# Upcoming Forum Changes

**URL:** <https://ice711.discourse.group/t/upcoming-forum-changes/772>\
**Category:** Forum Announcements\
**Created:** [January 24, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/upcoming-forum-changes/772 "2025-01-24T14:22:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![SixDeltaAlpha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/sixdeltaalpha/32/3137_2.png) [@SixDeltaAlpha](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/SixDeltaAlpha)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/upcoming-forum-changes/772/1 "2025-01-24T14:22:01Z")

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Hello everyone!

We’re nearing the first month of this forum being public. We’ve taken feedback from community members and based on where the forum is used most, and we’ll be making a few changes. These are outlined below.

# Category Updates

Below is an outline of what the categories/subcategories will look like once the changes are made. Click on a subcategory to learn more.

## Ice711

> **New Videos**
>
> Remains unchanged. All new videos will be posted here.

> **News & Updates**
>
> Community Posts will be posted here as well, as well as any general announcements from Ice711.

## Forum Information

> **Forum Announcements**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Forum Guides**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Forum Feedback**
>
> Remains unchanged

## The Hangar

> **General Discussion**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Content Creators**
>
> Remains unchanged, however anyone can post in this category now.

> **Aviation Discussion**
>
> Remains unchanged, just moved up from the Community category.

> **Flight Sharing**
>
> Been on a flight that you’d like to share with the community? Post it here!

> **Aviation News**
>
> All aviation news will be posted in this category.

## Art Corner

> **Aviation Art**
>
> Remains unchanged - this category will be the main category for art submission videos.

> **General Art**
>
> Remains unchanged - just being renamed from “Other Art”

> **3D Models**
>
> Remains unchanged

## Planespotting

> **Planefinder**
>
> Remains unchanged - this category will be used for Planenfinder submissions.

> **Spotting Photos**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Flightradar**
>
> Remains unchanged

## What if I have a topic in a category being removed?

Don’t worry! We’ll move any of your topics in a category that’s being removed to #The Hangar > General Discussion.

# Channel Updates

Channels are what are used for quick chatting on the forum. Below are the channels that will be present once the changes are made.

> **Aviation Discussion**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Media**
>
> New Channel - all photos, videos, and general media can be posted here.

> **Video Games**
>
> New Channel - all video game and flight simulator content can be posted here!

> **General**
>
> Renamed from “General Discussion”

> **Planes, Trains, and Automobiles**
>
> Remains unchanged

> **Memes**
>
> Remains unchanged

# General Forum Updates

Below are some general changes that will be made to the forum.

## Sky Theme

We’ve added a new Sky Theme to the forum! This theme offers a different interface, with more bright colors and for better accessibility.

> **Awesome! How do I select the theme?**
>
> 1.) Click your Profile Photo on the top right of the forum.  
> 2.) Click the person icon  
> 3.) Click “Interfaces”  
> 4.) Click “Theme” and select “Sky Theme”

## New AI Tools

We’ve added some new AI tools to the forum! Anytime you make a post or topic, select the ✨ icon to allow AI to generate a creative topic, title, generating images, proofreading, etc. You can even use AI to assist with selecting which category and what tags to use.

> **Wow this is cool! How do I use it?**
>
> Click on any of these buttons in the composer.
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ice711community/original/1X/aa3653be91d072badbc63da371dad0aefb44366d.png)

In addition, you can use the AI bot to summarize topics! Click the ✨ Summarize button on any topic to summarize it.

We’re also in the process of adding an AI bot to use in Personal Messages. We’re still testing it, however we’ll let you know when it’s ready!

# “Skull” react posts

You can now add the 💀 reaction to posts. To do this, hover over the ❤ icon with your mouse and select the 💀

# When are these changes being made?

The changes to the channels and categories will be made in the upcoming days. You may receive some notifications while we do this - these can be ignored. The items under “General Forum Updates” are already available to members.

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That’s all from me! I’d like to give a thank you to everyone who has been on the forum and participated daily - your activity doesn’t go unnoticed and we highly appreciate it.

Take care!

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**Author:** ![SixDeltaAlpha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/sixdeltaalpha/32/3137_2.png) [@SixDeltaAlpha](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/SixDeltaAlpha)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/upcoming-forum-changes/772/5 "2025-01-28T20:14:18Z")

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The changes to the categories/channels outlined in this topic will be made within the next hour. Please standby while we do this!

EDIT: Changes complete.