JaiKai

An eCheque can also take over a week to clear. But i do not understand why they are trying to send it via paypal if you dont own a paypal account.

Seperately from the conversion process we are going to lose a few things as follows : Gallery / Garage The new system has a gallery feature but i'm finding it hard to import these as the garage sytem is not a vbulletin product so the conversion script doesnt know about it and will not import any current garages setup. Thanks / Like / WTF Our favourite buttons to like are wtf a post wont be available instantly, there is the same feature but its horrible emoji icons in a drop box. good news is i'm sure this is a theme oriented change so we can look to change this at a later date. Premium Member Subscriptions The subscription system is completely different so these are not transferable; but don't worry Premium Members will be placed in a premium Group with access to all the features and privleges the paid for as part of the subscriptions. It simply means i may have to manually create 170 or so new subscriptions with the new system manually and add them to each account. Top Navigation Bar This may be a bit mixed up untill we get the sections sorted out to be in a known order, the default links are completely different as is the way the new system works so it may just take a while to get to grips with the new design. Classifieds Again this is a third party plugin for vBulletin so we need to create a new way to change the selling status and colours on each thread. We may have to do this manually until a selling plugin can be installed.

A little update. Testing is going good with a few false starts here and there. The trickiest part is importing everything in one go as if that process fails and need to wipe the files and database and start again. I'm doing one further test at the moment which is a full import with attachments and if that works we can do a full conversion.

That's it, but you need to be on the other test site and change it

Your phone must be defaulting it to desktop mode. On chrome there is a setting to uncheck desktop mode.

Have you tried loading it on your phone ?

This is taking forever and its at 62% I've setup the test site at if anyone wants to give it a try : https://www.300zxownersclub.com/ Just remember this is the default theme and not customised yet. Also the database is still converting so not all posts may be available and there may be errors.

Well, managed to screw that one up. Managed to import all the threads and posts but it left the members and pictures out. I think this may take a few attempts to get 100% correct.

Its now converting posts 7.5% complete (completed 12000 of 1744916 Posts)

There is a lot of prep work needing done first. The default theme is great and we could work on the features as we go but if we move soon as we know it works it may confuse alot of people. The issue is the test system is just that - a test system, so anything i do to set that up and customise; needs to be done again on the real site. The permissions for each user group will need to be setup as does the subscriptions as they may need to be set manually at first.

Its now installed and its currently doing the first test conversion. At 4.8% (completed 111000 of 159169 Topics)

Just to give everyone an update on this.... We have now purchased the Invision Community software and i'm currently setting the system up on a seperate domain. This test domain will serve as the platform for the new software untill we know everything works the way we like it. Then a time and date will be chosen to turn the current system off and migrate everything over.

They have a migration tool for vBulletin so everything goes :)

You likely need to confirm your email address. I just created a seperate account under JaiKai and it worked fine.

Its a real shame that vBulletin have messed up version 5 so much. Invision does things alot differently in terms of how it handles members, subscriptions, selling and so on. I've setup a 30 day trial to mess with and i love the drag and drop customisation of the system, no need to mess with code to add something. Not sure if it will allow new signups but give it a try if you want : https://w291114.tryinvision.com/

For desktop platforms its literally just drag and drop then post. For mobile devices you no longer have that stuck dialog box. The mobile experience is geat even on the default theme so no zooming in to read text.

At the moment we are looking for your views on this change which in my opinion needs to be done. It may take a week or so after a test migration but we are looking to get that started asap.

Hi all, The club as it stands is more than just a forum and we would like our members to have the same opinion and support it. Having rich content, lots of videos, pictures, online competitions and other features would enhance the club 10 fold. Thats all great but we have an issue and its the root of our enture website and forums. The forum is run on vBulletin version 4.2.5, which has been for the over 10 years the back bone of this clubs social hub, However vBulletin has run its course and has become end of life with no futher updates and is rapidly falling behind in both features and security. vBulletin has an upgrade path which is called version 5 and is a complete disaster; we attempted an upgrade at the start of the year and quickly moved back after multple failures with the system. If we want to stay ahead of the game then we simply need to upgrade our system. But vBulletin isn't going to cut it so its time to change things completely and migrate to a new platform. Invision Community is the new system i propose we get. You can all go and see it in action at : https://invisioncommunity.com/ This new software is not simply Forum orientated so we can create a full rich website full of content pulled directly from the community. Every member can have there own Blog section, Gallery (that works) and many more features. The mobile experience is first class too as you no longer have to zoom in to click forums or to read threads. This new platform is top quality and has great support from the creators and owners who create their own apps for it. If you want a quick view of what the forum side of it looks like go here : https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/ This upgrade will be a major game changer for us but i hope that it will bring together even closer what a great community we have.

Was that on purpose?

I work from home, so unless the kids have been in the room it's the tidiest place in the house. Everywhere is is a dump of cables and various electronic parts.

Paid 5.5k for mine and on current build I have agreed insurance for 26k.

Fuel washed the oil so much that the journals of the turbos stuck.

Most installers these days are DIY.

I have a toad alarm too, however not currently fitted untill i know the zed can start without it. Also installed sensors directly into the pillar trims to make it more oem looking.