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 dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #76
Stan, I do worry that you will go blue in the face trying to make changes happen - and ultimately could give up when the reality of no change becomes apparent. I would hope not due to change being allowed - which I can't see. Perhaps some of us have given up. Perhaps rightly so.________________________________________  |
 Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:35
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billyboy99
Seasoned Pro  Location: London Registered: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 1,658 Status: Offline |
Post #77
simonjames wrote: lol unbelievable.... shit is gona hit the fan. it is running really slowly though..please can admin look into this  |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:35
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro  Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #78
billyboy99 wrote: simonjames wrote: lol unbelievable.... shit is gona hit the fan. it is running really slowly though..please can admin look into this sign up to be instant admin  ________________________________________ All South Wales Members Click HereTeam Supercharged Black RALLYE ™ (Click Here for Build Project) MY EBAY ITEMS 07943066306 |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:38
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #79
dangti6 wrote: Stan, I do worry that you will go blue in the face trying to make changes happen - and ultimately could give up when the reality of no change becomes apparent. I would hope not due to change being allowed - which I can't see. Perhaps some of us have given up. Perhaps rightly so. I would rather have tried and failed then never to have bothered trying at all.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:38
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #80
stan_306gti6 wrote: dangti6 wrote: Stan, I do worry that you will go blue in the face trying to make changes happen - and ultimately could give up when the reality of no change becomes apparent. I would hope not due to change being allowed - which I can't see. Perhaps some of us have given up. Perhaps rightly so. I would rather have tried and failed then never to have bothered trying at all.  ________________________________________ All South Wales Members Click HereTeam Supercharged Black RALLYE ™ (Click Here for Build Project) MY EBAY ITEMS 07943066306 |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:39
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #81
simonjames wrote: Yes maybe also have a newbies section so members can register and post in (to be welcomed) before paying up for membership ?? I for one really dislike motoring forums that allow prospective paying members to see so very little before they pay and realise it's too late. It's why I love it here. I got the oppurtunity to realise there is no point in paying with the current situation. The people that did pay, well look what's happened. Quite rightly bitter. There is a 3 word phrase that Jsoulman keeps for special occasions. Middle one being 'the'. ________________________________________ |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:40
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #82
stan_306gti6 wrote: dangti6 wrote: Stan, I do worry that you will go blue in the face trying to make changes happen - and ultimately could give up when the reality of no change becomes apparent. I would hope not due to change being allowed - which I can't see. Perhaps some of us have given up. Perhaps rightly so. I would rather have tried and failed then never to have bothered trying at all. People have been trying since September. I stand by you in that comment, and fair play. But I still worry it will end up in a towel being launched. ________________________________________ |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:42
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jammamayhew
Banned! Location: Ipswich Registered: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 3,637 Status: Offline |
Post #83
nice thread. Lots of top people and good info. Shame most of the top people hardly post anymore because of the negative banter and repetitive spam. This forum does need to go back to old school how it was before membership and changes imo but what do i know. I'm the biggest prick on here right? (i think not)________________________________________ JAMMA "M44YHW" MAYHEWLOSE WEIGHT NOW - ASK ME HOW - NUTRI-FIX GTi6 LPG, The best of both worlds! 2006: 1997 R reg 306 1.4 Miami - Diablo Red - DEAD 2007: 1999 V reg 306 1.4 Meridian - Diablo Red - SOLD 2007-09: 1998 S reg 306 GTi6 - Diablo Red - DEAD 2009-10: 1998 R reg Corsa 1.2 - Blue - SOLD 2010-13: 2001 Y reg 306 GTi6 LPG - Diablo Red - DEAD 2013 - 2013: 2000 X reg GTi6 LPG - Moonstone Blue - DEAD 2013 - current: 2001 X reg GTi6 LPG - Diablo Red ]FOR SALE[/b] "I LIVE FOR THE 306" |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:43
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owain
Seasoned Pro  Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #84
simonjames wrote: maybe also have a newbies section so members can register and post in (to be welcomed) before paying up for membership ?? I say all or nothing. It'll just be full of posts saying "Hi, I'm new! Hi! I've got this problem, how do I fix it", then they'll get flamed and it'll be the same as now. Everyone pays a little, end of. PS Simon are those snowflakes? Wft man ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:44
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #85
Dan - Prospective members would be able to see the whole forum though and being able to make up their own mind. They just wouldn't be able to create an account and post without doing so.The site would still be free as read-only, one advantage of this is prospective members could search for technical answers they needed instead of posting up the same questions without searching first. ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:45
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,882 Status: Offline |
Post #86
stan_306gti6 wrote: heidi6 wrote: I think there should be more forum meets. There did used to be things like this. I organised the Pug Run for many years and also we had things like the Christmas get together back in 2004. I'd well be up for a chrimbo shindig!  but any reason for a p*ssup is a good reason for me Sort it Stan!!!  ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:47
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #87
stan_306gti6 wrote: The site would still be free as read-only, one advantage of this is prospective members could search for technical answers they needed instead of posting up the same questions without searching first. This. Very important to be able to read, else search engines can't find you. It also means people will have to pay, or have to search. Either way, it's for the best for the forum. Other thing is it'd need to be easy and immediate to pay - at the moment people have to have their payments manually approved by an Admin, which takes forever when the admins are made of fairy dust and dreams. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:47
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #88
owain wrote: simonjames wrote: maybe also have a newbies section so members can register and post in (to be welcomed) before paying up for membership ?? I say all or nothing. It'll just be full of posts saying "Hi, I'm new! Hi! I've got this problem, how do I fix it", then they'll get flamed and it'll be the same as now. Everyone pays a little, end of. PS Simon are those snowflakes? Wft man That site was edited in Dec so i decided to put some Christmas feel on to it, if you keep the page open long enough the snow will fill your screen  ________________________________________ All South Wales Members Click HereTeam Supercharged Black RALLYE ™ (Click Here for Build Project) MY EBAY ITEMS 07943066306 |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:48
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #89
simonjames wrote: if you keep the page open long enough ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:48
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #90
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:49
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,796 Status: Offline |
Post #91
.forumotion.commight aswell be randomprimarywebsite.com/members/pages/~gti6_owners_club ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:50
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #92
I think we can do better than that. If only I worked for a domain registrar....________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:52
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ballardpaul
Seasoned Pro  Location: Croydon Registered: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 4,135 Status: Offline |
Post #93
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:53
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #94
ballardpaul wrote: ? ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:54
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #95
yeah the forumotion is basic but can be edited to look ok ________________________________________ All South Wales Members Click HereTeam Supercharged Black RALLYE ™ (Click Here for Build Project) MY EBAY ITEMS 07943066306 |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:54
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #96
Stan, I wouldn't go so firm on it with as many 'it would' 'you can' 'they will' etc.Ash may not appreciate having 90% of the active members now expecting that to be the way with a price structure if that format gets banded around in each of these threads. Have you been in talks with him? I read somewhere about you becoming an Admin, although that again could have been someones suggestion. If he doesn't want you to be admin, we are all going to be writing this in another thread, for the 8th time, next month. I realise you say all your points are only ideas, but can come across to people as expectations. If Ash wanted it to be like we all keep writing about, he would take it on board and make the changes, but he hasn't, and might actually not if truth be told. We need to be realistic in the fact that any of this may never happen. As I have mentioned before, Ash selling up would sort the issue if we are honest. If Admins are going to take over the writing of code, making changes and pricing etc, will Ash have much of an interst in it? He hasn't had for the last 6 months. I just think we shouldn't forget that unfortunately this site may have lost what it was, and in current owneship may never return to that. ________________________________________ |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:55
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,796 Status: Offline |
Post #97
owain wrote: I think we can do better than that. If only I worked for a domain registrar.... don't worry, i know a bit about websites, i will email my mate in afghanistan who can buy us a .com and he will post me the details back. they are only £45 a year also, i know a bit of html and am well skilled in frontpage 98 and photoshop cs1. i can do a kickass interface for it, if you can do the Perl coding ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:56
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
Post #98
Trust me, you don't want to use off-the-shelf software. Whenever a vulnerability gets found out, people can easily Google for people using it and hack the hell out of your site before you get a chance to update it (you have been keeping on top of your code updates, right?). They're also a nightmare to add features too. And they're slow. Write your own and all the suggestions people have made with regards to listing thread reports, marking for-sale threads as SOLD, moving threads between sections are all two-minute jobs. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:57
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simonjames
Seasoned Pro Location: Whitland S.Wales Registered: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 6,219 Status: Offline |
Post #99
rikky wrote: owain wrote: I think we can do better than that. If only I worked for a domain registrar.... don't worry, i know a bit about websites, i will email my mate in afghanistan who can buy us a .com and he will post me the details back. they are only £45 a year also, i know a bit of html and am well skilled in frontpage 98 and photoshop cs1. i can do a kickass interface for it, if you can do the Perl coding i'll have 2 then ________________________________________ All South Wales Members Click HereTeam Supercharged Black RALLYE ™ (Click Here for Build Project) MY EBAY ITEMS 07943066306 |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:58
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,796 Status: Offline |
Post #100
i'd buy this site and charge everyone £10 just to leaveif this site was actually marketed like the psooc or others, money could be made from it properly ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 16th Feb 2012 at 13:59
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