Mods, do you now have some power?

Tim wrote: Watch this space.....

here, here!

ok, will watch

we really need:

1. JUST new order forum
2. live shows/dates/reviews
3. side groups/the light/the other 2/bad lieutenant etc
4. video links/media
5. parody/art/off-topic forum

for starters

later -1

Said it in t'other forum - I don't think the NOOL engine needs changing, that's what works fine and will work even better if we just have a redesign with 3 forums:

1. Digital Republic (anything new order, jd, spin off, side project, live gigs, et bloody cetera).
2. Behind Closed Doors (off topic).
3. Archive (of everything that was posted prior to the NOOL redesign).

Also:

a. Keep the news items on the front page. Pretty easy to keep this up to date - I'd even volunteer to do that!

b. Kill the "blog function".

:D

How much would it cost to either revamp the whole site or build a new one.

I would be more than willing to pay an annual subscription towards the site. Would it not be unreasonable for all members to chip in a tenner (sterling) or whatever you mods deemed reasonable?.

Maybe amend the log in so that only subscribers get full access to new threads and the Band, Music and Live sections, as these now need updating.

Funds could be then used for this and uploading videos, music etc that we can share.

Even after the various bands and projects cease I am sure there are plenty of members who would continue to use the site to keep in touch and reminise, especially as NOOL members are spread around the globe.

If worth persuing maybe do a yes and no question to this for general feedback.

As I said earlier, things are on the way. Given the way the site is built, the changes won't be incremental but will happen all at once. Just bear with us please, it'll be worth it.

Tim wrote: As I said earlier, things are on the way. Given the way the site is built, the changes won't be incremental but will happen all at once. Just bear with us please, it'll be worth it.

good to know..

some people don't like changes..

but you have to bite the bullet and just do it sometimes..

later -1

ShugZV wrote: Tim I take it you have been in contact with Nicos off the board?

Cos there's fook all about this on the Mods forum. We have been asking Nicos for the last 6 months to get this sorted, hence Ally having enough and bowing out.

That I have!

But why isn't anybody bothering to delete every single one of those annoying multi-aliased Fake Passports and Cheap DVD threads that keep appearing every single bloody day?? They need erasing without trace from this forum because they are starting to clutter up the thread lists and getting right on my wick! Each time we log in here we're greeted with a wall of identical spamming posts with yet another new username. Enough is bloody well enough!

Every board that I have mod access to, I delete them as soon as I see them.

Another day, another new username.

What a truly execrable sad cunt.

Does this guy have a life?

It's 'bots' behind it. Not an actual person. Most forums have mechanisms to prevent them from operating but as this one hasn't been updated in years it's easy to do. Even a simple 'captcha' code (type what you see) on the forum sign-up page would solve the problem.

Captain Solo wrote: How much would it cost to either revamp the whole site or build a new one.

I would be more than willing to pay an annual subscription towards the site. Would it not be unreasonable for all members to chip in a tenner (sterling) or whatever you mods deemed reasonable?.

Maybe amend the log in so that only subscribers get full access to new threads and the Band, Music and Live sections, as these now need updating.

Funds could be then used for this and uploading videos, music etc that we can share.

Even after the various bands and projects cease I am sure there are plenty of members who would continue to use the site to keep in touch and reminise, especially as NOOL members are spread around the globe.

If worth persuing maybe do a yes and no question to this for general feedback.

I understand that sites cost money but making it a subscription site might make this site an exclusive club (even if it was affordable). What would the payment options even be? What if some payment options were difficult for some in other countries? What would the band, music and live sections be? Exactly what it is now? As for videos and pics, some NO/JD etc vids are on YT, by Rhino Records and other official accounts. Maybe they would be live videos taken by smartphones? What would they be? I'm not saying I'm not going to give money, but some things to think about...yes I want to support NO to the best I can, but I don't want this site to be an exclusive club or a two-tier club.

Captain Solo wrote: How much would it cost to either revamp the whole site or build a new one.

I would be more than willing to pay an annual subscription towards the site. Would it not be unreasonable for all members to chip in a tenner (sterling) or whatever you mods deemed reasonable?.

Funds could be then used for this and uploading videos, music etc that we can share

building a new site is relatively cheap these days,but Updating any website is unbelievably time consuming and not as easy as people may think.

This forum is the lifeblood of this site and personally i dont think it needs to be changed.

Building and transfering the forum information to a new one would take YEARS!

GlasVegas wrote: It's 'bots' behind it. Not an actual person. Most forums have mechanisms to prevent them from operating but as this one hasn't been updated in years it's easy to do. Even a simple 'captcha' code (type what you see) on the forum sign-up page would solve the problem.

Are you sure it's bots? I don't think so - it's definitely a human with too much fucking time on their hands, cos look right now - there's two new ones who have just spammed the boards within a couple of hours of me last posting here (check the top users list - they're number 1 and 2) and if they're bots, then they wouldn't have done this in retaliation to what I have been posting up here cos it appears I might have just unwittingly set them off into overdrive after telling them to fuck off and get a life.

No bot behaves like that, so it's deffo a human now cranking up the offensive.

Tim wrote: Every board that I have mod access to, I delete them as soon as I see them.

which boards do you have access to Tim?

Just really needs this and BCD keeping on top of, I don't think the others get used much.

By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote:

GlasVegas wrote: It's 'bots' behind it. Not an actual person. Most forums have mechanisms to prevent them from operating but as this one hasn't been updated in years it's easy to do. Even a simple 'captcha' code (type what you see) on the forum sign-up page would solve the problem.

Are you sure it's bots? I don't think so - it's definitely a human with too much fucking time on their hands, cos look right now - there's two new ones who have just spammed the boards within a couple of hours of me last posting here (check the top users list - they're number 1 and 2) and if they're bots, then they wouldn't have done this in retaliation to what I have been posting up here cos it appears I might have just unwittingly set them off into overdrive after telling them to fuck off and get a life.

No bot behaves like that, so it's deffo a human now cranking up the offensive.

It's 100% a bot. You're getting automatically generated PM's because you've replied to the thread and I would hazard a guess that because the threads are getting replied to that's why the level of spamming has increased dramatically. By replying you're identifying the thread and this website as 'active' which the bot picks up on.

Oh, the wonders of computer technology eh??? This is like summat from Bladerunner now!

:\ohwell:

Something needs to be done it's well and truly fucking up the entire forum now

everyoneverywhere wrote: Something needs to be done it's well and truly fucking up the entire forum now

Quite, and I'm truly sorry that I got carried away posting the same reply to many of his new spam posts, I guess that's only exacerbated the problem!!

If we get any more, please don't post in the thread, just wait till I get home and I'll delete them.

Tim wrote: If we get any more, please don't post in the thread, just wait till I get home and I'll delete them.

Agreed. Don't pay attention to trolls or spam. It's so stupid.