New Zone preview thread.

[Steve]

I'll start with the forum -

Fixes / features

• *Email bug fixed
  *Empty posts fixed
  *Search fixed.
  *Photos automatically resize to the forum, no more oversized photos !
  *Photo uploads directly in to your post or as attachment straight from your PC/phone/tablet. (no more 3rd party hosting)
  *Post media from any platform e.g Facebook, YouTube in to your posts.
  *Full user control panel, you can turn on/off forum signatures / images. Add friends or block post form users you don't want to see.
  *Fully responsive, changes to fit any PC screen or device, no need for taptalk.
  *Banner changes on refresh (all members E30s).

& lots more..




More to follow, please comment all feedback gratefully received.

[Tom_Maverick]

Yes! And yes... did I mention yes?

Solid work

[Tom_Maverick]

Not sure about the wonky lachs tech2 with a ducktail and no centrecaps however.. a minor point

**edit - at least it’s not a boring M3!**

[Topblag]

The lack of pic hosting required will bring a lot more traffic back here from Facebook IMO. The for sale section will blossom again, there'll be more requests for technical help and more entertainment on threads.

There's even photos of PacerPete we can use to scare the kids off.

A picture speaks a thousand words.

Great work, 10/10.

Thank you.

[bss325i]

Excellent work!

[magpie]

yess my own block button , goodbye drakesmith aka rich318i

and my build thread has empty posts that were deleted so at 23 posts on a page it opens a new page with no posts on and reads no posts for this topic exists

[Jesus325iTouring]

Fantastic work Steve, looks great, and sounds great, top job

[Steve]

Yes! And yes... did I mention yes?

Solid work

Not sure about the wonky lachs tech2 with a ducktail and no centrecaps however.. a minor point

**edit - at least it’s not a boring M3!**

Thanks Tom

Banners will change on refresh with different members E30s, not only does this give members a way to showcase their cars, it's also a good way of showing the diversity of the Zone.

The lack of pic hosting required will bring a lot more traffic back here from Facebook IMO. The for sale section will blossom again, there'll be more requests for technical help and more entertainment on threads.

There's even photos of PacerPete we can use to scare the kids off.

A picture speaks a thousand words.

Great work, 10/10.

Thank you.

Thanks

One of the biggest things we can offer that FB doesn't and that's build threads, there's some great ones on here at the moment.

Excellent work!

Thanks Barry

yess my own block button , goodbye drakesmith aka rich318i

and my build thread has empty posts that were deleted so at 23 posts on a page it opens a new page with no posts on and reads no posts for this topic exists

Yes sorry about that but it's all fixed in the new Zone
(great build thread )

Fantastic work Steve, looks great, and sounds great, top job

Thanks Rog

All great comments so far ! I'll post up some more images later.

[magpie]

[steve_k]

looks good, looking forward to the launch any idea when that will be?

also, steve, i'll have that article over to you in a few days hopefully.

[Steve]

looks good, looking forward to the launch any idea when that will be?

also, steve, i'll have that article over to you in a few days hopefully.

That's a good question, it will be soon. I'm just putting plan action together to make sure it all goes smoothly.

I look forward to the article, a few members are writing them, they will be a great addition to the new Zone.

[Steve]

Main site

Features

• *Fully responsive, changes to fit any PC screen or device.
  *Members cars featured
  *Build thread featured
  *COTM
  *Shows / events / meets
  *latest forum posts
  *latest Facebook post
  *A new article feature (more info to follow)
  *Banner changes on refresh (all members E30s).

& lots more..

(background does not repeat, it 2 images spliced together)

[ah]

Well done Steve,thanks for all your hard work,I must agree with Tom-Maverick about the dodgy tec2.just a suggestion but what about picking part of an E30 which is in common with all models that way everyone happy,oversly big enough part to show the it is an E30.

[magpie]

love it

[HartgeH27]

I too will get an article over to you in due course Steve, the revamped/new zone is looking fantastic!

[Steve]

Not sure about the wonky lachs tech2 with a ducktail and no centrecaps however.. a minor point

**edit - at least it’s not a boring M3!**

Well done Steve,thanks for all your hard work,I must agree with Tom-Maverick about the dodgy tec2.just a suggestion but what about picking part of an E30 which is in common with all models that way everyone happy,oversly big enough part to show the it is an E30.

Thanks Ah

Putting the E30s in the banner, I personally think it's a great way to give something back to Zone members.

The car in the banner is also used as a track day car, I would imagine that he takes the caps off not lose them. Read the thread here http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0 it's great read

The E30 world is such a diverse one it would be nice to show this off.

[Gert_8]

right nice!

[aimlessrock]

that looks really good Steve, nice work.

[martauto]

One hell of a lot of thought gone into this, not just for today but for the future too Steve.
It could crash on the first few days with all the pictures going on to it .lol

Mart.

[Topblag]

How about a section for replica parts, there seems to be more and more smart people making stuff - Alpina badges, under dash panels, tech 2 kits etc.

I think it's great and BMW can't say much if they have discontinued them.

[HartgeH27]

That has some mileage I believe.

[maxfield]

Epic!!

[Steve]

Thanks for all the comments, more details coming soon.

How about a section for replica parts, there seems to be more and more smart people making stuff - Alpina badges, under dash panels, tech 2 kits etc.

I think it's great and BMW can't say much if they have discontinued them.

Great idea

[Yeti]

looking good Steve,great work. glad to see our donations going to a great cause

[Steve]

Thanks Yeti.

This is the automatic image resizing in action :-

These 2 browser windows are using half the screen each, as you can see the new zone resizes the images to fit the screen (responsive) and the current doesn't.

Once the browser is maximised to full screen the images will enlarge to suit your pc/devices screen.

[Simon13]

Just the man for the job, if this can't help nothing can.

[Steve]

Thanks Simon, we're working hard to try and revive the Zone.

[JungleGus]

Loving it! Thanks for putting in the effort.

The dodgy tech 2 may look a little straighter after the rust fixing but it's hard to be sure

[SeanOB]

Looks great, and a serious upgrade. Thanks for all the hard work getting this together!

[Steve]

Loving it! Thanks for putting in the effort.

The dodgy tech 2 may look a little straighter after the rust fixing but it's hard to be sure

It sure is

Looks great, and a serious upgrade. Thanks for all the hard work getting this together!

Thanks, you probably notice your car will get a little feature as well

[Topblag]

Thanks Simon, we're working hard to try and revive the Zone.

The revival has started already. The force is getting stronger.

[Jesus325iTouring]

Footfall is increasing for sure

[Steve]

The stats show that traffic to the site has nearly tripled in the last couple of months.

[tiw30]

Really appreciate all the good work that's going on here, this is a wonderful site and a great resource, it would be great to get it back to the way it was

[Steve]

Thanks tiw30

I don't think we'll ever be back to the way it was, as it was a different time in E30 & internet history e.g. cheap and lots of them about and no social media, but what we are doing is moving the Zone in to a new era to cater for the next 15 years.

Saying that I would be extremely happy if it does.