19-07-2023, 08:49 AM
Philip
The ease of forum referencing versus the likes of Facebook has been apparent for a number of years, and you are right : no one gets to see within a Facebook group unless it is either (1) open to the public; or (2) you are a duly authorised signed-up member. Unlike that, this forum is open to view but intentionally closed to post, and that last part has a lot to do with ensuring that posts are generated by known users with a sense of responsibility.
I could fill this forum with posts of interest and relevance to AR but it needs others' contributions and questions, not just mine. There was a recent burst about station earthing with a few examples of how some have done it in practice and these posts do help others to plan their own earthing plans - but a quick flash and 'the pan' is again clean. It could be an even better reference for others if more users made their own contributions apparent. Given there is a full search facility built into the forum, it is surprising that more visitors do not use it rather than just rely on the likes of the Google search results.
There will be an "end of the road" for the forum sometime if for no other reason that the code package it uses will no longer be supported. Whether that is by next June/July, or the one after that, or the one after that..., it will happen eventually. There is an updated major version available but it will not run on the existing package hosting service (yes, I have asked if they plan to update the necessities of PHP, SQL etc and their response is more $$$$) so I am not going there.
Doug, admin
The ease of forum referencing versus the likes of Facebook has been apparent for a number of years, and you are right : no one gets to see within a Facebook group unless it is either (1) open to the public; or (2) you are a duly authorised signed-up member. Unlike that, this forum is open to view but intentionally closed to post, and that last part has a lot to do with ensuring that posts are generated by known users with a sense of responsibility.
I could fill this forum with posts of interest and relevance to AR but it needs others' contributions and questions, not just mine. There was a recent burst about station earthing with a few examples of how some have done it in practice and these posts do help others to plan their own earthing plans - but a quick flash and 'the pan' is again clean. It could be an even better reference for others if more users made their own contributions apparent. Given there is a full search facility built into the forum, it is surprising that more visitors do not use it rather than just rely on the likes of the Google search results.
There will be an "end of the road" for the forum sometime if for no other reason that the code package it uses will no longer be supported. Whether that is by next June/July, or the one after that, or the one after that..., it will happen eventually. There is an updated major version available but it will not run on the existing package hosting service (yes, I have asked if they plan to update the necessities of PHP, SQL etc and their response is more $$$$) so I am not going there.
Doug, admin
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