Brick-Yard - The future, please read.

Okay.

Where do we start?

Brick-Yard.

S'okay, init.

Well, we want to make it more betterer.

So, here's whats happening.

In the internet, somewhere else is buried another Brick-Yard, this is our development site.

It is based on a CMS (Content Management System) which basically means it makes it easier for users to become part of Brick-Yard and submit their own articles and photos.

Ofcourse there will be a forum!

There are a select few people who have access to this new website and over the next few months we will be busy beavering away dicking about with it making sure it's fit to be unleashed on the general VW commercial driving public.

One of the problems here is that we have outgrown the software that we use, and the database we have to use it on, thats why every now and again it falls over, so we will be swapping over to new hosts (bit more expensive) and some different software.
The cool thing about the software that we plan to use is that it is open source, meaning it's free and we can get loads of ace add ons for it, gellery software and all that kinda jazz.

So, new software, new hosts meaning quicker and more reliable browsing, thats more interactive letting you lot join in with some of the tech stuff, bit like a WiKi but a bit nicer looking.

So, who's doing it?
Paul, RogerTheCat - he's doing nerd stuff.
Monsho - another nerd.
Michael - general stuff.
G60Steve - looking bemused and confused at all the new buttons to press.
Me - pointing and shouting.

At the moment, you need to do absolutley nada other than tell us what you would like to see out of the Brick-Yard.

Once we swap over, your gunna have to re register, big deal.

In the mean time I am gunna have a play around with the forums, have a bit of a move around and see how we want things to be on the new place, as with VW, when they know something is on the run out they try the stuff for their new models on the last of the older ones, so thats what we are gunna do!

Oh, I think myself, Monsho and Paul (RogerTheCat) are gunna run some banners for our businesses, seem fair?

No subscription fees!!

Any comments please?

 

 

Money isn't a problem.

I will see if the new forum software has the function to be able to view threads upside down

Baxter wrote: Money isn't a problem. I will see if the new forum software has the function to be able to view threads upside down

It would have to have the original post first wouldn't it !!

New posts since last visit
Would be good.
For us lazy people.
Thanks Rob

Edited by rob64981

ear, Baxter, can you PM us a link to it, left it all on works computer

Sounds awesome, lok forward to giving it a good posting!

Nick

S'pose when we reregister, we all become newbies again. Be really good if it can be programmed to lose the grey hairs, wrinkles and a few years off the age.....

Damn .an ere was I just getting my post count up......


Good Luck with the new one Si ......If the lads need a hand with out, let me know.....

Cool. good plan. I am sure young Roger has all in hand, but if you need any extra tech stuff or "soft-testers", let me know (or you Roger!) - we do Joomla, Drupal and Plone CMS' amongst other things.

good on ya  - a 'proper' vw approach, build it, test it, build it some more, then let it out when its all working, not "bung it together and get the unsuspecting public to road test it!"

I have no requirements to add - you've got it all covered I think. It works great as it is; any additional features can only be improvements!

Good luck!

calvin wrote: good on ya  - a 'proper' vw approach, build it, test it, build it some more, then let it out when its all working, not "bung it together and get the unsuspecting public to road test it!"

err, you've seen through our testing methods then

might be calling on you for Joomla info - thats what its done in - my firs go
so gonna get a bit lost me thinks....