Can someone fix this broken website please?

[kevins2]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Not to step on Ron who does a great job of running a great forum but Talk Cobra has operated more as a club for group of regular members since I’ve been a member. Most, but not all, are Cobra owners and they are all auto enthusiast. But we venture off afield on other subjects too. I’m not sure it could support all the technical side that this forum used too either with its much smaller selection of sub-forums. But then it’s the members of any forum that provide the bulk of technical help and support. It does work reliably but I’m not sure how much capacity it actually has. That’s a question for Ron.

Dan,

I'm sure Ron will chime in if he sees this but I can tell you that talkcobra can support any number of new forums/subforums as the need arises. The administrators agree that it would be good for the site to take a turn more toward the technical side. Do you think we should create some technical forums on the basis of "build it and they will come"? There are some very knowledgeable members over there and some who are very well connected into the original cobra community. Are there members here who would participate if there were more forums specific to their liking?

It's also true that the site has a "girls and cars" thread and a "politics" thread. There have been very few complaints about the girl thread (just keep scrolling if that's not your thing) and I find it amazing that the political thread doesn't devolve into chaos. Talkcobra may be unique in that there is absolutely no fighting or name calling, just some good-natured ribbing that's all in fun between members who know each other. I don't recall a single instance of an argument or disagreement turning ugly in years.

Thoughts?

Kevin

[Ron61]

First off we are NOT poaching members from this or any other site. If they want to come over that is great but don't take our posts as trying to lure members away from this site. Adding some Forums or subforums is no big thing and we are discussing a couple of new ones now. It was mentioned about making it a pay dues site but I am against that. I will take care of that part of it and if we need more then we can ask for donations. Also I am not in favor of having ads on the site as other sites I have worked on they were nothing but a pain in the ass.

And yes the site can handle additional traffic and posting with no problem.

Ron

[kevins2]

I don't see poaching members as a thing. Anyone who joins another site is still free to participate here so their activity likely won't change. Personally, I like having another site to participate in so I can get my "cobra fix" when this site is down.

Kevin

[kevins2]

I don't see poaching members as a thing. Anyone who joins another site is still free to participate here so their activity likely won't change. Personally, I like having another site to participate in so I can get my "cobra fix" when this site is down.

Kevin

[Brent Mills]

I have not read this thread...I'm sure it's full of support.

I am willing to work with someone who has the time, passion, and skills to move the site and group forward and take on an ownership role (I'm not looking to make money). Send me a mail at cobradude28@yahoo.com if you are interested.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Brent Mills

I have not read this thread...I'm sure it's full of support.

I am willing to work with someone who has the time, passion, and skills to move the site and group forward and take on an ownership role (I'm not looking to make money). Send me a mail at cobradude28@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Mucho goodo.

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by Brent Mills

I have not read this thread...I'm sure it's full of support.

I am willing to work with someone who has the time, passion, and skills to move the site and group forward and take on an ownership role (I'm not looking to make money). Send me a mail at cobradude28@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Paging Alfa02 and friends, please pick up the white courtesy phone! You guys are up!

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

Paging Alfa02 and friends, please pick up the white courtesy phone! You guys are up!

Tom is on it, or will be as soon as I can wake him up.




Bill S.

[Ron61]

I am happy to hear this as we need this site too stay working. There is just to much information and good things here to lose it.

Maybe going through the member list and deleting all of those who have passed on or haven't been active for a year or so would help. My vet was amazed when he called me and asked it I would come look at his system and see why it was getting so slow. He had hundreds of old clients in there who had lost their pets or had moved away and once they deleted them his system was back to normal speed.

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Tom is on it, or will be as soon as I can wake him up.




Bill S.

Great, thanks for that Bill. This is super news. First of all, a huge thanks to Brent for starting this site, and for realizing that it's time to hand over the keys to someone else. We all go through life changes and changes in interest, and Brent clearly has. Acknowledging that and giving others the chance to bring this invaluable site back to life is huge, and Brent should be applauded for that. Thank you, Brent.

I have confidence that this site can be returned to the functionality and relevance that it once enjoyed. Yes, I am very much aware of all the naysayers out there, and they make valid points. Times have changed, Cobras are not as popular as they once were, Facebook and other social media sewers are more popular than forums, forums are dying in general, etc, etc, etc. I hear that and I get that.

I'd like to counter that with the fact there there are at this very moment automotive forums that are not only surviving but in fact flourishing. Here is one example:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/

This forum that I linked to is jumping. It's super busy and very relevant. It deals mainly with traditional hot rods. Now by anyone's measuring stick, if Cobras are dying, hot rods are dying even worse and have been for a longer time. And yet this place flourishes. Why? Innovative and dedicated ownership that keeps the site fresh, is heavily invested in promoting and growing the site, and ownership that expands the reach of the site through cross promotion and innovative cross ties.

I would strongly suggest, if I may, that whoever may take this site over schedule a phone or in person meeting with Ryan Cochran, the owner and operator of that site, and get some ideas on how to resurrect Club Cobra and restore it to beyond what it once was. If forums in general and car genre forums in particular are dying, Ryan clearly hasn't gotten that memo.

[Alfa02]

I'm here boys, just spoke with Bill S. I will also contact Brent (EM-0785) he's in Portland on business this week, but at least get a head start.
Brent (Mills) I will contact you in the next couple days (I have a line on an ERA 289FIA for sale, so busy with that ) I don't text. Phone calls are best for me.
Joining Talk Cobra was a hard choice, and have felt like a Trailor, this has been my home since the first Cobra.
Found out Kevin2 and I have talked (Phone & Emails) before, about the Gumball Rally pieces, I like many others are Cobra people though & though, I believe if we get our site fixed (Up & running) we can still have 2- clubs, that will work well together. Kevin2 let stay in contact.
My heart will always be with Club Cobra Let's see if we can work it out.
Fingers crossed, Cheers Tom.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

I'm here boys, just spoke with Bill S. I will also contact Brent (EM-0785) he's in Portland on business this week, but at least get a head start.

Alright, you get a two week honeymoon then we're gonna be on your ass.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Alright, you get a two week honeymoon then we're gonna be on your ass.

Alright, you're nine days in to the job. It's amazing that I even got through to post this message. I actually clicked on the link, got tired of waiting, went and made a sandwich, and when I came back it had somehow gotten through. What you might consider is having a seconed site that is read only and allows fast searching of the database and that does not produce horrific time delays and errors. No posting, just searches. That would at least preserve the data.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Alright, you're nine days in to the job. It's amazing that I even got through to post this message. I actually clicked on the link, got tired of waiting, went and made a sandwich, and when I came back it had somehow gotten through. What you might consider is having a seconed site that is read only and allows fast searching of the database and that does not produce horrific time delays and errors. No posting, just searches. That would at least preserve the data.

It may come to that. It depends on whether the database itself is actually corrupt (there is no other explanation for some of the things that happen), whether or not it can be repaired, and how much it would cost to do so (likely an open-ended purchase order with someone who gets paid the same as lawyers. I actually got more.)

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

It may come to that. It depends on whether the database itself is actually corrupt (there is no other explanation for some of the things that happen), whether or not it can be repaired, and how much it would cost to do so (likely an open-ended purchase order with someone who gets paid the same as lawyers. I actually got more.)

If Club Hotrod isn't having these problems then it would tend to point more to the database for this site. However Bill mentioned something in another post that you might consider too. This is Bill's post. ( I believe a lot of the problems with server resources have to do with a coding error on another sister site much larger, but offline for months due to this issue) club chopper. )

Ron

[kevins2]

Thanks Tom, good luck with the ERA. I don't see the two sites as competitive and I bounce back and forth to enjoy both. It would be awesome to have this site returned to reliability and to know the extensive info in the database is intact and safe. When I built my ERA 11 years ago, it would have been much harder without this site as I had lots of questions and got lots of help from members here. Keep us posted on progress.

Kevin

[Alfa02]

I expected nothing less patrickt

[blykins]

I'll accept a pat on the back for starting this thread.

[Buzz]

Pat pat pat - you're the man!

[twobjshelbys]

I guess you haven't read why the cost of fixing this is a worse money pit than a cigarette boat and closer to a Lear jet.

Let the current czar keep it like it is and migrate to the other place. It has some interesting side topics. I haven't signed up yet because I don't have another hour a day to keep up. It took me 4 hours just to ho through my unread topic list on the SAAC forum.