What chance of moving to forum software from this century?
Discussion
While lots of people will no doubt complain and say it’s fine, it’s really not. It’s ancient.
You should be able to reply to and quote multiple posts all without leaving the page and going to a new one.
You should be able to edit your posts without being sent to a new page also.
A functioning PM system would be nice although not a necessity. Potentially too resource heavy, I understand. Also hosting of pictures on the server may also be too resource heavy, the thumb snap integration works well.
A working search would be a massive improvement. Looking for something and getting nothing from the past five years is a right royal pain.
Please consider this, it’s badly needed to drag Pistonheads into the 21st century.
Also edit to add, a working notification and tagging system too! We don’t need signatures or Avatars, that aspect works and keep the forum clean looking but the rest of it, well, I think it’s a poor indication of the rest of the site.
You should be able to reply to and quote multiple posts all without leaving the page and going to a new one.
You should be able to edit your posts without being sent to a new page also.
A functioning PM system would be nice although not a necessity. Potentially too resource heavy, I understand. Also hosting of pictures on the server may also be too resource heavy, the thumb snap integration works well.
A working search would be a massive improvement. Looking for something and getting nothing from the past five years is a right royal pain.
Please consider this, it’s badly needed to drag Pistonheads into the 21st century.
Also edit to add, a working notification and tagging system too! We don’t need signatures or Avatars, that aspect works and keep the forum clean looking but the rest of it, well, I think it’s a poor indication of the rest of the site.
Monkeylegend said:
Terminator X said:
vixen1700 said:
All the years of being here and I've never known (or needed to) how to multiple quote.
Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
Same here, not a clue how it works!Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
TX.
MissChief said:
Monkeylegend said:
Terminator X said:
vixen1700 said:
All the years of being here and I've never known (or needed to) how to multiple quote.
Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
Same here, not a clue how it works!Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
TX.
It is what it is, but it's free. My limited understanding of how the internet works says that our f
king inane ramblings are actually a product with a monetary value. That monetary value is extracted by whoever owns Pistonheads in advertising revenue, because we're all here talking bks and looking at ads, albeit unintentionally. If we continue to come, despite the disappointing experience, who gives a fk? Why should the owners of the forum invest any money in the user experience if people flock in droves to donate content for fk all?
king inane ramblings are actually a product with a monetary value. That monetary value is extracted by whoever owns Pistonheads in advertising revenue, because we're all here talking bks and looking at ads, albeit unintentionally. If we continue to come, despite the disappointing experience, who gives a fk? Why should the owners of the forum invest any money in the user experience if people flock in droves to donate content for fk all? MissChief said:
While lots of people will no doubt complain and say it’s fine, it’s really not. It’s ancient.
You should be able to reply to and quote multiple posts all without leaving the page and going to a new one.
You should be able to edit your posts without being sent to a new page also.
A functioning PM system would be nice although not a necessity. Potentially too resource heavy, I understand. Also hosting of pictures on the server may also be too resource heavy, the thumb snap integration works well.
A working search would be a massive improvement. Looking for something and getting nothing from the past five years is a right royal pain.
Please consider this, it’s badly needed to drag Pistonheads into the 21st century.
Also edit to add, a working notification and tagging system too! We don’t need signatures or Avatars, that aspect works and keep the forum clean looking but the rest of it, well, I think it’s a poor indication of the rest of the site.
The thumbsnap integration is seriously poor. You can't even upload multiple photos in one hit, and it can't resize larger photos. You should be able to reply to and quote multiple posts all without leaving the page and going to a new one.
You should be able to edit your posts without being sent to a new page also.
A functioning PM system would be nice although not a necessity. Potentially too resource heavy, I understand. Also hosting of pictures on the server may also be too resource heavy, the thumb snap integration works well.
A working search would be a massive improvement. Looking for something and getting nothing from the past five years is a right royal pain.
Please consider this, it’s badly needed to drag Pistonheads into the 21st century.
Also edit to add, a working notification and tagging system too! We don’t need signatures or Avatars, that aspect works and keep the forum clean looking but the rest of it, well, I think it’s a poor indication of the rest of the site.
Using a 3rd party site to host images went out five years ago, it's embarrassingly easy to host photos on any modern forum, locally or using an integrated interface with Amazon S3.
MissChief said:
Monkeylegend said:
Terminator X said:
vixen1700 said:
All the years of being here and I've never known (or needed to) how to multiple quote.
Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
Same here, not a clue how it works!Seems like a bit of a faff to be fair.
TX.
dhutch said:
Mr Pointy said:
There's no chance of importing all of the years of existing posts into a forum based on new software...
Nonsense. It would need a bit of custom script, and an afternoon to run.Daniel
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