Well we are back...

[jasongray5]

But posts are missing...:mad: :mad:

[shadowcaster]

Mornin all

Welcome back Haynes, Jason have a look in display options mine was set to the last month if you set it to last year more of the posts show up.:eek: or another way I have just found is look in the user control panel and change the forum default for thread display.

Now wheres the rest of the gang.:D

[AshG]

im sure we can put the stickys back i think i have saved the guides for the front frame etc plus all the amendments. will have a look when i get home tonight.

[fabbyglass]

It's a bit like old Mother Hubbards cupboard..or someone has ate all the pies:rolleyes:

[Bonzo]

Happy days we are back :cool: :cool:

Good morning to one & all :) :)

[HandyAndy]

morning all, its like a school reunion :D :D

andy

[Janne E]

mornig all. it´s great to seen forum working!!!!!

Janne E Sweden

[Hoybi]

Goodmorning all,

missed the forum but now I'll get better soon.

Hoybi

[Land Locked]

YIPEEE!! Great to have you all back. :D :D :D

[Tilly819]

Ahhh, sweet justice

Nice to be back people :)

[Balidey]

Yep, glad its back.
But as thousands of posts are missing then I guess that means either they are gone forever (no back up?) or they may be put back when Chris returns?

[thewinker]

Whilst it's good to see the forum back, without all the back catalogue of posts, it's practically useless.

[deezee]

Sadly I agree. Its a bit of a shame that the forums been demolished. A lot of the useful posts have gone. I guess its time to start rebuilding them :D Although I'm hoping Chris might turn up with some backups etc...

[Chris Gibbs]

I'll see you all next week when I'll try to get all the stickies back, I have all the pictures and pdfs, if you have anything on your own machine I'd appreciate an email

chrisgibbs222@talktalk.net

Cheers

Chris

[RAYLEE29]

Some of the above is rather negative and quite unnessesarily so.
all the knowledge is still there and many of us are quite far along in our builds.
I for one will be happy to help out any genuine builders out there, all i ask in return is that you are not rude or here just to cause trouble.
Ray:)

[Bonzo]

I completely agree Ray :)

Yes some of the subject matter may be gone for the time being, The brains that put it there are all still here. ;)

I am sure that it will not be too long before all of the major information is re-posted.

The forum cannot be described as useless........ Don't understand the thinking behind that statement :rolleyes:

[HandyAndy]

Some of the above is rather negative and quite unnessesarily so.
all the knowledge is still there and many of us are quite far along in our builds.
I for one will be happy to help out any genuine builders out there, all i ask in return is that you are not rude or here just to cause trouble.
Ray:)

totally agree, well said.
the forum membership will i,m sure have the info to be able to rebuild the lost threads.
some folk appear to be negative towards the forum & i don,t understand why?:rolleyes:

andy

[davie h]

good to see this place back, to say its now useless is rubbish if stuff is lost for good just ask im sure folk wont mind answering the questions

Davie

[mr henderson]

all i ask in return is that you are not rude or here just to cause trouble.


Yes indeed, I think everyone should toe this line

[davidimurray]

Yeah :D We're back

Glad top see everyone back again. Terrible shame that we've lost so much stuff but I'm sure we will be back - bigger, stronger and faster than before :p

Gotta dash - I got a donor to collect :D

[Spikehaus]

How did so many people manage to post in the morning? I tried to log in before work but it was still down. Still, great to be back, My post may be missing, but at least I am still a Senior Member- or not.....poor me.

Did all members lose posts, or just some of us?

[SeriesLandy]

Did all members lose posts, or just some of us?

Not too sure as Bonzo (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=332) has 500ish but I don't know what he had the other day.

It is a shame that we have lost so many posts but i'm sure eventually it will be back to where it was. We just have to see many posts that have already been answered before but don't have a post any more:( :(

[Bonzo]

Poor old Fabby was hit hard, he lost over 800 posts :eek:

I lost almost 700.

Just as well I didn't have anything usefull to say :D :D

Soon be back to its former glory, sure of that :)

Not too sure as Bonzo (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=332) has 500ish but I don't know what he had the other day.

[Spikehaus]

It was 120 for me, but most where the original posts I made, when I was not so wise. Still, lets think of it as a very late spring clean. I did originally wonder if certain members where targeted? But now I think maybe they just started at the beginning and just deleted in whatever order? Such a shame really. Still, all that is lost knowing that the forum is open again.

[Beardy_John]

Excellent, all back up again!! Just in time for my week off in the garage :):)

Its a bit like going on holiday, and coming back home again :):)

[flyerncle]

At least it's working again....

[aerosam]

Hooray - now I have somewhere to ask my dumb questions! I was feeling lost with no forum.

[slimtater]

What happened??



Edit - just noticed that my sticky with the completed car log has gone. Gutted! ( And my Roadster decal group buy thread - I have a few with me for Oz builders!;-) )

[fabbyglass]

I will try not to post so much as that way I won't lose so much...:D

[RAYLEE29]

Lol, yeah you were hit hard I lost about 120 posts and got a demotion.
was glad i printed book amendments and wishbone drawings off.
still have a theory of why this happened and when but not gonna put it on an open forum but most people can prob guess
Ray:)

[raceral]

One of those things that happens, I belong to an AMX forum and have so for about 12 years.
In that time it has crashed or gone through several transformations where it all had to be rebuilt.
Surprisingly though it takes very little time to regroup and get back most of the information as it just rebuilds itself as people get involved again.
In some ways even better as new people tend to feel they are now on a level playing field and will contribute more than before, being somewhat intimidated by the more senior or knowledgable posters.

The forum is back and that is what counts.
Al

[Chris Gibbs]

800 posts?

You were lucky! I can't believe my posts have been lost to the nation ;)

Cheers

Chris :)

[davidimurray]

Chris

Out of interest has anyhting been put in place to back up the forum in case any such thing happenend again?

Cheers

Dave

[Chris Gibbs]

To be Honest Dave, I don't know.

I'll speak to the webmaster this week and find out.

Cheers

Chris :)