Setting up a new forum

angler71

Loquax and a lot of other sites dont show the answers,i know there is a few problems with mse but as the saying goes the grass isnt always greener on the other side

Boom_Boom

Moneymadmark said:

For me, the only two problems are:

1) lack of ticks i.e seeing the red or green without re-clicking on the post.

2) not being able to sort in date order as before.

Any new forum would have to incorporate those features to be an improvement. I would assume that could require specialist web scripting knowledge. I doubt a free forum provider would offer these.

Yes, and a workable search facility that doesn't bring up the the same thread multiple times.

thingamaBob

Boom_Boom said:

Moneymadmark said:

For me, the only two problems are:

1) lack of ticks i.e seeing the red or green without re-clicking on the post.

2) not being able to sort in date order as before.

Any new forum would have to incorporate those features to be an improvement. I would assume that could require specialist web scripting knowledge. I doubt a free forum provider would offer these.

Yes, and a workable search facility that doesn't bring up the the same thread multiple times.

It doesn't if you make the correct field selections. Deselect "Replies" in the "What to search" field and you only get thread starter posts in the results. If you don't deselect Replies, you get a result for the thread starter post and extra ones for the replies.

mumto2boys

Progress hopefully https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6157247/competitions-time-announcement-list-view-expiry#latest

BlueBella

Fingers crossed as I am beginning to lose hope!  It is hard to stay positive at such grave times!  I am shielding because of health conditions and won't step out of my home until a vaccine is found!  I feel a second spike is on it's way.....

Blulu

Oops, I've just posted the same link re the forum update on CCC. I didn't know you had mentioned it here, sorry. But I think I'll leave it there anyway as the more who see it the better.

Blu XXX

Ms_Chocaholic

Just re-visiting this thread as I suggested the same on this thread - we're now a few months down the line and it seems there's been only minimal change, would MSErs be up for this now or are your views still the same, please reply and let us know, thanks.

libra10

Count me in Ms_Chocoholic

sleepyjones

I don't mean to state the obvious but have you thought about costs for this?
You'll need to buy hosting, a domain name, software (assuming you're not gonna write it yourself) and then hours of updating code to meet your exacting needs.  Someone will need to look after backups, take on and be responsible for the legal implications of GDPR,  Data Protection, Copyright Infringement etc ... I'm not sure people really understand the work and time involved in something like this.

Blulu

Guys, please see MSE's very positive response to our petition here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77655972/#Comment_77655972

And my reply to them here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77656015/#Comment_77656015

Blu XXX