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    Posted: 10-July-2003 at 13:14

Right - I have gone and upgraded the forum (for those who didn't notice).
There are a number of changes from the previous version such as:-
* the star / user level system works (see below)
* the ability to add polls (only moderators can add them - if you want one email me @ forum@bmwcarclubgb.co.uk)
* the avatars now occupy a larger space. The avatars from the old forum were not included in this one and hence look a bit funny. I will update to allow more decent avatars when I get the chance.
* the website board (this one) has the ability to allow guests (unregistered members) post. This will let members who have a problem registering let the moderators know.
* The forum also has the ability to allow files to be uploaded but I currently have not enabled this.
* Moderators and other ranks set up as follows:

[EDIT] this section of the message has been updated on page 2 of this thread[/EDIT]

Anyway I hope the board is a bit better than the last. I am also trying to resolve the email notification issue. If you have any further comments please add them on here or email to forum@bmwcarclubgb.co.uk



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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 13:39
Furthermore, you may notice initially that even though you may have posted loads of messages your user level doesn't appear correct. This will fix itself when you post your next message!
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 14:17

Furthermore (#2) as this forum uses a different database to the previous one links to forums, threads, etc may have changed. If you have a website linking to somewhere within the forum please double check the link.
Thanks
Killian
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Points: 3450 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 14:29
looks good so far boss!
keep up the good work
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Points: 5245 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 15:18
I'm getting eMail notifications for topics I hadn't asked to watch...

When I follow the 'stop watching' link, I get a message confirming that I've stopped watching the forum rather than the message - bug?
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 15:33

I think I know what the problem is Webdunk:-
If you posted a message (on the previous board) to a forum it not thinks you want to receive email notifications of any emails to that board. Have a look at the bottom part of the threads page for any board and you will see what I mean.
I reckon this will just affect those with moderator status but let me know if not.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:04

I'm getting notifications for posts I haven't added anything to also?

Only for these forum info posts though, nothing from the other boards.

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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:10
Adam - check to see if you are subscribed to either the thread (at the bottom of this page you will see 'un-watch this topic') or the forum (at the bottom of the main threads listing page you will see an un-watch this forum...')
Hope this helps & apologies for inconvienence to all
K.
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Points: 904 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:15
I'm getting these mails too... but when I got into the topic, it only gives me the option of 'Watch this topic' not 'Unwatch this topic'...

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Points: 5245 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:21
Originally posted by kdevitt kdevitt wrote:

I'm getting these mails too... but when I got into the topic, it only gives me the option of 'Watch this topic' not 'Unwatch this topic'...


Click the unwatch link in the original eMail.
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:26

/edit
oops that should have been for a different forum!



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Points: 904 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 16:45
Will try again later to unsubscribe - keep getting a page not available error message...

With all this moaning going on, I should point out I like the new forums!!

Well done...
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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 17:20

cheers - guess my day wasn't wasted!
I have temporarily disabled the email notification until I get it resolved - I would rather people didn't get p'ed off  receiving loads of mail from the board!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 18:43

But Killian, I quite like all those e-mail notifications.. my inbox was really full when I opened it today!

The site looks really good, well done.

Could you rearrange the e-mail notification.. and get the actual message nearer to the top.. so that you could read it without having to scroll down.

Nick  Croft'03
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 18:46
I'm sure I have done more posts than that.. would have thought I was at least a groupie by now!
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Points: 1319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 18:50
I wasn't logged on.. D'oh!
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Points: 630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-July-2003 at 19:23
I think it's really good. Well done. It certainly seems a lot faster. Nice one.
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Points: 2057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-July-2003 at 10:00
may I suggest that Moderator status is not automatically given to those with a high number of posts? It would mean that in a few months there could be many!

I think it needs to be a combination of contributions AND a decision from Killian/Howard.

As this is a public forum for the club, I think moderators need to be club members and very aware of the effects of public comments and the action of moderating.
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Points: 5245 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-July-2003 at 10:11
Originally posted by b318isp b318isp wrote:

may I suggest that Moderator status is not automatically given to those with a high number of posts? It would mean that in a few months there could be many!

I think it needs to be a combination of contributions AND a decision from Killian/Howard.

As this is a public forum for the club, I think moderators need to be club members and very aware of the effects of public comments and the action of moderating.


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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-July-2003 at 10:44
Point taken.
I will remove moderator status form you all then.
I had planned on raising the threshold every month by about 30-40 posts resulting in the same few people keeping moderator status.
Furthermore, I have no idea who here is a club member so what I will do is accept applications from whoever wants to be a moderator (and has posted more than 50 posts [to ensure they know the procedure]) and then go through the process of setting them up (including confirming club membership).
These applicants can be moderators of the whole forum or can just moderate 1 or 2 individual boards.
If you can think of another method let me know.
If anyone is interested then let me know at the usual address (bmw@kbannon.com)
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