Over the last 15+ years, The Aliens Legacy has been a unique capsule of information and research gathered and shared among fans, collectors, and enthusiasts - all in the name of preservation and community for the Alien franchise.
As some of you regular (or perhaps new) visitors have noticed, our forum is showing its age and lacks certain security features and has a few technical limitations regarding attachment sizes and thread management, among other things. It is time we address this and update the platform our forum is hosted on.
With the rise of social media groups and pages for the Alien franchise, it is important to keep places like the Aliens Legacy operational. We are not bound by algorithms and can easily distinguish fiction from reality and maintain a safe, welcoming environment for all. Social media is where you can get fast-paced, bite-sized information and engagement, but it also has the high risk of being taken down by bots, whereas forums like ours are where you can find more rich content and community with “staying power” which is monitored by actual people.
The current AL Administration team has discussed this, and we have decided to stick with the same forum platform (“phpBB”) but update it to the newer, more feature-rich version. Some of these features include enhanced security measures, more attachment options such as embedded videos, extensions, custom themes, better mobile compatibility and much more. You can view a list of the features the “phpBB” platform offers at this link:
https://www.phpbb.com/about/features/We are also against introducing paid memberships and having ads. We wish to keep the AL free for everyone, but we may consider adding a donations link for those inclined to help keep the forum operating.
Updating the forum will not be without issues. But hopefully staying on the same platform will reduce any problems regarding preserving all the information and posts we currently have here.
Opening this up to the forum, what features would you like to see us update and expand with? Post your ideas below and we will do our best to include as many as we can.