I miss the "view previous/view next" function on the old site.
A change like this can be like buying a new pair of boots . Very painful for a while . But worthwhile in the long run .
Administrators. Thanks for the work you are putting into this.
John . Sorry I haven't answered your email yet. Been a bit busy lately.
Andrew.
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Hello John, thanks for everyone's hard work, what's the time frame on private messages and the members list being functional again, I sent some messages a week or so ago, but afterwards realized no one has a PM box to receive them.

Also, are all our old threads and posts history coming over soon, I often refer to my old threads to help answer newer members questions.

I'm with Andrew, seems we both are struggling to enjoy the new boots.....
Regards
Mike

I liked it except for resting my password and I don’t like change much but it will be all good👍

HI, Folks.
Thanks to all concerned for all their efforts in getting this new site up and running.

I am still finding my way around the new site - along with a heap of other things that seem to have landed on me about the same time, mostly work related

My first impression was that they could have picked an easier color to see for the headlines than a pale blue. Even a darker blue would be better.

I also miss the "Preview Post" function for checking if links work before publishing a post.

Just my 0.02.

Hello John
Thanks for the opportunity to point out what are probably minor issues.
1) Wasted space - Forum is condensed in the middle of the screen. The old forum used to use all the available screen space.

2) Half functioning post preview. - As Deas said you can't fully preview the post as links to images etc don't load. You can't tell if the text around the image will fit as intended when posted.

3) Clicking a thread title takes you to the last post in that thread. Even if you have not read any of the posts. - The old forum thread title took you to the first post in that thread. To me that would be the preferred action.

4) Image viewer will not allow dragging and dropping. - This is another minor issue but you can't drag and drop an image from the forum to Photoshop. For example a recent post showed an image of a serial number that on the old forum I could drag and drop it into Photoshop to enhance it but now I have to save it to my computer and then open it in Photoshop.

5)You can't change the number of posts per page.

To me the first two are major issues but the other three are only minor issues.

Regards

Phil

Hello John, Wombat kindly instructed me how to find my private message box, so that item is ticked now, just need to find our members list.

When I come on to the board I'll see anywhere from 1 to maybe 6 or 7 members online, but also hundreds of "non" members.

Who are these people actually John, I long suspected on the old board they were spammers, scammers and those locked up for 20-life at "Her Majesty's Pleasure", but are they possibly antique Caterpillar folks looking in the window putting their sticky greasy fingers all over the nice new glass?

Does the new software allow you to see if they are real folks, or just bots out there looking to do harm?
All the best
Mike

Some Suggestions
Show the poster’s location always rather than using mouseover
Place a banner at the top of each page to look like it is a Caterpillar site. (similar to home page)
Add editing feature for signature (HTML)
Fix the link problems: For example, the thread “D2 starter pinion latches” includes links on page two that only sends one to the home page and not to the proper link page. Appears the links to external sites work but not to ACMOC.

www.acmoc.org/bb/discussion-d72/25688-d2...ion-latches?start=10

And of course, the preview doesn’t work for me.
Post number doesn’t mean much along the right hand side and a number designating the post sequence would be more meaningful.

In my humble opinion the web pages do not look very professional (They are very plain) and there is surely not much yellow on it for us old yellow iron lovers.

I don't see how they can keep the lights on with so few paid members.