Forum Move Discussion Here

Post by **SilverWagon05** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:12 am

Pit Slave wrote:Oooo!!! Oooooo!!!!! How about a review board where we post opinions and thoughts and/or experience that we had with a new product or install?! That would help other people in doing their mods and upgrades. : idea:

I really think we're gonna need that smiley soon......

Is it too early for you, that you haven't had time to take your meds?!

Just messing with you. Great ideas, but aren't we trying to keep things more open and not have different boards to be switching between? I think it's fine if we get BS threads going on this board, that way we can either choose to BS with them, or ignore the thread, but at least we wouldn't have to jump to different boards to do it, like on DT.

Post by **SilverWagon05** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:21 am

Ldgregory, you posted a reply on the First post thread that made me think of another smiley we need, the :rock on: dude. I needed it for whitey's reply. Sorry Pit Slave, but as the third member....well, you know

.

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:41 am

Pit Slave wrote:We need a B.S. board so we can add other off beat topics like other hobbies or I went to an air show. THAT would be very nice!

P.S. we need an idea Smiley too!

Done, Forum topic Off-Topic has been created.

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:42 am

Pit Slave wrote:Oooo!!! Oooooo!!!!! How about a review board where we post opinions and thoughts and/or experience that we had with a new product or install?! That would help other people in doing their mods and upgrades. : idea:

I really think we're gonna need that smiley soon......

Done, idea smiley added.

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:47 am

SilverWagon05 wrote:Ldgregory, you posted a reply on the First post thread that made me think of another smiley we need, the :rock on: dude. I needed it for whitey's reply. Sorry Pit Slave, but as the third member....well, you know .

Done.

has been added.

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 3:54 pm

Added a few more smileys.

And.... The Winch Mob
:winchmob:

Post by **Pit Slave** » Sun May 20, 2012 6:14 pm

ldgregory wrote:
Pit Slave wrote:We need a B.S. board so we can add other off beat topics like other hobbies or I went to an air show. THAT would be very nice!

P.S. we need an idea Smiley too!
Done, Forum topic Off-Topic has been created.

For some strange reason the "new topic" button is not in the off-topic section.

Post by **Cactus Red** » Sun May 20, 2012 6:48 pm

Hey!

This is the former Crawler#976 - decided to change my screen name to the moniker of the truck.

This is really a great idea Leif - I'm 100% in on the move. Per your PM, I'll start moving the FAQ's info to a new home once you all decide where they need to be.

Mark

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 6:55 pm

Cactus Red wrote:Hey!

This is the former Crawler#976 - decided to change my screen name to the moniker of the truck.

This is really a great idea Leif - I'm 100% in on the move. Per your PM, I'll start moving the FAQ's info to a new home once you all decide where they need to be.

Mark

Just start a new thread and I'll sticky it. Work on it when you get a chance and if you need help, ask. It's going to take all of us to pull this off!

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 7:05 pm

Added some new smileys

Post by **ldgregory** » Sun May 20, 2012 7:10 pm

Pit Slave wrote:
ldgregory wrote:
Pit Slave wrote:We need a B.S. board so we can add other off beat topics like other hobbies or I went to an air show. THAT would be very nice!

P.S. we need an idea Smiley too!
Done, Forum topic Off-Topic has been created.
For some strange reason the "new topic" button is not in the off-topic section.

Fixed. I forgot to copy over the permissions. Thanks.

FirerescuePW · Post by **FirerescuePW** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:14 am

What does everyone think about a live chat area? First, is it possible in this format. Second, is it something we would use?

Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:27 am

I thought I remember seeing that mentioned somewhere in the config. If you all want it and the board will do it, I'll turn it on.

Post by **Pit Slave** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:31 am

Live chat puts alot of demand on the server so it can tend to drag things down. I do know it will require another application program to do if I remember correctly. All in due time. Not sure if it will have an additional cost or not, but I'm willing to put support towards needed applications if there is a cost. I'm sure there are others that are willing as well.

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Post by **Pit Slave** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:35 am

ldgregory wrote:I thought I remember seeing that mentioned somewhere in the config. If you all want it and the board will do it, I'll turn it on.

Hahahaha, you beat me to it! That's even easier if it's already there. Let's give it a test.

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VA_Wagon Man · Post by **VA_Wagon Man** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:09 am

I like the idea of the move and fully support it. I don't know much about computers, but will help in any way that I can. I'm with you guys, we can actually have a forum that is run and supported by REAL Power Wagon Owners! We won't have to worry about a Snorkel Thread being deleted........

About the move and notification, that's gonna be the kicker. I often wondered if they can access our Pm's to each other? They may already know and are getting prepared.........

I say once we "secretly" get the word out, I'd ASK if you could post a link, that way they won't completely abolish you and may leave other options open to you. I say at the least, WAIT until you're sure you NEVER need access to the DT site anymore, because they may totally wipe out the PW section, or lock it down so tight we can't get anything from it.

Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:02 pm

Pit Slave wrote:Live chat puts alot of demand on the server so it can tend to drag things down. I do know it will require another application program to do if I remember correctly. All in due time. Not sure if it will have an additional cost or not, but I'm willing to put support towards needed applications if there is a cost. I'm sure there are others that are willing as well.

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I figure if it's there, I'll turn it on and let's see how things play out. The server is pretty beefy so I don't think that'll be the problem. If there is going to be a problem, it'll be bandwidth. I have 25Mbps downstream (which as the server doesn't help me any) and about 2.5-3Mbps upstream (which is what the issue will be if there is one.)

I've been thinking about switching to something like FiOS where I could get synchronous down/upstream rates. I'll have to look into that and see what the cost difference between my current ISP and that.

Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:05 pm

VA_Wagon Man wrote:I like the idea of the move and fully support it. I don't know much about computers, but will help in any way that I can. I'm with you guys, we can actually have a forum that is run and supported by REAL Power Wagon Owners! We won't have to worry about a Snorkel Thread being deleted........

About the move and notification, that's gonna be the kicker. I often wondered if they can access our Pm's to each other? They may already know and are getting prepared......... I say once we "secretly" get the word out, I'd ASK if you could post a link, that way they won't completely abolish you and may leave other options open to you. I say at the least, WAIT until you're sure you NEVER need access to the DT site anymore, because they may totally wipe out the PW section, or lock it down so tight we can't get anything from it.

The *only* reason I go to DT is the PW forum, so when the time comes to post a link, if I get banned, it won't be a big thing. Me and forum.powerwagonregistry.org aren't going anywhere, and eventually everyone will come here for the Power Wagon Forum. It's just a matter of time. I would hope DT wouldn't begrudge me and this forum too much by turning off the PW forums there, but I guess we'll find out eventually.

VA_Wagon Man · Post by **VA_Wagon Man** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:10 pm

I agree, that's the only reason I go on there as well. I'm excited about this, thanks for all you're doing.

Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:06 pm

VA_Wagon Man wrote:I agree, that's the only reason I go on there as well. I'm excited about this, thanks for all you're doing.

No problem. I just wish now I'd made the time to do this way back when instead of convincing DT to host the forum for me.

MSparks909 · Post by **MSparks909** » Mon May 21, 2012 2:50 pm

Whoo hoo!!! A little late but I am here for the party

I'm not very computer savvy, but I, too will help out in any way I can. Tired of the mods on DT. Don't really care too much if I get banned on there so I'd be comfortable posting an open invite in both the 3G and 4G sections and hopefully it will stay up for some time before the mods delete it. Or I can help do the grassroots thing for a little longer then drop the bombshell

Whatever works.

~Miles

Post by **Pit Slave** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:27 pm

I'll tell you what we need to do is come up with a "post up" date that way we're all on the same page. No post up until then.

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Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:43 pm

Pit Slave wrote:Live chat puts alot of demand on the server so it can tend to drag things down. I do know it will require another application program to do if I remember correctly. All in due time. Not sure if it will have an additional cost or not, but I'm willing to put support towards needed applications if there is a cost. I'm sure there are others that are willing as well.

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I found a good chat module, but I have to see if it's compatible with this version of phpBB. If it's not, we'll wait a bit till it is upgraded and is compatible because its the most feature rich one I've found so far.

bajaxplorer · Post by **bajaxplorer** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:54 pm

I registered today. Not to happy with the DT forum, but appreciated a place to discuss PW info while we were waiting for you to start this forum. Like the idea of a topic or thread for selling PW parts. Also would like to see a topic or thread for people to post ongoing trips with their PWs (pix, etc.), and perhaps be able to get trip planning info from other members.

BX

Post by **ldgregory** » Mon May 21, 2012 7:06 pm

bajaxplorer wrote:I registered today. Not to happy with the DT forum, but appreciated a place to discuss PW info while we were waiting for you to start this forum. Like the idea of a topic or thread for selling PW parts. Also would like to see a topic or thread for people to post ongoing trips with their PWs (pix, etc.), and perhaps be able to get trip planning info from other members.

BX

So let's discuss this one further. Usually when a trip is planned a thread is started to see who else wants to go, planning takes place and then an after trip thing with lots of pics and videos happens. Look at the Moab 2012 thread on DT to get an idea. We restarted that thread here, but since the trip was already done, it's just the pics and vids from the trip. None of the pre-planning. Is that what you were thinking, or specifically a topic area (like off-topic and Power Wagon Talk are topic areas). On DT the PW stuff typically ended up in the PW area rather than going to the trips topic area DT had set up. I'm willing to go either way on it as I'm building this to suit our needs, not Dodge's in general.

Same with the parts selling / truck selling. It could be a sticky thread in the Power Wagon Talk topic area or it could become it's own topic area. You guys tell me.

Welcome by the way!!!

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