Hi Everyone,

I wanted to let everyone know that we transferred the J/30 bulletin board to a new service provider. In the process, some posts from 1/20 through 1/31 were manually reposted. Some of the dates will be wrong and listed as 1/31. Please accept our apology for this.

We have opened another forum for Larry Christy to host OD/Class Rules related topics.

Please let me know if anoyone experiences problems.

Cheers,
David Erwin
J30.org

We're looking to transfer the current J/30 Forum to newer software that provides more capabilities. The current software used on this forum hasn't been supported for a few years. It is Ultimate Bulletin Board Version 5.44b.

There are a number of free software packages available, and the phpBB 3.0 software looks pretty nice. I installed it on our web server so people can look at it and provide feedback. It will allow posting of pictures and files, personalized avatars, and CAPTCHA authentication for new registrations to prevent spambots from hijacking the forum (the problem we had just over a year ago).
Here are some of the features, and ideas for using it:

We'll be able to move the "For Sale" section off the web page and make it so people can post and maintain their own entries with pictures on the forum. We'd build some templates so that basic information is included in each "for sale" posting.

• Members will be able to send mail to each other via the forum.
• You can setup custom signatures with links and display an avatar.
• You can easily post pictures, links and attach files. (We'd set a limit on size).
• We can setup poles and take votes. Private groups can be setup to accommodate things like Board of Governor meetings.

Look at the link below and provide comments. You can register and try posting if you like, although this is still the official class forum. Anything you post may get deleted as we setup the board further.

I'd really like to find a translator so we can convert this old board seamlessly to be part of a new board. If anyone knows of a translator from UBB 5.44b to phpBB3, please let me know.

New bulletin board trial link: J/30 Class Bulletin Board

Thanks,
Bill Kneller

[This message has been edited by Rhapsody #348 (edited 01-02-2009).]

This weekend there were a few updates to the class web page that should be helpful.

Class Rules: The official J/30 Class rules are now available to view online without having to load the Adobe PDF files. When you select from the top menu "Class", then "Class Rules" you are taken to the new page with the class rules, by-laws and specifications available for direct viewing. Downloadable PDF files are available there for printing. There are also links to print older versions of the class rules.

Docklines is now Calendar: "Docklines" is no longer on the menu. This has been inactive for some time. Instead "Calendar" now appears on the menu in that spot. This opens the Calendar on our new Forum. Feel free to populate the calendar with events. Note that if you make a new forum posting with the description of the event, you have the option to also include it on the calendar for the date you specify. This means you only need enter the item once in the forum, select the date, and it appears both in the forum and on the calendar.

Photos: This had some broken links that were fixed. There is a new Photo section on the forum that will probably take the place of this in the long term. A link to the Photo Forum has been included on the Photos page. Everybody needs to post photos of the J/30 events!

Let me know if there are any other updates desired.

WOW Bill!! Thanks so much for all of the time and effort you have put into making this website what it is today.

The J/30 Forum Software was updated to UBB.threads 7.5 on 24 Feb 2009. This cleaned up some minor bugs and provided some new features.

• RSS Feeds Available - for those interested in a J/30 news "push" you can select it using the "My Stuff" menu when you are logged in
• Better search engine - you should be able to find things easier
• Updated display of user profiles
• Member list can be sorted by "last online"
• Added display of most "Popular Topics" on left side based on number of views - you can click on these to read them

If you find something broken or working strange, please post here so we can fix it.

Bill, I just went to DIRECTORY to pull Carl Scherter email...its screwed up???

Thanks for the note. The Hosting ISP has a problem and I'll submit a trouble ticket. You can get Carl's email from this page: http://www.j30.org/html/fleets/board.html or on his forum profile.

Update 8:03am - ISP restarted the server so class database is working again.

The J/30 Forum Software was updated to UBB.threads 7.5.1 on 20 Mar 2009. This cleaned up some minor bugs listed here.

If you find something broken or working strange, please post here so we can fix it.

The J/30 Forum Software was updated to UBB.threads 7.5.2 on 23 Mar 2009. These are "bug fixes for the bug fixes" . Here is what is fixed.

If you find something broken or working strange, please post here so we can fix it. This should be a totally transparent S/W update.

The J/30 Forum Software was updated to UBB.threads 7.5.4.1 on 27 Oct 2009. This cleaned up some minor bugs listed here.

If you find something broken or working strange, please post here so we can fix it.

Twitter and Facebook J/30 links have also been added in the left margin under the "Newest Members" box.