Joe

Hello East Dulwich Forum! Firstly, let me introduce myself. I'm Joe and I will be your new EDF admin. :) I moved to the area just over a year ago and have been enjoying East Dulwich life every since! As many of you know, I have been working with Mark in the last few weeks to handover the day to day operation of EDF. Mark created the site all the way back in 2006 and has done a brilliant job over the years maintaining it, however as you know he has been looking to move on. I am a software developer and have previous experience running online communities so this was a natural fit. I have used the forum many times in the past year to find local recommended tradesmen so I understand how valuable it is to have an active online local community forum. What's changed with the forum? As you can see, the forum has had a big facelift. The previous forum software was very much out-of-date and needed upgraded for various technical reasons. The new design should hopefully make things easier to navigate when using mobiles and tablets. The forum software (phpBB) is similar to the old one and has all of the same features. Hopefully existing members will feel at home but I understand that it will take some getting used to. Feel free to give feedback in this thread if you have any trouble. Unfortunately, due to an issue with the backup, we have lost a few weeks worth of posts in the forum (since 20th June). Sadly, these cannot be recovered. However, thankfully, all other forum posts, accounts etc since 2006 have been migrated. There are still some further tweaks which I'll be making to the layout over the coming weeks. What are the future plans for the forum? EDF will continue to exist as it has been since 2006 and there will be no significant changes to how the forum is operated. It will always be free to use. I will continue to use forum sponsorships / advertising to fund the running costs as Mark has been doing since the start. I'm having trouble with the new website We have completed a few rounds of testing prior to the launching of the new EDF, however as with all IT projects there will likely be some teething problems. Please reply to this thread if you have any feedback. I hope you enjoy using the new forum! Best Regards, Joe

Hi all, As you may have seen, the forum software has had a big upgrade. This has been in the works for the last few weeks. We have completed a few rounds of testing prior to the launching of the new EDF, however as with all IT projects there will likely be some teething problems. If you have feedback you'd like to share, please do so via this thread. Thanks, Joe Known issues All forum threads, posts, private message since June 20th are missing. Unfortunately due to an issue with the backup, these have gone missing and can't be recovered. Apologies for the inconvenience this may have caused. Attachments have not been imported (sadly, it was not possible to recover these) Automatic password reset and registration emails are not being received (or delayed) for people with Microsoft accounts (Hotmail, Outlook, Live) - NOW FIXED