Suggestions...

[Jersey]

maybe we could have a suggestion topic so we can post some input on the new forum....

especially with it being new....i think this is the best time to have it...

1) more emoticons
2) i miss the quick reply box

[audiophilia]

maybe we could have a suggestion topic so we can post some input on the new forum....

especially with it being new....i think this is the best time to have it...

1) more emoticons
2) i miss the quick reply box
Chris and I will be sure to discuss your suggestions. Other guys, just use this thread.

[eezzie]

[QUOTE=Jersey]maybe we could have a suggestion topic so we can post some input on the new forum....

especially with it being new....i think this is the best time to have it...

1) more emoticons
2) i miss the quick reply box
3)how about some good ol' avatars

[audiophilia]

[QUOTE=Jersey]maybe we could have a suggestion topic so we can post some input on the new forum....

especially with it being new....i think this is the best time to have it...

1) more emoticons
2) i miss the quick reply box
3)how about some good ol' avatars
Thanks Ron.

1 and 2 are being discussed. Hopefully, we'll have an answer for you in the next day or so. No. 3 will not be happening at this time.

Cheers...

[christyles]

Thanks for all the suggestions & ideas guys. Keep'em comin. As the site is about only a day old, there's still lot of tweaking happening to improve the site to make e46 owners feel at home. So thanks for everybodys' patience.

[eezzie]

Thanks Ron.

1 and 2 are being discussed. Hopefully, we'll have an answer for you in the next day or so. No. 3 will not be happening at this time.

Cheers...
No probs..Anthony.
How bout instant alert when someone's pming u & yer online.If we have this we can respond right away to those oh so important PMs.
I haven't mentioned this but..u guys did an amazing job in setting up this site..Kudos to Anthony & Chris. Great job!!! This is now my hopmepage :cool:
Now let me think of more things to suggest & bug u even more..hmmmm.. :p

[christyles]

No probs..Anthony.
How bout instant alert when someone's pming u & yer online.If we have this we can respond right away to those oh so important PMs.
I haven't mentioned this but..u guys did an amazing job in setting up this site..Kudos to Anthony & Chris. Great job!!! This is now my hopmepage :cool:
Now let me think of more things to suggest & bug u even more..hmmmm.. :p
eezzie, if you click on User CP -> edit Options -> Scroll down to Message & Notification box -> and click on box for the option "Show New Private Message Notification Pop-up", you'' enable the instant alert for PM's.

[audiophilia]

No probs..Anthony.
How bout instant alert when someone's pming u & yer online.If we have this we can respond right away to those oh so important PMs.
I haven't mentioned this but..u guys did an amazing job in setting up this site..Kudos to Anthony & Chris. Great job!!! This is now my hopmepage :cool:
Now let me think of more things to suggest & bug u even more..hmmmm.. :p
Thnaks for the kudos. Chris and I (and Trudy, our developer) worked like dogs to get this to you guys asap...

this is a definte 'groupcentric' board...no "I'll make a board and mod my car' routine for us...

we'll take all your suggestions to heart...working on the HTML encoding, quick reply now...

[dutty_mark3]

since i was new to TuningEmotion and really couldn't give two squirts-o-piss with respect to forum loyalty... let me ask this question...

how are you guys (the core e46 crew from TE) going to manage being on two forums (TE and e46toronto) if at all? i visit many forums but perhaps the GTA e46 community isn't big enough for two forums. may be spreading the thread topics thin and seeing too many overlaps in conversation between forums. they were already kinda thin at TE that I started reading the Porsche forums too! :) hope that's not too touchy a topic. just found it odd is all. :(

I already visit these forums because of the community that they serve (and remember that these are just my humble opinions)

e46fanatics is THE e46 forum
bimmerfest is THE bimmer forum
maxbimmer is the bimmer forum for GTA
tuning emotion is(or was?) the e46 forum for GTA

:confused:

[audiophilia]

since i was new to TuningEmotion and really couldn't give two squirts-o-piss with respect to forum loyalty... let me ask this question...

how are you guys (the core e46 crew from TE) going to manage being on two forums (TE and e46toronto) if at all? i
:confused:
e46toronto.ca was created for Chris and myself. If we posted here alone we'd be happy. Looks like we don't have that 'problem'. We have no hidden agenda. We would like to promote e46s in the GTA and Team Premier. No more, no less. If people like our vision and want to be part of our community, great. If not, no problem. People can post elsewhere...

[christyles]

since i was new to TuningEmotion and really couldn't give two squirts-o-piss with respect to forum loyalty... let me ask this question...

how are you guys (the core e46 crew from TE) going to manage being on two forums (TE and e46toronto) if at all? i visit many forums but perhaps the GTA e46 community isn't big enough for two forums. may be spreading the thread topics thin and seeing too many overlaps in conversation between forums. they were already kinda thin at TE that I started reading the Porsche forums too! :) hope that's not too touchy a topic. just found it odd is all. :(

Your opinions are valued and taken into consideration. It's maybe a touchy topic however, your opinion does raise question.
Anthony & I felt, TE is a great forum however spread too far across the board. We wanted to dedicate a forum just for E46 and seeing there is a quite a large group of us and still undiscovered one's in Toronto, we wanted to focus on a direction.
The overlapping on threads will be the members decision if they choose to participate in both forums. But the focal point of e46 is here, and only here.
The e46 GTA community maybe small at present but it is getting bigger and as stated earlier, there are still many undiscovered e46 enthusiasts out there. Thanks though Mark. We are listening. ;)

[Jersey]

i suggest you delete the end of your italics html code in your sig...heheh

[christyles]

i suggest you delete the end of your italics html code in your sig...hehehOh yeah. Thanks.

[eezzie]

eezzie, if you click on User CP -> edit Options -> Scroll down to Message & Notification box -> and click on box for the option "Show New Private Message Notification Pop-up", you'' enable the instant alert for PM's.
Done..thanks Chris

[M333ee]

since i was new to TuningEmotion and really couldn't give two squirts-o-piss with respect to forum loyalty... let me ask this question...

how are you guys (the core e46 crew from TE) going to manage being on two forums (TE and e46toronto) if at all? i visit many forums but perhaps the GTA e46 community isn't big enough for two forums. may be spreading the thread topics thin and seeing too many overlaps in conversation between forums. they were already kinda thin at TE that I started reading the Porsche forums too! :) hope that's not too touchy a topic. just found it odd is all. :(

I already visit these forums because of the community that they serve (and remember that these are just my humble opinions)

e46fanatics is THE e46 forum
bimmerfest is THE bimmer forum
maxbimmer is the bimmer forum for GTA
tuning emotion is(or was?) the e46 forum for GTA

:confused:

Good points Mark,

As a long time member of all the boards in the GTA and the US, It is refreshing to see the E46Toronto name rise up from the ashes again with a .CA extension.

I do agree the E46Fanatics is THE board for anything and everything. Max is mostly E30's and E36's with a smattering of E46's there. If you have been to a Max meet, you would realise that Max is geared to a different type of enthusast and age group. Not to generalise but parking lot burnouts and high speed parking lot runs are not our style.

TE was and is a great board but the overall vision and direction of the group was just lost. It was another group within TE that brought out the friendship and organized the meets/GB's/BBQ's/cruises with no actual benifit to themselves and with no input or leadership from TE.

As just another member here, I can and have already seen the hard work and dedication of the board mods. The best is yet to come! :)

[Chopper]

Everything looks great. What a job you guys did setting the board up!

I do have a suggestion though, does that picture on the top of the page show Chris' car with his "long-lost" ambers? Should probably change that. :D

[dutty_mark3]

e46toronto.ca was created for Chris and myself. If we posted here alone we'd be happy. Looks like we don't have that 'problem'. We have no hidden agenda. We would like to promote e46s in the GTA and Team Premier. No more, no less. If people like our vision and want to be part of our community, great. If not, no problem. People can post elsewhere...

certainly this move *appears* to fragment the community especially to someone new to TE - like me - watching from the outside. but never intended to question anyone's intentions. just wanted to know where i was gonna find the critical mass of GTA e46 forum goers and where i would therefore spend more of my browsing time finding relevant threads from local e46 owners.


Good points Mark,

As a long time member of all the boards in the GTA and the US, It is refreshing to see the E46Toronto name rise up from the ashes again with a .CA extension.

i hear ya. i'd been on e46fanatics, roadfly, and a couple other bimmer boards since 2001 (befire and after i stepped into my first e46 - a topaz 325ci - back then i was known as Mark325CiTopaz)... i even visited e46toronto back in the day - but again never found critical mass there to keep me re-visiting. TE was interesting in that i was finding that critical mass was building.

no need to belabor the point - certainly best of luck and good work on the new e46toronto! :)

btw,
i'm a supporter for the "more smilies" initiative.
also, how 'bout a member's gallery - kinda like on e46fanatics?

[M333ee]

Mark that was you back then "Mark325CiTopaz" :)
I remember that screen name.

Look what you're driving now :cool: :eek:

I think most of the vocal E46 community will continue here. Even in E46Toronto and TE the pas members have come and gone away... :( Even the hardcore members from last year are not arround anymone.

[audiophilia]

Everything looks great. What a job you guys did setting the board up!

I do have a suggestion though, does that picture on the top of the page show Chris' car with his "long-lost" ambers? Should probably change that. :D
Thanks, Chopper!!!

As for changes, suggestions, etc...

Really appreciate all your ideas. We've only been 'up' for 24 hours -- all in good time...keep posting.

Chris and I are sitting here at my place waiting for pansit:D

[Quickid]

certainly this move *appears* to fragment the community especially to someone new to TE - like me - watching from the outside. but never intended to question anyone's intentions. just wanted to know where i was gonna find the critical mass of GTA e46 forum goers and where i would therefore spend more of my browsing time finding relevant threads from local e46 owners.


I share the same concern expressed by dutty_mark3. I do go to e46fanatics, roadfly, bimmerfest, and bimmerforums a lot but I really am looking to share information and discuss ideas with local E46ers. I am very much into DIY modding and I am willing to share my experiences but also need other's help in my DIY projects. Althought the other forums help quite a bit, I believe there is no substitute to sharing with people close by. There is no substitute to learning by "show and tell".

I hope that the critical E46 mass settles in one forum. There is definitely not enough members to spread amongst two boards. I just recently pointed one of the E46ers I met recently to TE and now I have to tell him there's another board to watch.

I will do my best to participate in both until one becomes a place the critical mass settles in.

Best of luck... and as usual, keep on modding!!!!

[audiophilia]

Thanks for all the suggestions, comments, etc...

We'll try to get to everything asap...