As you've most probably noticed I have completely neglected this place over the last few months. This was due to me not having the time after working and doing course work. I have finally finished the course, so I am looking to get this place done up and upgraded.

Over the next few weeks I am hoping to upgrade the forums from vBulletin 3 to vBulletin 4.1.X as the software is a tad outdated. As vBulletin 4 is completely different to vBulletin 3, this means the current design will no longer work, so a new design will be required. Also the leaderboard needs fixing and this will be done during the update.

I am hoping to have this done within the coming month. I will require some people to beta test the upgrade before it is launched, so if you'd like to be one of the people to beta test it, please let me know. Also if you have any ideas on things that need adding or changing on the site, please let me know.

Thanks,

Ross

I'll be up for the beta. I'll be contributing to this site a lot more after exam season

Cheers guys.

I've now brought the vBulletin 4 Publishing Suite and vBSEO upgrade, so I will be starting work on the upgrade on Friday evening.

Originally Posted by ratass

If I can help with the beta testing just call on me.
It would nice if there was a thank you button at the bottom of each post so anyone that finds the post usefull
can thank the poster with out replying to the post and makeing the thread longer just with thank you's
and prahaps a thank you counter of the number of times that anyone as been thaked under their name.
just a thought.
all the best ratass ( mark )

Thanks for that. I've looked at this and it is a definite possibility and as you've stated it would cut down on single word posts. I'll hook it up for the beta and see how the testers get on with it.

Originally Posted by Currupshun

I've only found this place to be lacking in members and discussion
But from what I've seen so far I do like it here and as I said in my introduction I'll be happy to contribute to the forum community. No complaints or anything from me, it's all ship shape

Yeah that's mainly my fault, as I haven't had the time to work on the site and promote it.Now that course work is out of the way, I now have the time to do it, so I will be working on getting the site upgraded this weekend and working on the SEO.

Originally Posted by a Ninja

I'll be up for the beta. I'll be contributing to this site a lot more after exam season

Like you've actually been studying Marcin xD

The development board is live. If anyones online within the next few hours and they have some time to test out the board, please post here and I will then PM you with the link and your account details.

I decided to run the board live and fix problems as they come along rather than try to manually locate them all (as you all know, you can never find something when you're looking for it). The best news is that the leaderboard is now working