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You will be in breach of our trading rules if you do that.

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I've removed the original sticky as the links were dead. Here are a few sites you can use to lookup part numbers for the Supra... ToyLexParts (direct link to J-Spec) (direct link to UK spec) Japan Parts EU Toyota Parts Overstock

I've been testing a completely new design. What do you think of this? Not too modern I hope.

See my previous post about going through the traders section and reviewing the current sticky threads throughout the forum, and let me know what needs changing. That doesn't require any knowledge of how forum software works. Pete and I can then continue to focus on the upgrade.

Can it really be that after so many years this thread has finally come to an end???

Ok well why not do it then? I can see your useful parts group so you're obviously willing to put effort into making this place better. Create a thread in the members only section and start there. Once it's done I can move it into a public forum, sticky it, even add a menu link to it if people think it's worthwhile.

My request for assistance with the legitimate problem raised by Rider was a serious one. The responsibility for the maintenance of this site stops with me, and I have no problem with people raising concerns about the site as long as they are prepared to spend just as much time trying to fix the problem as they are ranting about it. Back in 2014 I made the other moderators aware that I was going to be away from the forum for a good 18 months due to work commitments and moving into a smallholding which needed a lot of work. Unfortunately several many negative life changing events since then resulted in that leave of absence being repeatedly extended. Many people know why and I'll happily discuss this with anyone in person, but it's not something I need to justify in an open forum. Just be reassured the reasons are legitimate and it's not a case of, as one person put it, that I just can't be bothered anymore. One thing that does grate with me a little though; back before my absence I spent literally hundreds of hours making sure this site would stay running with minimal maintenance whilst I was away. How many times since 2014 have you or anyone visited this site and it's not been available? Yes it's dated, yes it needs updating, yes it needs tidying... but the site has an impressive uptime which rivals that of companies with huge budgets for their sites. That's not me being big headed, nor am I after any sort of recognition or thanks for the time I spend/have spent on this site. Just bear in mind that web sites don't just keep working by magic, and that even when the front of house appears to be stagnating there is still time being spent dealing with web hosts, IP registrations, server backups, email problems, cease and desist notices which land in my inbox when a member on here decides to go and post something libellous about a company and they get their nickers in a twist about it... all of which I deal with to keep this site running whilst never actually appearing online on the forum. But that's the past, what about the future? We will be upgrading the forum at some point, but that isn't a trivial job. This site doesn't use a vanilla vBulletin software; we have 28 modifications installed and many template modifications which makes upgrading very risky. vBulletin days are numbered as far as I'm concerned. They have screwed me over too many times by needlessly changing how stuff works at the code level which then breaks the mods we run. 10 of the mods we run I wrote myself but if one of the others break then that can take hours of my time to fix. We went through a spate of over a year of vB updates breaking this site whilst offering no new features which benefited us, before I decided enough was enough and we wouldn't be upgrading to the latest vB release anymore but would instead just patch in security fixes for the version we have. So we will be looking to switch to a more reliable forum software which is more modern and upgrade friendly, and I want to avoid running any modifications so some features may be binned off. I've already started the time consuming task of auditing exactly what we have now and both Pete and I are investigating how we get from what we have to what we want with the least amount of interruption to the site. This is a huge undertaking and won't happen overnight. With respects to the moderation teams, historically I would be involved in any shakeups along with the other super moderators. The reason I've not done anything this time is because I've been away for so long and therefore consider it inappropriate for me to wade in making decisions when I've not been keeping up with all that's been happening with the club. I know Branners has started the process but it takes time, so please be patient. If nothing has progressed by the time of the S Club Party, and I'm well enough to attend, then I'll make arrangements to meet with JB and the other moderators and try to get some decisions made there and then. If all else fails I'll just wade in and make changes and people will just have to like it or lump it. So, in summary, everyone is free to make suggestions for change but if you're going to rant then make sure you're prepared to put the time into helping fix the problem or just don't bother posting. All of the moderators are aware that there are problems and we are working on resolving them, but we are all volunteers and sometimes life gets in the way of our good intentions, so please be patient.

I've fixed that for you, and future proofed it, so the site should be good to continue as-is for another couple of years now.

You're absolutely right. If you'd like to review the traders section and compile a list of links to threads that should be removed due to expired memberships etc, and any other now obsolete stickies in other sections, post them up here with details of why they need removing and I'll be more than happy to remove them.

"Use this tool to wipe all scores from the database. This cannot be undone, use with caution!" Do I press it?

You should be able to use this to work it out. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?41702-VIN-plate-decoder

Confirmed.

That is a very good question. Jamesy please pm a moderator to discuss this.

One problem I'm seeing at the moment is a few people with invalid emails addresses which causes PM notification emails to be bounced back to me. That said, email notifications for PMs is user configurable so they may simple have them turned off.

Click the "Advanced Search" link Select the "Search Single Content Type" tab (this is probably the bit you're missing) Enter "RobUK" into the "User Name" field Tick the "Exact name" option Press "Search Now" The top result is this thread.

If was a bit iffy at times at the start, but yeah he's doing really well now thanks.

I had a 3 month premature baby son at the beginning of the year and I knew I'd have no chance of replying to people on the forum in a timely manner, so rather than appearing to ignore people I turned off all PMs and emails. I'm online a bit more now so I've just turned PMs back on again. Rosie has kindly offered to take over the sending of membership packs so we should have the backlog of those cleared soon. That'll leave me with just the server / forum to look after, and yes the upgrade is still on my list of things to do.

This is why we ask people to always use the forums own attachment feature for guides and project thread pictures. Feel free to suggest any edits or supply missing pictures and a mod will be able to edit the original post for you.

Yours is sorted.

Ok done

I can't see any payments for the account jimjam92.

I've run out of supplies and haven't had time to arrange getting anymore. As soon as I get some more I'll start clearing the backlog of requests.

It's a real shame Genna and I will be missing it this year. I hope everyone has a good time!