Andi

Captcha has been broken by software - it's pointless and offers no protection. That's why we do a question instead. However, nothing will stop spam. People are paid $1-2/hr to just create logins on sites.. there's nothing I can do to stop real humans logging in... Spam removed. It's on the to-do list to sort. Most likely I will make it so newbies can't create a blog entry until they have done a certain amount of posts on the forum. And those posts will be Moderated (i.e. the first 2 posts on the site, perhaps). That will stop it! I'm off work next week, so will have some time to sort all this stuff out. Not something I have at the moment, though ;)

I'm glad the 'direct' link is working for you. That will stay up and running, so just make sure when you're at home you use that. It seems to affect a small minority of you, whereas the system that is being 'avoided' by using that link actually assists a LOT more (in caching the site, making it a lot faster, reducing load on the server, etc etc). If you think I'm just 'saying that' - have a look at the stats for the past 2 weeks... This site gets a LOT of traffic, and I really need all the help I can get to ensure it stays up and running for you all, and CloudFlare really does help:

Hi Claire, As I said on Facebook - yes, the 'blank' page is the one that is linked with the forum - but at the moment doesn't contain any content. Connecting your account with Facebook enables you to publish things to YOUR wall, add pages/threads to YOUR Like list - it's not really relevant that the App page is blank, vBulletin just needs the 'FB App' in order to interact with your FB wall, etc. I'll get it filled out when I'm on hols next week. I have a long to-do for the site then.. ;)

Please try: http://direct.the-corrado.net/forum.php I've just changed a setting which was actually stopping the above link from really doing anything (oops!) but it should work now. You'll need to log in again, but you should ALWAYS see "direct." at the beginning on your URL whilst on the site. Let me know if that works. And VR6Pete, yes, GZip compression is on, only level 1 though. However, I do have all WYSIWYG editors and Ajax enabled on the site. As well as the Google stuff. I guess it does all add up.

Fret not ;) Donations from the old site are completely manual still on here - so I've updated your account (and you now get the bigger PM box, better upload limits, etc). Thanks for donating!

Sorry, but all these issues are with your computer, not the site. I dunno how I can help? You seem to be a serial toolbar installer (I count 4?) and still on XP using IE7... First step would be to try Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome Good luck.

When did cars start posting on forums?

If you use the little "+ icon in the bottom right of the post, it will remember it as you change pages, so when you hit "Reply to Thread", all of the quotes are pasted in, eg:

Not quite that simple, as we use FULLTEXT MySQL searching, which actually calls MySQL commands to search the database (rather than the forum having it's own search index like phpBB did) so although the software was set to 3 characters, SQL wasn't, so it ignored it. I've had to add the setting into the SQL server and flush the cache, then rebuild the index with the larger search terms. It's slower - but kinda needed on this site, so it should be good to go now! Lockage.

I can understand the issue... it's a flaw in the design. But I can't prevent it without disabling the ability to manually choose the style... so bit of a hole at the moment!

Interesting! lol Done for you ;)

Fixed - I found a bug in their code ;)

The search should be rebuilding now with support for 3-character searches. Hopefully ;)

This may be linked to an IP configuration I had lost when I upgraded the software (it reverted back to thinking everyone was coming from the same IP, so couldn't track sessions very well). This has been fixed, so should improve. However, that's not how the site is designed. I can stay logged in for days, and it always tracks just the new posts since I was last on the site - it doesn't clear. Therefore it's something to do with your browser or view settings or cookies..

Click "Full site" at the bottom of the page... ;) This is a known bug. I'm trying to figure out why... dead ends at the moment! And subscribing - just click the link in my sig or at the bottom of every page. It will then take you to a page where you can choose to sub 1 or 2 or 5 "currency" a month (you pick the currency) to setup your subsciption. Thank you, your donations are always very gratefully received! I couldn't do this without them.

Mobile issues now fixed.

Fixed. You can now revert back to the 'full' theme, plus if you're on the full theme you can revert to mobile using the 'Style chooser' in the bottom left.

Update Forum software updated to v4.1.2 which includes a 'Mobile Style' with automatic detection of a mobile web browser. Visit the site from your phone for a demo! If you wish to use the other style for whatever reason, you can change this in your Profile settings.

Done :)

Yup, what he said! And cheers - I'm glad the faith is trickling through! As for editing thread titles - it was set to 60 minutes, I've now changed it to infinite, so you should be ok to edit those now.

What a great idea.... ;) It should be on "3 or more". I'll check. It does mean re-indexing the site though, which takes a few hours. Something I need to do late at night so you don't all complain.. ;) Glad you're enjoying it - it is more powerful software than the previous one. As for the New Posts / Today -- I haven't changed anything? Probably one of those 'settings' somewhere you've been playing with! :)

If you don't have an account - it allows you to create one using your Facebook ID (so you enter less stuff). And yes, if you do link it with your Facebook account, you can 'Like' threads, posts blogs and posts to your wall, etc. Just being social! You don't have to use it ;)

Hi dubberbaz, I'm working on a plan for advertising on the site - currently all Ads are on hold other than general Google adverts. I will get an advertising plan in place shortly and be in touch to see if you are interested. Thank you for your support!

It's alright, I believe you! Not sure what to suggest... I'll have a poke around the settings and see if there's something I've missed.

No idea, as when you create a post it automatically takes you to the advanced page with all those icons! Must be something local to you.. which browser? Can you try it in another? Chrome, for example.