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    Posted: 24-August-2004 at 14:55

I am going to try and upgrade the forum this evening resulting in the forum being down for about two hours (but Im not ruling out the possibility of overnight downtime).

Assuming all goes well, the new forum will no longer be stored at the URI www.bmwcarclubgb.co.uk/forum   but in fact at www.bmwcarclubforum.co.uk. I will redirect all requests for pages from the main club site to the new one.

There will be some slight differences to the new forum - it will be more secure and faster than the current version. I am also hoping to have an upload facility so that people can upload their pictures and files instead of struggling with other websites, etc. Additional features include a spell check facility (needs a 2Mb download onto your system first!) amongst other things.

There will be teething problems but please let me know via the website announcements & feedback forum what is going wrong (or right ).
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-August-2004 at 19:23

Firstly, let me apologise for the delay in getting the forum back online. I had initially said that it would be about 4 hours but in the end it turned out to be more than 48! At least Duncan Ireland can verify that I (we!) were working hard on it!
Anyway, the pages should be processed quicker on the server (download times should be similar - that is down to your connection). There is better security with the new database system also.
I spent a good while trying to get some of the modifications to the last forum into the new version. These required some new SQL coding but they seem to work fine.
There are also a few other bits & pieces with the new model. When posting messages you soon have the ability of uploading files onto the server. Forum members can also soon upload their own avatars. It will require additional configurating but Im just too dog tired tonight to spend another hour or two programming that in!
There is also a new spellcheck facility but this requires an initial download from the developer's site for it to work.
Better late than never!
Hope it works for you.
K.
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Points: 5301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-August-2004 at 19:26
Looks excellent, Killian, well done and well worth the wait
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Well done and many thanks to Duncan & Killian

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Points: 927 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 02:16

Yes ....Well done Guys !

Saw a report on BBC News Samaritans had increased number of calls

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Points: 1115 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 05:00

 

 Thankyou both for the Works , first time for months I talked to the other half.!!!!!!!!

Back at begining of August, we had a NEW Web layout and Colours, which I thought was a great improvement, as it seemed did others.

Was it something we said???, Its Gone!!!

 

 

 
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Points: 3189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 05:28
Killian/Duncan, Thanks for all the hard work to further improve the forum.
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Points: 1557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 06:12

 

Killan.. some of the topics have been moved around or posts deleted - is this because of the upgrade or simple moderation..
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Points: 3625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 07:19
Well done.. certainly seems faster!!
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 07:33
no posts were deleted so I'll look into that.
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Points: 10053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 10:49
Great to see the forum back, big thanks to Killian and Duncan. Bet you must have gone through a few jars of coffee..

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Points: 3189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:23
Would any PM's in the inbox have been transferred during the upgrade?

Mine seem to have gone walkabout, but I can't be sure when they were last there. I knew I should have written the info down
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Points: 5301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:31
Mine are still there, Kevin....all the ones sent, anyway that peeps haven't deleted and I delete  ones sent to me as soon as I read them usually anyway
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:38

Mine seem fine also but I think some threads and PMs may have gone into limbo but if anyone is missing anything then let me know & I'll dig it out for you. Id rather not go re-configuring things again.
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by the way, is email notification working for you all?
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Points: 5301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:40

Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

by the way, is email notification working for you all?

Pass..not tried that bit yet...getting to grips with the new bits still 

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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:44
Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

by the way, is email notification working for you all?

Pass..not tried that bit yet...getting to grips with the new bits still 

it is an old bit though!
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Points: 5301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 11:50
Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

by the way, is email notification working for you all?

Pass..not tried that bit yet...getting to grips with the new bits still 

it is an old bit though!

well..umm...erm...I never used it anyway cos when I first came onto the site it wasn't working, according to a note across the top of the screen, so I never got into the habit of using it....
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Points: 3189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 13:33
Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

Mine are still there, Kevin....all the ones sent, anyway that peeps haven't deleted and I delete ones sent to me as soon as I read them usually anyway
I suspect I deleted them in error when clearing space before going away. Oh well.

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Points: 5301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-August-2004 at 13:36

Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

Mine are still there, Kevin....all the ones sent, anyway that peeps haven't deleted and I delete  ones sent to me as soon as I read them usually anyway
I suspect I deleted them in error when clearing space before going away. Oh well.

Sounds like the old memory is fading Kevin...perhaps you need a holiday 

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