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I would double , no triple the moderators salaries. All kidding aside, I want to tank you all for your dedication to furthering the hobby.
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District 35 Chris?Chris is heavily involved in his business (which has greatly expanded opening up more clinics and offices). And now with his political carrier at hand, it's a lot for anyone to have on their plate. I talk and email with him frequently. Even I sometimes have trouble reaching him at times. Due to that, I've been given the reigns when it comes to the site for the most part. (I don't deal with the trademark, his money, exc.) But I can say absolutely that his position on political talk wouldn't change. I actually had a lengthy discussion about his campaigning on the site wasn't a wise move. So, please understand I'm not afraid to speak frankly about any topics with him.
That's the reasoning for this thread. To allow some feedback from the community. So outside of political discussions, I'm here to take suggestions and see what I can improve for you guys.
Yes, for the most part when you ask me, it's as though you're asking Chris. (Again, I can make operational changes, but I divert to Chris when it gets into the trademark, anything money related, exc.)Drew I can understand that and I am fine with it. So when we are having a open discussion with you it's as if we are talking with Cris.
So I respectfully request that we talk to you and other mods let you deal with your thread.
To be totally honest the comment Swbradly made was out of hand .
You asked we answered and YOU replied.
The one thing that I find annoying is being not being able to go back to view older posts than 'one day' or being restricted to 'new posts' when I've been away for a number of days (IE, GA Rally, my St. Stanislas Charity trips which can last two weeks). Selecting the 'new posts' and there are 30 pages of them, guarantees that I will never see 90 percent of them, because I will time out even though the 'remember me' is set on. Those posts are 'lost' to me, and I might have been able to contribute a correct answer (well, anything is possible). I realize the software base has changed, but a separate drop down for 'all posts' or 'all threads' which would start at the most current and go back (all the way to the very first post on the site) as far as someone has the fortitude and time to delve. This would be like looking at all threads in a particular forum, but it would be over all forums at the same time and not limited to the specific forum an individual was in at the time. As far as I use the site, everything else seems to be fine!
Unfortunately we're screwed on that. vBulletin didn't do the coding on it. Yahoo did. An exploit was found allowing the uploaded to be compromised by hackers. Yahoo basically said, we're done with supporting the YUI. And vBulletin left the users the choice of remove it and use the default painful one at a time loader they have and be secure. Or keep running Yahoo's compromised uploader and risk your site.OK, I really don't want to read all these pages. I read two. If this is a repeat, just delete it.
ON pictures. The old version allowed multiple picture downloads simultaneously. The newer version allows one at a time. The newer version automatically downsizes the picture if it is to big, which is a plus. If the pictures could be downloaded simultaneously up to ten, and put in a local queue where they could be downsized as appropriate, then uploaded to the site, this would be a big help and make life so much easier and faster for all who want to load more then one picture. Not sure if that can be done with the present version. Might require local rewriting of code. If you have a contractor for support, they should be able to rewrite the code to accept the batch job.
Didn't even know. I thought everything was under classifieds.I'd like to see the Vendor's forum moved into the classifieds section. There isn't a lot going on in there, so it doesn't show up on the Today's Posts list very often, and also doesn't show up at all when a user clicks on the classifieds tab at the top of every page. I think because of this a lot of people forget to check the vendor's forum when looking for parts.
The no comments in the classifieds does have some drawbacks but I will say this, that single feature has done more to help us mods keep the classifieds under control than anything that has ever been done. I say leave the classifieds with no comments.Make the no comments in the classifieds an option when you create the thread because some people like and hate that feature.
TY is right classifieds are a million times easier to manage now!Make the no comments in the classifieds an option when you create the thread because some people like and hate that feature.
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