Anyone else notice TGTT seems to be run poorly lately?

[LukeSR]

although there site is better on a couple of things , like the online/offline indicator and the lil green arrow which shows what thread had had new comments in that u have commented in the thread etc

As above, pretty sure we have these features.....

[Keri-WMS]

Sites with 3-letter word search blocking drive me mad too - I can't search for WMS!

[rinseep82]

tgtt has gone to pot they just dont seem to be interested theres no banter n foooook me they can b mardy on there

[Taggy]

A valid point about TGTT is best for tech guides and stuff i was meaning to post this up a while back actually, i have submitted a few guides my self on TGTT and its good it gets put into the awsomely helpful section. thats the only downside with UKSC, there doesnt seem to be any management on guides or tech stuff for storage like TGTT do.

I have posted up a few guides on here but they just get lost in the UKSC ether

Maybe UKSC should be more pro active with walkthrough guides and then we wouldnt need to goto TGTT for them, plus it would drive more traffic to us which cant be a bad thing. Would be nice to have a good central storage place categorised if you need help with stuff.

I know we have a tutorial section, but everything is just mish mashed in one directory and its a pig to look for what you want, how about categorising it?

[Guest Enzo]

@ taggy the technical aspect of our site has been niggling at me like a loose tooth for far too long now,

ive sorted it with this with a seperate wiki site that only mods have known about for the past three months

but just not released it yet as i sill need to configure picture uploads and reskin it,

this will solve our technical issue once and for all and at the same time become a database/bible for everything ep related once we all contribute.

so you see it has been thought about and descussed actively

you can check this site(and if you know how to use wiki software) and add to it

http://ep-bible.info

[TrisK]

a wiki is pointless enzo. most people here arent IT people, so learning a new system is hard for them. especially wiki formatting can be a pain in the arse.

i would have suggested just something in a section of the forums, or reorganising the current section.

more tutorials like socks 200bhp and td04 tutorials. also there is lots of good info that could be moved/copied into a dedicated tutorial section.

id be happy to offer my hand in approving/looking for/moving content

[Guest Enzo]

i wouldent call it pointless at all trisk, you dont need to be an it savy to use it bro, you should know that.

infact the total oposit other sites use it supremely effectivly so dont recognise what your saying at all.

sites to prove my point on how effective they are are and where i gained inspiration on the idea are

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php/Category:Mondeo_Mk3 (scrole down to see the depth of their index)

everyone knows how to edit and update wiki software, its not rocket sceince

i just need to configure picture uploads then was going to move socks guides into,

i also know that steve and a few others have a pile of info to contribute,

lets make it happen

[TrisK]

i wouldent call it pointless at all trisk, you dont need to be an it savy to use it bro, you should know that.

infact the total oposit other sites use it supremely effectivly so dont recognise what your saying at all.

sites to prove my point on how effective they are are and where i gained inspiration on the idea are

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php/Category:Mondeo_Mk3

everyone knows how to edit and update wiki software, its not rocket sceince

i just need to configure picture uploads then was going to move socks guides into,

i also know that steve and a few others have a pile of info to contribute,

lets make it happen

Yeah i agree in someways, but i think it could be a bit of a non-starter. i know its not hard, but a lot of people with the best info are spanners and hammers rather than keyboard and mouse.

i mean how many times do you get the 'how do i put up pictures' thread. that guy might be able to do anything mechanically, just sucks at using a computer. the main opeople contributing will be people familiar with UKSC, so why not stick to a system they know and are used to. and when you start doing info boxes, and tables and shit in wikis its not massively obvious how.

also come on enzo, a .info domain? what happened to .com/co.uk?

also, you will need to get blocking on the spam bots, i had a wiki up once upon a time, and before it got configured it got nailed with viagra adverts

[Guest Enzo]

the .info domain really is a no brainer dude

it is intended for informative Internet resources wich the bible will be so dont see any problem there eather.

and in regards to non starting(if you have clicked the link) the info thats in there was put up by only a few people in a few days, once its public knowlage i can gaurantee it will grow.

and we have an old tutorial system that never got utilised because the ui was too tricky, this is the best solution dude, trust me this sites an obsession and ive been thinking about this solution for a good 16 od months.

i hear you about tables and boxes but will be posting up an info faq thread on how to do things like that in due course, there will be people like me that will be constantly streamlining articles anyway.

i hear you about blocking the spam bots, its still not 100% configured as i my list of things for this site is too long but il prioritise it now its in the public domain.

[Asad]

x2 on the info front nice to hear somethings being done about it

there is info on here but most of the time it gets lost/isnt in the right thread/right place it has alot to do with members not searching for it and just posting a thread....it needs to be in a more obvious place which is easy to reach

like the other day iirc two threads popped up about polybushes ive made a guide yet people still couldnt find it/didnt bother looking (its in the wrong section i think....my bad)

[Taggy]

Wouldnt it be more simple to keep it within the UKSC website, i dont think anything would need to change except a Categorised structure of different aspects of the car like TGTT do, so it can be all sorted into groups.

I am not so sure on a wiki, i would prefer to read information in the UKSC website format. Feels a bit odd reading it on a page which looks nothing like UKSC.

Sorry not moaning just giving some feedback for you to consider either way its moving in the right direction!

Yeah i agree in someways, but i think it could be a bit of a non-starter. i know its not hard, but a lot of people with the best info are spanners and hammers rather than keyboard and mouse.

i mean how many times do you get the 'how do i put up pictures' thread. that guy might be able to do anything mechanically, just sucks at using a computer. the main opeople contributing will be people familiar with UKSC, so why not stick to a system they know and are used to. and when you start doing info boxes, and tables and shit in wikis its not massively obvious how.

also come on enzo, a .info domain? what happened to .com/co.uk?

also, you will need to get blocking on the spam bots, i had a wiki up once upon a time, and before it got configured it got nailed with viagra adverts

[Guest Enzo]

@ taggy it might have been more simple but ive done all the hard bits allready

na dont worry at all, thoughts and critisims get thought about, one thing il say though is the general masses never usualy like change, this isnt really changing but improving in my eyes as its open source.

its still to be skinned to match the look and feel of uksc, once 100% finnished it you wont really be able to diferentiate between the bible, extreem ep blog and uksc

to give you an idea of intigration, i piloted this wiki idea on another site i run to see if it would work or not.

http://insignia-bible.info

as you can see its totaly different to our unskinned model.

once ive reskinned ours, it will have our exact and special uksc stars and sky themed feel to it,

there are enough ep nutters/perverts on here (me included) with some scarey knowlage to make our bible a proper treasure chest.

[Taggy]

Yes your right about change, people usually cant be arsed to learn somthing new but looking at that example i can see what you mean now. Should look good when its done, i look forward to submitting my own guides i have done over the past few years!

@ taggy it might have been more simple but ive done all the hard bits allready

na dont worry at all, thoughts and critisims get thought about, one thing il say though is the general masses never usualy like change, this isnt really changing but improving in my eyes as its open source.

its still to be skinned to match the look and feel of uksc, once 100% finnished it you wont really be able to diferentiate between the bible, extreem ep blog and uksc

to give you an idea of intigration, i piloted this wiki idea on another site i run

http://insignia-bible.info

as you can see its totaly different to our unskinned model.

once ive reskinned ours, it will have our exact and special uksc stars and poopie themed feel to it,

there are enough ep nutters/perverts on here (me included) with some scarey knowlage to make our bible a proper treasure chest.

[nazzurro19]

As above, pretty sure we have these features.....

what ,!? where lol i aint seen it

i know it tells u when theres a new post

[Guest Enzo]

like the online/offline indicator and the lil green arrow which shows what thread had had new comments in that u have commented in the thread etc

next to your user name there is a little icon

for online

for offline

and for thread coments

at the bottom rite its whited out like this

[nazzurro19]

well holy crap ive never notice the online offline thing hahahahah!!!

and i know the folder thing but on tgtt it only comes up saying theres no posts if you have posted in there so that way i can follow the topics a lil easier if ya get me, its no biggy to me i read every thread anyway lol

[Liam_D]

I only go on TGTT to check the sales!

Theres no banter on there at all.

[templar2007]

I only go on TGTT to check the sales!

Theres no banter on there at all.

Ya same I don't really go on there now

[mattyD]

i used to be a ttgt addict cuz i couldn really get used to this site when i tried to view a topic it never came up as a usual thread, there were little drop down box things that you had to click to read what someone posted! and then i realized how to change it, and have now been converted haha

[Steve GT]

people are ofcourse welcome to write up guides and post them up on here if there not sure how to use the wiki format then PM a moderator or someone who knows what there doing and ask them if they would kindly post it to the ep bible for them.

everyone is right though tgtt have brilliant technical info. thats the one thing we need to catch up on so please guys feel free to contribute i know for a fact we have some guys on here with superb technical knowledge lets get that knowledge written up so we can bring UKSC up to scratch

[Taggy]

sigh still waiting on my membership to be made active! grrrrr

[Steve GT]

Il bring this to Geo's attention mate dont think me or phil can approve it as its a seperate site from this

[dan_91]

UKSC ftw! tgtt has gone proper gash! last time i went on was about 2 months ago at least!

[BenGTTurbo]

I think its better, Find it alot easyer to use for sum reason and i think the lay out is alot better too .. All the local boys round my way use UKSC tho !

[Guest Enzo]

Il bring this to Geo's attention mate dont think me or phil can approve it as its a seperate site from this

i think hes on about tgtt dude, you dont need to be a member to join the wiki, you can start editing and making pages straight away, you just need to type in the coments box, what you have done and who its by.