European regulations I am afraid,EEC Reg 4657778/879,we are part of Europe and have to embrace their ways of their forum set ups,its a kind of standardisation,so posters can move easily and freely between different European state forums,a multi lingual add on will be added soon that enables all posts to be translated into any european language of your chose,french,Spanish,german,italian,irish,geordie,scouse and even Brummie,this really is cutting edge technology ,even I may start making sense soon,however fear the technology is not that good !!!
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The old forums were good but software moves on and the old was not being supported fully,this new software,forum design offers so much more, when you get use to it and can be developed a lot more to meet the forums needs as it develops,Dan always keeps a head of others and leads the way for others to follow,we are lucky to have such good admin
Hopefully as said once you have used new set up after using for a while and see extra add ons coming on line in the forum ,you will see the benefits however should you have any problems or concerns feel free to contact any of the mods or admin,I am an oldie but can see so many potential benefits in the new system and hope you will feel the same soon