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Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:08 am
by Steve
Welcome back or if you're a new member welcome to the E30 Zone.

Sorry the revamp took a little long that expected, well about 15 years :D but it's done and it's great to be back.

So what has changed? Well what hasn't !

We have a brand new forum and theme with the much needed photo attachment feature and now you can upload photo straight to the forum from any device, so you can be at a show take photos and instantly upload them to a post or thread.

For the first time in Zone history the forum is now public to view, you no longer need to login to view it but that's all you can do, to use all the new features and post you will still need to login / register.

The forum will also automatically embed a host of media platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram etc.. just by posting a link or by highlighting the link an clicking on the monitor icon in post menu. The search function has also been upgraded and now works as it should and it's quick !

We have also added a 'build thread / restoration forum' where you can upload and log your project for evermore without being held to ransom by photo hosting sites. I think this is one of our biggest advantages over Facebook, and who doesn't love a good build thread, right? The old Member's E30 forum will be used as a showroom just show off your E30.

Please also check the new UCP (User Control Panel) and new PM page for a host of new features.

The Homepage has also been redone, although not filled with as content much as I would have liked to started with, I wanted to get the forum up and running first, also I managed to delete a lot of content I had already made, DoH ! We will build on this as we go along. The content will be filled with member's cars, shows, meets & event and videos, articles etc... You can still keep track of latest forum posts from here. I did also build a Facebook latest E30 Zone group posts, which worked great until Facebook decided block this function for all groups !!

The E30 Wiki has been updated to latest version and has a new theme to fit in with rest of the site. I know that some of the information is out of date and we will be taking on people to get this updated.

The new hompage and forum are fully responsive, so matter what device you are viewing the site on it will adapt to work with any device, no need for taptalk :D.

We also have a brand new server to cope with photo hosting and the masses of traffic that will be come our way winkeye, We have enough drive space, bandwidth processing power to last us for many years to come. You will also notice that the site is secured by SSL so the whole Zone is now encrypted.

If you need help finding your way around the new Zone you can find forum guides here viewforum.php?f=114 if you can't find what you are looking for you can request a guide or ask for help from a team member.

I've tried to keep the Zone feel in the new design and I hope I have succeed. :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone (Work in progress)

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:49 am
by martauto
Many thanks for all the very hard work Steve, it`s the best forum that I have been on for a very long time :cool: :cool: :cool:
I have been moooooching around for a good week or so and really think our members will like and enjoy it.

Mart. :clap: :clap: :bmw: :bmw: :clap: :clap:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone (Work in progress)

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:38 pm
by HartgeH27
That is superb, great update and lots of info.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:57 am
by Cloggy Saint
Yay, it's back. Let's try to figure this out ....!

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:02 am
by Steve
Welcome back !

I've added guides to help everyone out. :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:59 am
by grantfk10
Looking good, well done ;)

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:09 am
by terryjippo
Morning all,

Great work Steve, my air supply (aka the Zone) has been turned back on lol!!


Cheers
Terry

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:11 am
by Steve
Thanks, I glad you all like it. It's great to members back on the site. :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:32 am
by Gert_8
Well done everyone!! This looks great, so I hope the new features help improve the traffic. :cool:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:36 pm
by padfot
Great work!!

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:00 pm
by Steve
Thanks everyone. :thumb:

We're having some issues with members that have Outlook or Hotmail accounts not receiving emails, please bear with us as we try to resolve the issue.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:42 pm
by clipper
Looking good!

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:21 pm
by magpie
good to be back , looking forward to using the new features 8)



looks like i sussed one of them :D

Great work Steve :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:46 pm
by Topblag
Great work Steve, here's to the future.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:51 pm
by steve_k
as i said on the FB page, you've done a fantastic job, glad to "home" again

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:23 pm
by Steve
Brilliant, thanks all, I'm really pleased everyone likes it. :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 7:37 pm
by kieran325
I’m back 8) Thnaks for hard work in the background :clap:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:21 pm
by ah
Well done Steve for all your hard work,the zone is looking good ,love the photo hosting.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:30 pm
by glenn
good to be back,
thanks steve.
site looks nice and modern, but also has taste of the old runboard forum about it
glenn

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:23 pm
by viz007
Looks great! Well done

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:32 pm
by TPS
Great Work Steve, Looking Good

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:44 pm
by ChrisHC
Well done Steve, I bet that was more work than the rest of us can even guess at!

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:00 am
by martauto
ChrisHC wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:44 pm
Well done Steve, I bet that was more work than the rest of us can even guess at!
I will second that !!!!

Been on the late turn so not home from work until 10.17pm (finished at 10.00 lol.)
It`s great to have it all up and running again :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:


Mart.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:22 am
by Brdjo
Zone looks great!! :D well done :clap: :clap:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:55 pm
by Steve
I can't tell you how happy we are that you are all enjoying the new Zone. :thumb:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:01 pm
by pierce
The new site is brilliant!

Super clean, nice and easy on the eye, and the new search function is great!

Glad to have all this knowledge back at my fingertips!

Thank you.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:36 pm
by mineralblue
Bang on.
Thanks

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:41 pm
by Steve
Thanks guys :D
pierce wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:01 pm
and the new search function is great!
The search index took 5 days to build and is now 3 times the size of Zone database :eek:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone (Work in progress)

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:28 am
by martauto
HartgeH27 wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:38 pm
That is superb, great update and lots of info.
And a massive big up for this guy as well please :cool: :cool:

Mart.

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:57 am
by Steve
:clap:

Thanks for the kind emails and great feedback we've been receiving about the new Zone. :thumb:

Spread the word people we are back. :banana:

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:57 am
by miniblob
Only been back on here for a moment, but it's looking good!!!

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:56 pm
by paultv
Brilliant - love the photo upload -

Paul :-)

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:15 pm
by Satan
Can we go back to old site ;o)))))))

Only kidding......

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:19 pm
by Satan
So how do you upload images?

Re: Welcome to the revamped E30 Zone

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:33 pm
by Cloggy Saint
Like this

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