Offroad-Express

Ok been a while just had some personal shit to sort out.

UPDATE:

As many of you are aware the forums are running the latest software but the actual main site is gone. There is a video site which is currently disjoint from the forums. The gallerys have sunk beneath the surface and the association site now has its own site and own forums. So in essence quite a lot has gone on since late last year.

To put it bluntly we now have a pile of parts(some prototyped and some OEM) and with those parts I'm going to start assembling the final ore site (this new final assembled ore should last till gas is so expensive we can't afford 4wds anymore)

This is the list of what I have to do:

1) Put up new shell (4wdtv site is a version behind the one we are going to use) and transfer memberships.
2) Dig out our 20 odd gig of photo albums, record ownership, upgrade to new version(which wipes ownerships) install into new shell, reassign ownership(not an easy job).
3) Plug forums into shell.
4) Theme shell so its presentable and goes with what we know ore to be.
5) Start making the shell useful ie. Topic areas, video areas, project build areas, gallery area etc
6) address ongoing feedback and concerns from members etc.

I want to get to number 5 with in a month. (remember this will all be done late at night, I still plan on building stuff in the garage and 4wding on the weekends)

Keep an eye out for changes, and if something breaks remember to tell me or mark asap as I'm not always on the site.


Mike

mike wrote:I want to get to number 5 with in a month. (remember this will all be done late at night, I still plan on building stuff in the garage and 4wding on the weekends)
Mike

I hope you didn't give away the coffee maker, coz it looks like you're going to need it.

someone organise this man some Red Bull sponsorship immediately.

Your a top bloke Mike, don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

you need to place yourself at the top of the ORE Good Bastrds list, you deserve to be there.

SKID

maybe we do another beer drive for him

I havn't done anything yet so hold your horses Just wait watch and if you like then post up your thoughts, till then as you were!

Mike

Just upgraded the front of the site to the latest version. not live yet as im going for a swim.

I have some new areas for people to add things to. More like the new trend - blogging.

But these are tailored to truck builds and trip reports.

Will try and have them online tonight.

Forums are still accessible in the mean time.

cheers

mike

The new front page looks great ... I like the way the videos now show as a list
You had the who's on line on the right and then moved it ... I liked it on the right

Are you planing to add a home button to the left of "board index" ?

yup, the forums bit will change soon to tie back into the site (including links and banner and colours). the front page should hopefully become more interactive over the next couple of days as well. I moved the who's online as that side bar was blowing out for some reason.

I'm liking it Mike,

Has anybody mentioned anything about subscription to cover costs? Even if its a drive to get some more newer members paying or a donation box??

did my signature pic get lost somewhere in the build, or will it come back

just enquiring

Bloody Brillant, well done Mike

Nice work. And i'm noticing every time i go to the home page the banner changes every time

gimmemud wrote:Nice work. And i'm noticing every time i go to the home page the banner changes every time

gotta love those banners. Thanks to lincoln for those. really makes the site so much better

mike wrote:

gimmemud wrote:Nice work. And i'm noticing every time i go to the home page the banner changes every time

gotta love those banners. Thanks to lincoln for those. really makes the site so much better

they are the shiz nit!

sites looking good mike keep up the good work!!


Thanks
Ryan

well time to call it a night. done 6 hours solid on the site tonight which is prob about 4 times more than i achieved at work today May not look like much but I've got a system in place for calling all sorts of forum post results from the front page now. Went to put the home page button on the forums but turns out the makers of the forum software were hacked through their mail notification software and the site was taken down grrrrrr.

Just a small change tonight. linked the header in the forums back to the front page.

Ok got the Project builds up on the front page. You can access them via project builds menu and you can create a build page using the create content link on the left.

I have a test page up at the moment.

Tip, when browsing for the photos make sure you click the "upload" for each photo before saving the page.

I'll put my build threads up soon I think. Mine seem to have got lost in dribble.

Cheers

Mike

Ok added the first build thread up now (with pics). On the front page. http://www.ore.co.nz for those of you that dont visit there anymore

Looks ok. If anyone has any feedback. will be considered naturally

Ok chat room is now backup. Access from the front page, must be logged in to chat

Feedback on what chat channels we need would be appreciated

goooood times

Sorry about all the chatroom kick outs tonight. I got it all back and going after removing the censor and flood limit stuff. Somehow managed to get it a little out of whack and the front whos chatting block would not work anymore.

Anyway its all up and running again. Try to get the general chat to the pub and those that are starting to to talk tech stuff head into the shed chat room.

I could create a toyota and nissan specific chatroom or a rock one if needed. Just yell if thats the case.

Probably don't need to many chat rooms. Top job on the site.

THAT WAS FUNNY LAST NIGHT TESTING THE (oops caps) system for which swear words it knew

anywho, Mike, is there an easy way to add to the "builds" or have to do it all over again? or just leave it where it is

you can replicate the whole thing or just do what i did and do a brief one. Go into your build thread and get all the photos you want, then have your build thread open in one window and then just copy the text over to the last. Then just put a link to the full build thread. Took me ages to find mine the project forums. this way it should stop it getting lost as they will be tied to your name. Soon when someone looks at one by you or visits your profile they will see all build posts etc. Make sure you use full size photos so when you click on the photos they popup bigger!

Top marks on the site upgrades, didn't think there was room for improvement but was obviously wrong for once

Looking good Mike. I can't log into the home page and when I try to login it tells me that my username is not valid!!! Then when asking for a new password it tells me I don't exist

Thanks very much for all your work hard work on the site mike it's looking great...

curly12 wrote:Looking good Mike. I can't log into the home page and when I try to login it tells me that my username is not valid!!! Then when asking for a new password it tells me I don't exist

Both could quite possible be true