Andy

Blimey - I go away for a couple of days and come back to a three page topic on this! If only people were as observant when it came to reading the rules when they sign up as they are to spotting a wee graphic under their username! To clarify and expand on what Ian said. This "feature" is part of the Forum software. Initially it wasn't used, then as more and more users sign up and appear to click "I accept the Rules" without actually reading them it was brought in behind the scenes to let us track offenders who break the one rule on this site that is absolutely enforced and that is NO SELLING and it was brought in because it was said it was unfair to ban someone after just one post who might not have read the rules. My take on that is more fool them. The rules might say they sign over their house and worldly goods to me and if they accept them without reading them then so be it However, this is a compromise. It's an "Everybody is entitled to one mistake" compromise. Advertise something for sale and a warning is issued. That takes a user to a 50% warning level. Do it again and it's another 50%. 100% means the account is automatically banned. The little boxes don't mean anything. I don't think we're hard on this Forum and the rules are fair and clear. No selling or wanted ads as we provide a FREE alternative - and no bloody text talk. Apart from that, it's a very easy-going Forum. Warnings will not be issued for Wanted Ads, but the posts will be deleted and the user privately directed to the Classifieds. Warnings won't be issued for text talk either unless the user seriously fails to get the message after being told privately. For 99.9% of you this won't make a blind bit of difference. It's the n00bs who sign up without reading the rules who will be affected. Obergrupenfuhrer Andy

The answer to this is obvious. Both are elderly and suffering from Alzheimers so the answer is no. They'd forget why they were there and both probably pee themselves.

Which user of Trials Central has aspirations to play the lead role of gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain II? If you had 100 bottles of vodka and took away 75 of them, how many did HL drink? How many times has Slapshot3 got a weather forecast correct? When was the last time Dougie Lampkin bought a round? (To the closest decade will do!)

Since when did we start talking Yank? The word is LICENCE dammit!

You don't have access to the info I do. I know you want a dogs bollocks server hosted in your living room, but I have to be realistic...

Kill the porn downloads and things will improve I did optimise the databases today and things have improved a bit. I'm 90% certain it's people searching that's doing it. Searching is VERY resource hungry.

Scots aren't civilised gay enough to understand Cricket

You're just kissing ass to secure that SSDT press pass I still have to respond to your PM, but I'm buggered if you two are getting hotel rooms when I can't find one

Dabster is pretty much right in his comments (We'll let him off with getting the Rathmell lass wrong. It's Carly who does the promo stuff, not Sonia!) However to say it is not "front page news" is totally wrong. It was, and still is. Rappers pretty much dedicated his column to it last week and there has been extensive follow-up and discussion on it in the relevant forum - which makes me think you're a Cumbrian plant on behalf of the promoter I'm absolutely not adverse to a UK World round in 2009. TC exists to promote the sport, but I do feel we're jumping the gun somewhat. The FIM have said "UK or France" in their press release and the venue still has to pass homologation. I know that's very tough due to the excessive demands made by the factories so it might not even happen. The costs in providing generators alone would scare you senseless... There have also been no press releases by the promoter that I've seen. I don't have time to chase news. As far as it not being L&M goes - I will say that I enjoyed an excellent and professional relationship with L&M during their three years of UK World rounds. I provided them with extensive promotion and they, in return, allowed Trials Central section sponsorship at Hawkstone and provided the marquee, fencing and security etc for our Trials Central get-togethers. No money changed hands, but it was a fantastic working relationship that continued to grow over three years. I have advised the promoter of this proposed event that it is way too early to think about these things, but if everything goes to their plans and they want to put a formal promotional deal in place with Trials Central then we can look at that nearer the time. I do hope it happens, but think it's too early to be jumping up and down about it.

I really do appreciate the nice things people are saying, but you won't be saying that in a few months time if things go on like this! This is a relatively quiet time on TC. Once we get into the major league events like the SSDT and World Outdoor and all the extra content like photos and video that they bring and all the extra interest they generate, as things stand right now the site will grind to a halt. That is very worrying. However, it's not insurmountable. Just need to do a bit of planning.

She cannae take it Captain! I noticed myself she was running like a dog earlier so did some monitoring... That is a tad worrying on a Saturday evening which isn't one of the busiest times. Processor should never run that high. I'm going to take the forums offline tomorrow afternoon and do some optimising of the databases. It's okay to criticise when you're asked to criticise

You guys amaze me. How the hell can you get down to model/year level from two crap photos of a serious wreck of a bike? It's like the Trials equivalent of train spotting! However, you clearly know your stuff and respect for that. I'm just amazed anyone can derive anything from the photos.

I've checked this and a reminder is sent out to the registered email address, but it's only sent out one day before the subscription is due to expire. TBH, I never even thought of the loss of personal message storage. I'll set it up so an additional reminder is sent out a week before to give folk time to renew if they want to in plenty time.

I'm moving this to the ACU Forum so JC has a better chance of picking up on it and responding. I'll be pee'd off if I've promoted some TV show that said it would show Trials coverage and it wasn't even featured

The poll as it stands is interesting, as are some of the comments. The makers of the Forum software have done all sorts to improve caching and performance. The front page of TC isn't optimised at all so it's really strange some of you are finding the front page faster than the Forums! I really don't understand that. I know and take on the comments about the front page being "tired". This is something we've been meaning to do something about for some time now, but it's a question of having the time to dedicate it. Whilst looking for something else yesterday I came across a company that will convert an existing website to our content management system of choice. I've emailed them for budgetary costs. The Supporters scheme means we're far healthier than ever before in terms of being able to invest in the site and if the price is right, it makes sense to pay someone to do the work

Ask Kinell about his experiences after Sheffield this year and his shiny new camcorder

Welcome to Trials Central. As the evil overlord of the chaos that is this website, I can reassure you that you will NOT be "booted off" or anything else for asking genuine questions! The whole "which bike is best thing" isn't so much about newcomers asking, but how the various brigades and loyalties respond. From the majority of users on here you will not get an unbiased opinion. They will tell you their brand is best, but not really tell you why The sensible few (and we do have some!) will tell you, and anybody else who asks the same question - try the different bikes and see what suits you personally. I'll now pass this to the sensible members who can advise further

Eh? The Forums have all sorts of clever caching built in to improve speed. You're telling us the Forum page load time is more than double the front page load time? That doesn't make any sense at all.

As Trials Central continues to grow, I'm interested in finding out how people find the site performs - Note I don't just mean the Forums as they're optimised to perform well, but the front page, the news side, the Classifieds, the calendar etc - I want to know how you as TC users feel about the whole experience. Please answer the poll above HONESTLY. If you find it sufficiently fast to meet your needs then please don't say it's too slow! I am prepared to invest additional money to improve things IF it's deemed necessary, but count on you as the community who make this site making honest responses to this. I'm not going to say what I think right now, but the fact I've posted this should show I have some concerns Please take the time to vote. It only takes a few seconds and will, ultimately, decide what I do as regards the future of the site. Andy

2 smarta*** replies deleted. Please - if you can't add to this topic by helping the OP with his request, just keep scthum!

There's no problem posting links to EBay unless you're the dude that's selling something. Then you get your butt kicked

John Lamkpin has asked me to post this re setting the float height on a 2008 Beta 2T with a Keihin carb: Keihin_carb_float_height.pdf

Just posted this article on the outcome of the FIM Congress. I see the US is provisionally down for a World round at "Canon City". Anybody know anything about this? Quick Google say Colorado?

Brilliant... http://www.hutton-web-design.co.uk/tanker.html

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