greg_r

Sorry, not into strapping Christmas Tree decorations to my wrist..... Thanks mate

At every possible opportunity, yes

So do I.

OKE!!!

drink?

fixed

to find out whether we're awake?

ewwwww.....

Amen! oh... and OKE!

Oh, nothing really - we just like them. Except for Breitling, of course :D

Yup - his site's down for me too at the moment.

Amen! I should have mentioned Callan myself, I'm a big fan - have been since I saw it the first time around in the sixties. Seasons 3 (often advertised as season 1, but there ya go) 4 & 5 are available on DVD, so should be out there somewhere. Superb writing.

Amen! Certainly, even when and if we get RWG1 back up and running, it won't stop me spending plenty of time here - RWGjr was always my favourite 'serious' watch forum

ROFL@ Oscar & Luthier :D

Luthier: sorry, but you don't get it. Knowing who or what to look for is one thing. Posting said details on a public forum for viewing by casual passers buy is another. Never mind, sorted now. Anyhow - thanks for offering to kick in some dough. FWIW when IPB was first available it was even cheaper - i.e. free (!), but they pulled the free version offline a couple of years back. There are also some hosting options that include a licence for iPB, which may be a good starting point for us. I'm looking at the options now.

Thanks for taking the lead on this, John.

Good call, John Thanks Nanuq!

ROFL! Awesome, simply awesome.

Originally it was free, but it's now commercial software. There are free alternatives, but if we're to re-use the existing database, then we want the same software - it's better than most of the open-source alternatives anyhow...

oh damn... no, you can't without being a supporting member. Edit privileges time out after a few minutes for non-supporting members... The only way for you to do it is to ask a mod to do it for you. For future reference, however: whether you can find a person on Google or not, it is highly unwise to post someone's personal details to a public forum.

Luthier. Please do not post addresses/telephone numbers on a private forum. I would be [censored] off in the extreme if you published my details that way, and I'm sure the same will go for JB. Kindly edit your post to remove the relevant personal info and think before you do something similar in the future...

Yep, I agree. I think Alphakazi has some database experience, so maybe he might be able to help with the transition. In the meantime I'll do a little research and try to find us an inexpensive host. As things stand, I don't think we'll be using a vast amount of bandwidth to begin with - we just need to make sure that we have room to grow for the future. I agree with you about the logo and colours too - I'd be keen to make the place as much like home as possible

Probably the best way is to go for specialist forum hosting. There are a variety of hosting companies who support IPB (which I'd suggest we stick with). The software itself is around $160 with yearly maintenance, but we can avoid that by going for a hosting plan that includes it. Invision themselves provide hosting, and there are several other companies who specialise in forum hosting (which is going to be the way to go as a specialist company is more likely to have their IPB installation configured so as not to cause CPU overhead problems). Costs start fairly low from just a few bucks per month. We just need to make sure that we sign up with a host who will allow us to upgrade as the site grows. As and when we're ready to go, I'll do a little research and come back with a definite proposal. All we'll need then is a domain name (or to transfer the original, if Blade is agreeable) and we're in business. I can organise all of the above without any problems, and am happy to do so as it's very straightforward. However, if Blade does allow us to move the old database over, I'm going to be struggling to find the time to do the transition as work and other commitments are taking an awful lot of my time at the moment. It's not just going to be as simple as copying the old db over - it's bound to need cleaning up and tweaking for full compatibility with the latest version of IPB. I'd suggest that the first thing we do is try to get a definite response one way or the other from Blade. At that point we can decide how to approach this.

Why thank you, mate