Post by Jonathan Beckett on Apr 17, 2022 11:22:24 GMT
Hi all,
As some of you may have noticed, while the forums are available for any visitor to read, you must be logged in to download files (such as the flight plan files). For the most part, visitors have been fine with that requirement - there have been one or two objections however. Unfortunately this functionality is baked into the forum - there isn't much I can do about it.
I do have some thoughts...
- We *could* host the PLN files elsewhere (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc) and provide a link to them in the forum - this is already the situation for images anyway. It adds a burden to those posting though - and increases the chances of files vanishing in the future (should the poster remove their account elsewhere, or their file sharing service of choice shutting down).
- We *could* replace the forum solution with a more powerful platform such as PHPBB, but this would need to be managed and would incur hosting costs (the forum you're reading right now is free)
- Having people register to use the forum in some ways encourages them to become a part of the community. The forum is here to foster community - and if all some people are interested in is taking from it, then they are really not getting the point of it at all.
Anyway. Enough thoughts for one day. Enjoy Easter, and I'll hopefully see you on a flight soon!
As some of you may have noticed, while the forums are available for any visitor to read, you must be logged in to download files (such as the flight plan files). For the most part, visitors have been fine with that requirement - there have been one or two objections however. Unfortunately this functionality is baked into the forum - there isn't much I can do about it.
I do have some thoughts...
- We *could* host the PLN files elsewhere (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc) and provide a link to them in the forum - this is already the situation for images anyway. It adds a burden to those posting though - and increases the chances of files vanishing in the future (should the poster remove their account elsewhere, or their file sharing service of choice shutting down).
- We *could* replace the forum solution with a more powerful platform such as PHPBB, but this would need to be managed and would incur hosting costs (the forum you're reading right now is free)
- Having people register to use the forum in some ways encourages them to become a part of the community. The forum is here to foster community - and if all some people are interested in is taking from it, then they are really not getting the point of it at all.
Anyway. Enough thoughts for one day. Enjoy Easter, and I'll hopefully see you on a flight soon!