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2017 Updates to AutoShopOwner


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In the coming weeks, we are going to be updating AutoShopOwner to a newer platform for 2017. We are working on making it as close as possible to what we have now before making the switch. Joe and I have discussed our need to stay up to date with the ever evolving internet. This includes making sure we are running on the latest software that runs this community. There will be a few important changes and I will update this topic as it happens. Everything will generally work the same with some new enhancements including mobile usability, posting features, and a newer user interface.

 

For those using Tapatalk with this forum, we will make sure that is up to date and have plans to move to https:// to serve secure web pages. Please subscribe (Follow) to this topic if you would like to be notified about these changes.

 

More to come :)

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Just a quick update, almost done with some final testing and finalizing some of the sections on this site. We are planning to update ASO next weekend and the site will be down for a bit during that time. I will keep everyone posted via twitter as well.

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For anyone following twitter and facebook, we are back online. For those that use Tapatalk, I've just updated the plugin for that as well.

Our forum, which is our main section, is back up. We've got new layouts for various other sections as well. Please reach out in this post, PM, contact form, or email if you experience any issue with this website. Layout issue, functionality, etc.

Thank you.

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I think the search timer is a bit too aggressive, or I'm moving too fast.  I was searching for a term.   It came back with 10+ pages.  I found myself able to scan the search results much faster than the site would allow me to proceed.   It appears hitting page 2 on the results is another search and page 3, etc.  As long as I paused on any one page to look at a topic, it was ok.  The error message was something like:  You need to wait before performing a new search.

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On 3/2/2017 at 7:20 PM, bantar said:

I think the search timer is a bit too aggressive, or I'm moving too fast.  I was searching for a term.   It came back with 10+ pages.  I found myself able to scan the search results much faster than the site would allow me to proceed.   It appears hitting page 2 on the results is another search and page 3, etc.  As long as I paused on any one page to look at a topic, it was ok.  The error message was something like:  You need to wait before performing a new search.

There is a 10 sec flood control delay with search for our free members. You can upgrade to a premium or above membership which has no flood control for search. 😁

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