Change Is Coming! Like, Sooner Than We Thought!

by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2008 12:40 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns Basketball

SB Nation is upgrading all its sites to the slick new 2.0 version you can see at sites like Athletics Nation or Lone Star Ball. The college sites are all scheduled to upgrade in the middle of May, a timetable that was absolutely untenable for me for the same reasons I'm on writing hiatus right now.

But as SBN can't hold the upgrade until June, we're going to go ahead and do the makeover on Sunday.

Readers who comment will want to 'claim' their blog account by registering with SBN, a process which will allow you to retain your comment and diary history from BON, and give you a screen name that you can use to be a contributing member at any SBN sites.

You can wait for the upgrade at BON or head over to one of the already upgraded sites and go through the quick registration process.

Once we're launched, we can all explore the new toys together. The feedback from readers in other communities has been overwhelmingly positive, so it'll just be a matter of getting used to the new system. By the time football season rolls around, we'll all have forgotten there was even a change.

--PB--

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hmmm

it says my screenname "cw" is unavailable, and not "reserved for a current member of Burnt Orange Nation".

do i have to signup for a new one? if so, can i migrate my "cw" comment/diary history to the new one?

thanks.

bleeding orange up in nyc. get a rope.

by cwofford on Apr 17, 2008 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

Mine is reserved as well

for a member of "Athletics Nation."

Good lord people, I use "mikey4" so I'll never have to worry about conflicts. But evidently some dumbfuck is already using this account...

Is there no way to use this account on the upgraded site?

by mikey 4 on Apr 17, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately

Someone got it first, I guess. You'll still be able to claim your mikey4 account from BON, you'll just have to be mikey44 or something. Apologize for the change...

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions

You can claim your BON cw account

You'll just have a different user handle. cw98 or whatever.

I know, not ideal, but it was past time to have a universal log in system so people can have one central account.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

You can still get it

It says that it is reserved for a BON user. That's YOU! just put your BON password there, and you'll get your account.

Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!

by Cyrus on Apr 17, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions

shoot

I'm dumb. nm

Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!

by Cyrus on Apr 17, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Just registered

Took 2 minutes, and found my accounts at all the other SB Nation sites, which is pretty cool.

Of course, my name is not as likely to be already taken as "cw" is!

Life is an Occasion. Rise to it.

by patienthornsfan on Apr 17, 2008 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

I'm internet challenged, but are you

saying to go to any SBN site and register on that site? Then everything automatically carries throughout? I couldn't find where to register on SBNation. I'm really only interested in BON. Thanks.

I'll never forget ol' what's-his-name.

by Horntod on Apr 17, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions

Go to another site

And register. It'll ask you to claim accounts on any SBN sites that you participate in. So you'll enter your BON information and claim the Horntod account.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions