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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / Re: new members
« Last post by Hannibal on March 27, 2026, 09:19:21 PM »
Actually my concerne, Mark, is that no one new member has succeeded to register since January 1st 2026, as compared to every month before, as of something changed in the registration process blocking such attempt.
On the contrary the number of visitors on line but unregistered is exploding each day as I can observed at that moment too, over 2000 at all time.



If no new visitor can access the many menus of the forum, or the galleries, this forum will die rapidly by itself, as many old members (even seniors) are no longer coming to spend time on the forum. the number of new subjects has also dramatically fallen down with the increasing us of Facebook.


If access is no longr possible to register, le site is self suiciding therefore with exception of a very few fanatics ....


This is why registration system should be evaluated and corrected, or the numer of unregistrered visitirs is a fake artifical number ....


I've been excluded from Facebook recently, my only source of exposition and contests pictures, to feed the galeries. It is a serious issue for me, as pictures as being in a foreign country half of the yer, I can only attend one of two events pr year myself to take pictures, and I have only one excellent friend who sends me pictures from his contest.


I am afraid to unregister myself to try to re)register from scratch, as it could fail and access to BFFS will be totally refused to me. So attention should be brought to keep the door to new members open, and proper easy explanations to do this processing, not very easy to accomplish ...


BFFS is a considerable and rather unique source of information, referen,ces, îctures, editors, works, know-how probably unique that Facebook can not even approach.  It would be a big loss for flat painters and collectors to loose this site, or let it die by ittself.


Michel
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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / Re: new members
« Last post by marko on March 27, 2026, 12:36:41 PM »
What is going on...


Let's see, I have run this site for 12 years without assistance and still do - several requests for participation have fallen flat.
Other than Jerry with the wonderful Journal and Hannibal with the galleries there is little to no active assistance.


The internet has moved on and some of the technology.  The site needs an update which has become more difficult to do without losing large chunks of functionality or content.  Apparently I need to do this one more time and lose some of the content such that it functions to an acceptable level but, this will be it.


The reality is the time for this wonderful little spot on the internet is fading quickly.  More new content is now on Facebook than here and few of you seem willing to give up some of your precious time to assist.  Such is the way of things - the links section has gotten much smaller over the last several years and our user base is changing.


Sorry for the frustrations, I will provide notice when the site is coming down and being converted.


mark
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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / Re: new members
« Last post by snagy on March 27, 2026, 04:41:00 AM »
Let me have also some remarks:


1. The login-procedure works quite difficultly! I experienced several times (almost always recently) that two or three attempts are needed for a successful login. The login procedure frequently runs into system error.


2. Also a problem that to change page (e.g. from Forum to open a topic needs 10-15 seconds !!). It is also interesting, that at present the number of guests is about 8900 (!!! see on the bottom of the Forum-page) with one user (it is me at present). Maybe these guests are inactive ones, but in spite of this they reserve some of the resouorces of the system? Maybe that is the reason of the slowness? (It is the same situation if I freshly restart my computer - so it is not because of the lack of my own resources - , furthermore other sites are working in the normal speed).


The latest information, that a second ago I lost the entire message-body in fetching the preview !!! It is a luck that I have copied the entire message text before invoke the prview !!!  What is going on ???


Best regards-
Sandor
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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / Re: new members
« Last post by Hannibal on March 26, 2026, 04:51:18 PM »
OK Mark, I jts hope a potential new member unfamiliar with the forum can find this information easily by himself somewhere ... Have we tested this simulation, wthout registering first?
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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / Re: new members
« Last post by marko on March 26, 2026, 10:39:20 AM »
There is a long standing issue with the registration module on the site requiring a good deal of work to correct.  Folks wishing to register need to reach out to me directly.


I have announced this previously…


Mark
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Flat Figure History / Re: Munich Flats - Simon Hoggett
« Last post by archigrog on March 26, 2026, 12:41:48 AM »
Jerry, i'm refferring to picture posted by Marko.  ;D
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Site Ideas - Opinions - Suggestions / new members
« Last post by Hannibal on March 25, 2026, 06:25:51 PM »
to the committee:
any idea why we don't have any new member since January 2026 ?  Locking? Access? 
altough many unregistrerd visitor with presumably limited access to files, galleries, ..?
Or is access fully free to all visitors now?
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Flat Figure History / Re: Munich Flats - Simon Hoggett
« Last post by John Alberts on March 25, 2026, 11:51:55 AM »
The AI reference was to the actual parade photos posted by Marko.  Is this set a "holy grail" type set? 
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Flat Figure History / Re: Munich Flats - Simon Hoggett
« Last post by JerryMort on March 25, 2026, 08:58:24 AM »
No AI, photos are of the knights in my collection. Original factory painting I believe.
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Flat Figure History / Re: Munich Flats - Simon Hoggett
« Last post by John Alberts on March 24, 2026, 01:28:22 PM »
Interesting information and love the flats.
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