Here's the place to chat about all things classic. Also includes a feedback forum where you can communicate directly with the editorial team - don't hold back, they'd love to know what they're doing right (or wrong of course!)
suffolkpete wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 11:39 am
I think it would be very useful if you could email the registered users. Do you have the means to send out an email that large?
I think there is a feature in phpBB that allows you to email but in batches ...
Otherwise any good email system should allow a good number of BCC addresses.
"If you're driving on the edge ... you're leaving too much room!"
Retirement Project: '59 Austin A35 2-door with 1330cc Midget engine and many upgrades Said goodbye: got '98 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 TSpark to 210K miles before tin worm struck
I have access to the backend database and what i have done is export the complete user list with all profile fields including email addresses and post counts.
What I propose is to filter everyone with a post count of say 20+ and run a mailmerge. The forums email goes out through an account with Microsoft 365 so there is no issue with sending any quantity of email but using the filter i mentioned shows 183 users
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Luxobarge wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:27 am
Ages ago (I think June 23rd 2022) the forum suddenly became inaccessible, just got an error message. You now appear to have woken it up again, so thanks very much for that.
I think that's the reason why I have not popped in,but my memory is quite vague,due to life getting the way
TerryG wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:58 pm
At time of posting (12th March 2023) there has been no activity for a year.
oh that's a shame,maybe owners are using facebook
Something broke the website the forum sits on .. but as we couldn't access the site, we couldn't contact anyone to get it fixed!
"If you're driving on the edge ... you're leaving too much room!"
Retirement Project: '59 Austin A35 2-door with 1330cc Midget engine and many upgrades Said goodbye: got '98 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 TSpark to 210K miles before tin worm struck
TerryG wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:58 pm
At time of posting (12th March 2023) there has been no activity for a year.
oh that's a shame,maybe owners are using facebook
I think with only 183 registered users this forum is going to have little dynamism to attract more users. Sad really as I actively avoid Facebook and all other social media sites.
AJAX wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:17 pm
I think with only 183 registered users this forum is going to have little dynamism to attract more users. Sad really as I actively avoid Facebook and all other social media sites.
Hmm, not sure where you get that number from, we have 1897 registered members and after the amount of cleaning up I've done I'm pretty sure that none of them are spammers. I take your point about facebook, I'm not on it either and have no intention of joining. I wonder if it's a reflection of a waning popularity (and IMHO quality of content) of Practical Classics magazine itself?
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
