[WillT]

Post, we'll take note and take action as appropriate.

[Yellow_or_black?]

Well, I'll christen the thread

1. Could we have the old logo back in full, and minus the 'Driven by Passion'
2. During the last site upgrade the smiley window, to the left of the box in which one types, shrunk and it was going to be rectified but never was. Would it be possible to have all the smileys displayed, rather than having to scroll down, or use the drop-down?
3. Could we have the cc functionality in PM. I've seen this on other IP boards.
4. Can we have the original black skin back please

Thanks

PS: Thanks for listening, and creating this thread

This post has been edited by Yellow_or_black?: 24 February 2009 - 12:46 PM

[pincher]

The only thing I would change is the 'driven by passion' strapline - IIRC, that was a tag for Alfa Romeo. I think Ford may also have used it as well (for the Tansit or something)?

Other than that, I think you've done a pretty good job

[chris_uk]

get rid of the black background.. please.. it was alot better white, looked alot more professional..

or at least make it so i can change it to white if there isnt an option already.

[Retset]

I liked the rehash except for the yellow which looked wrong.

The blue maybe common but works much better

[Yellow_or_black?]

The 'Add Reply' and 'New Topic' buttons at the bottom - could they be back under the last post please? At the moment, they go to the right and under the strip down the side - so if there's only one post on a page, you scroll down to find them. No great shakes I know, but still

[John Faulkner]

I'd just like to thank the new admin/owners for putting the effort in to re-vamp the forum, new owners could have easily left it s was and plastered the place with advertising & pop-ups etc etc. there seems to be plenty of criticism but not much praise for the efforts Will & the team have made.

cheers guys

[MrSimba]

[quote name='John Faulkner' date='Feb 24 2009, 18:14 ' post='848897']
I'd just like to thank the new admin/owners for putting the effort in to re-vamp the forum, new owners could have easily left it s was and plastered the place with advertising & pop-ups etc etc. there seems to be plenty of criticism but not much praise for the efforts Will & the team have made.

cheers guys
[/quote[/]



The site looks loads better and runs so much smoother thanks again guys

* you got any plans to sort the search system out? thats about all thats left to do now!

[Shmern]

Will and the rest,

I wanted to add to John's praise, I'm very impressed with the speed of the forum and how reactive to the changes you have been. I like the Blue a lot better, although I wasn't a fan of the yellow, it really didn't bother me that much !

Great job!

Shmern (just hoping an older backup might be found to restore the uploads pictures )

[ElizP987]

John Faulkner, on Feb 24 2009, 18:14 , said:

I'd just like to thank the new admin/owners for putting the effort in to re-vamp the forum, new owners could have easily left it s was and plastered the place with advertising & pop-ups etc etc. there seems to be plenty of criticism but not much praise for the efforts Will & the team have made.

cheers guys

Its easy for people to overlook all the improvements that have been made and find things they aren't happy with
Will & the team seem to have put a lot of effort in and are due some credit IMO

This post has been edited by ElizP987: 24 February 2009 - 08:28 PM

[Spindoctor]

ElizP987, on Feb 24 2009, 21:09 , said:

Its easy for people to overlook all the improvements that have been made and find things they aren't happy with
Will & the team seem to have put a lot of effort in and are due some credit IMO

Yep, agreed. The forum is functioning smoothly and there have been some good, sensible changes. And, importantly, Will and team have listened to sensible feedback and acted on it.

So, anyway, if they end up making zintillions from this forum, can we all have a share of it?

[Freedo]

Please, please revert back to the old search function!!!

[JG]

loving the new skin

nothing to report from me.

[techieboy]

Freedo, on Feb 24 2009, 21:16 , said:

Please, please revert back to the old search function!!!

Why? It seems to work fine for me - certainly better than it used to. Don't bother with the simple search function from the top menu and go to the advanced search page here

And format your search strings properly, as per the usage instructions:-

Use                   Means
apple banana     Find posts that contain at least one of these words
+apple +juice    Find posts with both words
+apple -juice    Find posts with 'apple' but not 'juice'
apple*           Find posts with 'apple' and/or 'applesauce'
"Some Words"     Find posts with the phrase 'some words of wisdom', 'some words' but not 'some noise words'

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

lovin the new site
thanks for getting rid of the yellow
no more crashes

elbow the driven by passion
could you change it to : Cheaper Faster Better

[Freedo]

techieboy, on Feb 25 2009, 00:15 , said:

Freedo, on Feb 24 2009, 21:16 , said:

Please, please revert back to the old search function!!!

Why? It seems to work fine for me - certainly better than it used to. Don't bother with the simple search function from the top menu and go to the advanced search page here

And format your search strings properly, as per the usage instructions:-

Use                   Means
apple banana     Find posts that contain at least one of these words
+apple +juice    Find posts with both words
+apple -juice    Find posts with 'apple' but not 'juice'
apple*           Find posts with 'apple' and/or 'applesauce'
"Some Words"     Find posts with the phrase 'some words of wisdom', 'some words' but not 'some noise words'

You can't search for just titles though can you?

[The Knobs]

So now the site is in new commercial ownership, are you going to organise things like national meets, trackdays etc ?

[techieboy]

Freedo, on Feb 25 2009, 08:04 , said:

You can't search for just titles though can you?

Yes, on the that advanced search page, there is a radio button to select between title searches or the entire post.

[rsg]

New site looks by the way

More about the forum thread layout though, any chance we can get a dedicated Formula 1 section in the off topic chat area? And also split the tuning section up into NA and Turbo and leave the general tuning bit to areas that affect both??

ta

[Yellow_or_black?]

I put this in another thread - would it be a good idea to have classifications in the Reviews section eg Garages, Bodyshops, Tyres etc so that it would be easier to find recommendations for the thing that you're after?