Ok its that time again...

once every 5 or so years we do have to do a serious upgrade to the site system software

Due to the nature of the upgrade and the custom side of the main  site features  along with the amount and the age of the content on here it can be just a bit problematic.

Plan is to start it all next Monday Night 12th May 2025. Once the upgrade has been carried out , there may be a lot of work afterwards to get the main features back up and running as you are used to, so 

Anyway ideally the total process will take no more than 3 days ,The site should be available but as said some main features may be lacking or indeed absent for a short time

Just letting ya know in advance, all happening next week

 

 

 

 

 

Ok fella

ok  bud

On 07/05/2025 at 11:54, Mike said:

Ok its that time again...

once every 5 or so years we do have to do a serious upgrade to the site system software

Due to the nature of the upgrade and the custom side of the main  site features  along with the amount and the age of the content on here it can be just a bit problematic.

Plan is to start it all next Monday Night 12th May 2025. Once the upgrade has been carried out , there may be a lot of work afterwards to get the main features back up and running as you are used to, so 

Anyway ideally the total process will take no more than 3 days ,The site should be available but as said some main features may be lacking or indeed absent for a short time

Just letting ya know in advance, all happening next week

 

 

 

 

 

Ok be aware that it's not 100%  happening tonight due to real world issues, there's a chance that may have to delay it by  24hrs, hopefully will be able to confirm soonest

Though currently the plan is to start tonight at 2200hrs

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A bit more info, the upgrade is a software based one,  so no concerns with server, ips etc

Most features will be upgraded however some will be paused and will hopefully return soonest

The below will be upgraded in the following order, as said the features will return but they will require work asp before they return to as they are now

forum

sales markt

events - all features - though map based features may be offline for a few days

front page  - news/articles -

source store will be replaced {see earlier post }

gallery, videos, member map 

 

the below features will be put on hold awaiting new version or alternatives if needed

sales feedback feature, in house newsletter

 

the below are no longer available and have been switched off

in house support feature, various minor features which will list later

 

that's about it

there's a fair bit of work after the actual upgrade so maybe a day or two of things aint what they should be

atb

mike

 

ok upgrade gets going in 15 mins

site closed , hopefully 2 -4 hours before we reopen , though be aware that there will be limited functionality when we return as follow on work will be needed and will be carried out

cheers

mike 

 

Well if that's to be described as a major update I'm instantly unimpressed upon arriving just now.

I absolutely hate the new appearance of the site , it now looks awful , sorry Guv.

Can you at least tell us how to return the text to Black please if it's possible ?

Edited yesterday at 05:491 day by Woodbutcher

Blazing fast for one thing. Good job.

8 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Well if that's to be described as a major update I'm instantly unimpressed upon arriving just now.

I absolutely hate the new appearance of the site , it now looks awful , sorry Guv.

Can you at least tell us how to return the text to Black please if it's possible ?

You'll find these towards the bottom of every page (at least on a PC - not sure about mobile):

First one is "Light Mode" and likely what you are after (haven't tried it yet).

Edit: Indeed - you want the first one.

Edited yesterday at 05:541 day by Damian

7 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Well if that's to be described as a major update I'm instantly unimpressed upon arriving just now.

I absolutely hate the new appearance of the site , it now looks awful , sorry Guv.

laughing here...

as I said in the other topic

'Ok that's the initial first part of this upgrade over

There's still a fair bit of sorting and tweaking out to do, work will continue over the next day or so'

though not for the next 8 hours, as I am off to bed

catch ya later

5 minutes ago, Damian said:

You'll find these towards the bottom of every page (at least on a PC - not sure about mobile):

First one is "Light Mode" and likely what you are after (haven't tried it yet).

Edit: Indeed - you want the first one.

Makes no difference here , I shall wait to see what the final "upgrade" looks like before commenting further.

1 minute ago, Woodbutcher said:

Makes no difference here , I shall wait to see what the final "upgrade" looks like before commenting further.

That's odd, the first one pretty much brought the site back to its old appearance for me.

So far so good - its looking and working well!

sorry i'm in the same opinion,it used to take me about a minute to go through ebay sales now its eye baffling please tweek this up other than that all fine,just seen your note on leaving feedback ...bit naughty it not being there as others like to know whether good or bad dealings !!!

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Steviehay

2 hours ago, Steviehay said:

sorry i'm in the same opinion,it used to take me about a minute to go through ebay sales now its eye baffling please tweek this up other than that all fine,just seen your note on leaving feedback ...bit naughty it not being there as others like to know whether good or bad dealings !!!

ref the feedback app yep its a useful feature, been both chasing and waiting the app author for a updated version, but nothing yet, plan is if no joy to use an alternative but be a couple of weeks before can sort

ref ebay - yep am working thru stuff in a sort of priority order, the link on top menu will return shortly (24-48hrs)

6 hours ago, Damian said:

You'll find these towards the bottom of every page (at least on a PC - not sure about mobile):

First one is "Light Mode" and likely what you are after (haven't tried it yet).

Edit: Indeed - you want the first one.

thanks for posting that

guess should have explained

dark mode v light mode v system setting

the site default is to use your device setting

eg if your pc/tablet switches to dark mode automatically say at night time

then site will also do, the same for the light mode say at morning

you can override this by using the buttons at the bottom left of every page

easiest way if not up to speed to see is to have a play

bottom left 3 choices,

light permeant, dark permeant, or system settings

I like the upgrade,looks and feels professional (if that’s the correct term) 👍

ok making progress, getting through things, a few glitches solved and working thru the list, one point...

layout

the light/dark mode may be surprising people, as in the 'automatic' mode of it switching on

so for now have switched the default to 'light' view and will switch back to 'system setting' in a day or so

hi Mike,

i notice all of the front page topics seem to have 9 views?

5 minutes ago, Kenb said:

hi Mike,

i notice all of the front page topics seem to have 9 views?

can't see where that is ken, can you guide us in ?

Hi Mike,

A couple of things I've noticed . . .

We seem to have lost the sub-menu links to navigate between forums, eg AATS to Box, or Sales to Wants etc. We now have to go up a level, and back down.

Also, the Sales and Feedback reputations seem to have disappeared, along with any links to members feedback.

Maybe you are aware of both of these and are working on them, but I just thought I'd mention it incase they had been overlooked.

FYI I'm using a desktop PC, and it may be different on a mobile.

1 minute ago, Mick Holdsworth said:

Hi Mike,

A couple of things I've noticed . . .

We seem to have lost the sub-menu links to navigate between forums, eg AATS to Box, or Sales to Wants etc. We now have to go up a level, and back down.

Also, the Sales and Feedback reputations seem to have disappeared, along with any links to members feedback.

Maybe you are aware of both of these and are working on them, but I just thought I'd mention it incase they had been overlooked.

FYI I'm using a desktop PC, and it may be different on a mobile.

thanks mick - the feedback app status was mentioned above , its 'awaiting the author' to upgrade it, if need be can/will get a alternative up

all the data is kept just so hopefully be a couple of weeks without

yep the submenu has gone, that was the default softwares choice, there is a lot of variety in how people navigate the site nowadays especially with different devices, but yep its something to look at in near future

thanks for the feedback

1 hour ago, Mike said:

can't see where that is ken, can you guide us in ?

Home Page Mike,