*Oct 2023: FORUM MIGRATION TIMELINE*

I'll see you all on the other side

Now all hold hands, close your eyes, and concentrate very hard...

................Then Jump off the cliff

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One small step for Man …

MichaelG.

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[ clipped from a recent thread on Grammar ]

I'm suffering from first night nerves! Problem is a large number of bugs and functional issues were identified, and although believed fixed, circumstances conspired to prevent them being retested before launch.

The risk something important is still broken is higher than I care for, but I'm a nervous bunny. Fellow IT-professionals will know how Ass got into Assurance!

Option A: it will be alright on the night.

Option B: if it can go wrong it will.

Be OK provided members all sacrifice their first born...

Dave

Hi Dave, to quote Donald Sutherland in his character in the film Kelly's Heroes, "What is it with those negative ways"

Regards Nick.

Dave, you've missed out Option C: Just how bad can it get?

Who will make the glorious last post on the old forum?

Dave

No email received as yet.

Regards

Gray,

Just sent you a message Gray.

I got the upgrade email.

It can't happen soon enough in my opinion.

Long overdue.

I migrated one forum from SimpleMachines to Xenforo, and it was a huge improvement.

There is much to be gained with today's improved forum software.

No pain, no gain, as they say.

I looked up the quote from the movie "Kelley's Heroes", as follows:

"Always with the negative waves, Moriarty, always with the negative waves. Oddball (Donald Sutherland) with his classic line "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves. Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"

So I say it can be done; it should be done.

Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead !

Pat J

Edited By PatJ on 04/10/2023 16:16:53

I was going to say that I hadn't recieved the email until I looked in Spam, and there it was.

Xenforo does seem quite good and a few forums I frequent use it, pitty they decided on something else

Edited By JasonB on 04/10/2023 19:12:58

On the assumption that the screengrab is a fair representation of what the forum will look like in about a weeks time, then I have a few observations that I would like to make. I don't want to pre-judge because I realise its probably work-in-progress and I know operability on portable devices was a requirement but a few things about the posted image confuse me. (I should point out that I have no web page layout skills or experience but as a lay person the following jump out at me)

Why does it need,

3 instances of 'Forums'

3 instances of 'Subscribe'

What are 'Features' (maybe its a lucky dip button!)

'Gallery' Is that the signed-in members own pictures?'

Main? top banner shows 'Modelling Hub' which I dont recall seeing before, but the page is not clear whether its ME or the MEW).

I accept that the page is a 'Help' page, but in that case it should not really need all the other banners and stuff carried over.

My best wishes to Darren and all the moderators, hope all goes well.

Regards

Ian P

Edited By JasonB on 04/10/2023 20:38:54

No E Mail in any of my boxes.

Keith

just sent you a PM Keith

No email in inbox, spam or junk.

Robert Butler

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I did a Google search for “the modelling hub”

Seems like it is quite a popular choice of catch-phrase [or whatever the correct terminology might be]

MichaelG.

Hi Pat J, OK I couldn't quite remember all the correct words, but I guess most people understood my comment. But thanks for sharing the correct lines.

Regards Nick.

It definitely looks cleaner.

If we can get anywhere close to what typical modern forum software will do, that would be very helpful, and would make posting things like photos infinitely faster.

Being about to use things like "Like" is great, because you get to connect with the folks reading, and can get verification that they like what you post.

Feedback is very nice on a forum.

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