[NSC] *** PLEASE READ: Upcoming Changes ***

[zefarelly]

I've had the same username /password since 98/99 and the same email address since 96, still going.

I've had to upgrade pigeons a few times since then , and my despatch rider has retired

 

[Billy the Fish]

Blimey my email was a Tiscali one, are they even in business?

Mine was pipex!

I wonder if anyone bought shares in that

 

[zefarelly]

Mine was pipex!

I wonder if anyone bought shares in that

Blimey, my Dad had email long before me, (IT nerd @ Seeboard) he had a Pipex one I remember. They used pigeons and homing cats as well I believe?

 

[Wardy's twin]

I have just commenced a project to migrate NSC from vBulletin 4, our current home and where we've been for almost forever, to Xenforo - https://xenforo.com

vBulletin 4 is an old and, effectively, now an unsupported platform, whilst Xenforo is modern, feature rich and, importantly, well-supported forum software.

All being well, the live switchover will take place mid-January, and I'll advise on a specific date in the New Year.

In the near-term, it won't make a huge amount of difference in terms of the way you use and access NSC, other than mobile usage. When the migration takes place, Tapatalk will be removed from NSC. One of Xenforo's advantages is that it is offers a considerably better native mobile experience via a browser, and we will be taking advantage of that.

When we migrate you will need to login to NSC again and, experience tells me, a lot of people will come unstuck here, due to one of the following, if not both:

- No longer having access to the email address registered with NSC, preventing password reminders/resets from being received.
- Not knowing their NSC password due to staying parma-logged in.

Please help me help you by resolving these as soon as you can, ie over the next few weeks, and not waiting for the migration to happen and finding you are locked out of NSC requiring my help. Simply, if I get inundated with hundreds of requests for email address/password reset issues all at the same time, it will take me a while to go through them.

So, please go here: https://www.northstandchat.com/profile.php?do=editpassword, and:

- Make sure the email address stored is one you have access to (you will not receive any emails from NSC unless you ask for them)
- Make sure you know what your password is

If you hit any snags, email me - help@northstandchat.com - and I'll help out.

any way that you can pre-empt problems e.g. generating mass emails so that people know what credentials they are using and suggesting they logon now and start cleaning up before the cutover? If they don't get an email by a set date then they know they have failed the first test

 

[Brok]

Tapatalk going? If this gets rid of all the 'Sent from my blah blah blah phone', underneath a lot of posts, then I'm in!

Thank goodness for that.
Sometimes one 'thumbs-up' can speak a thousand words...

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Will the current NSC stay live for a period during switchover? So, you know, I can work out how to contact you when I inevitably leave it till after to work out my login details

 

[Skuller]

Can you make sure you do regression testing, create a maintenance window that doesn’t affect too many users, ie outside UK a business hours when we all use NSC most and finally bring your change to a Change Advisory Board for approval.

Such is the life of a Global Change Manager of 21 years

Impact Assessment 1: we're doomed.

 

[Bodian]

Sadly, no BG (RIP) for you to support this time

Surely the other way round? No BG to support Bozza!

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Wow this sounds exciting.
I must admit I am on a phone so I have to do a lot of zooming in and out and sometimes my messages vanish as I'm typing them out and I still can't work out how to post pics so a more user friendly for phones system would be fantastic.
But I'm not complaining about the current nsc as I'm happy to put up with these minor issues to chat with and hear opinions of fellow fans and I also appreciate the efforts of bozza and others to run this forum for us.hopefully this new system will make things easier to run and organise for them too.i can't wait to see what it's like.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Blimey my email was a Tiscali one, are they even in business?

Yes, yes it is (except it is now Talk Talk but Tiscali addresses are still valid)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

All being well, the live switchover will take place mid-January, and I'll advise on a specific date in the New Year.

Which new year?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can we all have our post counts zeroised in the changeover please [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]? Mine's is a constant source of shame

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

So this is what "brexit" was really about?

 

[bobbab5]

Blimey my email was a Tiscali one, are they even in business?

Bloody hell, me too! (not that one)

 

[Deleted member 2719]

This sounds like exciting progress.

Can we have a button to exterminate palarse fans.

And new smileys?

 

[Motogull]

Do penalty points and bans get reversed?

 

[Dumseagull]

Getting rid of Tapatalk might be handy, just lately every third scroll or tap opens an advertisement that I in no way tapped on


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Sorrel]

Thanks for the info - my email was one from 2006 I've not used since then! But now changed...

 

[Bwian]

No. Be shamed forever!

Sent from my LYA-L09 using Tapatalk

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Can you make sure you do regression testing, create a maintenance window that doesn’t affect too many users, ie outside UK a business hours when we all use NSC most and finally bring your change to a Change Advisory Board for approval.

Such is the life of a Global Change Manager of 21 years

Think yourself lucky that you're not Head of Deliverance.