10-09-2018, 07:40 PM
From VKLogger.com forum, dated Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:39 am http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13760
References were directed towards this forum :
2) Oz Logger Forum > AHRDF
This Forum sought to fill a hole upon VKL Forum being placed into archive, but was doomed from the beginning.
Text-only, no images, ADSL connection, then a crippling file size limit on a limited number of attachment types, being generally unreliable in operation, along with endless tinkering has discouraged most people from utilising it.
We've been seeing increased noise about "use it or loose it", so it's only taken 2 years for that Admin to wake up to the frustrations that I was encountering leading up to this Forum being archived (at which point house renovations took over most of my spare time).
Not quite correct.. Some actual info:
This forum has been running on either a 25/5 NBN connection or on a web server in a data centre for the last 12+ months. Initially it was using ADSL and "free hosting" - but that was a while ago.
Images have been available as attachments since the beginning, PHPBB and MYBB. (JPGs at 500KB are actually quite a large image at a reasonable resolution.)
being generally unreliable in operation : where did this come from. Not true for some time. Initially "free hosting" was tried and subsequently dropped..
endless tinkering : VK4GHZ isn't even a registered user on this forum so how would he know ? I have tried to put a few bells and whistles on the Forum and some have been successful and remained (eg Southgate news feed). Others like the chat option were removed - but not because of reliability and not because of a tinkering factor.
it's only taken 2 years for that Admin to wake up to the frustrations that I was encountering leading up to this Forum being archived : Well it didn't take that long to hit the frustration level but I persevered. I started from a virtual zero point in terms of forum knowledge and have developed it from there because someone 'spat the dummy'.
Moving on :
If you are unhappy using this forum because it is restrictive, unreliable or you just don't like it then I suggest you move to VKLogger - as suggested in another user's post. There IS room for more than one AR forum in Australia.
I have no plans to 'spit the dummy' but am considering how to handle the ever-increasing issues with spammers and hackers, moderation and resulting workload.
I note no one has yet offered to be another moderator... (Edit : One new moderator so far..)
***** RANT OVER *****
DONE NOW !!
References were directed towards this forum :
2) Oz Logger Forum > AHRDF
This Forum sought to fill a hole upon VKL Forum being placed into archive, but was doomed from the beginning.
Text-only, no images, ADSL connection, then a crippling file size limit on a limited number of attachment types, being generally unreliable in operation, along with endless tinkering has discouraged most people from utilising it.
We've been seeing increased noise about "use it or loose it", so it's only taken 2 years for that Admin to wake up to the frustrations that I was encountering leading up to this Forum being archived (at which point house renovations took over most of my spare time).
Not quite correct.. Some actual info:
This forum has been running on either a 25/5 NBN connection or on a web server in a data centre for the last 12+ months. Initially it was using ADSL and "free hosting" - but that was a while ago.
Images have been available as attachments since the beginning, PHPBB and MYBB. (JPGs at 500KB are actually quite a large image at a reasonable resolution.)
being generally unreliable in operation : where did this come from. Not true for some time. Initially "free hosting" was tried and subsequently dropped..
endless tinkering : VK4GHZ isn't even a registered user on this forum so how would he know ? I have tried to put a few bells and whistles on the Forum and some have been successful and remained (eg Southgate news feed). Others like the chat option were removed - but not because of reliability and not because of a tinkering factor.
it's only taken 2 years for that Admin to wake up to the frustrations that I was encountering leading up to this Forum being archived : Well it didn't take that long to hit the frustration level but I persevered. I started from a virtual zero point in terms of forum knowledge and have developed it from there because someone 'spat the dummy'.
Moving on :
If you are unhappy using this forum because it is restrictive, unreliable or you just don't like it then I suggest you move to VKLogger - as suggested in another user's post. There IS room for more than one AR forum in Australia.
I have no plans to 'spit the dummy' but am considering how to handle the ever-increasing issues with spammers and hackers, moderation and resulting workload.
I note no one has yet offered to be another moderator... (Edit : One new moderator so far..)
***** RANT OVER *****
DONE NOW !!
Doug VK4ADC @ QG62LG51
http://www.vk4adc.com
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This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.