**New Community Hub information**

[alexiab@ebay.com]

Community Forums will be Unavailable on Thursday Morning


This week, we will introduce the new Community Hub and upgraded eBay discussion boards. More information about this project can be found in our previous Announcement here. http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing-uk.shtml#2005-02-28183221



You should also be aware of an additional Scheduled Board Outage.

What you need to know:

- First, early in the week you may start to notice changes to the eBay navigation bar (the header at the top of the page) when you are using some of the Community pages. These changes will be complete over the next few days and will make the Community navigation bar consistent with the rest of the site.

- Next, the discussion boards and other Community forums (chat boards, Answer Centre, and eBay Groups) will be unavailable from midnight on Thursday 3rd March for up to ten hours. As the migration to the new platform progresses, some of the non-discussion board forums may be available early.

- Finally, on Friday morning after the Boards Update is completed successfully, the new Community Hub and updated discussion boards will be available for members to use. All active discussions will be restored and available to use once again.
To see a preview of the new discussion boards, please click here. http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/preview/index2.html

More information about the New Community Hub can be found here. http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/preview/index1.html

Many thanks.

[radioshed]

i think the smilies on the front page in the titles where as before you couldnt see them now you can .. its slow on any thread that has a lot of postings and or graphics on them 😞

[wodvark]

RADIO - WELL SAID - This is totally NOT ON, it's hard enough refreshing etc.. with broadband, I really feel for those still on Dial Up - Why didn't Ebay take everything into consideration INCLUDING OUR THOUGHTS ON IT ???

RADIO - NOOO Please don't leave us, we all LOVE YOU

ALSO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO MY MUG HUNT??? I'M ALL SORTED TO POST ON THE BOARD, IF EVERYONE ABANDONS THE BOARD, THEREY'LL BE NO ONE FOR THE HUNT??? THANKS EBAY NOT

[bandit884babe]

I wont abandon the board Wod, i wont let the b******s beat me! However as i'm on dial-up pay as you surf at home, i'm afraid your hunt will probably be impossible for me 😞

[radioshed]

well I am not leaving the board just will probably not be on as often cuz the look gives me a head ache hun 🙂

[bandit884babe]

must have been designed by a right anorak!

[wodvark]

Some Stats for you all - I've just run a test on my thread & here's the outcome for you all :-

Lots of text with Woddy = 44 secs from Post Message to seeing the page again

Little text with Woddy = 46 secs

Only text = 45 secs

Only Woddy = 35 secs

WHAT ON EARTH'S GOING ON ???

I have quite a quick PC as it's a server, so anyone with a basice computer or the like & also anyone who's on Dial Up - It's gonna take 1min + to show your posting 😞 I have been told that someone on Broadband has just posted & it's nearly been 2 mins before they got the page back with the post showing:-(

[wodvark]

I'm also being sent either back to the 1st page of my thread or have to scroll down the WHOLE page to find the latest postings :-S NOT GOOD

[radioshed]

there is only one and ONLY ONE good thing about this change so far and that is a SIGN OUT ....

I always try to see the good things but in this case the bad out weigh the good ..

[simply_orange]

The new board changeover is still work-in-progress. This could be why it is so slow at the moment. We will be able to tell by the weekend.

The new format, I agree, is cr@p but I am going to try to have fun anyway :^O Nobody died and we still have somewhere free to play - even if it is an unnecessarily vandalised version of the last place.

[radioshed]

I SERIOUSLY HOPE YOU GET THIS SORTED THERE IS ANOTHER EXTRA MUG HUNT BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND THIS SIMPLY WILL NOT DO !! .....

COMMUNICATION -- WOULD BE NICE ON YOUR PART ...

[pete0663]

OK - this is a test to see just how slow this board really is!

Here we go

[pete0663]

Hmmmm - posted - refreshed and back on it within 10 secs - that's not too bad

[radioshed]

no it was faster today except for on the larger threads ...

but there is a trick to it 🙂

type your message ... click to post your message wait a few seconds then hit stop and refresh 😉 bam its really fast 😉

[bigcolbee]

Alexia B/H Nutford, of eBay fame,

I have to say, (and I may well get slated for this off my fellow posters-or postees) I have not found things too bad so far, the slowness I have put down to the guys at eBay still working on things, but PLEASE can we have some boards, (i.e. all), not so grey/gray they really are testing my eyesight to the limit, I feel sorry for those who may have some problems with their vision.

I understand it can be difficult to implement change, especially when there is format that seems fine, that users find ok, but there are some strong feelings around at the moment, and to completely skim over peoples thoughts & ideas may be seen more as 'the mighty I am' than 'the users really mean something to me, as if it wasn't for them, I would be out of a job, as they wouldn't pay my wages'.

I will post on this thread again to say thanks, as, and when, the format changes to be less monotone on the eyes.

Many thanks for listening, in advance of you doing so.

bigcolbee



I really do not wish to start an argument with anybody, especially as you are obviously in a particular position where you are too busy to respond to individual posts & I think the feeling is too strong within this particular community to leave it a few days between posts, (you would end up with dozens of posts to your one post & I don't see that as fair). Please listen to us regulars, we are the ones who are on here all the time & we see the boards day in, day out, & implement change as you see fit. If you need any clarification on the above points, please feel free to put up a sticky asking peeps for advice/ideas on change.

You may also notice I have not posted for much of today as I have been trying to think of how to word this little non-rant. I do feel you have the best interests of the posters & lurkers at heart, so what do you say? give us a chance to let our thoughts be put into action?

Thanks again

bigcolbee

[bigcolbee]

Sorry, I said that as a non-rant, but re-reading it, there was a lot to take in & it seemed like a rant, but feeling is strong & I meant every word of it in an unrantish way

[pete0663]

I, for one have to agree with bigcolbee - I am not experiencing any problems other than what was 'acceptable' before, the new threads are just as easy to read (just look a little different) and as for speed - no real difference noticed!

Pete0663

[dolphin2music]

I've been trying the post / refresh thing too, and it's a heck of a lot quicker, but still slow as old harry compared to the way it was before... are we on an old server, by any chance, Alexia ??

and I agree with bigcol... the grey stripes are doing nothing for my eyesight , although i don't spose it will take long to get used to the rest... some features are really good, like the auto sig box and the functions , smileys etc. all in the message box.

just my twopennorth...:-x

[kittylulabelle]

lmao!!!

[kittylulabelle]

dolph!!! Hello hunny! (((hugs)))