MK5 Golf GTI
General => Announcements => Topic started by: rich83 on February 07, 2014, 02:46:15 pm
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Welcome back
I just wanted to write a quick post to introduce you to the new Administration team here at www.mk5golfgti.co.uk. The forum will now be run as a partnership between myself (richwig83) and Alex (vRSAlex)
Our aim is to continue the great forum that SteveP created back in 2008. One thing we explicitly want to keep is its ethos of unbiased and impartial advice, something that we feel sets it aside from the rest. As a starting point we want to completely overhaul the for-sale section, as this seems to cause problems. There will be new rules which will hopefully dissuade the casual scammers from trying their luck. These rules will be outlined over the weekend and a new 'Sticky' posts added to every section. Further changes will be outlined as and when we get around to them. For all intents and purposes the forum will run as is... we want it like that because we know you want it like that
The forum has now been transferred over to our new server, hopefully you will already notice an increase in performance. We intend to upgrade the forum software from v1.1.19 to the latest v2.0.7 in due course which should again help stability and performance. If you experience any problems at all please contact us either by PM or emailing mk5 golf gti forum at gmail dot com and we will try and resolve any issues as quickly as possible.
We will be keeping the forum free for regular users. We will in due course ask for donations to cover the cost of the server running and maintenance. Transparency is the key, and we will only ask for donations if the pot is drying up, with any surplus funds being held for future bills.
We will keep the current moderator structure in place, unless they specifically request otherwise.
We have had some great help in setting up the forum on the new server from James at www.xigen.co.uk ... so thanks to him.
Best Wishes
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Nice one guys, quite a seamless transition there!
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:congrats: nice to see the forum still going as been with it from day 1 and would be sad to see it go
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Fair play to ye. One of the best forums I've ever been on for knowledge and advice.
Best of luck with it.
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Hip hip hooray! :pomppomp: :pomppomp: :pomppomp:
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It seemed a brilliant handover, thank you and good luck rich, Alex and jay :star:
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Running a forum is a full time job so good appointments :happy2:
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Yay!
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your efforts are very much apreciated as this is a great forum
thankyou all for volunteering for this :happy2:
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Thanks guys......glad to hear it's been taken on by keen people. :happy2:
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Thanks guys for taking over and keeping this forum going! It's the first thing I check in the morning then from 6-10 in the eve! My mrs hates it cause I end up spending a fortune trying to copy some of the great members cars!!!
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Well done Rich, Alex and Jamie. :congrats: :congrats:
This forum is a great place to be. Met some great peeps, made some good friends, enjoyed the banter and bought loads of sh*t. If things continue as they are, you'd have succeeded in my book.
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Cheers guys. :happy2:
I don't post that much but I'm this forum is a massive fountain of knowledge, been a great help to me and I've only been on the Golf scene 6 months!
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What they said :grin: :congrats:
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What he said. :happy2: :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
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Thanks guys
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Can't really add anything to this. Good luck :drinking:
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Thanks to SteveP, Greeners, 182_blue for putting the effort in from the start. You guys are awesome. Hopefully this new lot will be able to take the torch and do the outstanding job you did.
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Cool :grouphug: :love:
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Thanks to SteveP, Greeners, 182_blue for putting the effort in from the start. You guys are awesome. Hopefully this new lot will be able to take the torch and do the outstanding job you did.
Absolutely. We sincerely hope that both past and continuing moderators hang around.
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Cheers guys for taking the time to keep this forum alive :congrats:
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Thanks Jaz! :love:
All the best chaps! :drinking:
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are you still a moderator Nath
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are you still a moderator Nath
No chap, done my share ( 8 years this year ) and felt it best to leave the guys to it who still have the cars and an interest. Mine has long since gone and with my job I rarely get the time to get on here. Will still be around as I have made some life long friends thanks to this old place! :love:
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Just to extend what Greeners has said, and to be 100% clear we are asking all current mods what they want to do. We are not giving them all the boot! :laugh:
Thanks Nath :happy2:
Rich
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Good luck chaps, nice to hear the forum will continue with the same great ethos that made this place the awesome success it is today! :happy2:
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Just to extend what Greeners has said, and to be 100% clear we are asking all current mods what they want to do. We are not giving them all the boot! :laugh:
Thanks Nath :happy2:
Rich
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Good luck guys now lets get this forum back to the way it used to be :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
all the best
scott :happy2:
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Possibly not the right place and a bit too early to ask but will you guys be looking at suggestions from members on ideas of how to to improve the forum further? I don't have any myself but i'm sure there are members who may have seen features on other forums that work really well which would work well here for instance?
just a thought :happy2:.
Thanks
Rich
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Possibly not the right place and a bit too early to ask but will you guys be looking at suggestions from members on ideas of how to to improve the forum further? I don't have any myself but i'm sure there are members who may have seen features on other forums that work really well which would work well here for instance?
just a thought :happy2:.
Thanks
Rich
Yes of course. We will be doing that, just need to let the dust settle and fix a few problems we are having. :happy2:
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Well done guys both past and present.
Simon.
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Thanks to SteveP, Greeners, 182_blue for putting the effort in from the start. You guys are awesome. Hopefully this new lot will be able to take the torch and do the outstanding job you did.
Don't forget Top Cat :surprised:
One of my fave of the old mods :wink:. Is he still around??
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Yes... TC will remain on as a moderator ! :happy2:
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Possibly not the right place and a bit too early to ask but will you guys be looking at suggestions from members on ideas of how to to improve the forum further? I don't have any myself but i'm sure there are members who may have seen features on other forums that work really well which would work well here for instance?
just a thought :happy2:.
Thanks
Rich
Yup as Rich said at the end of the day we want you guys to really enjoy your time on the forum and carry on really as the forum has been over the last years.
As mentioned just allow us to bed things in and we'll sort out a section for suggestions to the site. :popcornsoda:
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thanks to everyone concerned
this is a great forum would be lost with out it :)
Dan.. :happy2:
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Don't forget Top Cat :surprised:
One of my fave of the old mods :wink:. Is he still around??
I knew I was gonna forget someone! TC was a good laugh as well.
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Thx for taking care of this place, it's seen more of me and my funding than the current wife has, so would be sad to see it stop being what it has been all the other years.
Looking forward to seeing your guys touch on this place :happy2:
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Nice one fellas!
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Yes... TC will remain on as a moderator ! :happy2:
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Yes... TC will remain on as a moderator ! :happy2:
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Thanks to Steve, Tom, Nath, 182_blue etc... for starting what is and will continue to be an example of a very successful internet forum as far as I'm concerned. An example of an internet community working to it's best ability.
Thanks to Rich, Alex and Jay for picking up the mantle going forwards.
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Definitely picking up something...soap probably in Richards case :signLOL:
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Thanks to Steve, Tom, Nath, 182_blue etc... for starting what is and will continue to be an example of a very successful internet forum as far as I'm concerned. An example of an internet community working to it's best ability.
Thanks to Rich, Alex and Jay for picking up the mantle going forwards.
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Good news Guys :happy2: I still frequent here as I still have a 2.0 TFSI just with a diff badge always been a good forum and compared to other VAG forums its miles ahead :drinking:
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Thanks to old admins and let's get the new party started for the new admins :drinking:
The new FS section is a great start to protect members and our precious modding budgets.
:congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
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Best of luck to Alex, Jay and Rich. Good on you for taking this place on. :happy2:
Thank you to SteveP and his team for everything they've done, good to see Top cat will stick around.
:congrats: :pomppomp:
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Great news- glad that the forum will be continuing. I've not been here too long, but can see there's some great history (& people) behind it.
I can only see this forum becoming busier, so the changes to the classifieds are to be welcomed. Well done guys :drinking:
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Thanks guys...!!!
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:congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: Well done guys :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
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Nice one chaps :congrats:
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Thanks guys... We wont get it right all the time, but we will try.
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Thanks to SteveP, TopCat, Greeners and 182 blue for starting and running the site, it is one of the best site I've been a member of even though the amount of money this place has helped me save is far out weighed by the mods it's convinced me to do :signLOL:
Good luck and thanks to Alex, Rich and Jay for wanting to take this on and continue running it with the same ethos :happy2:
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Great forum and good to see you guys intend to keep it that way. Thanks! :smiley:
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Dont come on here too much these days, but its really quick now compared what it used to be. Excellent work thanks!
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Dont come on here too much these days, but its really quick now compared what it used to be. Excellent work thanks!
Glad to hear it! :happy2:
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Well done Lads. :congrats:
I for one really appreciate all the hard work and effort made to keep the forum going. :notworthy:
It's an awesome forum and I want to thank the mods and admin, both past and present for keeping me entertained (and poor) for the last few years. :ashamed:
Hopefully we will all make the effort to organise meets, shows and obviously....Trackdays like the forum Nurburgring Trips. :driver:
Steve, Tom, Nathan, Shaun, Alex, Rich and Jay. Thank you. :drinking:
(As well as all the other past mods)
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Excellent work guys. What will the latest version of the forum software offer? Has a migration to other superior software been considered? vBulletin for example?
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Excellent work guys. What will the latest version of the forum software offer? Has a migration to other superior software been considered? vBulletin for example?
I think it's cost and to be honest this forum works quite well.
I've seen a forum migration on another site I am very active on and it's not a fun or pretty process...lol.
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I know, I've handled a few myself. Plenty of migration scripts out there though. :)
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We will (eventually) upgrade to v2 SMF which should be perfectly fine. One snag with this is that we might have to totally re-design the theme if it doesnt transfer correctly in the upgrade process.
SMF is still being supported an updated so its far from a "dead" bit of software. Its something that we can look into down the line, but I cant see it happening any time soon.
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It's running great just the way it is at the min... :notworthy:
I'm gonna need to turbo up my internet speed, just to keep up, when the forum gets a revised new map version upgrade to v2 SMF !
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Does V2 have any kind of CMS?
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Does V2 have any kind of CMS?
You mean seller feedback shizzle?
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Does V2 have any kind of CMS?
You mean seller feedback shizzle?
Content management system, web based front end. Rather than a "You are being directed to the forum" auto redirect. :)
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Where does it say that? Auto direct?
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If you go to www.mk5golfgti.co.uk only.
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If you go to www.mk5golfgti.co.uk only.
Ahhh. It just needs the contents moving from the /forum folder to the root directory.
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Admin?
Was going to upload some new eye candy in the VAG BABES thread, no go though as "REPLY" isn't in the option bar for me?
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Admin?
Was going to upload some new eye candy in the VAG BABES thread, no go though as "REPLY" isn't in the option bar for me?
Unlocked. Must have locked it by accident
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Rich tried to add it to his "stash"....
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Not been on the forum for a while - not even really been driving my car! Anyway best of luck to the new admins. If you do half as good a job as the last bunch I know this place will be just fine.
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Not sure if this is the appropriate place, but a really genuine THANK YOU to the team. This site has already proved to be an utterly invaluable resource in getting my new to me, but non-enthusiast owned edd 30 back on track. Let the modding commence!
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Just noticed Jay has been demoted to Global Mod?
Is this because he has swapped to a Golf Coupe and has plans to Admin on one of the Rocco forums? :grin:
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Just noticed Jay has been demoted to Global Mod?
Is this because he has swapped to a Golf Coupe and has plans to Admin on one of the Rocco forums? :grin:
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Just noticed Jay has been demoted to Global Mod?
Is this because he has swapped to a Golf Coupe and has plans to Admin on one of the Rocco forums? :grin:
Yes.
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Global takeover :booty:
Rich is just taunting me now that his car is lower than mime
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If you go to www.mk5golfgti.co.uk only.
Ahhh. It just needs the contents moving from the /forum folder to the root directory.
Just do a htaccess 301 redirect, as there might be more to it than just moving files to a different directory. :happy2:
It would be cool if the front end had a proper website, but time is money I know. :chicken:
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If you go to www.mk5golfgti.co.uk only.
Ahhh. It just needs the contents moving from the /forum folder to the root directory.
Just do a htaccess 301 redirect, as there might be more to it than just moving files to a different directory. :happy2:
It would be cool if the front end had a proper website, but time is money I know. :chicken:
Any ideas on what we would put there?
When we eventually upgrade we will make ww.mk5golfgti.co.uk the default and get rid of the sub directory
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If you go to www.mk5golfgti.co.uk only.
Ahhh. It just needs the contents moving from the /forum folder to the root directory.
Just do a htaccess 301 redirect, as there might be more to it than just moving files to a different directory. :happy2:
It would be cool if the front end had a proper website, but time is money I know. :chicken:
Any ideas on what we would put there?
When we eventually upgrade we will make ww.mk5golfgti.co.uk the default and get rid of the sub directory
Personally, I'd keep the forum in its sub directory, there's no benefit to moving it and possible problems not only locally but also in SERP's (initially at least).
*UNLESS the new forum software has some nice features for creating a shiny front end..?
IF you wanted the forum to be the new front end just add a .htaccess file in the root directory with the following:
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Redirect 301 / http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum
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That will automatically redirect http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/ to http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum - it wouldn't take any time to redirect unlike a meta redirect.
This would leave you free to develop (or not) a new front end with all the main things about the Mk5, could be a simple WordPress or Joomla site with some nice Graphics, sliding JScript type shizzle.
Common issues and fixes: DV's / Cam Followers / Rusty wheel arches
Frequently Asked Questions: possibly link into forum
Model Line UP: GTI / Eddy / Pirelli
Calendar of Events:
Donations: Simple PP
Merchandise: Simple PP buttons, Calendar, Stickers etc.
Main Sections of the Forum: Latest Posts etc.
There maybe a mod to populate most of the above via the forum... or perhaps just via RSS to gather some of the data.
* Lots of ways of doing it, but as said I'd leave the forum in the sub directory (with 301) unless the new software has some CMS features to create a more engaging Index.
Either way, it all works and the forum is still very quick and MUCH quicker than it was before the change over to the new server, so :drinking: to all,.
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OK... thats something to think off in the future... thanks :happy2:
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And thats me done.....
I've decided to stand down as admin on the forum, which I am sure will delight some :signLOL: I am too busy over the next few months, and really need to channel my energy into "Me things", rather selfish I know.
Any way. The forum will be still run by Alex as admin, the 2 current moderators and Daz as technical support boffin.
Thanks.
Rich
PS.... why can I not receive any more PM messages? Says theres a limit and I am on 388% full..... whats the limit and which clown decided that was a good idea??? :fighting2:
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Sorry to see your standing down Rich now empty your in box :signLOL:
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sorry to see you leave the admin team @rich83 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=709) hopefully you'll still be around - good luck with the "me time"
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That's a long wank mate.
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A big thank you to rich for the many hours he's spent improving the forum. I know first hand how much time the forum saps from everything else you have to do. Good luck
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Sad to see you step down but I hope you'll be back as part of the team soon.
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Sad to see you step down but I hope you'll be back as part of the team soon.
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took us this long to get rid of him.