It's none of that. It will take mikes action to fix this and we continue to wait for that.

I think I'll just start posting pics on VMF, user friendly site, and cross reference those to my Fyiford posts....smh

Last edited by josh-kebob (7/02/2021 3:42 PM)

MustangerMike
Save the forum!

Hey, let’s start a movement.

Sounds like a Keystone moment to me!!
You Go Boy!!
6sal6

Heck I can't splain anything at work to the young guys without waving my hands or drawing a picture. Taking pictures away pretty much shuts me up, Brenda says that's a good thing though!

terry wrote:

Well, JKB and I  were just talking about boosting our post counts!  I told him I'd just start commenting on each and every post and see how many members get sick of seeing each and every post that I post!!  That should boost the member involvement!!!!  Just sayin!!

There you go. To much goes on behind what everybody can see what  is really said.

That is a FORUM KILLER. some of the pm's I received off he VFM, and from an other, from the same guy.
Who really needs it.
I only know after yrs of collecting cars just for the parts, It not always by the book, but that's a different story.
 

I dig this forum for the quality of posts, and the ease of searching the archive.  We live in the day and age of disposable Facebook posts in groups that amass some of the worst answers to automotive questions.  That being said the 12 step program to post pictures here is tedious.  I find myself more active on the 7173mustangs site and less active here because of the added trouble of image sharing.  Honestly I pay a tiny bit on other forums for the convince of a large media storage space, and wouldn't be opposed to doing it here.  It is really frustrating to hammer out a great bit of reference material on the keyboard with embedded photos, only to have the photos disappear a year or three down the line.  

MS wrote:

Can you provide a link to the forum where pic hosting works well? I am about ready to start something new.

Sure- the site isn't perfect but it is pretty darn good. http://www.7173mustangs.com/  Another huge functional automotive forum is https://www.steelsoldiers.com/

Mustang Mike  yer killin' me.  Wake up and smell the roses.

Sorry, I'm behind here guys.  I've finally moved into the new shop.  I've been spending a lot of time getting everything situated in there. 
All of that to say, I'm open to ideas.  I have found a few places (Google, Reddit) we could start another forum, but it wasn't popular.  If y'all have suggestions please send them to me asap.  In the mean time I will follow up with my web developer and see if he found any options.  Thanks for your patience.

MS wrote:

Can you provide a link to the forum where pic hosting works well?  I am about ready to start something new.

Steve, vintagemustangforums; corralnet and fordfoum.com all appear to use the same host/format/etc.

Those sites are easy to navigate. Post pics, etc

Might consider taking a look and see what you think about them.

MS wrote:

I see us not being around for long.

 
Now, you are starting to scare me!

josh-kebob wrote:

MS wrote:

The issue with the larger, more well-funded forums is they have their own server hosting everything with a forum software to make it work. At least that is my simpleton understanding. Since I no longer have a website to host it on nor an income stream to support it, I don’t have the knowledge or funds to start something up like theirs.

In my research of other “free” type forums, it seems the picture hosting issue is not unique to our forum. Unless someone has the knowledge, or cares enough about their business enough to do something proactive and get help with this, I see us not being around for long.

I understand what you're saying. just wasn't aware of the cost involved. Format wise, I do like how they are set up.

So, to the uninitiated or uninformed - what would be the cost to run a forum such as VMF, etc? Would it be necessary to allow those annoying ads to be posted to help defray the costs?