Private Topics

CamInHead · #1 29-05-2010, 18:57

Is it still necessary to force peeps to log-in to browse the forums ? I thought that all started with kimble-gate but seen as that seems to have petered out......?

None of the other s12 sites are closed, as "ours" is.

Oh and the link up top leads to modified nationals 2006. Maybe that needs updating ?

Dr Silvia · #2 30-05-2010, 11:36

Theres no moral reason for the thread privacy to remain so locked down to guests.

There are however security implications.
Making threads viewable to guests means that webbots can trawl the site and obtain information posted on the forums eg. email addresses to send spam to. Although this works in favour of the site for SEO purposes imho this is not nescessarily in the interests of bona-fide forum users, who have in places posted email addresses, phone numbers or even addresses in threads.

Also i dont have that level of control on this site to change that setting

As for the link to the Modified Nationals 4 years past;
what would you suggest we link to there? To me it points out that we need new material, maybe actually have a meet. That or we just bin it which tbh is a step backwards rather than forwards, even if it is old.

Pukka might be able to change the view rights or if he knows the s12oc account pw then we can probably sort it. If not then we come back to whos actually got control at the moment.

When it was decided Kimble wasn't acting in the interests of the club his account was demoted to prevent further abuse of power, only for him to hack his way back in, from what I've seen only to repromote himself to admin[ego presumably].

It wouldn't surprise me if he'd locked out everyone else from the advanced admin panel, he was particularly bratty about the situation when he was last spoken to.

We could migrate host easily enough I but we come back to the issues above ie money and control. It wouldn't be right if the club asked for donations to fund alternative hosting and thus regain control over itself until either the funds kimble has taken are returned or the hosting term we've had from kimbles shared hosting facility is fair for the money taken.

CamInHead · #3 03-06-2010, 18:31

hmm, wonder if we could buddy up with another small forum like OJC or ZXOC..?

Dr Silvia · #4 07-06-2010, 15:57

Theres heaps of options for hosting, and clubbing together like you suggested is one of the better ones. It means that between the syndicate you can have guaranteed bandwidth and computing power with less wastage of resources given that this is such a quiet place

PukkaSilvia · #5 11-06-2010, 09:36

Kimble been has the server login information and the vbullitin account numbers and passwords. and these cant currently be retrieved.
If we want it to change we need to buy another vbullitin licence. I have server space and so does dr silvia, but not a licence.
I have got and can get the forum data to transport over though.
I have full acsess to the vbullitin admin cpanel

Never heard of the Orange Juice Club? who are they, and never found the zxoc very appealing to be honest.
If anything i would prefere to stick within our own affiliate program that already exists.

s13eater · #6 11-06-2010, 10:44

Richard Kimberley Hi mate, not sure if you go on s12oc these days but their forum software subscription is running out soon. They need to change web hosts, etc. so if you could just remind whoever runs the site? Cheers, hope all is well, recieved this from rich kimble on facebook the other day.

PukkaSilvia · #7 11-06-2010, 11:12

lol Seeing as though he had about 350+ quid off you guys while i was on holiday i think the web hosting should last a bit longer that 14 months.

He knows too well whats going on, He should come on here and at least give up the forumsubscription account numbers

I cant contact him on facebook,he has blocked me

CamInHead · #8 11-06-2010, 12:18

Orange Juice CLub = Old Japanese Car. Probably not your scene tbh, Pukka.

PukkaSilvia · #9 12-06-2010, 10:16

why is that?