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Yes it's true - The FIAT Forum is 20 years old today!​

Sorry about the lateness in posting this, I'm sitting on a long distance bus looking at my calendar when suddenly I realised today is our big day!

Wow - 20 years, what an achievement, I'm not sure anyone could ever...

 

No no, we haven't teamed up with Haynes - I just needed a nice picture to go in the header

I spent the last week converting the old guides system (basically just threads in a hidden forum) to a proper article based system.

To be honest, there is a not a whole lot...

 

As you're all aware, the forum finally got brought kicking and screaming into the latest decade (literally, that last codebase was from 2013 or something ridiculous).

Along with a new design and all the new features, we are also now looking for a new team to help promote...

 

Still a bit early for you guys, but we've hit 2022 here!

Happy new year everyone, may 2022 bring everything you all hoped for

I'm at the beach here in Kaohsiung, god bless the warm South

 

It's 9pm here now and only 3 hours for me until officially Xmas day.

I'm guessing a load of you will have all been let off work early today, whether it's for last minute shopping, or to get an early start on the drinking .

Wishing everyone and your families all the best...

 

Members Motors is dead, long live Members Motors!

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This one took a bit longer to test and complete, but I'm happy to announce that today is the official launch of the new forum garage

Whereas before the Members Motors was just a simple thread per...

 

Just a little one here, but I think it's very useful

Instead of needing to add your favorite posts / threads / images / whatever to your browser bookmarks, we now have our own inbuilt system.

If you see something you like (and want to remember where it is) simply click the

icon...

 

Yes, let's call it v3 as back in 2012 we had v2 - and yes, it's been that long since any major update!

Everything is different now, but as same as I could do it so you don't all get lost

Some parts have been renamed, such as:

Downloads > Resources
Events > Calendar
Gallery > Media...

 

Small new feature here, but you can now select text in a post and a little menu will pop-up to the right, allowing you to quote just that part.

So you can go through a whole page, selecting bits you like, then down at the bottom they will be ready quoted for you

Doesn't work on mobile (yet)...

 

A very useful feature just added (thanks to QuadrifoglioVerde for the idea) is the ability to use the notification bar up the top to let you know about new subscription alerts.

If you wanted to know, but didn't like getting emails (or like emails, but wanted a visual indicator too) then...

 

The mobile site has long been the ugly brother of the main site, it was a simple drop in skin I picked up years ago and never bothered with since.

Well I had some time recently to dedicate to it and am happy to say it's had a new look and been brought all up to date

I've re factored all the...

 

Seems I've had a busy little week, firstly we got the cool wall going which then gave me the idea for the MM leaderboard.

So I'm happy to announce that it's done

And here it is! Updated for 2023

It's based on the "like count" for the first post in each...

 

Yes hurrah and all that, we now keep the memory of Top Gear alive but announcing that we, the FIAT Forum, do now have our very own Cool Wall

It's pretty simple - you go to the new "Cool Wall Forum" (http://www.fiatforum.com/cool-wall/) - place your votes, then every 15 mins the wall...

 

Our downloads library has always been somewhat mischievous, with loads of people always getting the "Token Error" message.

Well, I'm pleased to say the whole system has now been replaced with a much more robust and reliable one.

What I've also done is create a category now for every model, as...

 

- Fixed bug: Classifieds and Guides scroll off screen.
- Fixed bug: After logout and re-login, read topics will be shown as unread again.
- N-in-1: Updated to be able to auto-refresh forum list in every 24 hours.
- Removed app signature.
- Fixed bug: N-in-1 app accounts are not shown above forum...

 

Updated the chat system to run a lot more smoothly.

I know it's not the most popular of features, but at least I can say it works now

 

Venters is looking to wind down a bit on the forum, so is taking early half retirement

In his place, we have jrkitching - who will be taking over.

Be gentle!

 

You may have had an idea from some previous posts I made, but now we can confirm it - today is the launch of our sister site http://www.chryslerforum.co.uk .

Of course, with the Ypsilon based on the 500 and the Delta off the Bravo - there might be many of you here already that could pop...

 

The big news for this version is that iOS 5 is now supported, so people with the iPAD 1 are in luck!

Other things include push badge support, permission errors and loads and loads of other fixes

nJoy!

 

A rollup of bug fixes reported since our December update, including:

Fixed bug: app stays on "Connecting to Forum" message under some cases.
Fixed bug: People tab will show online persons twice.
Fixed bug: refresh in Timeline / Participated / Unread sometimes doesn't work.

The upside down...