Good news and bad news about Tamp and Puff Forums

Tamp and Puff Forums are UP

You can now visit the forums, create a username, and post. (If you see this please help out by creating a thread or two (or five) and answering someone else's.) The forums will be undergoing some light maintenance involving appearance only.

Note: Yesterday while I thought everything was online, everything wasn't for a while. Since then, users have registered and there are active topics. Check it out.

Earlier:

I sent the following email to everyone who has participated on the Tamp and Puff Forums. In case you haven't seen it and are interested, this is what I sent:

I am writing you because you have participated on the Tamp and Puff Forums in the past and felt you should know about upcoming changes.

Good news and bad news.

The good news is I will be changing the server software the Tamp and Puff Forums operate on. The new software is more powerful and has many more features than the existing software. The discussion experience at Tamp and Puff Forums will improve.

The bad news is all the content at the old site (our posts) will likely disappear. This was a very difficult decision to make, but being usage of the forums is growing, and the demand for better software increasing, I thought the pruning would be better done now than later.

You have my sincerest apologies. I don't like to see what I've contributed there go away either. Your past participation has been appreciated. I hope you will continue to support the new incarnation of the forums.

Keep an eye on http://smokingpipetobacco.com for further developments and news about the new software going active. I will not intrude with another email like this one but felt you should know. Feel free to reply with any questions.