Also to our beta tester team, who helped out a lot the past few weeks on finding issues!
If you're happy about this update, please consider supporting the site, and let your friends know about Anime-Planet! Thanks, as always, for your continued support of A-P.
What this means for you
- You have one account, it works across the site! No more need to register in the forum or log into two places.
- If you didn't have a forum account before, just log into the main site. You'll be able to post in the forum after that.
- If you did have a forum account before, nothing has changed!
- Certain aspects of forum profile edits are turned off, like avatar, email and password updates. All of this is controlled from your site account and syncs to your forum 'profile'.
I've noticed a problem
I logged into the site but am not logged into the forum
A few users have reported this - just log out, clear your Anime-Planet cookies, and re-login to the site and it should work fine in the future. This should be a one-time occurrence.
I've noticed another problem
Post a bug report in the bug forum and we'll look into it.
Why did it take so long?
- Having to link two completely separate codebases and database types is tricky!
- Anime-Planet is run by a small team of volunteer developers, and we haven't had a subject matter expert available to help with Xenforo and integration support regularly.
- Did I mention merging two entirely separate codebases and databases is tricky?
What's next?
We'd love your ideas on how we can better merge the site and forum to be even more seamless. First and foremost would love to better communicate to the hundreds of thousands of main site users that the forum exists! As well as ways to integrate your site contributions here in the forum.
Please post any ideas here! And read the thread for ideas others have.
Thanks
Huge thanks to the developers who helped work on this to make it happen - Chalamius, Xesxen, Crimm, kweeket, Muchiachio (and I helped too! ;) ).
Also to our beta tester team, who helped out a lot the past few weeks on finding issues!
If you're happy about this update, please consider supporting the site, and let your friends know about Anime-Planet! Thanks, as always, for your continued support of A-P.