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Thanks very much for your offer of help, it's much appreciated. I try to do as much as I can myself to keep the costs down, only using external services where absolutely necessary. The coding side of it is drawing to a close now, however where I will be needing help is in the testing (functional and usability). At some point I'll be uploading the site to a server and let people loose on it to have a play and gather feedback. If you have any previous experience of website testing so much the better.



phpBB is good at what it does and many thriving forums are based upon it. However FF v2 is bespoke code written from the ground up specially for this website. Our hosting is expensive, but it's with a top rate company, highly secure and fully backed up. It's well worth paying the extra.

When it comes to switching over to the new website I'll try and port as much of the current content as possible. Given the differences between the two versions this won't be easy and I estimate it may take a couple of weeks. The existing website will remain live while the switchover takes place, but once a snapshot has been taken anything added after that will be lost. Don't worry, I'll be giving out full details and many warnings nearer the time.

You probably wouldn't believe how much it costs to develop and maintain a site like this, which is why many others have tried and failed.

Hosting and maintenance alone come in at many thousands per year. Development of version 2 which has been going on for almost 2 years now will run into many tens of thousands before it's complete.

Obviously we have to cover our costs somehow and it's the paid members that keep this site going. Without them we'd fold overnight, so if you value this site and are benefiting from the many free features, you have them to thank.

The difference between this purpose-built site and off-the-shelf forums will hopefully be a lot more apparent when version 2 goes live. Without wanting to build it up too much (since there's bound to be initial teething problems), I think it will be quite a big improvement on what we currently have, especially for mobile users. Although it won't solve all our current problems, it will bring the site up-to-date, hopefully making it look and feel as modern as any other website out there. After the initial launch we'll continue to fix and improve, since FF development has always been an ongoing process.

As has been stated above, if you feel like contributing to the community by taking out an upgrade that's always very much appreciated. On the other hand if you just want to enjoy the free features and perhaps contribute with occasional pics or posts, you're very welcome to do so. Although FF is a registered business, this site is primarily a community and everyone is welcome

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The next chat party will be on 3rd November 2014, so please make a note in your calenders.

These usually prove to be great fun and as usual all the chat features will be completely free for 24 hours. This includes unlimited web cam use and no time limits.

We usually try to organize some fun events and competitions so if anyone has any ideas or would like to organize something, please let us know. Just get in touch with one of the moderators.

Hope to see you all there

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