Welcome Back

So here we are, pain in the arse, took two attempts because of security on the server blah blah excuses.

Hopefully no one has been locked out, the all important button is at the top to see new post.

If anything goes a bit weird for anyone PM me please, this is a good starting point for suggestions etc which will be done on a feasibility and urgency order and timescale for starters i'll look for some better smilies, then an icon, then RSS feeds, then tapatalk.

The server is still building the search which will be finished by 2012 i reckon, and the server couldn't handle importing the gallery so i need to speak to the Greeks about that and get that up another day (it's just empty at the moment).

Should be as it was for mods and admins with a few extra tabs here and there, the converter moved over most of the settings from the old system.

Sorry for the abrupt maintenance message.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

P.S. if the site LOOKS fooked try bashing Ctrl+F5 (Cmd+r on a twat box) to get the new bits of the site skin.

Thank you!

Site looks great! Fresh, just like I like my women.

love the new look and extra features, well done!

paul

Good work. Thanks for the dedication to the cause. Davo.

Nice job dougle. Thanks for the effort mate. After all the talk and hoping we are finally there

I nearly freaked out when I logged on this morning, didn't realise how familiar you get with a site and when it changes it's a big shock. Looks good though.

Quick question. Can't seem to embed YouTube vids in a message. Anyone know the code to do this?? wrapping flash* around the URL doesn't do it.

Very nice new look. I like it! Great job guys!

yaa''''rgh1!?

what are the avatars doing over there ----------------->>> ?!?!

site looks funky..but...surely...change BAD! me scared...

I actually believed it when it said the site will be back on very soon......

dougle great job... can you do a quick explanation why going to the new version? This may help some of the guys who do not like change to see the advantages.

Just one other thing... is it possible to have a dark background and white writing? Easier to read i think

thanks dougle... big help.

and thanks for all your hard work

The new sites lookin great dude - thanks for all the hard work and effort

Even all my saved messages are still there

Let me be the 1st to put a ladies bottom on the new forum



Sorry - i couldnt help myself

Well done Dougle, in a matter of weeks you took on and completed this piece of work that the rest of us only thought about for the last year, maybe two, top notch!

The first time I wrote this though I backspaced a couple of times and ended up on the forum index and lost this post so I'm not sure what happened there

Looks like an awsome job, thanks Dougle!

Change can be good it seems, a bit to get used to but looks nice.

Dougle perfectly explained why the change was needed.
Running such an old version of the forum was a pain in the behind for the mods and a nightmare waiting to happen (vurnerable to hackers).
So another big thank you to dougle.

I was typing at the time but must have nudged something to put me out of the box I guess, thanks Dougle, I wonder how many times I'm gonna swear at that

Good work fellas... New functionality is great... Thanks for all the hard work in keeping the site fresh, up to date and working as it should. I look forward to the extra spam filtering, to hopefully clear my inbox of most of the new fake users we have to delete every day.

As a creative/comms professional I would comment that the dark-grey text on a light-grey/white background is a bit harsh on the eyes, and the usual navigation principles on most websites dictate tools & navigation to the left, and copy/content to the right... but I'm nitpicking, and if it stays like this people will get used to it in no time.

Dutch

All looks a bit weird to me atm but I'm sure I'll get used to it !!

Already liking the new style email for new account applications, will save loads of time

dougle, would you consider installing the following module which would enable access from the TouchBB Lite iPhone/iPad app for those of us who are not desk/pc bound?

Module:
http://support.messageforums.net/instal ... 3ce7ee2b21

iPhone/iPad app:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/touchbb- ... 58253?mt=8

There's a number of phpBB apps out there, TouchBB Lite is the best of the free bunch.

Cheers.

For a few seconds I thought what the f's gone wrong, then, yeah, I am liking this. Great job, well done, love it.

I am not one to know the "etiquette" of web site layout. I am happy that the site is here and I will be tickled in four weeks when I figure out what the new features are and in twenty-seven weeks whenI learn how to use one or two of them. This will surely spawn a litany of post ups of You Tube spew. At least you will get a glimpse of the subject matter and not have to link to the site to see you wasted your time.
Do I still post up pics through a photo managing site?
I think Dribble looks better looking over my post from the right site. The tie over links during rebuild were a speacial feature that saved me from having withdrawal symptoms, I laughed at the last "here" and said now There is a person that understands spirited ride.
Thank You
I shall return
Douglas

Haha glad you will stick around DribbleDuke, while the site was converting i did my tax return, caught up on the dakar, checked how to do my suspension and then nearly snapped my cock off. Good times.

Looks good thanks

Grendel is most pleased with the change!!!

Great work and hopefully less work for the Mods

Grendel repeats Schnauzer's request. iPhone module would be fantastic.

new skin's lookin' hahttttt! g'work

Two words Dougle:

FanFreakingTastic Work

Just gettin used to the new layout, will be a matter of a few visits and then this will be the new SD.net default

I understand nowt where computers are concerned,but thanks Dougle for all you're sterling work I understand that it had to be done,but what it actually was you did i have'nt a clue i'll let Klink explain next time we meet up Nice work.......Cheer's Ginge

Ah now that could be a problem I've not pic whored for a while but with spring not too far away those days could be returning and I can't have anything spoiling that! With the old style you were able to scroll across and get the image in.... Or if you have a nice wide screen monitor like me then just go full screen

Dougle is it a massive problem to switch the info/avatar to the left?

Wooooooah. Its all change here, nice work Dougle.

+1 on Avatar to the left if its possible. (just wanted to try the new smileeees)

And can we update the old orange superduke pic at the top?

Better stick to thumbnails then you bloody tarts!

At least it didnt cut the arse off the other pic u posted Ash. Nobody loves (lady) ass as much as u dude!

Ash. Your bike is looking very mean and good. I liked it a lot. Looking very stripped down and minimal, like the bellypan gone too. Then I siddenly realised it has no exhausts on it! That's going a bit far no?

An SD without it's 'kini looks wrong, though i'm wondering what a set of short slash cut pipes would look like, mmmm

Um moving profile info over to the left is not a biggy (at first glance) though it is perplexing me as i consider this to be the natural order, left to right, main content then meta info about the main content, as in:

Dear blah,

Main Blah

From Blah

if only there were a user setting: lefties and righties

I am please that people are generally happy to have moved up a gear on here.

The problem with the big images can be fixed with an official MOD. I'll discuss this with dougle.

Looking good, guys!

As Dutch said, I think this problem would be fixed by reverting the user info/avatar to the left, so at to not have a fixed border on the right.

Sorry, I must have sounded really ungrateful.

and miserable - and a bit of a c.unt.

Well I'm the last 2!

I really liked the old forum, simple but good. I'm sad to see it go.

Ahem

Fook you very much Pete

Just for you: http://superduke.net/forum_old

Thing is Pete for us Mods this upgrade is a dream come true. Email spam has gone from 60 a day to 6. Also some of the new features like youtube are nice to have. Once the layout/look is finally sorted you will hopefully get used to and come to appreciate it.

Having played around on here for a bit I would agree with those that suggest Avatars etc need to be on the left.

If we could get the old skin, or a current version not far off it that'd be good too IMO

Definitely suffered withdrawal symptoms.

Phew, almost lost it and offered my SDR for sale during downtime. I'm saved!

Now there are two SD forums,,,,,and another to follow,,,,much praise to those who got all this info back for the world to read,,

http://www.superdukeforum.com/index.php

http://superduke.org/

Wow..DUDES..and dudesses..
I think a tear is welling up...
DEFINITELY been jonzin..can't shake this drug...
great to see it back up and running...

Most Excellent!

Hooray for those that had a hand in getting it back. Boo to Tucows for dragging their heels!

Glad problem is solved

Well, that's a relief

Well done to all who worked furiously to get the site back up and running and now we can get back to some normality

Well done to all who worked so hard to get the site up and running again. It was missed big time by all who visit for both the banter and the useful source of information that it is.

Well done to all involved. Great work.

Ah, the Earth will finally slip back to its normal position!!!!

This is Soooooo fooking awsome

Did I miss something

Yep... Forum has been down for almost a month for technical reasons and we didn't know if we gonna see it again

Oh my god finally lol. My superduke is actually working correctly finally too. I wanted to tell you guys so bad D:

Yesss!

The forum is back thank so much to the one's involed. What a relief.
Glad your all here too!