I usually see them appear almost instantly. Did you move the 'old forums' to a
different server?
In any case, I hope you take note of the deficiencies of the 'new forum' compared to
the old (current) forums.
Currently one can see at a glance which forums contain threads that one has not yet read,
simply by observing the little airplane icon. The new forums offer no such thing and require
that you read the last post info on the far right of the page and then look at the far left
of the page to see which topic that info belongs to. An absolute nightmare!
The current forums have the 'Mark forum read' or 'Mark topics read' function so that one can
see which topics contain new posts the next time the forums are visited. The new forums offer
no such ability.
The current forums have a "Board Index" as well as the path to the currently viewed forum so
one can easily move back 'to the top' of the current forum or the forum page index. No such
convenience was preset with the new forums.
I find the avatars on both the left and right side of the new forum pages to just add 'clutter'
to the page without adding any real functionality. The little aircraft icon really needs to be
incorporated in the new format.
The text info as to the topic starter and the last poster is much more desirable than avatars of
those persons.
In short, the current, 'old' forums, IMO, are ideal for meeting the purpose of a forum as well
as providing rapid access and the ability to see at a glance which topics have unread posts,
saving the user from having to read information on the right side and then back to the left side
of each and every topic!
Again, it it ain't broke, don't fix it !
Paul
