A note to all new WZ members.
So this was posted over on WZ this morning (July 7 ‘19) Ive lurked on Ski for years, and really like it, but it does seem strange the that entire Australasian weather community, with all its incredible...
View ArticleReports coming in of scammy pop-overs whilst on forum.
I've had two reports in 12 hours of members experiencing scammy popovers whilst on mobile phones reading the forums. In both cases these were regular members who get served ads and neither use...
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Dedicated 'Latest Weather Posts' page for bookmarking.
This is mostly for the WZ folk* who just want a quick overview of this weather forum https://www.ski.com.au/forum/weather-forums.html Works nice on mobile (of course! ) *It's also for a little SEO as well
View ArticleUpdate 12 Feb 20 - PayPal payments blackout 8 Dec thru 11 Feb - Now reinstated.
------------------------------- UPDATE 12 FEB Subscriptions via PayPal now reactivated. We still have 170 odd active subscribers via PayPal who were not affected by the recent PayPal blackout. In order...
View ArticleChanges to Culture Vulture, Uncertainty Principle & Bear Pit
Culture Vulture, Uncertainty Principle & Bear Pit have been annexed from the Après category into a newly created category called Pavilion. Because; 1) I don't like hierarchy structures which are...
View ArticleParticipation in Pavilion Topics is now subscription members only.
As per previous announcement As at Monday July 6, participation in Pavilion Topics is available only to Gold & Silver accounts. If you are a subscriber and find yourself locked out of Pavilion...
View ArticleForums will be offline from 8pm Thurs 3 June ~ 2am Fri 4 June for system upgrade
This will be the monster upgrade to XenForo 2 that I have talked the big book but made no action on for some 18 months. Expect substantial changes and a great many things not being the same as...
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BB embed code for cam images now available at mobile viewport
@ weather crew @ perisher-stoke-thread crew @ buller-stoke-thread crew @ thredbo-stoke-thread crew etc....
View ArticleImage Uploads after June 2021 forum upgrade - now auto insert as full...
Updated: 17 June 2021. Upon upload, if no selection is made to either insert as full or insert as thumbnail, the uploaded image will insert as FULL by default. This is new behaviour, on previous...
View ArticleMerge multiple accounts -- Ski Pass holders only.
If you have a long forgotten account, or have rebirthed a few times and have now got a subscription (thank you!) -- your mulitiple accounts can be merged. Two requirements. - Proof that abandoned...
View ArticleMilestone: 400 Ski Pass Members reached.
With the introduction of Ski Pass Blue on Sept 1, we tipped 400 Ski Pass Members on Monday just gone (6 Sep). This is a great milestone. So thank you to all Forum Ski Pass holders. By my calculations,...
View ArticleMedia --- Uploaded images now found in one place
If you are on desktop, you will now see 'Media' next to Active Topics in the main navigation. On Mobile you will need to open the navigation panel and scroll down a bit. There you will find images...
View ArticleSki Pass Blue commences Sept 1, 2021 and will be a required subscription for...
ABOUT SKI PASS BLUE ------------------------------- If you are not already familiar, learn how membership works on these forums. It's now been 5 years since we introduced our subscription model, and...
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Active Topics...
Is better-er I have pushed through the pain of removing code and moving stuff around and changing templates so that Active Topics is now the paginated version by default.
View ArticleSubscriptions paid via Stripe are now carbon off-set.
Stripe just introduced a few days ago a new feature called Stripe Climate, whereby a percentage of transactions is directed to off-setting carbon emissions via investment in carbon removal...
View ArticleSecurity updates to our SMTP email gateway.
Context: It is a requirement of hosting on AWS cloud infrastructure to use a dedicated smtp gateway. Consequently these forums use Mailgun as our SMTP gateway. System email generated by these forums...
View ArticleGear Swap.. now with more added 'classified'
Thread list of Gear Swap now displays the first image in post instead of OP's avatar.
View ArticleToo many posts? Locked out but don't want to subscribe?? Gain temporary 30...
The Quick Unlock upgrade was initially created to allow new registrations immediate and full access to Gear Swap. From today (3 Aug, 2022), the Quick Unlock upgrade has been extended to unlock anyone...
View ArticleChanges to Forum Global Navigation*
* Not the GPS satellites Global navigation of these forums will be changed within the next two weeks to enable a consistent experience across the entire site. At the moment, ski.com.au homepage and all...
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