rob275 1817 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Hi All, We are changing the way Projects & Build threads are handled on the forum and as such all project and build threads have been locked and it will no longer be possible to post and new build threads there. Instead we are introducing blogs, those of you who have been with the club from the get go will recall having the feature previously and it has been requested by a few and we feel it will benefit all going forward to have this. It will essentially work the same although each update post from yourself will be able to be commented on individually, hopefully making dicsussion a bit more topical rather than things going off on a tangent and even if they do, it won't distract from the build itself. You should all now be able to see "Blogs" under the navigation and be able to create a blog. There are some restrictions, normal members are restricted to one blog, premium members are able to create multiple blogs and can moderate posts and their blogs themselves. So what is happening to the old build threads? They will be staying but if you want to migrate things over you are welcome to do this manually, unfortunately there isn't any automatic process for doing so. If you want to start a blog and have a project thread already, it may be beneficial linking to it in your first blog post. Many Thanks, Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted January 31, 2018 I don't want to be a dick, but can't we have an option to keep existing Projects & Builds threads going? All it takes is to disable the permission for Members to create new threads and let the existing ones live on? You can then still force new member content onto the Blogs (for whatever reason) but without the forced migration for the ones in progress. Sorry to moan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 The blogs don't seem to be working very well in practice, they are getting bugger all views. I think this is partly because they are right at the bottom of the mobile page, don't show up in recent threads etc, and no ones sure whether to copy paste old entries from the projects thread or just continue the thread without prior context. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 My blog is pretty crap! But that's because I can't be arse'd to do it all again. 1 Lowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Slow 4 Report post Posted February 14, 2018 The blogs aren't anywhere near as nice to read as a thread, it's very staccato. Don't want to sound like a naysayer, but a standard forum thread is much nicer to read and look at. 2 Mark-in-Stoke and Lowe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rob275 1817 Report post Posted February 21, 2018 Unlocked them, pick what you want to use. 2 3 Nimz, GT86-Ian, Mark-in-Stoke and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nimz 70 Report post Posted February 21, 2018 Good move, thanks Rob. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinT 514 Report post Posted July 25, 2018 As well as the blogs not getting much in the way of views, they don't appear in Tapatalk at all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites