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November 26, 2024

🚨 Big News: Our Community Forum is Getting a Makeover (January 8th 2025)

  • November 26, 2024
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🚨 LATEST UPDATE 🚨

Hey everyone! Please note that we’ve decided to postpone the updated Community Forum launch to January 8th to ensure a smooth user experience. Taking this extra time will help us address technical challenges and avoid holiday disruptions.
Feel free to continue posting in this topic your feedback and ideas to improve the forum - we will add it to our list for 2025.

Our Community Forum is about to get a makeover, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

At Figma, we’re always iterating to create spaces where our community can connect and thrive. We’ve been working hard on some updates to deliver an even better experience for everyone here.

With the changes we have planned for next year, you’ll enjoy improved search and navigation, plus a fresh, user-friendly design that (we hope) feels vibrant and very Figma.

📝 Important Notes:

  • :spiral_calendar_pad: Downtime & Data:
    From January 2nd at 5pm ET until January 8th at 10am ET, the forum will be accessible as usual, but any new posts, likes, or registrations WILL NOT carry over after a brief downtime on January 8th (8am-10am) ET.
  • 🧹 Forum Clean-Up: We’re doing a clean-up as part of this update, meaning some older content will be archived (but still visible in the forum). Rest assured, key discussions and up-to-date posts will remain accessible.

🔄 Reminder of What’s Changing:

  • Public Profiles: Your profile will be reset and simplified. If you have a description you want to keep, we recommend to save a back up somewhere before early next year to prevent data loss.
  • Private Messages: Private messages sent before the launch date won’t be stored.
  • Category Structure: Forum categories will be reorganized to make things easier to find.
  • Function Changes in Categories: Some features, like the voting feature, will be paused for now as we work on improving them. Updates are planned for 2025.
  • Improved Search: Find answers faster with enhanced search functionality, featuring federated search! This means search results will now include both Forum topics and Help Center articles for faster, more comprehensive answers.

We’re excited for you to explore this refreshed space and discover all the new features! 🚀

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      Celine_
      Figmate
      Celine_Author
      Community Support
      December 20, 2024

      Thank you @Josh ! 💓

      🚨 Everyone, we’re excited to announce that the updated Community Forum will officially launch on January 8th! 🚨

      Here’s additional information you need to know:

      :spiral_calendar_pad: Downtime & Data:
      From January 2nd at 5pm ET until January 8th at 10am ET, the forum will be accessible as usual, but any new posts, likes, or registrations WILL NOT carry over after a brief downtime on January 8th (8am-10am) ET.

      Please also check the first post of this thread for additional information ⬆️

        AlicePackard
        AlicePackard
        Power Member
        December 23, 2024

        I’m really looking forward to an improved category structure! I hope it’s not too far-fetched to read into this as “more categories with more specificity.” Eg:

        • prototyping
        • design systems
        • component architecture
        • variables & tokens
        • dev mode
        • ideation
        • auto layout
        • sharing designs
        • administration

        I recognize the team has already set plans, but figured I’d share a little brain dump list for the fun of checking back in post-launch and seeing how close (or far) I was on what the new categories will be.

        Cheers team!

        I write about building excellent Figma components on my blog: https://alicepackarddesign.com/blog
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        seni
        Manager, Community Support
        December 26, 2024

        Hi Alice,

        Thanks for posting your thoughts on the category structure.
        In the forum update you’ll get to experience in January 2025, we chose to simplify the category structure.

        The specificity you are looking for can still be accomplished via the tagging system.

        These are areas (category structure and tagging system) that I predict we will revisit often as our community evolves and the different audiences navigate through the forum.

        Your feedback is welcome and has been noted - maybe one day your “little brain dump list” gets closer to the structure implemented. 🙂

        I hope you are enjoying the Festive Season and enter the New Year on both feet (i.e. with double luck). 🎆

        seni (Manager, Community Support at Figma)
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          seni
          Manager, Community Support
          January 13, 2025

          Hey everyone,

          Our forum makeover is now live!
          Feel free to give this topic a read and start exploring.

           

          We are looking forward to hearing your feedback and what you’d like to see next → please drop your thoughts here.

          seni (Manager, Community Support at Figma)
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