Forum issues: word from TGR HQ

[Mod Team]

Yo maggots, please bear with the forum issues!

Contact has been made with the mothership. We laughed, we cried, it was better than cats.

Seriously, we explained that the forum has been pretty jacked lately and seeming to be in a downward spiral for a while, and that the maggot community was worried and wanted to do what we could to make the forums thrive again. We were told -- these are direct quotes with very minor editing and some cut/pasting -- that "we want to solve this problem and we are committed to the forums. We are making an upgrade to the main site currently and want to address the bigger picture forum issues asap. It would be great to have an option if we were to migrate. The other thing I was thinking of is hiring a vb expert during the main site upgrade and taking measures to fix them during that time and have legit ongoing support.

We are hoping to start the major overhaul to the main site in 2-4 weeks. It will be a 4-5 month process. I am not sure exactly what stage of this the forums will be addressed, but it should be a few times along the way as there will need to be things that are undone, retired together, etc.

Let's try to put together some options and work on a better solution."

So, we have seen XenForo mentioned as one possible forum software option, perhaps there are others. For those who have expertise in this area or experience with other forum software, please PM us or post in this sticky in the Padded Room or Ski/Snowboard (so we don't have to read 9 threads to put the ideas together).

Thanks for your patience and let's keep this going. It's gonna be HUDGE!

[pfluffenmeister]

I demand robes!

[mcski]

Robes with Tags

[Danno]

I'd settle for a fucking hat.

[twat]

I'd settle for a fucking hat.

I will take a bathrobe!

[Core Shot]

Rumor has it the bathrobes are hospital gowns.

Opening in the back for better access.

OTOH they are plush terry cloth

[twat]

Rumor has it the bathrobes are hospital gowns.

Opening in the back for better access.

OTOH they are plush terry cloth

Sounds like a plush straitjacket to me.
Can I Kris Kross it?

[GoldenBC]

Does newschoolers.com have a platform you can use? That forum has functioned flawlessly for a long time.

[N1CK.]

has anyone found a reliable workaround for posting pictures these days?

[jackstraw]

has anyone found a reliable workaround for posting pictures these days?

The app and it's annoying af

[PNWbrit]

"4-5 month process" to rebuild/fix this tiny little site?

Shit, I should go freelance.

[PNWbrit]

"4-5 month process" to rebuild/fix this tiny little site?

Shit, I should go freelance.

[ASmileyFace]

I wonder if all the old photos are just gone or if they can be brought back? Such a bummer of lost stoke and useful info.

[Full Trucker]

has anyone found a reliable workaround for posting pictures these days?

1. Upload photo to https://postimages.org/
2. Put the post editor into "Source" mode and add the image using [IMG] tags
3. Profit

I wonder if all the old photos are just gone or if they can be brought back? Such a bummer of lost stoke and useful info.

I don't know shit from Shinola, but it looks like a directory access permission got borked on the server. So the images are still there, and maybe even new ones are actually being uploaded, but access to display them is fucked. But again, see previous statement about Shinola.

[RShea]

"4-5 month process" to rebuild/fix this tiny little site? Shit, I should go freelance.

I know of a few sites that took longer and were never as big as this site. So patience is in order if it is done right and the old content including photos attached are part of the mode...

[RShea]

has anyone found a reliable workaround for posting pictures these days?

Discussed in the othe pinned discussion (should have turned off commenting on these other pinned discussions on the other forum groups):
Use Tapatalk to do the post and photos seem to still work
Use a 3rd party photo hosting or cloud type of site to put the photos on and link on here using the [IMG] [/IMG] html tags.

[PNWbrit]

"I know of a few sites that took longer and were never as big as this site."

I do this for a living.

4-5 months is bullshit.

[eSock]

You assume they have someone who does this for a living working on this, or that it's actually a priority for them.

[shroom]

you misspelt problem

[Core Shot]

You misspelled misspelt, unless you’re a Brit. In which case keep calm and carry on.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

This is really embarrassing. So what are the options here, snowbrains or newschoolers?

[mcski]

Honestly, I use iOS app and it’s been fine lately. A few stalls but no big deal for me as long as it doesn’t get worse

[The SnowShow]

I’m on the iOS app and the stalls have been so long at times. I really think we should go over to NS and kick those kids to the curb.

[ticketchecker]

iOS app has been tough today, whenever it asks me to login I know it’s not having a good day


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