Welcome to the new forum

[Dan]

Thanks for your patience in advance. I'll be making lots of small changes and adding our old custom features and code over the next week or so. So please reserve your suggestions until then.

You can post new threads, reply to old ones, message each other, etc etc and it should all work fine.

Advertisements will come and go, and at some point seem pretty heavy. But they'll die down again once I've found the happy medium between annoying you all with ads, and actually making enough money to stay online.

Sponsors ads will take priority - I'll sort them before the night is out.

You'll notice we're on a .net now - that's staying as our new home. The .co.uk felt a bit brexit-y and I thought what the hell, we're globally awesome so let's try tackle the yanks.

Please feel free to chat about the changes amongst yourselves in this thread. I wont be checking it for suggestions though. I'll ask in a few weeks when I've completed everything and get a bit of feedback then and make a few changes should there need to be any.

All the best.

 

[westward10]

What's a reaction score, is that new?

 

[telectrix]

dan, why have i had to disable adblock.?

 

[EalingBadger]

Held over from the "other thread" which got closed quite literally while I was typing.

It's "brilliant"

Seeing the tally of funnies and so forth building up was half the fun.

Personally, I hope they come back (maybe minus the 'dumb' one).

 

[Spoon]

Chuffed to bits that the rating system has changed for the better.

Still no hart emoji.... How can I show my love to the other members??

 

[westward10]

We can feel it Spoon.

 

[Lou]

If you hover over like there are a few ones you can pick. But that was an add on for the old system - so Dan will need to find one that is compatible.

Dan is configuring ads over the next few days so you might see more than usual, sorry about that, but we do need them and you wont see them forever once he has sorted the groups out.

I will try and answer what questions you may have - keep the organ grinder grinding.

 

[Spoon]

We can feel it Spoon.

You'd be able to mate, If I was with you....

 

[Spoon]

If you hover over like there are a few ones you can pick. But that was an add on for the old system - so Dan will need to find one that is compatible.

Dan is configuring ads over the next few days so you might see more than usual, sorry about that, but we do need them and you wont see them forever once he has sorted the groups out.

I will try and answer what questions you may have - keep the organ grinder grinding.

Ta @Lou. I was joking about the hart emoji.... Poor @westward10, he may need therapy now...

 

[Nigel]

dan, why have i had to disable adblock.?

Yeah I won’t be doing that.

 

[Wilko]

What's a reaction score, is that new?

It’s a talk rating. You know, like for bolts, wing nuts and such.

 

[GBDamo]

You'd be able to mate, If I was with you....

You might want to rephrase that.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I shall only ask for one thing.... a 'thanks' button

 

[EalingBadger]

Yeah I won’t be doing that.

I had to on the old site. Bit annoying, but you can kinda see their point.

 

[7029 dave]

Well all new, nothing stays the same in life does it.

 

[westward10]

It’s a talk rating. You know, like for bolts, wing nuts and such.

Nope still no idea.

 

[Dan]

Nope still no idea.

Reactions are likes etc.

 

[Spoon]

Reactions are likes etc.

I have 2,551...... I can't be liked that much.... Maybe the comma should be a decimal point......

 

[Charlie_]

I don’t like all those silly faces on the like button.
What next, teddy bear face filters?

 

[westward10]

Reactions are likes etc.

Is it just for Likes because I had over 10,000 before?

 

[Dan]

I'll get them recounted once I've done all the important stuff matey. It'll show the true figure eventually.

 

[Spoon]

What next, teddy bear face filters?

That would be good.... Then I could post a pic of myself without all the women on the forum going crazy over it...

 

[Dan]

dan, why have i had to disable adblock.?

Because right now there are no ads.

 

[EalingBadger]

Huh?

Surely, if there are no ads then there would be no need to disable adblock?

 

[Dan]

Funny.

As I said in the first post, I'll be testing finding the right balance of staying online for free, and not annoying the members with ads. You'll be able to enable your ad-blocker again once I've found the right mix including all types of users.

 

[A032701]

is there any way of undoing likes?

 

[Dan]

is there any way of undoing likes?

Click like then click it again.

 

[westward10]

is there any way of undoing likes?

Not that I can see

 

[Nigel]

I had to on the old site. Bit annoying, but you can kinda see their point.

Not really. I fast forward through adverts on TV. Insisting people change their personal settings on their personal devices is a step too far.

I imagine it will result in fewer floaters that just view and will do the opposite as intended for the advertisers.

 

[Dan]

Not really. I fast forward through adverts on TV. Insisting people change their personal settings on their personal devices is a step too far.

I imagine it will result in fewer floaters that just view and will do the opposite as intended for the advertisers.

Imagine what you want pal. As I said, it'll be short term, and is required every now and again for testing. It's not like we change the whole forum much, and we've never changed the domain at all in 13-odd year.

I guarantee the changes will not please everybody, but I guarantee in the end it is for the best.

 

[Nigel]

Imagine what you want pal. As I said, it'll be short term, and is required every now and again for testing. It's not like we change the whole forum much, and we've never changed the domain at all in 13-odd year.

I guarantee the changes will not please everybody, but I guarantee in the end it is for the best.

People get used to change. I think it is fine.

But be honest. If you were browsing and a site told you that you had to go into your ad blocker and turn it off to access the site would you? Or would you just move on to the next site?

 

[buzzlightyear]

I panicked and ring 999 to the police because I could not get on ,lol.

 

[fourbie]

seems the new style forum comes with a dislike for ad blockers.

 

[Dan]

Only for a bit @fourbie as I've said above.

 

[Octopus]

But be honest. If you were browsing and a site told you that you had to go into your ad blocker and turn it off to access the site would you? Or would you just move on to the next site?

That's the winning comment - but there is no "winner" emoji!

But the slimmed down likes etc is a huge improvement

 

[ferg]

I like it so far.

I now know there are 3 certainties in life.

Death.

Taxes.

Sparkies moaning.

 

[Spoon]

Sparkies moaning.

You must be a hit with the female sparkies...

 

[Andy78]

I think it now looks like a cross between facebook from 5 years ago and my outlook inbox.

 

[Gromit2014]

Well done Dan for migrating to the new platform for the forum! A very difficult job to do with an established website with such a large amount of data to move. And get in the right place on the new site.

Maybe once you have finished you could get a job at TSB and show them how to do the job properly !

 

[NDG Elecs]

To admin and staff members:
Have the like/dislike/agree/optimistic/winner etc buttons gone for good now?

I have tried the desktop version of the new site on my phone and still nothing, only can press like now.

If they are gone I think it's a shame.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

To admin and staff members:
Have the like/dislike/agree/optimistic/winner etc buttons gone for good now?

I have tried the desktop version of the new site on my phone and still nothing, only can press like now.

If they are gone I think it's a shame.

What happened to the thread this post was originally in?

 

[westward10]

What happened to the thread this post was originally in?

Probably moved to this @Dan wants to keep all new forum comments contained to this thread.

 

[Lou]

What happened to the thread this post was originally in?

I merged it with this one so that there's only one on the subject.

The likes etc were an add on that is extra with the old software, so we just need to find one for the new forum, which can't be done until it's live.

Just give us a few days to tweak stuff.

 

[Pete999]

To admin and staff members:
Have the like/dislike/agree/optimistic/winner etc buttons gone for good now?

I have tried the desktop version of the new site on my phone and still nothing, only can press like now.

If they are gone I think it's a shame.

Agreem cant upset anyone now, shame on you, lol

 

[freddo]

But be honest. If you were browsing and a site told you that you had to go into your ad blocker and turn it off to access the site would you? Or would you just move on to the next site?

Lol I usually just go to another site, I did make an exception for here though. <3

I stopped watching TV 4 years ago as I couldn't stand the adverts. I also refuse to listen to radio stations with adverts, as after a few hours it gets really annoying. There is a local radio station that is ad free, I donate to them, The forum mentioned below is ad free and funded by users buying service data from there, and another forum I used to visit was ad free and was funded buy voluntary donations.

The design is too modern for me, the usual lots of clutter and bloody pointless round avatars! I hate them so much, you lose most of the image! The stuff at the top of the page is just all rambled into one, can't find the electrical forum button to get back to that forum. It's also strange to me having text on the same page ranging from very small to very large, I guess it's more designed for mobile phones rather that computer use.

Because I'm such a relaxed and upbeat person, who is never negative, I'm looking forward to the refined version of the update in a positive way.

If you want to see how a proper forum is designed visit the UK Vintage Radio Forum. It's so clean and functional.

Agreem cant upset anyone now, shame on you, lol

Don't worry, you can still upset people using words.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Don't worry, you can still upset people using words.

Not something I’ve ever managed to do.

 

[littlespark]

Don't hold back @freddo , say what you mean

 

[freddo]

I'm quite good at upsetting people, without ever meaning to.

 

[Bobster]

I maybe being stupid, but before there was an icon to click, that took me to the first unread post of a thread.

Is this still a feature?

Edit: Looks like just clicking on the thread automatically does this now.

 

[westward10]

Don't like the fact it opens up to the Forums and you have to select Whats New. Previously it opened up into the current active threads.