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  1. With due respect, the old site may not have been broken to the front end user. But that is hardly an accurate picture to paint. The framework was defunct, the CMS we used had shut down 10 years ago and offered no more support. Meaning we could have stuck on the old system, but also then risked user security in the process. Not only that but it also meant that we could never make any additions or changes to the site because nothing was being supported any longer. There is a long list of reasons why a change of CMS was not only good, but essential. People saying they find it harder to access on mobile than the old site makes little sense, considering the new site is built with mobile in mind and actually allows you to view a page without having to zoom in and out like on the old one. The new site is certainly more mobile friendly in terms of how the page is viewed. Again, if people have problems or suggestions, with valuable feedback changes can be made. But complaints without any feedback of what feels strange or off, provides no help. Take screenshots, use MS paint or something to point out where issues lie and we'll happily try and work out fixes if there are legitimate issues.
  2. Hey there, this is due to old Google results from the old website. With time Google will need to reindex all the forums again to get the new URLs (this may take a couple months). So it's more a Google crawling issue, but with that said we've tried to implement 301 redirects on our URLs to the relevant pages. Could you post a link from Google as an example so I can investigate further and confirm?
  3. Can you please forward to [email protected] so we can see why this occurred. Thanks!
  4. Thank you for pointing out this bug! This could be related to the migration from the old site, a data integrity issue. We will resolve this asap to get the rating values where they should be. I'm moving this thread to the bugs forum so that we can update progress to the bug effectively.
  5. Well they serve as both, but the one os more a discussion. The Q&A would be more for those looking to get a simple direct answer. It is up to the user where to place it, we won't move questions to it, but if someone wants to, they have the ability to use the Q&A
  6. The functionality is almost identical to stackoverflow. And it exists already on this software, just need to activate it. Any thoughts of the best way to use it? I have my ideas, but would like input from the community too. One forum for all Q&A, or split up into sections? And what sections make sense? Could do licenses but that's not a global standard.
  7. Was your ad initially a paid ad? If it wasn't, then there is something wrong that we need to adjust. The way it works currently is that there are packages we can set up. We can choose whether an ad package has a paid or free renewal. The problem is that while we can select for paid ads to have free renewal, we can't offer the ability to renew as a paid feature again. So it's a bit of a double edged sword. We can make it renew for free, but that isn't going to work for those looking to renew as a feature again. Or we can allow for paid renewal so featured ads can be renewed to be paid features, but then those looking to renew for free suffers. We're trying to find a way to offer both options. But we're also limited by the plugin that we are using.
  8. Unfortunately that email is being sent from our old server. Any email that contains a modify.cgi link in it can be ignored. The people receiving the error are users who had ads running on the old server. We told our hosts to stop the service but they evidently did not. To do renewals on the new site, click the drop down next to your name (top right) and click "My Renewals", if there's nothing there then your ad is still good. We're working to shut off the old mail server to prevent this outdated mails getting sent out.
  9. Thanks! We did some testing yesterday and came to the same conclussion. There's some permissions either in the database or the file server that need tweaking, which will also help a lot of the spam issues. Since the issue is preventing us from adding plugins. Our dev is working on it trying to find the area to adjust and then things should be better.
  10. I'm on it. The spammer issue is something we have a solution to, we've just got to do some developing testing off the live site but hope to have it up on the live site this coming week.
  11. Just to confirm that there may be areas where we're starting over in the sense that the blue dots may only appear on new threads and you may miss it for content for the past several days. The process of moving a site to a new CMS is no small task, especially with millions of posts. Can anyone confirm whether the blue dot appears in posts that you commented in before the migration but that others have posted in since the migration?
  12. Thanks for the feedback guys. There's a few comments here that are very helpful and will assist us in making the neccessary changes to resolve many of these comments. Will update here as we resolve.
  13. Thanks! We've resolved the first signature issue and there will now be a separation between post text and signature. We're looking into the issue about signatures not being brought over into the profile fields.
  14. Thanks for all the feedback guys, our priority first is to resolve the classifieds submission problem. Then get started on the rest. Will update you.
  15. Hey everyone! As you have probably noticed, we've moved over to our new content management system. We're exciting to bring you these changes which will provide more mobile support, easier navigation and more functionality. We're going to be continuing in our focus of making the site better moving forward and are looking forward to what lies ahead. You may notice adjustments, additions or removals of things you're used to, and we realize that it isn't easy having someone come in and rearrange your living room, but we're here to take your feedback and hope that the new website makes your experience better than it was. This has been no small task and there are sure to still be some bugs that pop up, but we're dedicated to resolving them ASAP. The way you can help us help you, is by letting us know of any problems you come across on the site. Errors, broken styling, problems with images etc. Simply comment in this thread with your experience, attaching screenshots where possible, and we'll be sure to make the fixes, and make the site a better experience for you. To make things most effective, you can use this template when reporting problems: Bug Description: URL that it occurred: Time of occurrence: Action being performed (where relevant): To give us feedback unrelated to bugs, please make a post in the suggestions and feedback forums.
  16. successful 13 way skydive with 3 points and two spinning pieces. The plane is a sky van and it is over maytown, pa.
  17. Come to enjoy this view with us!
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  19. Anniversary jump. 200.
  20. Video of the year Skydive Voss
  21. Freefly Fun At The Base! Fuck Yeah! See You 2019!
  22. Had some friends come play at my place in mexico and fly next to my plane. It was a good time!
  23. The 2018 speedflying meeting at 2 Alpes (France) is coming soon .. front pilot : Flipflop Pikou ( https://www.facebook.com/flipflopp.pi... ) chasing pilot : Djé Scalope ( https://www.facebook.com/djescaople )
  24. When you're hungry but don't wanna take a lunch break between jumps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  25. La Escuela de Paracaidistas PPBCRRA entrenó en 25 horas a Andrés, Pablo y Enrique para saltar por el método de Línea Estática y ahora son paracaidistas!!!