Rab Posted March 29, 2023 Posted March 29, 2023 Welcome back. There have been a few changes to the forum to help limit the number of resources we're using to help keep the forum afloat. As standard everyone can still use the forum normally and post wherever they want, although I've changed a few things: There is now a 30 second flood control which includes things like the unread content tab (every refresh is a new query to the db) Signatures have been disabled The number of reputations you can give out is now 2 per day (this one seems dumb but the reputation table on the database is the 3rd biggest one which surprised me when I was looking at ways to cut back) Previously donators could upload images and videos to the server although this has been limited to just images under a new subscription scheme. All of these things will be available or be unlimited through a subscription (not mandatory but it will help with costs) that'll hopefully help balance the costs vs the resources battle we've had since we moved off our original server. ___ Discord will still exist alongside the forum since it seems to work better for live events like F1 although, for the most part, the Discord will be tidied up to accommodate the fact the forum has returned. I've also added a new payment option called Stripe which is an alternative to PayPal and lets you subscribe to the forum without creating any new accounts. The donation button has been removed as I'm hopeful that the £3.50 is low enough to get more people on board and help keep the forum funded on a monthly basis.
Subscriber Pyfish+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 Yay! The minor adjustments make a lot of sense. it's weird being back here
Redcanuck Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 Definitely back here? Didn't like the other place, I am too old and set in my ways to do change of any kind.
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Redcanuck said: Definitely back here? Didn't like the other place, I am too old and set in my ways to do change of any kind. Welcome home.
Bluewolf Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 Nice to be back to the old style... It was a fucker trying to find out where everyone was hanging out. Nice work Rab...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 On 30/03/2023 at 07:46, DeadLinesman said: Just used my plus one for the day. FFS. fucking hell yeah. Didn't even occur immediately as I'd done it. Half of my reps gone already. Good move though. Appreciate it's not an ideal situation at all but Discord just wasn't quite the same. I'll likely contribute - wouldn't usually but I've been about here 10 or so years and I use it most days so I think it's fair game really.
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Dan said: fucking hell yeah. Didn't even occur immediately as I'd done it. Half of my reps gone already. Good move though. Appreciate it's not an ideal situation at all but Discord just wasn't quite the same. I'll likely contribute - wouldn't usually but I've been about here 10 or so years and I use it most days so I think it's fair game really. Pro tip: You can unrep me and give it to someone else. Rep management is key.
nudge Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 On 29/03/2023 at 18:32, Rab said: I've also added a new payment option called Stripe which is an alternative to PayPal and lets you subscribe to the forum without creating any new accounts. Just tried this, shows as pending atm, but it seems that it worked... This is good stuff as I had endless issues with PayPal payments in the past. Still Discord 4 life though
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 I've subscribed, least I can do I think .
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, nudge said: Just tried this, shows as pending atm, but it seems that it worked... This is good stuff as I had endless issues with PayPal payments in the past. Still Discord 4 life though Thanks for the heads up. The payment is on the account and the forum has recognised that the payment is there but there's not been any sort of automatic acceptance. I've done it manually while I figure out why it's not working anymore.
Subscriber Coma+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 Well now I don't know where to post.
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 Should be working automatically now. Thanks @nudge
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 Nice to be home, so the April Fool was saying the Forum will return on Saturday As a donator I will pay £3.50 or £5.00 every month off my pension, as I have always said that's cheaper than buying a packet of cancer sticks.
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 On 29/03/2023 at 12:32, Rab said: Signatures have been disabled Just noticed my signature is still there? also noticed my Chrome Grammarly is not showing.
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Just noticed my signature is still there? also noticed my Chrome Grammarly is not showing. Signatures are enabled for subscribers.
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted March 31, 2023 Subscriber Posted March 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Rab said: Signatures are enabled for subscribers. Cool man
Dr. Gonzo Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 Can I pay for a year subscription all at once? I'll start subscribing once I've moved into the new house. Glad to be back on the forum, even though I did really like Discord - we're going to keep using both, right? I'll be on both.
Rab Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: Can I pay for a year subscription all at once? I'll start subscribing once I've moved into the new house. Glad to be back on the forum, even though I did really like Discord - we're going to keep using both, right? I'll be on both. Tbf I didn't really think about it but I could set it up for the year too if that's your preference.
Dr. Gonzo Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 Just now, Rab said: Tbf I didn't really think about it but I could set it up for the year too if that's your preference. Yeah, I'd prefer a year if that's possible - thanks!
Bluewolf Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Can I pay for a year subscription all at once?
Dr. Gonzo Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 Just now, Bluewolf said: Sadly I can't use the laugh reaction as I've used up my rep points for the day.
Bluewolf Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Sadly I can't use the laugh reaction as I've used up my rep points for the day. I know you meant well....
Dr. Gonzo Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 @Cicero tagging you because you never made the switch over to Discord and people were asking where the fuck you were constantly.
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