The Forum

[harrison]

To give you all a little update,
Our former host (Where the forum was based) was getting very poor in regard to performance and stability, So over the weekend we have migrated to a new home.
I sent out a mass email to everyone asking them not to use the forum until further notice.. , Hopefully you will have received that email and fingers crossed you haven't posted ( if you did, your posts may have been lost in transfer)
The forum should hopefully now be up and running faster, smoother and more secure.
You'll no doubt have noticed the green padlock on your browser address bar. SSL is now installed.

A huge Thankytou to Chris Parish for assisting with some mind boggling tweeks that fixed the inevitable technology C ckups tht always follow...

There may be a few days of hiccups but hopefully things will settle down. If you do have any problems with the site not working as it should, please report it so we can look at fixing the issue.

Thanks for your patience and understanding..

[PeterM]

Lots of behind the scenes work & time - much appreciated by me

[warder54]

Working well at this end guys - usual good job behind the scenes

[nala]

Thanks for the comments guys, we have a great forum here, and that’s as much down to you guys for feeding it with content.

A huge thanks again to The Hobbit for dealing with day to day moderator stuff and ChrisParish for his expert I.T help.

Martin

[Andy]

If you ever do this again, let me know, I used to run my own ISP so ill throw in my exp

[Martin]

The new Flag Option for users....
I know - I know, there's no St Andrews and no St George flag..
I'm on it

Edit...
English & Scottish flags added

[Martin]

Just a little request to all the newbies ...
If you're on facebook and you think we are deserving of a 5 start review...
We'd be very grateful.
https://www.facebook.com/F.RibsAndSibs/

[sonny1]

I made a few changes to the background of the site yesterday, You shouldn't see any difference to the forum but if something doesn't look or work as it should, will you please let me know.

I'm also looking at possibly sprucing it up a bit with a fresh new homepage, I'll do all the testing on a spare site before bringing anything over here.

Cheers Guys.
Martin

[nala]

Ladies & Gents, I'm a little late in my annual grovel this year.. Life in general has been chaotic for the last six months but hopefully somewhat on track again now.
As many of you know - the forum is self-funded, Mainly by my back pocket - but we do have some superb businesses online with us who chip in a little also, On top of that, we run something called "Supporting Members" - It's a group of very kind, generous and very supportive members who donate a little something to also help fund the forum..
The supporting members have access to a special discount scheme, The suppliers list is very limited at the moment and all discounts are at the suppliers discretion to vary/suspend and are only available to supporting members.
We have saved a good few members huge amounts over the years, from training to trailers - all in good faith for the people who support us as a forum.

At this point, Please understand we are not in this to make a profit, We never have and never will make money. Anything we may receive over and above the running costs will go back into the forum either as upgrades or competitions prizes for the members.
Last year for the first year we actually broke even, though I spent another £200 on upgrades just before renewing so therefor we didn't really hit the standing costs

So ladies and gents, If you feel the forum offers you something and you wouldn't mind sparing the price of a costalottacoffee for, We'd gratefully receive your donation.
Big or small, any donation really does go to the running of this place.
We have forum logo branded polo shirts (only a few left on this batch) beanie’s, cups and internal/external stickers for sale which also provide a very small profit to help fund the place.

Many of you no doubt run facebook, twitter and other social media platforms.. If you could give us a mention on your pages/groups whenever possible to help promote this place, that would be superb...

Once again,
Thankyou to each and everyone of you for keeping this place running smooth (well most of you )
The forum only works if we have regular posts, returning and new members and a whole load of info.

Hats off to you all, Happy Boating !!!

Martin,
A big thanks to Chris Parish & Andy (Hobbit)
The Admin Team.

[Martin]

Thanks to the Guys that have donated so far, And to those who have purchased some of our branded items… hugely appreciated !!
I’ll update the “supporting members” list at the weekend.
Not many shirts or beannies left now, They've shifted quicker than i expected.

Really need to try and get some more discounts for you guys, Will push a little more with some suppliers.

Again,
Many Thanks !

Martin