While all you people were out drinking beer, eating BBQ, and setting off low-powered explosives, the Hex web knomes have been locked inside upgrading the web site software. The site looks about the same, but there have been several small changes and a few big ones.

• The biggest change is probably the new Wiki, which is a lot easier to use and navigate than the old one. If you want to contribute, you'll need to log into your account here at the Hex site and click the link.

• We've got a full-fledged calendar in the events section. We've moved the event from the old one over.

• We've got new gallery software, and we've actually got quite a few pieces of art and event photos uploaded.

• New FAQ software.

• The Knome forum is once again access restricted. We've given all the Knomes whose user names we recognized permissions. If you think you should have access to the Knome forums but don't see them when you log in, let us know.

• Some pages have been updated, a few things (like the character and monster databases, which are now part of the Wiki) have been eliminated, and everything should work better in general now.

There were, of course, a few issues that arose as part of the migration:

• Anyone who's registered since we migrated the user files (Thursday or Friday afternoon-ish) will have to re-register. Sorry for the inconvenience.

• Some profile information (including user avatars) weren't moved over. You'll want to click on the Profile link of the user menu to reset your picture and make sure all your other profile  information is the way you want it.

• A few forum posts went up after the migration. We've copied all the ones we could find over into the new forums.

We've tested everything and it all appears to be working, but with a site this large something usually gets missed. If you find any errors or have any problems, let us know.