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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 21, 2016, 12:04:33 pm »Jokes - BIN - No new posts in a year, or merge with general banter.
Naughty Zone - BIN, IMO.
Sounds sensible.
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Sounds sensible.
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Projects / Re: Roadkill's 1983 Chevy Z28 - (Work Starts on Page 5)
« on: June 16, 2016, 11:00:53 am »Once at this stage internal connections are straight-forward and she can go back down on 4 wheels (finally).
been on stands for a lil while now!
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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 16, 2016, 08:45:07 am »
OK, well it doesn't look too complex to be able to have forum posts / threads on the FB Page (it basically creates a link to the forum), and visa-versa the forum has now had a FB plugin added so you can add an FB topic into a post, so should be go to go.
In terms of the forum, i've had a looky at topics / areas and would suggest the following layout:
General MKB
- Important Announcements
- General Banter
- MKB Social (rename MKB Social & Admin)
- Projects
- Polls
- Forum Admin (renamed from MKB Admin & Merged with suggestions forum)
Other
- RC
- Motorbikes
- Classifieds & Ebay
- Computers
- Competition Area (Poss rename Racing / Competition)
- Jokes
- Naughty Zone (Not sure if we want to keep this opt IN rather than out)
New Forum Information
- Keep as is and move Questions area here
Spotted - keep / bin?
Food & Drink - keep / bin?
Music & Movies - keep / bin?
MKB Ladies - bin
Photography - bin
Power Tour - Bin
MKB Members - Merge into General
Thoughts?
In terms of the forum, i've had a looky at topics / areas and would suggest the following layout:
General MKB
- Important Announcements
- General Banter
- MKB Social (rename MKB Social & Admin)
- Projects
- Polls
- Forum Admin (renamed from MKB Admin & Merged with suggestions forum)
Other
- RC
- Motorbikes
- Classifieds & Ebay
- Computers
- Competition Area (Poss rename Racing / Competition)
- Jokes
- Naughty Zone (Not sure if we want to keep this opt IN rather than out)
New Forum Information
- Keep as is and move Questions area here
Spotted - keep / bin?
Food & Drink - keep / bin?
Music & Movies - keep / bin?
MKB Ladies - bin
Photography - bin
Power Tour - Bin
MKB Members - Merge into General
Thoughts?
to dean
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General Banter / Re: Hello strangers. Is this American enough?
« on: June 15, 2016, 10:02:09 am »
Hiya mate
Yeah doing fine thanks, very nice working for Tesla, if i had the money i'd have one in a hearbeat - what model you been driving?
(I had a test drive in the P90D and that is just mental acceleration!)
Yeah doing fine thanks, very nice working for Tesla, if i had the money i'd have one in a hearbeat - what model you been driving?
(I had a test drive in the P90D and that is just mental acceleration!)
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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 07, 2016, 09:13:39 pm »
have created a hidden FB group to try working out the linking
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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 07, 2016, 09:09:47 pm »I was thinking about this last night and came up with similar ideas . . .
1) The main page (mkb.cc) goes completely, including gallery (who still uses that ?) - with all content (except forum) and re-directs here.
2) We make ALL forum areas visible (for simplicity) gone is the need to hide anything anymore.
3) We delete (or move into "General") any generally unused forum sections (I'm thinking the whole "MKB members" section as that harks-back to the glory days and is irrelevant now - also "Spotted" - pretty pointless, now.
4) We merge other sub-forums . . . a lot in "Special Access" and "General MKB" is generally off-topic so we could bundle those together as "Off-Topic" . . . Projects (whether Car, Bike or Miscellaneous) should be near the top of the page as they tend to be replied to more so - this could simply be catagorised as "On Topic" (or something).
The "General News and Announcements" section topics could probably move into "General" . . . "Official MKB News and Announcements" could probably just be deleted.
5) We need a reference back to the old days looking forward . . . I'd suggest a comment near the top of the page saying something like : "The MKB - No club, No meet, just Information, Banter and Advice" (that is basically what we are).
6) Delete any members who've not been on within a year and any that have signed up but not posted.
7) Re-set post counts to zero (is that do-able ??)
I'm not sure just reshuffling the forum around will change anything..
Or are you thinking this as well as an FB page?
Yup i think having both FB page and Forum and working out the best way to link em might be sensible way forward
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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 07, 2016, 08:05:23 pm »I can see where you're coming from, but i think a better solution is similar to what Chris suggested, as i'm sure i'm not the only whereby i cannot access facebook from a work PC whereas the forum i can, so if we went to JUST a FB Group then sorry but IMO that'd be then end, as i get to check FB in the morning and then evenings during the week and there is always so much to wade through updates, status's etc that the MKB Page would probably get missed / forgotten.
I'll post further information when i'm back from hols, but what i'd suggest is:
change the homepage to be the forum (so all traffic goes to the forum, rather than website)
create an FB Group
Link the group and forum together.
So maybe a third option on the poll - FB Group & forum working together
That way nothing gets lost from the history of MKB posts, things an still be updated, but if wanted posts can be done direct on the FB group rather than the forum if people choose.
In terms of hosting costs, it'd be easy enough to move the site to my own hosting (as the forum takes up minimal space - the biggest space is the gallery!) and then just redirect the URL as needed
(FYI tap-a-talk is a way to get the forum working better on mobiles ryan)
OK seeing as this is moving on, and dean's posted most of what i was going to suggest anyhow
...I was thinking about this last night and came up with similar ideas . . .
1) The main page (mkb.cc) goes completely, including gallery (who still uses that ?) - with all content (except forum) and re-directs here.
Yes was always the long term intention but nothing's ever been decided, but yes - remove everything other than the forum - if anyone wants to save pics from the gallery i'll keep a one time backup of the gallery for safety sake, but nothing else on the site really matters.
2) We make ALL forum areas visible (for simplicity) gone is the need to hide anything anymore.Hmm, i suppose what we can do is turn on all the forum area's then give people the option to 'hide' area's they've no interest in as that way people can customise what they like (i'll look into what's involved in this when back from hols - don't think it too much)
3) We delete (or move into "General") any generally unused forum sections (I'm thinking the whole "MKB members" section as that harks-back to the glory days and is irrelevant now - also "Spotted" - pretty pointless, now.Perhaps a better solution maybe to have an archive area, that's locked for posting completely and just move the unwanted sections into there, then it's kept for posterity and tidy.
4) We merge other sub-forums . . . a lot in "Special Access" and "General MKB" is generally off-topic so we could bundle those together as "Off-Topic" . . . Projects (whether Car, Bike or Miscellaneous) should be near the top of the page as they tend to be replied to more so - this could simply be catagorised as "On Topic" (or something).Yeah i'd suggest a 'general' area first, then projects, then other stuff (RC / Bikes etc) then archive area, and agree that a number of them are similar, so merging (with a check over / sanity check first) does make sense.
The "General News and Announcements" section topics could probably move into "General" . . . "Official MKB News and Announcements" could probably just be deleted.
5) We need a reference back to the old days looking forward . . . I'd suggest a comment near the top of the page saying something like : "The MKB - No club, No meet, just Information, Banter and Advice" (that is basically what we are).Yup, can add that either to the 'ticker' text at the top, or a static wording under the logo / banner?
6) Delete any members who've not been on within a year and any that have signed up but not posted.
7) Re-set post counts to zero (is that do-able ??)
Not sure what we'd benefit from removing old members TBH, doesn't matter that they inactive / not logged in, Post counts - yes we can do, but again, not sure any true reason to?
(Dean - for the mo, don't delete / move any topics as need to change a setting or two as currently that would not actually delete, plus there is an easier way for me via admin to do it en mass!)
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Suggestions / Re: This may be a controversial suggestion...
« on: June 06, 2016, 08:43:42 pm »
I can see where you're coming from, but i think a better solution is similar to what Chris suggested, as i'm sure i'm not the only whereby i cannot access facebook from a work PC whereas the forum i can, so if we went to JUST a FB Group then sorry but IMO that'd be then end, as i get to check FB in the morning and then evenings during the week and there is always so much to wade through updates, status's etc that the MKB Page would probably get missed / forgotten.
I'll post further information when i'm back from hols, but what i'd suggest is:
change the homepage to be the forum (so all traffic goes to the forum, rather than website)
create an FB Group
Link the group and forum together.
So maybe a third option on the poll - FB Group & forum working together
That way nothing gets lost from the history of MKB posts, things an still be updated, but if wanted posts can be done direct on the FB group rather than the forum if people choose.
In terms of hosting costs, it'd be easy enough to move the site to my own hosting (as the forum takes up minimal space - the biggest space is the gallery!) and then just redirect the URL as needed
(FYI tap-a-talk is a way to get the forum working better on mobiles ryan)
I'll post further information when i'm back from hols, but what i'd suggest is:
change the homepage to be the forum (so all traffic goes to the forum, rather than website)
create an FB Group
Link the group and forum together.
So maybe a third option on the poll - FB Group & forum working together
That way nothing gets lost from the history of MKB posts, things an still be updated, but if wanted posts can be done direct on the FB group rather than the forum if people choose.
In terms of hosting costs, it'd be easy enough to move the site to my own hosting (as the forum takes up minimal space - the biggest space is the gallery!) and then just redirect the URL as needed
(FYI tap-a-talk is a way to get the forum working better on mobiles ryan)
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Projects / Re: Roadkill's 1958 Cadillac - PROJECT THREAD
« on: May 24, 2016, 09:49:36 am »
That does look so cool !!!!
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Re: Van?...
« on: May 22, 2016, 05:29:28 pm »
That looks good, perfect to finish off the camper conversion
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Projects / Re: Incursus's Mustang
« on: April 18, 2016, 02:24:26 pm »Rockauto still the place for parts these days? Ordering HT leads and plugs.
Yeah used them for the camaro - have a look around as usual a 5-10% discount code somewhere!
Make sure you have a play with quantities and different makes as this really does have a big effect on shipping costs!
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General Banter / Re: Pipe suppliers
« on: April 18, 2016, 11:35:54 am »I use metals4u a lot.
Don't confuse pipe with tube, though - it's two different things . . . make sure you need pipe and not tube as you could be limiting your options . . .
Cool thanks for that - looks like they got a good choice on there.
Ah ok - Tube is more what i want then.....
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General Banter / Pipe suppliers
« on: April 14, 2016, 04:30:58 pm »
Does anyone know where i can get a length (about 4-6ft) of 72/73mm Outer dia. Steel pipe.....
Tried ebay and not much there other than reducers which wont do what i want.....
Tried ebay and not much there other than reducers which wont do what i want.....
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Re: Samsung 40" LCD TV For Sale
« on: January 24, 2016, 09:59:08 pm »
Have got more pics if needed
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Samsung 40" LCD TV For Sale
« on: January 24, 2016, 09:49:10 pm »
We've just recently upgraded our TV, so our old one is up for grabs to anyone here before going on ebay:
Samsung LE40C650 40" Full HD LCD TV
Perfect working order, no issues or problems - no dead areas on screen
Lots of connectivity on it:
Collection from MK only!
£150 ovno cash.
Samsung LE40C650 40" Full HD LCD TV
Perfect working order, no issues or problems - no dead areas on screen
Lots of connectivity on it:
- 4 X HDMI
- 2 X SCART
- AV IN
- COMPONENT IN
- PC (VGA) IN
- TV Antenna
- LAN Connector
Collection from MK only!
£150 ovno cash.
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General Banter / Re: I'm a MONDEO MAN, now !!!
« on: January 08, 2016, 03:49:16 pm »
what's she on now then??
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General Banter / Re: Profanisaurus Rex, word of the week.....
« on: January 01, 2016, 11:54:38 am »
Well remebered and thats a good un to start with 
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General Banter / Happy New Year
« on: January 01, 2016, 11:53:44 am »
Happy New Year to everyone, heres looking forward to a great 2016 with, hopefully!, more car shows attended lol
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General Banter / Re: I'm a MONDEO MAN, now !!!
« on: December 29, 2015, 12:35:42 pm »
Oh - that's a shame...
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General Banter / Re: I'm a MONDEO MAN, now !!!
« on: December 29, 2015, 10:08:25 am »I know someone in Fenny Stratford who will happily do it for beer money if you need them.
PM the details, please, my usual place is starting to go south.
Is that Andy's place going down?
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General Banter / Re: Christmas cheer
« on: December 29, 2015, 10:07:51 am »
Indeed, hope everyone had a good christmas and enjoyed themselves!
here's to a good new year and seeing what 2016 brings!!!
here's to a good new year and seeing what 2016 brings!!!
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Re: Ugly Ugly Ugly...
« on: December 29, 2015, 10:06:50 am »
Hmm, that's just odd...i know each person has their own view but still - just odd!
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Computers and Games / Re: New Doom!!
« on: December 11, 2015, 10:41:26 am »
yeah i know so cool and true to the original as well!!!