[Darrell Young]

In the next few hours we'll be upgrading the software for this forum. The new version has additional features, a nice look, and a much more robust SPAMMER prevention system.

For now, I am manually dealing with over 100 spammer registrations per day, so a lot of good registrations are being lost in the daily account sweeps. That seriously limits our growth as a forum.

The new software forces spammers to go through a much more rigorous registration process, along with IP address checking for known spammer activity. In addition, all users of this software, worldwide, share information on spammer registrations.

We'll have much better growth, which will benefit us here are SIF, and also the NOT system. Neither are growing fast enough to sustain themselves long-term, at this point. As part of marketing NOT, I'll also be growing SIF for qualified new imagery. Only SIF members can submit to NOT.

Watch for the changeover today, most likely.

[Neil Juggins]

Good luck with it Darrell and thank you for all the work you put in.

Ps Hope the foot is getting better.

[Darrell Young]

Good luck with it Darrell and thank you for all the work you put in.

Ps Hope the foot is getting better.

My foot has healed up nicely, except it points toward my back now.

I can't tell whether I'm coming or going.

[geoffpix]

I like the colour better, pink and grey.....was never convinced about the old colours.

[trekpete]

A nice new and fresh looking site Darrel .

Peter

[Phil Crean]

Very modern looking Darrell!

Definitely an improvement on the older forum.

Phil

[Neil Juggins]

Just loving the new look. Well done.

My colour is blue and green. Has Geoff got a special grey / pink version ?

[geoffpix]

Neil,

I meant the old one was grey and pink.

[Edo]

I think I like the new look, even though I hate all change. Well, I used to hate all change until everyday and every way became change. Now I no longer have the time or energy to hate change.

And, Geoff--where did you get that baseball mitt? You know cricket players are not allowed to own those things?

Edo

[Darrell Young]

Now, I've just gotta come up with a cool logo!

[Betty LaRue]

I feel I've come into the light....

Way Cool, Darrell!

[geoffpix]

Edo,

I got it from ebay (it's a Franklin), I haven't played cricket since school....so I guess it's allowed?

[Bill Kuta]

Nice look, Darrell. Glad that it reduces the spammer burden for you. I just wish the sign-on default weren't "Remember me."

Bill

[geoffpix]

Quick question, not worth starting a new thread. Can everyone see the Alamy forum...all I get is a 'your account has been suspended message...until 2018.

I cannot even see it as a guest. Forumus interruptus.

Not the worst thing to happen I guess. I did write to MS some time back asking for my forum account to be terminated (keep me away from temptation) but that was last year.

Wassup?

[colinspics]

geoffpix, on 29 January 2010 - 09:58 AM, said:

Quick question, not worth starting a new thread. Can everyone see the Alamy forum...all I get is a 'your account has been suspended message...until 2018.

I cannot even see it as a guest. Forumus interruptus.

Not the worst thing to happen I guess. I did write to MS some time back asking for my forum account to be terminated (keep me away from temptation) but that was last year.

Wassup?

Glad you posted that Geoff I just got the same message.
Colin.

[geoffpix]

http://www.alamy.com...01/29/4799.aspx

That's a pity, I was hoping it might have been more permanent.