patricej

This is the information I received a little while ago:

"Here's what's going on:

The forums have been moved to a different VB version. Some of the features such as chat and blogs and a few others I might not be thinking of require a compatible plugin to work as it did prior.

Our tech team is working on regaining as much of the previous functionality as possible, however, due to limited resources, it will be an ongoing process over the next few months."

I have already let them know that the new (and I think temporary) appearance is justifiably unpopular.