Forum Future - DEADLINE 31 October 2026

Triggersmob · August 29, 2026, 09:54:53 AM

I doubt there will be any ads Tane. The KOTCT forum has been running for nearly 20 years and not an ad in sight.

gweidion · August 29, 2026, 05:38:18 PM

How do I get my 3 million US Dolla Tane?

TKO-100 · August 30, 2026, 07:56:31 AM

Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='131129' dateline='1787303886'Hopefully we can operate as sister sites. Members from here can join over at KOTCT to post their non-Australian coins. There is an Aussie section on KOTCT too though. In fact when KOTCT was first set up, it was a prerequisite that members had to own an Aussie coins. Any new member that didn't was promptly supplied one by Aussie members. With the new set up, there may be new link tabs on each site, to make it quicker to move across the the other site.

Everything you said in the quote is true! The part about the links is already completed. I've put a welcome banner up on every page to greet everyone from down under. We have never streamed ads. We could have but the site was never about being commercialized like the Coin Community. We did at one time have a thread that allowed members to post links to other coin sites. When the upgrade was complete that thread went away. There were only 3 posts with the most recent being 14 years old.

And by the way what is the opinion of the fresh coat of paint and the closets being organized here? Sir Krash has been busy and not one thing has been discarded. Except of course the WIKI link in the header that led nowhere. I hope it's to everyone's liking. Everyone and everything needs to get dressed up every now and again.

One more thing that I did was give credit for this site where it was due. Unless they change them, Mark and his wife's signatures reflect on every post they have ever made, that they are the Founder and Co-Founder's of this website.

Tell you friends to click the link at the top to come register and enjoy our Castle. Honestly...we don't bite!

Triggersmob · August 30, 2026, 08:27:02 AM

That's a very special touch Terry, thank you.
Even if Mark & Kathryn never post here again, they very much deserve to be remembered as the founders.

Pedro · August 30, 2026, 08:47:26 AM

A huge thank you to Mark and Kathryn for all the effort they have put into ACF over the years. It has been greatly appreciated. :good: All the very best for the future.

Special thanks to TKO and Sir Krash for keeping ACF going :yahoo:

Pedro

Krash · August 30, 2026, 09:11:14 AM

I've subscribed to this thread, any suggestions regarding the structure or formatting of this forum would be welcome. We are debating converting from MyBB to SMF, basically to facilitate support going forward. We have two custom themes running at KOTCT, if you're a registered member you can view both of them and get an idea how SMF looks and works.

Basilstate · August 30, 2026, 09:37:05 AM

Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='131175' dateline='1788045446'A huge thank you to Mark and Kathryn for all the effort they have put into ACF over the years. It has been greatly appreciated. :good: All the very best for the future.

Special thanks to TKO and Sir Krash for keeping ACF going :yahoo:

Pedro

Yes,same sentiments from myself and Brother who pops in every so often.

Only change/suggestion i would add is for public to view all posts,pick up new members when they see something/topic they're interested in.

TKO-100 · August 30, 2026, 11:12:33 AM

Quote from: 'Basilstate' pid='131177' dateline='1788048425'
Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='131175' dateline='1788045446'A huge thank you to Mark and Kathryn for all the effort they have put into ACF over the years. It has been greatly appreciated. :good: All the very best for the future.

Special thanks to TKO and Sir Krash for keeping ACF going :yahoo:

Pedro

Yes,same sentiments from myself and Brother who pops in every so often.

Only change/suggestion i would add is for public to view all posts,pick up new members when they see something/topic they're interested in.

I'll talk to Krash and see if he thinks this would draw in too may spiders and web crawlers. athey can pose a real issue if we get too many. AI bots are non-stop nowadays.

gweidion · August 30, 2026, 07:37:52 PM

Silly question, but what happened to the background colour? It is a lot more blue now.

TKO-100 · August 31, 2026, 01:48:56 AM

Quote from: 'TKO-100' pid='131171' dateline='1788042391'
Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='131129' dateline='1787303886'Hopefully we can operate as sister sites. Members from here can join over at KOTCT to post their non-Australian coins. There is an Aussie section on KOTCT too though. In fact when KOTCT was first set up, it was a prerequisite that members had to own an Aussie coins. Any new member that didn't was promptly supplied one by Aussie members. With the new set up, there may be new link tabs on each site, to make it quicker to move across the the other site.

Everything you said in the quote is true! The part about the links is already completed. I've put a welcome banner up on every page to greet everyone from down under. We have never streamed ads. We could have but the site was never about being commercialized like the Coin Community. We did at one time have a thread that allowed members to post links to other coin sites. When the upgrade was complete that thread went away. There were only 3 posts with the most recent being 14 years old.

And by the way what is the opinion of the fresh coat of paint and the closets being organized here? Sir Krash has been busy and not one thing has been discarded. Except of course the WIKI link in the header that led nowhere. I hope it's to everyone's liking. Everyone and everything needs to get dressed up every now and again.

One more thing that I did was give credit for this site where it was due. Unless they change them, Mark and his wife's signatures reflect on every post they have ever made, that they are the Founder and Co-Founder's of this website.

Tell you friends to click the link at the top to come register and enjoy our Castle. Honestly...we don't bite!

Quote from: 'gweidion' pid='131179' dateline='1788084472'Silly question, but what happened to the background colour? It is a lot more blue now.

I put the answer to your question here in BLUE.

Krash · August 31, 2026, 04:04:15 AM

Took a look at this forum on a tab last night while reading, was surprised to see this theme is not responsive. Neither is the default theme in current 1.8.40 version. When viewed on mobile device it doesn't reformat, it's just much smaller and difficult to see. This will cost ACF potential members who access the forum with tablets or phones, and will cause the site to be downranked by search engines. I'm more inclined now to converting to SMF. Soon as I have time I'll clone the forum and try the conversion. If it works you can all try it before we do anything to the production forum.

TKO-100 · August 31, 2026, 04:26:36 AM

Quote from: 'Krash' pid='131182' dateline='1788114855'Took a look at this forum on a tab last night while reading, was surprised to see this theme is not responsive. Neither is the default theme in current 1.8.40 version. When viewed on mobile device it doesn't reformat, it's just much smaller and difficult to see. This will cost ACF potential members who access the forum with tablets or phones, and will cause the site to be downranked by search engines. I'm more inclined now to converting to SMF. Soon as I have time I'll clone the forum and try the conversion. If it works you can all try it before we do anything to the production forum.

I asnswered a PM on my phone this morning and had that very problem. The entire login box 1/4" x 3/16" high.

The rest sounds like a plan. I was on the MYBB site and their community is definitely not moderated. I ask a question and it gives numerous results that are not even relevant to the question. SMF definitely has their ducks in a row.

From what I can figure out, the entire forum format is based off several HTML files controlled by a vast array of css style sheets. Very difficult to figure out and configure.

gweidion · August 31, 2026, 08:53:04 PM

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Quote from: 'TKO-100' pid='131171' dateline='1788042391'And by the way what is the opinion of the fresh coat of paint and the closets being organized here? Sir Krash has been busy and not one thing has been discarded. Except of course the WIKI link in the header that led nowhere. I hope it's to everyone's liking. Everyone and everything needs to get dressed up every now and again.

Quote from: 'gweidion' pid='131179' dateline='1788084472'Silly question, but what happened to the background colour? It is a lot more blue now.

I put the answer to your question here in BLUE.
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Totally missed that. It is okay, just not what I was expecting.

Mister T · September 07, 2026, 08:35:17 PM

Thanks markn. Glad it's gone to new hands.

Krash · September 10, 2026, 12:02:56 PM

After much mucking around over several days (and nights), I've managed to convert the ACF MyBB forum to SMF (you can read about it here). It's running here. Not the current database, it's the dump from when we migrated to Crocweb. Would have to do it again (not easily) to get it up to date. Admins and members should be able to log in as usual and have a look around. It's running the default theme, we can do a custom theme if wanted. Anything you do there will not affect this production forum. Converting to SMF will clean things up moving forward and facilitate support.