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Dear valued Members,
we would like to inform you of an impending update here at Japan Reference (JREF).
In the coming days (most likely next Saturday, Sept. 5) we are not only going to upgrade the forum (and all related modules) to the latest version of XenForo, we will also switch to a new, fully responsive style and change the directory structure of the website, although the forum will not be affected by that.
All our articles (now managed through Wordpress) have been ported over to a Article Management System (AMS) that is fully integrated into XenForo, very much like our Media and Review sections. Another module to be added soon will be an Event/Calendar add-on similar to what we had in the olden days of vBulletin.
As pointed out in this announcement, we are going to drop the support of Tapatalk due to their repeated security and privacy violations.
We expect the website to be closed for at least four hours and apologise in advance for the inconvenience. We shall keep you updated on the JREF index page as well as on our Facebook page.
Please find a few screen shots of the new style below and mind that this is by no means the final design. There will be a lot of cosmetic changes, adaptations and ongoing customisation, and we are of course looking forward to your feedback.
Index page:
It will display the latest media, forum threads, articles and reviews.
Forum index:
Forum thread:
New feature: forum tags
Article section:
We do realise that change is not always easy and welcome, but we are positive that this will be the last in a series of comprehensive and significant updates Japan Reference (JREF) has undergone in the past few years. We do look forward to your feedback.
Last but not least, one more feature we would like to introduce is a sort of paid annual membership for members (currently the donors) who will be able to browse the website without being exposed to advertising. I should add that - thanks to the JPY depreciation - hosting and license fees have increased considerably. We were thinking of annual donations amounting to the equivalent of USD 5.00. That will not cover the parking fees for our Bentley, but it may contribute to our dedicated server.
Thank you for your understanding and patience!
we would like to inform you of an impending update here at Japan Reference (JREF).
In the coming days (most likely next Saturday, Sept. 5) we are not only going to upgrade the forum (and all related modules) to the latest version of XenForo, we will also switch to a new, fully responsive style and change the directory structure of the website, although the forum will not be affected by that.
All our articles (now managed through Wordpress) have been ported over to a Article Management System (AMS) that is fully integrated into XenForo, very much like our Media and Review sections. Another module to be added soon will be an Event/Calendar add-on similar to what we had in the olden days of vBulletin.
As pointed out in this announcement, we are going to drop the support of Tapatalk due to their repeated security and privacy violations.
We expect the website to be closed for at least four hours and apologise in advance for the inconvenience. We shall keep you updated on the JREF index page as well as on our Facebook page.
Please find a few screen shots of the new style below and mind that this is by no means the final design. There will be a lot of cosmetic changes, adaptations and ongoing customisation, and we are of course looking forward to your feedback.
Index page:
It will display the latest media, forum threads, articles and reviews.
Forum index:
Forum thread:
New feature: forum tags
Article section:
We do realise that change is not always easy and welcome, but we are positive that this will be the last in a series of comprehensive and significant updates Japan Reference (JREF) has undergone in the past few years. We do look forward to your feedback.
Last but not least, one more feature we would like to introduce is a sort of paid annual membership for members (currently the donors) who will be able to browse the website without being exposed to advertising. I should add that - thanks to the JPY depreciation - hosting and license fees have increased considerably. We were thinking of annual donations amounting to the equivalent of USD 5.00. That will not cover the parking fees for our Bentley, but it may contribute to our dedicated server.
Thank you for your understanding and patience!