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Yep works now. Thanks!

I have both turned on for my Album but I still can't rate or comment on pictures on my album. Can you try and see if you have luck?

@JohnCh Thank you for the valiant effort! I'll be an impartial observer in this process and see if you and others like it. I obviously do! Question however. Images show a comment count but I don't have an option to comment on a picture when I click it? There is also a star rating that shows up for everybody's pictures other than Crocs but I can't click any of the stars? Maybe it's a permission thing.

Thank you for the explanation. I support a survey and more opinions. We all know that there are about 3 types of users. 1) Lurkers - not really quantifiable or useful group statistically, unless you're trying to monetize the site (which you're not) 2) Casual users - registered long time users who post occasionally as it fits their needs 3) Regulars - contribute to most conversations, go out of their way to post and share threads, have their own threads etc Relationship with group 2 is opportunistic. They use the forum as a tool when they need something (like a bad friend), otherwise they don't really have interest Group 3 is the primary group. It's small but it's what keeps the forum going. Without them lurkers have no interest as there isn't new content and casual users don't use it anymore because there aren't enough regulars here to make it a useful tool. In my eyes you have to appease to regulars for this type of community. Maintain however many you got, and appeal to new ones as you inevitably lose old ones with people selling cars or losing interest in visiting Have the engagement gone down or up over the years? Thread counts/posts? That was my primary rubric of success in the past

@JohnCh I hear you. I'm not dying on a particular hill for anything, just throwing ideas out there that I've had experience with. Fair points with the text link and descriptors. This works. And it works well. I wouldn't even think of suggesting anything if I didn't see inklings of a drive to get more out there and being there myself a long time ago. 7's Facebook group/posts, Instagram account, adding the gallery at all, having a tech database/section are all things that constitute as being more "more" than just a forum. Implementing new things takes time, money, effort and risks and nothing is worse than taking time and effort to implement new things just to see them not utilized. If they aren't utilized the question is the following: 1) They are they less useful than they appear 2) Do people simply don't know about them/they are inconvenient to use If it's the latter than it's a matter of making small changes to make sure people do notice and use the aforementioned useful features. Again, I'm not arguing or fighting for anything in particular. Just having a conversation and a "no" to anything I say isn't taken personal or even warrants an explanation. Thank you for all the work otherwise. It's one of the 5 or so websites I visit on the daily/throughout the day.

For example, I don't know what plug it is, but it's on the Invision board already and it demonstrates the possibility. I can assume it's a native plug or a simple plug Here is a rough draft what USA7's could look like with probably smaller pictures

That was intentional. I assume you didn't click my text link? That sort of proves my point. Gallery is a great feature but judging by the views that pictures get it doesn't get used enough, which is a self feeding loop as when people don't browse it, others stop uploading and sharing as well. With that said, the forum is great and everything is very well. I get a notion that there is a small drive to make it "more" and add to it, so these few points were my advice to help reach "next level" sort of speak. Simple works, but simple is also boring and boring doesn't tend to get returning users or much interaction. When we click "activity" and don't see much activity, I'll be most of us move on to other things and don't interact or browse anything else. This is the reason Facebook feed is brilliant. It always finds a way to feed you new information and it also knows that anything that happened more than 3+ days ago, is quite irrelevant unless you're specifically searching for something. Forums don't have an information feeding algorithm. It's entirely user based. A rotating random gallery is something that helps feed new information every time you login that's not directly user driven. Otherwise we are reliant on people asking questions, driving discussions or updating long running threads like Croc does every week with the sales thread.

I hear you. Been there. Somewhat thankless job. Does this software have a lot of plugin support? I can only assume it does. I understand it's custom but it's also plug and play and typically very quick and easily to enable/disable and remove as needed without changing things. You aren't wrong... Put nipples on the headlights of 7 and we might have a compromise.

In my experience humans are visual creatures when browsing online. You can hide a free gift behind a text link and it will easily get overlooked. Words by nature tend to blend into each other and they don't pop out. On my old forum I made "New Posts" in bold and red text because I knew that's one of the most used/useful features for any forum If you make it into a picture however (like a clickable tab in the banner) it gets immediate attention Having something clickable on top for maps will certainly get attention I know that the software is limited and I think I've mentioned it before but to help the gallery get used more, I've also hard a running set of about 8 random small photos from the gallery popup between the header and the forums in rotation.

Thanks! User underutilization of tools available on forums has always been a problem. I'm glad to see the map markers are used often

SDK - Caterham as manufacturer L - left hand drive D - DeDion generation K - Kit built 5 - SV if I recall NS - Engine not supplied (standard for US cats) 5 - 2005 model year 0050457 - manufacturer number @Croc sounds about right?

Gladly. Post it up and @Croc is the resident VIN cracker but I can dig up the reference as well

I do remember it being very tight with the ramp. I think we took nose cone off and used wooden planks to help the nose going onto it. Again, not ideal but can do in a pinch if you're careful.* (not sure if all Uhaul trailers are the same either)

Yikes indeed. I used a uhaul for my original pickup and didn't have any issues. results may vary

Have you made the trip?

Any resolutions to this deal?

Caterham wrap