Just a friendly reminder that we are in the process of upgrading the Forum software. Within the next two weeks we will be shutting down the Forum for a bit; from an hour to a few hours to make the transition. Then it will be back online for you to see the new bells and whistles we will have as mentioned in a previous post.
We will let you know when we will be making this transition before we shut it down to give you some warning. Both Phil and I want to thank you in advance for your patience during the transition. We are planning to move all 380,000 previous posts over to the new Forum on a new server which as you can imagine is no small feat. We do not anticipate any problems but with that much data, we cannot guarantee a 100% success rate but Phil is working very hard to ensure we come as close to 100% as possible.
Phil Lyons as you know is our CFM (Chief Forum Moderator) and this is his baby. If you like the job Phil is doing for basically peanuts every month because he likes to help out the bus conversion community, then plz send some Kudos his way. You can send him Kudos here, or via Private Message, or the Contact Us page and choosing Online Forum/BBS. If it was not for Phil and his brilliance his vast computer knowledge, we would have no Forum .
Kudos to Phil Lyons
Will you be offering counselling services to deal with the withdrawl symtoms during the transition? AUGHHHH!!!
Everyone there does a great job both with the forum and the Magazine. Keep up the great work.
I agree with Bill above great job on both fronts. :)
Thank you so much for all the support that you give to all of us.
Quote from: chessie4905 on May 22, 2018, 10:32:13 AM
Will you be offering counselling services to deal with the withdrawl symtoms during the transition? AUGHHHH!!!
Sure. :D
Quote from: chessie4905 on May 22, 2018, 10:32:13 AMWill you be offering counselling services to deal with the withdrawl symtoms during the transition? AUGHHHH!!!
Quote from: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on May 22, 2018, 08:18:08 PMSure. :D
I have my therapy arranged. I'll be changing the oil in my generator, cleaning the engine compartment, painting the new rear axle, installing an air conditioner, and sealing windows. That should keep me busy so that the shakes and headaches don't bother me too much. Imagine, actually doing work instead of reading posts on things that have been discussed 19 times before! ::)
I'm sure you guys think the board needs an overhaul, but from this end of things, it works pretty well. I do think you need to re-title the message though, "The BCM Forum is Shutting Down" title is too scary. A warning of a temporary interruption for maintenance would be more assuring. ;)
Thank you Phil and Gary and other invisible staff at BCM. I check on here 3 times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
JC
The subject line is alarming but fortunately the reality is more bearable.
Thank you for what you do.
Like JC, I check things out here 3 times a day which still leaves me enough time to get a few things done. Now I find myself checking about every 15 minutes just to be sure I don't miss the shutdown and as a result I'm unable to accomplish anything at all! Thanks a bunch :D. Jack
Gary/Phil, anything I can do, please feel free to ask. I have a ton of safe storage space if you need it for a full backup. Anything, anytime, always, friends.
Ian
Quote from: |@n on May 23, 2018, 10:39:41 AM
Gary/Phil, anything I can do, please feel free to ask. I have a ton of safe storage space if you need it for a full backup. Anything, anytime, always, friends.
Ian
Thanks for your offer Ian. I will let you know if we need it but I think we are all set.
Scary click-bait title!
Thanks for the staff here. As I mentioned in a prior post, I've got tons of experience with SMF if a hand is ever needed.
May have missed it while working through 1.4k pages of history, but is there a post about the incoming changes to expect?
Eek! You are shutting down just as I'm about to cross the country in my bus. Just great. Murphy's law is going to bite me in the bum bum. I just know it.
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This is still the greatest forum. I've been away for about two years, didn't realize it had been that long but the ole 4107 just wasn't giving me any problems so I neglected the forum.
Nice to be back.
Quote from: Scott & Heather on May 23, 2018, 08:18:28 PM
Eek! You are shutting down just as I'm about to cross the country in my bus. Just great. Murphy's law is going to bite me in the bum bum. I just know it.
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You are due for some good luck and uneventful driving!
Quote from: Phuriousgeorge on May 23, 2018, 07:47:03 PM
Scary click-bait title!
Thanks for the staff here. As I mentioned in a prior post, I've got tons of experience with SMF if a hand is ever needed.
May have missed it while working through 1.4k pages of history, but is there a post about the incoming changes to expect?
Phuriousgeorge,
It is nice to hear you have SMF experience. If you would like to be involved please PM me or Phil as we may be able to use your expertise. We hired a SMF guy last week to help us make the transition (for Beer money :D) but if you are willing to help after the transition we could probably use you.
As for the previous post regarding upgrading the forum it only said we were upgrading the forum and several folks gave us ideas. We are not 100% sure what the upgrades are from the outdated software we have been using to the latest and greatest version. We will find out what is available after we finish the upgrade hopefully in the next two weeks. You may know more about what we can take advantage of in the latest version more than I do as I have not taken time to research this yet.
One thing everyone wanted was the ability to upload larger photos which we will be able to do as we have more disk space than we had in the past and they also want something like a "Like" button which I am not sure is an option or not. Perhaps you know.
Gary
LIKE!
Just like to add my thanks to all who make this forum possible. Have not posted for a long time as we have 24 grandchildren and you can imagine the schedule at this end. Buses have been sitting for a long time and now am just getting to the sit around chores and look at this form as a fantastic source of information. The title was scary, but sure got our attention. Bill Thomas 04 and 06.
Hope it is exactly the same with easier pic upload / draw feature...
Bells and whistles are annoying.
One lesson of what not to do is Microsoft MSN Hotmail email.
Thanks for the Current forum :)
Just don't go with vbulletin ... please.
Gary and Phil, thank you for your huge efforts to keep the magazine and forum going and to all in the past that created and maintained this most helpful, useful and oftentimes entertaining bus magazine. lvmci, tom...