• Hello Guest, welcome to the initial stages of our new platform!
    You can find some additional information about where we are in the process of migrating the board and setting up our new software here

    Thank you for being a part of our community!

New board, new host, new year

this? maybe you have something disabled where you're looking at a less functional panel? I can litterally take a screen shot and just ctrl-v paste it into this text box here:
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this? maybe you have something disabled where you're looking at a less functional panel? I can litterally take a screen shot and just ctrl-v paste it into this text box here:
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Just tried to do CTRL+V and it didn't like it when posting in Off-Topic... maybe PEBKC, but not 100% sure. Could only see a use a link option.

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But I could here.... Confused....
 
Cool i appreciate it of course... I will still need to go through and see what types of features we can use to make being a 'contributor' worth the one-time donation. I still think being able to add images will be opened up to everyone... it really is a key feature to promote using the forums
 
My icon does not look right in the circle format instead of rectangle.... can this be fixed? (I mean we are all squares and who ever heard of a round Volvo)
@boostdemon can you change the image upload to accept anything up to 20mb and then just resize it on the server side? I can't work out the limit on my own and its a PITA!
I have 544's are round
 
I can imagine how much work this has been and the progress made so far. I would contribute $$ but I don't have paypal, maybe I can get GTjordan to contribute on my behalf.

I think the Volvo people on this site are clever and resourceful and will be able to accommodate change like going from RWD to FWD and 4 cylinders to 5. If there is a newer more modern way then it should be incorporated.
 
First off, Thanks Dana, for the huge push on this.
Firefox user here... I'm not sure why, but Firefox automatically dumps the new forum in a Facebook container tab, so it's catching some sorta sharing with Facebook. Might be worth looking into.

M.
 
theres a way to login through facebook to your account... like shared logins that a lot of places use. maybe thats whats going on? i'll grab firefox and see if i can replicate it
 
yeah i'd like a join date or years of membership or something. i'll look for options eventually.
yeah this is the "default" style... i'll eventually make a custom one that will take over this as the default and then a dark one as well.
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I am going to miss the old dark theme with the flaming skull on it.
The new software seems to work good. I got a notification about the home speaker board and realized everything Has Changed.

Sucks the old host when O.O.B. Happens.
Thanks for all you do Dana. I was able to even login with my old saved password through chrome and it was effortless. !

Call me impressed. That does not always happen with this kind of change.
 
Outstanding. Thanks Dana. Can’t believe we get to keep the old emojis. Sent a little your way.
 
This is probably a stupid question...Below my profile pic and user name I have the description "Smorgasbord of Excellence".

For the life of me I cant figure out where I can change this. In user accounts there is a "Edit Profile Banner" which I don'
t think is it...but what the heck is that?

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So as you can see, this is the new board. I have (i hope) successfully converted all our data from the last 20+ years from vbulletin to xenforo and moved to a new host with different server software and a faster more efficient database software as well.

This is NOT the finished product!

I'm still working on everything, right now as of this post everything is fresh out of the box vanilla. Eventually once everything looks to be working normally I'll start working on designing a site and board that looks like home. Until then, I wanted to let people come and play and test and let me know below what kinds of things are still broken. As for feature requests or changes feel free to add those as well but keep in mind i will be making changes while things get sorted out and I already see a few things that will be removed and probably a couple that need to be added.

I know a lot of people have asked me where to send donations and I really appreciate all the support. As some are aware, our host went out of business and in doing so cut us 2+ years short of our pre-paid hosting. Additionally the software and addons and new host were additional out of pocket expenses as well. That being said, i think going forward we will be operating at a much more affordable rate. For now, if you want to donate you can use our paypal donate@saliv8.com and put your username in the notes.

Once the board is all set to go we will do a real fund raiser like in the past with things to win and fun events.

Thanks guys, looking forward to the next 20 years of tbricks forums fun
Boostdemon: I am new to the TurboBricks forum but I am a IT Tech, so I have an idea how much work it was to make a new site !
Thank You !
 
So as you can see, this is the new board. I have (i hope) successfully converted all our data from the last 20+ years from vbulletin to xenforo and moved to a new host with different server software and a faster more efficient database software as well.

This is NOT the finished product!

I'm still working on everything, right now as of this post everything is fresh out of the box vanilla. Eventually once everything looks to be working normally I'll start working on designing a site and board that looks like home. Until then, I wanted to let people come and play and test and let me know below what kinds of things are still broken. As for feature requests or changes feel free to add those as well but keep in mind i will be making changes while things get sorted out and I already see a few things that will be removed and probably a couple that need to be added.

I know a lot of people have asked me where to send donations and I really appreciate all the support. As some are aware, our host went out of business and in doing so cut us 2+ years short of our pre-paid hosting. Additionally the software and addons and new host were additional out of pocket expenses as well. That being said, i think going forward we will be operating at a much more affordable rate. For now, if you want to donate you can use our paypal donate@saliv8.com and put your username in the notes.

Once the board is all set to go we will do a real fund raiser like in the past with things to win and fun events.

Thanks guys, looking forward to the next 20 years of tbricks forums fun
You are the best, greatly appreciated (y)
 
Thank you for all the effort you put into keeping the board up and running, this place is an absolute gold mine for me and probably everyone who maintains and modifies their redblock Volvo. I noticed the new board also got a couple of nice new features. The image sizes in posts can now be adjusted easily and being able to upload them directly to TB takes another step away from the process and prevents dead pictures in the future.
 
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