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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 01:32 pm:

MTFCI will have a new forum starting 31 May 2013.

http://www.modelt.org/vbulletin/


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 02:35 pm:

Yep, several of us have been test driving it recently. It should be OK once Mark gets all the bugs worked out of it. It's not just the users who have to learn the new system. So does the webmaster.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 03:46 pm:

Me too. It works from my iPhone!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Borland. Bathurst. NSW. Australia. on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 09:30 am:

Just tried it and got the 404 error message again.

Peter


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 09:54 am:

I just tried the link again. Still works for me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick Goelz-Knoxville,TN on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 09:56 am:

I signed up and put a wrong year of birth and it won't let me change it, i tried using a different name and it still won't let me change it so it must be looking at the IP address, it says i am too young to be viewing the content? I am 73 so you guys must be really old!!Ha
Rick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 10:26 am:

I seem to be able to log in and get into the forum, look at a dozen of so threads (topics?), but don't know how to
1. respond to an existing threads
2. start a new thread
3. post a picture
I've looked at the help, but many times it just goes to some other page of the website. Where is the best place to find out how to use this thing? I like to be able to read something to find out it works. Also what browser or computer type do you need to make this work, seems that my 98SE not good enough.
Mike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 10:53 am:

Just sent a test hope it worked.

Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 10:55 am:

Hey Mike,
You have to register, and then you will get an e-mail to start your account, the new forum will be much better as soon as everyone gets it figured out


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthony J Marino on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 11:17 am:

Mike, I was just over there and it's working. You may have lots of compatibility issues if you are still running 98SE.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 11:32 am:

I have registered and done the e-mail thing. Just looking for some text on how to use this website. Still having trouble.
Mike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 11:35 am:

I don't know what 98SE is, but I just tried the site on Firefox, Netscape, Safari, and IE. For viewing, it seems to work the same on all those browsers. I didn't try all of them for posting pictures.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 11:47 am:

Steve what kind of Firefox or IE are you using? The version number?

Mike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 12:02 pm:

Firefox 21.0, IE 5.2 for Mac.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Zahorik on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 12:23 pm:

I have Foxfire 2 and IE6. I mostly use the foxfire rather than the IE. I'll try IE next time maybe that will work better. Thanks


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthonie Boer on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 12:33 pm:

I try to register,But it don't work.I am not a member of a chapter here in Holland. Help.
Toon


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tman - Right Coast on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 02:06 pm:

for members only?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 02:14 pm:

I just entered "None" for the chapter question and it accepted it.
Be sure to check for the eMail confirmation and respond to it before trying to use the forum.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 02:40 pm:

If I can figure it out and post on it (almost) anybody else can. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 04:26 pm:

I can't get the drop down to stay on so I can click on it. As soon as I put the cursor on it, it disappears. Anyone else have that problem? Everything else on that drop down works fine. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, May 31, 2013 - 04:38 pm:

No, you don't have to be a member to register. As Art says, just enter "None" for chapter. Actually, I expect it would accept Cheezits, Banana Slug, or Whig Party, as long as you enter something.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 12:51 am:

I'm getting more than a little frustrated with the new format. Nothing is working for me and I can't get registered. I've been a paying member of the MTFCI for years, now and as I'm on their rolls, I should already be registered for forum use.

The other thing is I don't think it's at all proper to ask me about my date of birth. That kind of personal data is strictly none of their business. Yeah, I could lie, but that's not the point. They have no business even asking.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Borland. Bathurst. NSW. Australia. on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 02:22 am:

Just tried it and can now access it.

Peter


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Henrichs on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:08 am:

Bob Coiro,

I agree completely with you. I tried to contribute to the other forum but won't bother with the mess of the new format. Hope this one doesn't go that way too or it's goodbye. Great group of people here on the MTFCA forum.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:57 am:

Registering to use the website has nothing to do with your membership and being a paying member is not a requirement to sign up to use the Forums on either club website (in case anybody was under the assumption that you had to). Most people just don't like change and would rather fuss and sputter about it than embrace it ... now what was that saying from Hugo Gernsback??

Garnet


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 07:36 am:

http://todayinsci.com/G/Gernsback_Hugo/GernsbackHugo-Quotations.htm

Science Fiction??? Nah... its pre-columbian here! ws


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 12:27 pm:

I posted but I don' know how I did it or how I got there, To old to like changes I guess. May
master it by next year maybe.

Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 01:45 pm:

I am with you Dennis,looks alot like the Smokstak forum.Slow to load,and complicated.But I do like the seperate catagorys for stuff.

I like this forum.Cant get any better. Quick to load on my 28.8 k Dial up and works.Something happened to my phone line and it has noise.Slowed me down from 50.1 k to 28.8 k
Good people here good info.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 03:05 pm:

I got registered, but I cannot seem to find the 'Reply' or 'Quote' buttons that are referred to in the 'Help' section. Nor can I see how to post a new thread. I assume there is supposed to be a 'Post new thread' button somewhere, but don't see it. Thought it might be under the 'Subscribe' button, but it says I don't have access to that page, so I backed out with my tail between my legs. I assume I am signed in as my name appears at the top of the page with the option to sign OUT below it. Oh well.....never went there often anyway. Maybe I'll try back when they've had time to work out the bugs?????.......


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 03:13 pm:

Hey Hal,
After you register, you will receive an e-mail, you need to follow the link in the e-mail to be confirmed, then you must log in.
Best
Gus


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andy Clary on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:15 pm:

I got in,just followed the directions. You aren't in until you respond to the email. I like the speedster section I hope it gets a lot of use.

Andy


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 07:00 pm:

I tried and did get logged in. However,none of the screens I see have the boxes they talk about to view or post. It is going to have to improve a lot more or it is a write-off.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 08:32 pm:

Are they going to have more sections?
The Idea sounds fine,but this you will mean you will need find what section someone also used to ask a question, newbies might have problems with this, and we need to help them the most. Just my 2 cents. My first post came up in the speedster section, but at least it worked, mite master it in a year or so.

Bob

Brass era
Purest
Hobbiest
Speedster
Snow attachments
4X4 info.
Engine questions
Trany Questions
And on and on and on.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Taylor on Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 03:13 am:

I just sign up and was having the same problems as every one else. But !!! I got an Email and clicked on it and now all the missing box's are now working after going back to the site and logging in. I'm now going back and try to post some photos on the TT area.
Larry T


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 11:08 am:

I too was lost after signing in until I found the email mentioned above. It was in my junk mail folder, not my inbox. After finding that and clicking on the link in it, I went back to the forum and the "post reply" and "start new thread" boxes were there.

It'll take some getting used to, of course. But then we all had to learn to use this one as well.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 11:20 am:

Thanks guys. I'm in now. I will admit I didn't read the whole shebang before starting the process. It may have been spelled out in there if I had, but you'd think it would have given you some instructions on what to do next after creating your username and password. That may help others get in that don't know about this forum.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Hjortnaes, Men Falls, WI on Monday, June 03, 2013 - 12:21 am:

I finally signed up, but not happy with it. Everytime I leave a posting it takes me back to the very first post. I guess you are not allowed to use your back arrow, but i don't see any other way to go back. It works fine on this forum.

I can see where it could be a better forum, but not until they take a bunch of kinks out of it.

I can see where Bob above will use different sections. I will post everything under General Discussion. Then watch to see who rants at me first. Wait til Rob posts about his Model K.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Monday, June 03, 2013 - 02:51 am:

I do like this format better! However, the handwriting is on the wall. We must adapt, or die. And I am too stubborn to die.
I tried the FAQs a few times before trying to sign up, but they never worked. I had no trouble signing myself up, even used my real birth-date. Someone wants to steal my identity can have it. But I am keeping the tools and the old car stuff.
I even got my cars' picture put in for my ?Avitar? or whatever that thing is.
However I cannot seem to post pictures. I like pictures. One I tried several times did seem to work once, but then it went away again. And most of the photos that others have posted (successfully?), all I get is a torn photo icon. I like to see pictures.
I do not like "glitz" surrounding tidbits of information, especially when it starts taking up too much space.
Some of these things will be corrected eventually. The webmasters and others need to be given some time to work out the bugs. We need to give ourselves time also, to get used to a new format.

I really like this site. Lots of great information, simply displayed how I can read lots of it easily. Threads get interrupted by photographs, But I LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS! I scan up, I scan down, I stop to look at pictures, I read what I want, which is most of it.
I suspect the time is growing short till we here will have to face this new monster.
I just hope it won't have much glitz. I hate glitz getting in the way of information.
Thank you Chris Brancaccio for all you do!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Monday, June 03, 2013 - 03:29 am:

Webmasters will do what they feel they need to do to get the job done and I respect that. But don't assume that all change is good just because it's "change" and that all people who don't like the changes must be old farts stuck in their ways. Sometimes the reality is that the change isn't necessarily for the better.

I can't for the life of me, understand how paring the conversation into multiple subcategories (ie several different forums) will encourage vigorous round-table conversation.

But I guess that's just me.

I won't be joining the new site and likely will visit this one much less often if it changes to that kind of format.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Monday, June 03, 2013 - 07:02 am:

Yea,change is not allways better.We got it going on here for sure.the harder a forum is to use,the less it will be used.
The only reason I kinda like the seperate catogorys is the fact it will help with ranting from folks who cant weed out the post they are not interested in.Sometimes that takes the shine off the thing for me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Hjortnaes, Men Falls, WI on Monday, June 03, 2013 - 09:02 pm:

When and if they ever get it working correctly, please let us know on this site. I think I am done playing with it. Not worth the trouble.

I know Mark is doing a lot to get it running and I wish him the best and applaud him for his efforts.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 09:26 am:

Well,I have allways heard change is non avoidable which I think is bull-----. It seems like change allways brings more difficulty and more material to download and so on.

Change should bring simplicity,less data to download to use the site and less trouble to use..
I sure hope this site dont go down the path of mtfci.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Aldrich Orting Wa on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 12:15 pm:

Anyone besides me able to create an account on the new board and be unable to post pictures yet still able to post here?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 04:16 pm:

Getting logged in was the big problem for me. I had a number of E-mail too and from the Webmaster before the log in happened.
Once logged in, the rest fell into place including posting pictures.
I have used Ford Barn forum before and this is similar.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 07:49 pm:

Works fine for me except the hosted pictures.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 09:19 pm:

I went through the sign up,and now it doesn't remember me nor will it let me sign up again. I have never seen any of the screens they talk about. It isn't progress to screw something up as bad as they have this. Totally useless.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 11:52 pm:

Jack....when you log in is the litlle "remember me" box checked?
I practically live on a vBulletin forum so I'm totally familiar with it and love it.
Photos up to and over 2 megs are automatically resized, links are automatically parsed (made clickable) and a host of other things.
I can't wait till this forum changes to something else.......hopefully vBulletin.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Friday, June 07, 2013 - 12:12 am:

I have tried that,doesn't help. I find it strange,that some folks can get on and others can't.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Friday, June 07, 2013 - 02:16 am:

Do you happen to clear browser history and everything when you log off?
I wipe everything possible as a matter of practice so I have to log in everywhere every time......and it's worth it having clean browsers.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Borland. Bathurst. NSW. Australia. on Monday, June 10, 2013 - 08:22 pm:

G'day,

Just tried the MTFCI site and have now been relegated to 403 failure status. Have had the 404 in the past. I have for a short time been able to access the site and have registered, now back to being denied access. Please don't stuff this site up and follow suit and change to the format of the MTFCI forum.

Peter


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Monday, June 10, 2013 - 08:42 pm:

The most disturbing thing about this is that no one from The MTFCI has given an explanation,nor an update about it. They don't even give it enough importance to put it in the old forum slot on their web site.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, June 10, 2013 - 09:15 pm:

It's a mess, but Mark's trying to fix it. I wouldn't want his job.

http://www.modelt.org/vbulletin/forum/main-category/main-forum/842-posting-pictu res


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Bamford, Edmonton AB on Monday, June 10, 2013 - 09:19 pm:

Just checked the MTFCI site, I was remembered and didn't have to sign in. That was encouraging.

Unfortunately, the test photos I posted yesterday are gone from my view (no big loss I guess, since Mark Gregush and probably everyone else weren't able to see them anyway).


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