As the forum software of the Gamingforums is about 20 versions old, hacked and has a massive database (posts from 1999), they've decided to do a fresh start and integrate new forums with the main Gamefront site. This means all old stuff will be terminated.

Good riddance some may say, though it's not like the old forums are nothing but an archive now. When these forums were created, some members refused to move on and the two camps started hating each other, but I don't think anyone feels so strongly about it anymore as no one has actively posted there in years.

I guess they have some historical value, as for example every FH news update since 2003 has a discussion there. If you need to grab anything from there, do it now:
http://forums.filefront.com/battlefield-mod-forgotten-hope-479/

They've also decided to wind down the community sites. This means Battlefield 1942 Files will be most likely shut down. It probably has some nice old BF1942 mod files, so if you have anything to archive see:
http://battlefield1942.filefront.com/