Groups versus Forums
Wix has been threatening me with a forced migration from their older "Forum" format to their newer "Groups." No one asked for it, but they set a deadline to sunset the old forums, and rather than procrastinate until the last minute and lose everything that has been written, posted, commented, and contributed here since site launch in 2018ish, I decided to go ahead and punch that hornet nest. I can tell right off the bat that there are things I don't like...like why can I only have one image for a group, if you're going to use the same image for a 980x240 pixel hero banner across the top and a 40x40 square icon in the righthand nav? It defaulted to creating a group post for each time I changed said image, which meant I had to delete a slew of posts I didn't intend to make in the first place, and then I had to dive into the nested settings to figure out how to disable auto posting. So yeah...I wasn't crazy about the limitations of the "Forum," and I'm not wild about the limitations of "Groups," but with no choice in the matter (and some vague assurances that the Groups are better protected against spam posts), here we are. Each former board on the forum is now its own group, and you can join any and all groups that interest you. If you're just here for the unreleased goodies, they and the discussions they engender are over at https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/rarities-unreleased. Likewise, attempts at figuring out the chords to WB's songs are at https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/rarities-unreleased, WBUniversity lives at https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/wbuniversity, Street Legal official releases are at: https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/street-legal, Songs written by Becker and performed by others are at: https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/brill-bldg-becker, and Everything Else is at, well, https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/group/everything-else Your patience is appreciated as we try to hammer this thing into something we can continue to use. Matt