Welcome Home Fellas…

Ryan · May 20, 2021

Well fellas… For many of you, your worst nightmare has been realized. And for others, your wildest dreams have come true. After over a decade on antiquated forum software, The Garage Journal has FINALLY been updated to a more future proof and secure platform – Xenforo.

This endeavor has taken over a year to complete. Migrating such a large and robust forum is an incredibly challenging endeavor and one that, quite frankly, I was not excited about doing. While I am always game for change and challenge, I hate putting others through an experience of uncertainty and confusion. So this is me, hat in hand, approaching you with a new Garage Journal and hoping that you are willing to give me and the new site a chance.

If not, I get it… Some folks aren’t down for change and this is, after all, just a message board for garages and tools. Good luck and I wish you nothing but the best.

If you are, however… From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Sincerely. I appreciate the faith and...

Ryan · May 20, 2021

Hey guys... We opened the forum much sooner than we had planned... There are a lot of formatting things we are working and little things that haven't been fixed quite yet, but I didn't want to keep y'all locked out for so long.

JeepinMike · May 20, 2021

Looks purty! Nice job!

-mike

macgee · May 20, 2021

Ryan,

Thank you for making such a huge effort, doing all the work and trying to provide us a great site. I'm looking forward to seeing the new forum and appreciate what your doing.

Again, thank you!

Bogie1632 · May 20, 2021

Thanks for the update. The new site looks great.

V/R
Bogie

vertguy · May 20, 2021

Whooo Hooo! Great to see GJ back online and a huge thanks to Ryan for all the hard work behind the scenes to get this done.

leg17 · May 20, 2021

The fancy font is less user friendly.

Wrench97 · May 20, 2021

Head down **** up

Keep up the good work Ryan.

APEowner · May 20, 2021

Thank you Ryan for providing this place for us to hang out and share information. My first impression is that the site looks like a comfortable place to be. Nice job on the design. I'm looking forward to exploring the sites new capabilities. I'm particularly eager to see how image uploads work. Maybe it'll be easy enough that I'll update my shop built thread! It's pretty out of date.

Cardboard Man · May 20, 2021

Definitely going to take some getting used to.

dwasifar · May 20, 2021

leg17 said:
The fancy font is less user friendly.

I hate to pile on, but I concur. A lot of us are old guys with old vision, and would prefer a font where an e and a c are more distinct.

Other than that, though, I think the new site looks pretty nice.

mike93lx · May 20, 2021

Thanks! Agreed on the font. Not great

nodoor · May 20, 2021

Thanks Ryan, appreciate the effort!

Farmall450 · May 20, 2021

Looks great! Thanks for the bday present

Ryan · May 20, 2021

Roger on the font guys... I will put that on my list. However, please list things like that in our suggestion/bug list found here.

Lou's Garage · May 20, 2021

Thank you Ryan. Even though I might cuss it out for a while, I'll get used to it. I'm certain that it's progress that needed to happen.

Lou Manglass

PelicanPines · May 20, 2021

Whoa... fonts need to be fixed... normal mode is "inflated"... toned it down on my end to 90%... now the fonts are too small but everything else is still kinda big...

Guess... I got to get used to this... cracks knuckles.

The Cobbler · May 20, 2021

Great work!

W_A_Watson_II · May 20, 2021

Well, this is going to take some getting used to, but it it very responsive.

Stooge · May 20, 2021

I like what i see so far, very cool! Digging the colors/ theme, and attaching pictures seems like it should be easier like how it is on the HAMB. Im completely ignorant on the behind the scenes stuff on how forums are made/run, but it seems like a huge amount of work and time, and we all appreciate it!

Smitty · May 20, 2021

Love the new system. Posting photos and editing is a snap and I like that fact that you can upvote other posters.

Cardboard Man · May 20, 2021

For those unhappy with the font, go to your preferences (drop-down from your user name at the top) and change the "style" to "stock XF 2.2 style". This is more like the old forum and waaaay easier to read.

W_A_Watson_II · May 20, 2021

Is Garage Journel now part of the same group that owns Ramcharger Central? I ask as they also just recently updated to this same forum software.

trs71 · May 20, 2021

I miss the old one already.....
But I guess progress is what it is.

Ryan · May 20, 2021

W_A_Watson_II said:
Is Garage Journel now part of the same group that owns Ramcharger Central? I ask as they also just recently updated to this same forum software.

No sir... I am independent.

W_A_Watson_II · May 20, 2021

Ryan said:
No sir... I am independent.

Ryan, that is GREAT to hear! I'm very thankful!

bbmach · May 20, 2021

Glad to be part of the journey - I think the changeover is off to a great start

jptbay · May 20, 2021

mike93lx said:
Thanks! Agreed on the font. Not great

Was going to post this as well.
Font is not easy or enjoyable to read at all.

darkzero · May 20, 2021

Nice & thanks Ryan!

I used to prefer vB but now a days I prefer XF much more. There are things I miss about vB but XF overall is much better IMO. So glad you made the switch!

Griff79 · May 20, 2021

What a huge amount of work, great job. Old eyes are having trouble with the font. Is there a way to increase contrast between the back round and text? Is this something that I can adjust?
Griff

nicholam77 · May 20, 2021

jptbay said:
Font is not easy or enjoyable to read at all.

Ditto. I fully am in support of Xenforo, but this font coupled with the wide spacing makes it really hard to read.

Ryan · May 20, 2021

nicholam77 said:
Ditto. I fully am in support of Xenforo, but this font coupled with the wide spacing makes it really hard to read.

There's a bug/suggestion thread. Font is on the list fellas.

bctexas · May 20, 2021

Looks great on my PC and tablet! Thanks Ryan, and to your wife also for making this available to us! After a career mostly in IT I understand what you have been through, and am truly grateful for your efforts on our behalf! This rates a WooHoo or two!

darkzero · May 20, 2021

And here come all the complaints..... for days.

Give Ryan a break, it's gonna take some time to fine tune everything. Migrating a forum to new software is not easy. I'm surprised he got us back up as quick as he did.

Al Borland · May 20, 2021

Likey-Likey!!!!
Do agree on the font though.

laser3kw · May 20, 2021

it's like walking into a freshly painted room

bbmach · May 20, 2021

laser3kw said:
it's like walking into a freshly painted room

... without the smell

Pete Smith · May 20, 2021

Nice

cdeer001 · May 20, 2021

Ryan, looks good so far. Thanks for all that you do for this community.

laser3kw · May 20, 2021

ooff
The font - it's making me crossed eyed
is there an option to choose our font preference?

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