Maintenance Finished -- PLEASE READ THIS

[89AKurt]

12 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said:

Which area? 

The whole Trucks section was gone.  I searched and found my VW Microbus thread, but no comment box was available.

*EDIT* That was last night, it's working now!

Edited April 19, 2020 by 89AKurt

[Phildaupho]

Thanks Dave - Good work. I like the changes made and I am sure it will get even better. Appreciate the addition of Other Racing as that is one of my favourite subjects.

[OldNYJim]

Works great for me - super fast and all pretty logical!  Thanks for all the efforts Dave (and everyone else concerned) ??

[Dave Ambrose]

Thanks you all. I’m glad people like this new layout.

Xingu, aka Mike Hill, came up with it. He certainly deserves a round of applause. I think it’s going to work a lot better going forward. 

[1930fordpickup]

A big Thank You to all  of you guys involved. 

[Dave Ambrose]

4 hours ago, Painted Black said:

Looks good to me. Like it!!

Well I just scrolled down to the drag racing forum. said I didn't have permission to view...

I just found and fixed the problem. It should work normally now. 

[peteski]

9 hours ago, Xingu said:

Big Boyz are being merged back into the regular Model Cars and Model Trucks areas. Same is happening with Diecast, Resincast and 3D models.

I never understood this separation of scales in the car sections.  A model car is a model car.  Under Glass should encompass all scales of automobiles.  That is a welcome change. Also nice that other types of models gained their own Under Glass sections. Good job!

[Tom Geiger]

I like the changes. There are common sense categories that no doubt were changed because people voiced it!

One last things I’d like is to allow clubs and shows to make timely announcements on the general boards. It’s fine to have those separate categories but people do not go there.

It’s frustrating for events to try to get word out on a change, such as the recent need to communicate cancellations and postponements. I  know Dan was trying to let people know about his show going online and his post got moved.

I'm still getting a call a week from people asking if NNL East is still on for next Saturday.  (No it’s been postponed until September- NJ is on shut down)

 

Edited April 19, 2020 by Tom Geiger

[Xingu]

7 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

I like the changes. There are common sense categories that no doubt were changed because people voiced it!

One last things I’d like is to allow clubs and shows to make timely announcements on the general boards. It’s fine to have those separate categories but people do not go there.

It’s frustrating for events to try to get word out on a change, such as the recent need to communicate cancellations and postponements. I  know Dan was trying to let people know about his show going online and his post got moved.

I'm still getting a call a week from people asking if NNL East is still on for next Saturday.  (No it’s been postponed until September- NJ is on shut down)

 

I have an idea for that and ran it up the chain of command.

[Tom Geiger]

2 minutes ago, Xingu said:

I have an idea for that and ran it up the chain of command.

Thanks! ?

[slusher]

I really like the new lay out. Really nice work moderators!

[slusher]

11 hours ago, afx said:

Thanks Dave for the new categories!  However I have seen no improvement on the slow performance issues I'm experiencing.  

 

9 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said:

Rats — I’ll keep investigating. 

Could this be a problem with so many people home and on the internet?

[Dave Ambrose]

1 minute ago, slusher said:

 

Could this be a problem with so many people home and on the internet?

Unfortunately, we've eliminated that possibility. A few people are getting slow response when they're logged in, and fast response when they aren't logged in. I did some database maintenance that I was hoping would at least alleviate the problem, but it hasn't done so. I'll open a support ticket with the forum software vendor later this week.

[Ctmodeler]

For me the website now has really slow loading issues ?

[THarrison351]

Seems fast now

[57peppershaker]

Real confusing now. Some diecast stuffs been merged in with plastic builds ?

[vintagerpm]

Why are motorcycles merged into everything non-automotive?

 

[dmthamade]

It's like when they rearrange aisles at the store, confusing as heck, but you get used to it.

 

Don

[Xingu]

3 hours ago, vintagerpm said:

Why are motorcycles merged into everything non-automotive?

 

Motorcycles are in the same grouping they have always been. We only clarified what else can also be posted there.

[1972coronet]

Other than the obnoxious red-coloured bar across the top which reads ' Maintenance Complete '  that persists on hanging around , all looks good . 

[Xingu]

21 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

Other than the obnoxious red-coloured bar across the top which reads ' Maintenance Complete '  that persists on hanging around , all looks good . 

I see that bar is working! It is there to make sure everyone reads the thread that quickly explains the changes. It will stay a while longer so that more folks can read the thread before they start sending messages saying the board is broken.

[1972coronet]

2 hours ago, Xingu said:

I see that bar is working! It is there to make sure everyone reads the thread that quickly explains the changes. It will stay a while longer so that more folks can read the thread before they start sending messages saying the board is broken.

Very well then . I'd figured that it was there for that reason ; I was hoping that it'd disappear once one's server recognised the notification . 

Thank you for the information .

[Roadrunner]

One thing I'd really like to see, if doable, is more clarification of the specific forum groupings. While a title is given (Under Glass, for instance), having it in bold or larger letters or something, would certainly be nice.

[afx]

On 4/19/2020 at 7:36 PM, Dave Ambrose said:

Unfortunately, we've eliminated that possibility. A few people are getting slow response when they're logged in, and fast response when they aren't logged in. I did some database maintenance that I was hoping would at least alleviate the problem, but it hasn't done so. I'll open a support ticket with the forum software vendor later this week.

I hope the software vendor can find a solution, the slow loading speed is becoming tedious and sucking the fun out of the forum for me.

[dodgefever]

29 minutes ago, afx said:

I hope the software vendor can find a solution, the slow loading speed is becoming tedious and sucking the fun out of the forum for me.

I'm finding individual threads aren't too bad, but I usually have Unread Content as my starting page and that's taking nine or ten seconds to load.