We're making some changes

As frequent users of our forums have already noticed, we've made a few changes to them. It's part of an effort to standardize the look, feel and functionality of our on-site feedback systems. (And thanks to all those who have provided their feedback, sometimes quite vociferously. We have made, and will continue to make, changes based on your comments.)

The forum facelist is also part of a larger-scale effort to revamp the registration system on SeattlePI.com. In the near future, we plan on offering new features and services for registered users. Don't worry: You'll still be able to view our news stories, wire feeds, columns, blogs, sports statistics, calendar listings, photo galleries and other current content even if you don't register.

You will have to register, however, to take full advantage of our on-site search engine. If you're not registered, it will now only display results and links for stories that have been modified in the past three days. You'll need to sign up and log in to see older search results. You can still browse by date, however, even if you don't. (Full-text archives from the Post-Intelligencer newspaper prior to 1999 have always required registration for access.)