New Upgrade Almost Ready

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Where is the Simple Search that used to be at the top of the screen above the results?.

Mark McLemore

Greetings Friends,

We're nearly there - roughly a week left before the community is upgraded on November 1st! We at FamilySearch would like to extend an invitation to you to preview the upcoming changes ahead of time by clicking the following link: https://betacommunity.familysearch.org/en/. Feel free to browse around, try things out, and even provide some feedback on the new look and feel by clicking the Feedback icon on the right-hand side of the homepage.

While not a comprehensive list of all the changes, some important notes for this update:

• Q & A has been renamed to FamilySearch Help.
• Ideas have been consolidated into one category named Suggest an Idea.
• A new section for research help has been created named Research Help.
• Discussions, unanswered questions, and announcements have been added to the homepage so you can quickly catch up on activity in the community.
• Quick Links has been redesigned and will be present on most pages within the community.
• Help Center Categories on the homepage have been renamed to Categories, and will be present on most pages within the community.

Warm Regards,

FamilySearch

Charmiller2

The link to the beta Community wont accept my password I use for the old Community. Do I need a new password for the beta? If so, will that be my new password.

Thanks,

Char Miller

Mark McLemore

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/389029#Comment_389029

Hello Char,

Apologies for the sign-in problems. There are a couple of options on how to get past the sign-in issues:

• Review the beta community while not logged in. You'll be able to navigate and review the site no problem, just not post or reply to posts.
• Create a new test account for the beta community via this link.

Best,

Mark

GaryAChristopher

Will older posts in the Community "rollover" to the new version, or will we have to (remember and) repost those things that were on our minds?

Mark McLemore

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/390291#Comment_390291

@GaryAChristopher - yes they will. Discussions and comments will stay intact through the upgrade.