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Offline vRSAlex

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Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« on: March 15, 2018, 09:06:02 am »
The time has come that I need to pass the forum onto someone new.  Either that or it will get closed.  With AKS growing I just don't have the time or energy to put towards the forum.

Anyone up for the challenge?  Current costs are around £110 per month.  Daz might have a cheaper solution though.

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Offline Dan_FR

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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2018, 09:11:26 am »
As much as it pains me to suggest it, you could contact the guys that run a number of forums these days - Vertical Scope - http://www.verticalscope.com/automotive/

Better them than closing the site. They took over uk-mkivs.net a while back, and although it took them a while to pull their finger out, they got on top of the site issues and it runs pretty smoothly at the moment.
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2018, 09:32:43 am »
Quote from: vRSAlex on March 15, 2018, 09:06:02 am
The time has come that I need to pass the forum onto someone new.  Either that or it will get closed.  With AKS growing I just don't have the time or energy to put towards the forum.

Anyone up for the challenge?  Current costs are around £110 per month.  Daz might have a cheaper solution though.

Alex

Can you breakdown what those costs are and what server requirements are needed to run the site?
I'm friendly with a webhost and could see about getting a better deal.
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 07:21:00 pm »
I considered it, until I saw the monthly costs  :surprised:

Is the Facebook group still up?  Doesn't seem very active last time I looked at it.  I know the TFSI Tuning Facebook group is very active, so could be an alternative?  Can't beat a forum though, and a proper keyboard and screen.  Pecking away on a smart phone screen isn't much fun.
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2018, 10:29:56 pm »
Would be very sad to see this forum closed. Most time you Google something mk5 related it's this forum that always pops up with the answers.

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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2018, 10:38:48 pm »
 :surprised:

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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2018, 08:51:18 am »
yeah would be a shame or if it does get closed it needs to be left up as an archive, so you cant buy or sell anything or post anything new but still access the search function and all previous threads as the wealth of knowledge on here cannot be lost in time forever....
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2018, 09:48:51 am »
Damn...
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Offline Andy

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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2018, 12:49:44 pm »
or all the members pay monthly to keep it running
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2018, 01:02:50 pm »
My friend runs a forum (with 500 members). I'm sure it cost a lot less to host, let me find out.
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2018, 08:02:23 am »
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2018, 10:27:43 am »
Would be very sad indeed to see the forum close, I've not been a member long but found the advice invaluable and everyone seems a good sort here. Wish I had the time, money and knowledge to run it but unfortunately I don't :(

Maybe we could find a way of getting it cheaper and have member donations to keep it going?

Molesy  :happy2:
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2018, 01:12:57 pm »
Quote from: berg on March 16, 2018, 08:51:18 am
yeah would be a shame or if it does get closed it needs to be left up as an archive, so you cant buy or sell anything or post anything new but still access the search function and all previous threads as the wealth of knowledge on here cannot be lost in time forever....

Yes, I agree the information available from this site (supplied by members with a love of the product) couldn't simply just be binned, as it's helped and saved many a member plenty money and time.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2018, 04:30:21 pm by doylebros »
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Re: Anyone Want to Take Over the Forum?
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2018, 03:59:49 pm »
This is exceptionally sad to hear. Apart from the monetary cost, what does running the forum involve?
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