Kampfgruppe144 BBS

Just to give you all a heads up that shortly I will upgrade the forum from 3.2.9 to 3.3.9 (which will move us up 11 releases, of varying sizes)

So if the forum goes down for a day or two, that is the reason.

- and remember, worse case happens, it will just be rolled back to...

No one likes to do it, especially when costs are up for everyone this year.
However, it's that time of year when the email comes in from the hosting company.

The subscription pays for the hosting, maintenance, regular back up/recover service and post image hosting.
The target...

A new member only sub forum has been added to allow members to share 3D print files

The new members only 3D forum is located here:

currently max file size per attachment is 20mb
I have added *stl as a permitted attachment type (don't forget *.zip is also already permitted)

It would appear that the ISP Host had provided the value add of upgrading the PHP layer on their platform offering, which caused it to be incompatible with the version of the forum software. In particular how it talks to mySQL..

1. Luckily, the PHP developers left a legacy...

For some reason, at least as I view it on my phone, the little blue planes near my name that marked my increased posting on this forum seem to have disappeared.

Where did they fly off to?

1/144 Aircraft Models Vac-Forms Kits
A collection of Aircraft Models Kits Out of the Box reviews and build threads.

This forum was started to hold Jonathan's collection of OOB reviews. but is open to members to supplement with additional reviews or build of the ACM kits.

As...

Just to let the members of the forum know, I have having previously discussed the matter with the other Administrators purged the forum of inactive/delinquent members!

The criteria was that any member who had joined 2017-01-01 before and either had zero posts, or had not been...

Only noticed this one this afternoon.

In the little summary under your avatar on the right-hand side of the screen, there's a quote that reads 1/144 Interest: . I assume this was something tagged on when the forum BBS was updated. Unfortunately, it would appear that the default...

I recently updated my iPhone to iOS14. One of the features of the upgrade is a development of Apple's iCloud Keychain which checks whether any of your security info has been compromised. Unfortunately, I went to sign in to our beloved site today to be greeted with the advice...

A place to post any interesting finds of rare kits or great prices found in the wild on the internet.
This is not an alternative to the members for sale or wanted listings, but genuine finds on auction or resellers sites.

One thing I loved about the last version of the forum was the Active Threads option at the top of the page that allowed you to see what pages were getting updated across the entire site. It made seeing what was active so much easier vs going into every individual thread.

Is...

I have enabled a default board setting to Open external links in new window . This means if you click on a link outside of the KG144 BSS, the link will open in a new window. This means you have the original board post/topic open and any links contained within that will open in a...

I had some feedback that last modern scheme was a bit too bright and weird?

What do people prefer the modern relaunch scheme or this more traditional scheme ?
Note that the feature upgrades (Image Galleries and Post Previews etc) still work on this alternate scheme.

For some...

I added a new feature today, which in turn seams to solve a a number of usability issues on a per user basis!

Effective immediately - you can now set your own preferences (certain limits apply)

(a) your prefered font size, and
(b) your prefered forum width

Where you see...

As I am not back at work until the 6th, there is a possibility that 'management' might sign-off on some Admin time on the forum (between the endless stream of visitors)

So, if the forum goes down/maintaince mode for a few days. Don't panic...

It will return :
A) the same :(...

Watch this space.

I have found a module that integrates Google searv capabilities across the forum. I'll look at this next week.

I've also found a module to adjust font sizes!

So, I cant resist having a play.

- Post Previews , as the name suggests you can hover over a topic and get a preview of the content (minus images/links) for first/last post. Let me know if its useful, or an annoyance?

- Post Number s, again, as it suggests, under the post...

To those people awaiting activation, or a response to their application to join the board.

Please be aware there are problem with the board being swamped with spam applications - currently 100+ a day.
It is obviously hard to identify all who are genuine with such numbers (I...

Hi All,

I have enabled a new feature, let me know what you think?

The new feature allows your to click on an image within a post and flick through them without having to select the images, other then with right/left clicks as per more contemporary sites. It can be set to...

In many postes I can only see half pictures. What do I have to do, that I see everything?

Bootneck42 raised a query on why he didn't seem to get responses to emails he sent via the button on the forum profiles.

Guess what, it's broken. I think when I moved the forum from the old Web host to the new one, I forgot to reconfigure the email gateway service.

I'm in...

So, here is the thing after struggling with small Inboxes for years I have been able to expand the limits.

You can thank a friendly Dutchman for promoting to sort it out!!

Chaps a bit of forum trouble this morning, appears to have been a hosting issue ....

Note: if your change you bookmarks to the secure protocol https:// at the front of the URL -
You will see the old grey exclamation mark turn into a green padlock with the word secure - thereby benefitting from a more secure link from the site to your browser...

I cant explain...