I usually agree with most comments made by The Prof and Parksy....... However on this topic I couldn't disagree more.
I hope my comment will not be taken badly, but it does seem to me that the layout and format of our forum has been sadly compromised.
I have seen nothing that improves upon the previous set up and a lot that is far far worse, difficult to access, read and use.....I do wish that things had been left as they were.
I understand the need to alter things, ( new broom and all that) and the penchant for altering perfectly servicable existing arrangements to " improve" them... often the " improvement seems to be largely illusory.
It may well be however that the previous forum software had reached the end of its life and needed to be "updated" If that is so, then that is the price we have to pay and I can understand the reason for the decision to " update".
Anyway have a very Merry Christmas,
and as always
Happy Caravanning to all
Regards
paws
Hello Paws,
I too often struggle when established systems are changed, and I suspect that we're not alone in that respect.
Sometimes it seems that some systems are changed just for the sake of change, and for me that is a very poor reason, but sometimes change is necessary for reasons that we mat not fully appreciate. There should always be a good reason before a change is contemplated, but importantly that doesn't mean you should stop looking in case you are missing a trick.
In this case, at least two factors were generating pressure for change. The first were some of the long standing issues like posting images to threads and no private messaging access, which were probably a combination of the policy of the previous owners, and the inflexibility of the forum software adopted by them.
The second pressure was the purchase of PC by Future, who by all accounts are a more media savvy organisation, and who have more experience of operating this type of forum. They would have difficulty in justifying the cost of supporting two forum engines, when the one they already used was superior and well known by their support team to the one that PC had been using.
I suggest you should try some of the ideas that have been offered, and if you're still having difficulties then as Parksy has asked, tell us in a bit more detail about the problem, and in particular tell us about the equipment i.e. phone, tablet Mac or PC, and the operating system you are using when you have the problem, as there may be some practical solutions.