Primarily for general aviation discussion, but other aviation topics are also welcome.
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By G-BLEW
Boss Man  Boss Man
#1906461
Well clearly things haven't quite gone to plan!

To cut a long and frustrating story short, testing revealed some problems during data/user/member migration. We've been working on resolving that, and hopefully today will see final testing and tomorrow the big change.

Thanks for your patience!


Original message
This afternoon (Monday April 4) at about 1600L (1500Z), we'll be taking the site down for a few hours.

When we come back, it'll be the new shiny site with loads of great content, single sign on and all sorts of good things including new content every single day.

We'll be in Public Beta for the next four weeks. During that time everyone will have access to everything (apart from the landing fees and member benefits which will remain member only). After that we'll have a paywall, although there will still be access to some content and some other features.

Fingers crossed, business as usual for the next 90 minutes or so!

See you on the other side (yes, I do have everything crossed)

Ian
PS We'll be keeping you posted via FLYER's usual social media channels
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By G-BLEW
Boss Man  Boss Man
#1906465
Dave W wrote:Just to check - when it comes back do we sign on with our existing forum username & password?


Great question, thanks.

Yes, or your email and password

Ian
By Hooligan
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
#1906552
I was heavily involved in at least three major rebrands of this nature across 25 years and there was always at least one element that required a go around... hope you all got a good night's rest on the downwind and that the approach will go smoothly today!
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By G-BLEW
Boss Man  Boss Man
#1906585
Hooligan wrote:I was heavily involved in at least three major rebrands of this nature across 25 years and there was always at least one element that required a go around... hope you all got a good night's rest on the downwind and that the approach will go smoothly today!


Thanks, we're getting vectors to final, the weather's good, cabin's secure and the approach is nice and stable. We're on schedule for a 10pm arrival…

Ian
PS You know that feeling you get when everything seems to be going too well? That.
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By Lockhaven
#1908180
Why are lots of posts blank in various topics and why when quoting a post does the quote not highlight in grey instead showing quotation marks, very frustrating and makes topics hard to read.
By TopCat
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
#1908195
Lockhaven wrote:
> Why are lots of posts blank in various topics and why when quoting a post
> does the quote not highlight in grey instead showing quotation marks, very
> frustrating and makes topics hard to read.
Have you not been here for the last two weeks? :lol:

It's because BBCode hasn't yet been re-enabled following the upgrade.

There's a separate snags thread - the team has their work cut out for them over the next little while.

But I agree that the quote function is presently a nightmare.
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By Mz Hedy
#1908223
Lockhaven wrote:
> Its the same old, if it ain't broke don't try and fix it. :roll:

It's software! It's always broke. The only thing which changes is what's broke and how embarrassingly.

:pirat:
By TopCat
FLYER Club Member  FLYER Club Member
#1908226
Mz Hedy wrote:

> It's software! It's always broke. The only thing which changes is what's broke and
> how embarrassingly.
>

That is spot on. And if it's not broke enough to be embarrassing, who cares... :pirat: