Forum changes you are seeing / Group Builder intro

[Canoe]

Good Day - the forum transition to us at Group Builder is complete and is now running on Xenforo software and I will be posting some How-To posts for how to post, upload images, videos, send PM's (conversations), etc.

Jim did sell the forum to myself and partner. We do not plan to change the rules or how things go here. I hope all the mods will stay, and Jim will be around as an admin but without all the background headaches. I'll be around some of the time to make sure things work well.

And please bear with us for a couple of days while we continue to tweak the changes in the background. We turned the site on as soon as we could for you. But there are still some tweaks necessary.

Nice to meet you!

 

[Canoe]

https://www.tinboats.net/account/preferences
If you click on the link above you can set your time, change to the dark version of the forum (new feature), and set the alerts and emails you receive.

 

[DaleH]

Welcome aboard Angie and partner!



Besides the warm welcome, let me assure the other Tin Boaters here - Members and guests - that everything will be the same to better with Angie in charge! This is now the 3rd Forum that I have been involved with where Angie has taken over (1 Site I owned myself, plus 2 others as a 'frequent' contributor) and none are for the worse - woo hoo!

Any many, many thanks to Jim - for both his vision and dedication in establishing this excellent Site and making it the BEST RESOURCE for our brothers and sisters of the tin!

 

[Canoe]

Thank you @DaleH. I'm glad to be here.

 

[LDUBS]

Welcome Angie. Thank You Jim for a great forum.

My only question is will the new format correct my posts when I say something dumb (might need a bigger server).

 

[Canoe]

Welcome Angie. Thank You Jim for a great forum.

My only question is will the new format correct my posts when I say something dumb (might need a bigger server).

Our very talented head tech may be working on that after we make sure all the regular stuff is working okay. Nice to meet you.

 

[hankthecrank]

Love the look! Thanks!

 

[JL8Jeff]

It looks like I have to log in each time even though I checked off the box to "remember me". I have that issue on a couple of message boards that we haven't figured out, but I try to keep things locked down with the cookies and ad stuff so any thoughts to what might be causing it? And welcome, there's a decent group here that offers some good ideas/solutions to aluminum boating issues.

 

[Canoe]

It looks like I have to log in each time even though I checked off the box to "remember me". I have that issue on a couple of message boards that we haven't figured out, but I try to keep things locked down with the cookies and ad stuff so any thoughts to what might be causing it? And welcome, there's a decent group here that offers some good ideas/solutions to aluminum boating issues.

If you clear cookies each time you log off you clear the remembering of you on the forums. The remember me runs off cookies.

 

[Rumblejohn]

Welcome Angie and Partner.

Only question I have so far: is there a last read post button, or am I just over looking it.

 

[Popeye]

Since Jim promised I could borrow the Tin Boat private jet to fly to Texas this Christmas season, will I still be able to do that now?

 

[eeshaw]

I prefer the look to what it used to be, but I had no issues with it. That being said I've noticed that some links are one click and others aren't. Is this something caused by the poster?

 

[FuzzyGrub]

I like the new look and welcome aboard.

 

[Canoe]

Welcome Angie and Partner.

Only question I have so far: is there a last read post button, or am I just over looking it.

At the top of the thread is a new post button. That will take you to the first post you have not read. Since the forum s/w is new it does not have a record of the last post read in a thread. Once you read to the last post now, the next time will go to the first post you have not read.

 

[Canoe]

Depends on the price of avgas.

 

[Canoe]

I prefer the look to what it used to be, but I had no issues with it. That being said I've noticed that some links are one click and others aren't. Is this something caused by the poster?

I would need to see a thread with the links so I can look and analyze it.

 

[JL8Jeff]

If you clear cookies each time you log off you clear the remembering of you on the forums. The remember me runs off cookies.

Ok, there must be a new cookie with the changes because it would automatically log me in before and I can see the cookies that were saved previously. I briefly turned off "block cookies" and logged in again and then turned off cookies and it's now logging me in but as soon as I click on a thread it shows I need to log in again. So something isn't quite being set right. I'll keep playing with it.

 

[sonny.barile]

welcome Angie

I like the changes. I use another site that I believe is the same engine…..or very similar. Easy to use….

The dark background option makes it look slick on an iPad.

Jim….Thank you for running such a great site. This has been a wealth of information for me over the years.

 

[Lost But Happy]

Ok, there must be a new cookie with the changes because it would automatically log me in before and I can see the cookies that were saved previously. I briefly turned off "block cookies" and logged in again and then turned off cookies and it's now logging me in but as soon as I click on a thread it shows I need to log in again. So something isn't quite being set right. I'll keep playing with it.

In firefox, you could put an "exception" in your cookies so it will not erase your login info.




Welcome @Angie!

@Jim hope you still hang around here bud!

 

[Canoe]

Jim told me he expects to be around, right now he's under the weather for a bit. But should be back before long.
And @Lost But Happy thank you for those notes on Firefox and cookies.