[Stuart Wright]

Some news to report.
First of all we have reached a couple of new milestones this month. 300,000 members and 9 million posts. Thanks to all our members for contributing to this awesome growth.
I have pruned some of the quiet social groups. Those with few members and/or not posted to for some months have been removed. If you start a social group, please make the most of it.
I have made some small adjustments to the menu. The 'Home' tab has been replaced by the more logical 'Features' tab, and the tabs with sub menus have been made non clickable to standardise functionality.
Lastly I have created a few more tiers of member titles to reflect that we have some people with more than 20 and even 30 thousand posts!!

New Member	0
Member	30
Senior Member	1000
Prominent Member	3000
Veteran Member	5000
Conspicuous Member	7500
Distinguished Member	10000
Illustrious Member	15000
Preeminent Member	20000
Eminent Member	30000

[tom 2000]

Hi
Maybe I am missing something but I do not like the revised browsing setup.
Previously by right clicking "Forums" the user had a usefull index whereby threads were only two clicks away.
No doubt I will get used to it.

[Graham N]

Hi Stuart,

I don't like the new format either. Please put it back as it was

Graham

Edit: Just found the list tab, which then functions as before. But the good news is I am now one post nearer to making 1000, only 624 more to go

[cas398]

I haven't noticed anything different yet, so no complaints here

[CJPowers81]

Originally Posted by Graham N

Hi Stuart,

I don't like the new format either. Please put it back as it was

+ 1

It's a bit of a pain having to click the sub menu tabs. I find it better when you have all the forum sections on one page, it's easier to navigate, a lot easier.

[cas398]

I must be missing something. I have all the sub forum tabs on the main forum page.

Can someone please explain what's the problem

[CJPowers81]

Originally Posted by cas398

I must be missing something. I have all the sub forum tabs on the main forum page.

Can someone please explain what's the problem

Normally to view, say the Blu-Ray section, you would simply click on the forums tab which would then display all the different sections, then you would simply click Blu-Ray movies, etc.

Now, you've got to highlight the forums tab, move down to Movies which then shows all the film related sub forums and then click Blu-Ray movies etc...

It isn't much of a problem, it was just easier to navigate the entire forum before, when all threads were on one page. I've actually got the hang of it now, don't know what all the fuss was about. LOL!

[Mahalalel]

I believe that preeminent means something like 'surpassing all others' while eminent merely means 'highly ranked or thought of' so preeminent should really be above eminent. The 'pre' is a bit misleading and doesn't mean 'before or below' but something more like 'in advance of' .

[cas398]

Originally Posted by CJPowers81

Normally to view, say the Blu-Ray section, you would simply click on the forums tab which would then display all the different sections, then you would simply click Blu-Ray movies, etc.

Now, you've got to highlight the forums tab, move down to Movies which then shows all the film related sub forums and then click Blu-Ray movies etc...

It isn't much of a problem, it was just easier to navigate the entire forum before, when all threads were on one page. I've actually got the hang of it now, don't know what all the fuss was about. LOL!

I don't, hasn't changed for me

[Stinja]

Originally Posted by Mahalalel

... so preeminent should really be above eminent.

Above Preeminent should be "Spam Merchant" and above that "Jay" Although i'm curious now to see who's got the biggest...

Havent noticed much difference to the GUI myself. Cheers for the behind-Teh-scenes work (apart from the Bourne-like adverts).

[SeanT]

Originally Posted by Stinja

Although i'm curious now to see who's got the biggest...

Maybe the usage of the word "member" should be reconsidered, a combination of this post and the conspicuous and prominent titles had us in stitches

[Badger0-0]

I noticed I'd temporarily changed to "appreciated member".

I immediately thought "that looks like other members aren't appreciated ?"

I'm glad you dropped that one Stuart.

Just been on the "about us" thing.

Incredible growth, about 100,000 new members every 18-19 months

Keep up the good work Stuart (and Admin, mods etc).

[Timbo21]

The "tree" formula under the forums is annoying.

Sorry to say Stewart, at times, you over-tinker. It's great you want to improve things, but I thought it was nice and easy to get around before, so a bit of a backwards step, IMO.

All the best,

T.

[Badger0-0]

The "tree" formula under the forums is annoying. I always like being able to click on Forums, which would take me to the lot. I could scroll down quickly and easily view all the forums and latest posts.

I can't see the problem?

You hit "forums" and then "list". It's one extra click

Although I accept it's not as easy as it was, it's not exactly hard work, is it

[thechippy]

Originally Posted by Badger0-0

I can't see the problem?

You hit "forums" and then "list". It's one extra click

Although I accept it's not as easy as it was, it's not exactly hard work, is it

Off subject slightly, but dont know where else to post this..

When is the review of the Cinema 21:9 coming? Many thanks, Nick

P.S. For the man who can't read, it's Stuart, not Stewart

[Doctor_AB]

too much tinkering methinks. Hate the tab structure. I used to spend a lot of time on the classifieds and it was much easier before. Please change it back.

[Stuart Wright]

Agree it's easier to just click the forums tab and I have put the link back. I made the changes so the menu would work on the new iPhone software.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Stuart Wright

Agree it's easier to just click the forums tab and I have put the link back. I made the changes so the menu would work on the new iPhone software.

Stuart, the Forums tab link now takes you to the home page instead of the list of forums.

[h1ghway1]

Hi,
I rarely post as I just use this forum to select my next 2nd hand purchase .
I think the vast number of members with useful input for non-technical(not really interested) persons such as myself make selection of kit a damn sight easier.
I think its great that true and outstanding forummers can be easily identified
and their advice treated with respect by plug in and go types like me.

cheers !!

[Phil Hinton]

Originally Posted by thechippy

Off subject slightly, but dont know where else to post this..

When is the review of the Cinema 21:9 coming? Many thanks, Nick

P.S. For the man who can't read, it's Stuart, not Stewart

Hopefully it should be in the next week or so. Just need to arrange a sample.

[EndlessWaves]

Originally Posted by Mahalalel

I believe that preeminent means something like 'surpassing all others' while eminent merely means 'highly ranked or thought of' so preeminent should really be above eminent. The 'pre' is a bit misleading and doesn't mean 'before or below' but something more like 'in advance of' .

Yes, and why is Senior one of the lower ranks and why do you only become conspicious after you've been prominent?

[Ian Dudley]

Since the tab functionality was changed back, some of your code is showing!

ob_start(); include('/home/sites/avforums/public_html/page_top.html'); = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean();

Appears above the top left logo and the tabs.

Sorry, forgot to add that I'm viewing in IE7 on Vista. IE V7.0.6000.16386

Edited to add: seems to be ok now.

[Smurfin]

Originally Posted by Stinja

Above Preeminent should be "Spam Merchant" and above that "Jay" Although i'm curious now to see who's got the biggest...

And above that Kingfats. All the best

[Badger0-0]

Yes, good old kings, he does rattle them in doesn't he?

[Ian Dudley]

The code error I posted above just come back. Site seems to be running a bit slow as well.

[Scholes18]

I hadn tbeen getting it yesterday but i have now... Its right at the top above the tabs.

[mmayson]

Am I missing something? When I press Classifieds on the top menu now, it gives a list of things for sale which is no use at all! What happened to the link which took you to the complete Classified section????

[Smurfin]

Originally Posted by Badger0-0

Yes, good old kings, he does rattle them in doesn't he?

33,000 posts since 2006 Though I reckon if you cut out his three word posts you'd knock 10,000 off

My wife moans at me for spending time on the forums, and I'm less than 9000 in 7 years. O-M-G....is it REALLY that long?

[Basil Plumley]

Originally Posted by Smurfin

33,000 posts since 2006 Though I reckon if you cut out his three word posts you'd knock 10,000 off

My wife moans at me for spending time on the forums, and I'm less than 9000 in 7 years. O-M-G....is it REALLY that long?

9 years here...but I left for 6 months halfway through as I had to go away...they couldn't retrieve the 3000 posts I had before as Army Bloke/Family Guy but Ian J was able to adjust my join date to when I actually joined...:

[Doctor_AB]

i am a long way behind as only 1000 post in 3 years