Steve,
Congratulations, I like the new looks, but I am disappointed that google advance search does not work anymore in WBF, and that my collection of bookmarks does not work any more - they return " Database error The database has encountered a problem!".
IMHO WBF is the one of the best repository of high-end information and debates in the net - if its past is not searchable and accessible it looses most of its value!
My Advance search worked yesterday without a problem'
FWIW we are presently using the Search feature included with Xenforo. We also purchased an add on supercharged search feature that we have installed but apparently it is so powerful that our server host has to first install some software at his end.
Give us a chance. We know about all of these things
Permissions for uaergroups were updated last night and we continue to iron out these little bugs that you are allreporting
I ask everyone to please be patient with us as we work through all of the things you have been mentioning here.
This was truly a most exhausting task as it literally took up 8 weeks of our lives
Ron is being modest as he was also involved for every step along the way and provided valuable input to us
There are still many things to do including a minor upgrade from Xenforo 2.0.9 to 2.0.10 and to finish maximizing our SEO now that we have a the tools to make for improved rankings
All in all the rewards at the end of the tunnel will all be worth it
Some have suggested that when the site is clicked on , the user lands on the forum rather than the home page. For now and quite likely forever we are going to land on the home page as we see that as as an opportunity to bring forward from the depths of the forum to the home page many threads, systems and general points of interest to the membership and guests who otherwise might never find or know bout these threads and systems.
It is our intent to change the home page every month to bring new information. We are encouraging members to do a system review with photos and post tin the member's gallery and good chance your system will be highlighted on the home page.
Also we will continue to provide monthly newsletters with information on the status of the upgrade as well ass to disseminate any further site information
So once again we appreciate everyone's feedback and suggestions
Our biggest desire right now is to bring to reality a suggestion offered to us by PeterA which we think is terrific. Specifically we are going to create a major repository of a gallery of all of the photos of a member's system. It will be similar to threads started by Northstar where a picture is posted with no words or comments from the poster or the reader. Peter suggested this as some of the members' system blogs are huge (i'm the main culprit) and it can take many pages of reading to find pictures and updates of pictures. So to have a major area of the forum devoted only to member's pictures is being worked on now, hence another reason for members to create a thread with photos on their systems for reading as well as to later deposit their systems photos in this idea on which we are working
We welcome any and all suggestions
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