Site Suggestions - Page 20

Viper007Bond · May 4th, 2008, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gladius

How about adding a sort of search function, with which you can search for a specific car, and it will show you in what episodes of Top Gear / Fifth Gear that car appeared?

For example: I search for the Aston Martin DB9, and then it shows me that that car appeared in the race against the train (Top gear, don't know what episode it is)

It's right there at the top under "Search"...

http://www.finalgear.com/epsearch/

I'm missing the descriptions for some episodes though. images/smilies/sad.gif

Cobol74 · May 4th, 2008, 12:25 AM

^ Brilliant little feature BTW.

siripswich · June 19th, 2008, 07:17 PM

Why does news on this site keep reffering to a new season of topgear? There are no topgear seasons only series'es. Will you please reffer to series in the future, thank you

Viper007Bond · June 19th, 2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by siripswich

Why does news on this site keep reffering to a new season of topgear? There are no topgear seasons only series'es. Will you please reffer to series in the future, thank you

Because I'm American, not British.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televis...asons.2Fseries

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The terminology used to define a set of episodes produced by a television series varies from country to country.

In North America and Australia, the term used to describe a regular run of episodes is a television season or simply, season. For example, a season of a television series might consist of 22–24 episodes broadcast regularly between September and May with a hiatus during the holidays. Alternatively, it may comprise 22–24 consecutive episodes between September and December or January and May. The latter is often referred to as a "non-stop season", which are usually used for serial television series (e.g., 24 and Lost). Another example might be a series that airs only a 6–13 episode season during the summer.

In the United Kingdom, on the ABC in Australia and in other countries, these sets of episodes are referred to as a series.

If you hadn't noticed, I don't spell "color" with a "u", etc. and "series" here means the entire show's run.

Yaco · June 20th, 2008, 10:30 AM

Make sure you put a donation button in an easily spotted area: "Hey, you never know."

Viper007Bond · June 20th, 2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Yaco

Make sure you put a donation button in an easily spotted area: "Hey, you never know."

http://www.finalgear.com/donate/

The ads cover all of our current hosting costs, so I've been hesitant to display it more prominently. However, Quiky has been bugging me lately to upgrade the server to gigabit, so donations may become handy.

Viper007Bond · June 26th, 2008, 12:50 AM

the Interceptor's post move to correct thread: http://forums.finalgear.com/the-foru...-issues-14374/

Dr_Grip · July 14th, 2008, 11:58 PM

A great little feature would be linking the episode pages under "shows" with the matching episode and wts forum threats.

Viper007Bond · July 15th, 2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr_Grip

A great little feature would be linking the episode pages under "shows" with the matching episode and wts forum threats.

Links are already there. images/smilies/wink.gif

zeoniks · July 15th, 2008, 01:34 PM

How about regional boards? A lot of forums have regional boards and it'll make it easier to organize meets.

Viper007Bond · July 15th, 2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zeoniks

How about regional boards? A lot of forums have regional boards and it'll make it easier to organize meets.

It was decided long ago that that would not be the best idea as we felt it would promote splintering of the forums, i.e. people who only visited their area's part of the forums.

As for meets, we only have 36 threads in the meets forum: http://forums.finalgear.com/finalgear-meets/ It wouldn't make much sense to further divide those up as you'd have like one meet per area.

AdvanTech · August 19th, 2008, 07:11 AM

We have a photography section, and since this forum is about tv shows, why not add a videography one too? I promise to contribute. images/smilies/smile.gif

Viper007Bond · August 19th, 2008, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by AdvanTech

We have a photography section, and since this forum is about tv shows, why not add a videography one too? I promise to contribute. images/smilies/smile.gif

Forum sections get created for existing threads, not the other way around. If videography threads become popular and there become a lot of them (that's not an invitation to go spam), then I'll make a subforum for them. images/smilies/smile.gif

This way we don't end up with a few dozen unused subforums that aren't used.

NecroJoe · August 25th, 2008, 09:11 PM

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the countdown doesn't work right.

Maybe I just imagined it, but it said "An episode of Fifth Gear is currently airing" and then 15-20 minutes later, it said that it finished airing an hour and 10 minutes ago.

Does the count-up perhaps use the same time-stamp as the countdown to the beginning?

Again, I might be on crack, but...

Viper007Bond · August 25th, 2008, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NecroJoe

Does the count-up perhaps use the same time-stamp as the countdown to the beginning?

Nope, airing + one hour.

It doesn't automatically switch from "currently airing" to "xxx ago" -- that's done by the server. Did you have the old page open for an hour or something?

The Chad · October 5th, 2008, 04:07 AM

Not sure if this has been discussed, and not sure if this is the right forum for it, but...

I wouldn't mind seeing episode season packs for Fifth Gear like you have for Top Gear. I'd like to catch up, but like the simplicity of one giant download (my lazy / want to watch ratio on Fifth Gear is significantly lower than Top Gear).

Any possibility of this in the future, or is the quality not consistent like with Top Gear and the Scene rips?

Viper007Bond · October 5th, 2008, 05:01 AM

Yeah, I'll be doing that. I was just doing Top Gear first as it's much more popular.

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June 26th, 2008, 12:50 AM	#387
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	the Interceptor's post move to correct thread: http://forums.finalgear.com/the-foru...-issues-14374/ __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

October 5th, 2008, 04:07 AM	#396
The Chad Joined: Feb 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 12:37 AM Location: Northwest Ohio Age: 25 Posts: 465 Rep Power: 21	Not sure if this has been discussed, and not sure if this is the right forum for it, but... I wouldn't mind seeing episode season packs for Fifth Gear like you have for Top Gear. I'd like to catch up, but like the simplicity of one giant download (my lazy / want to watch ratio on Fifth Gear is significantly lower than Top Gear). Any possibility of this in the future, or is the quality not consistent like with Top Gear and the Scene rips? __________________ "- ... But don't dawdle. Get the car into top gear as quickly as is reasonable. Fifth gear, remember, is no good at all." -- Jeremy Clarkson

October 5th, 2008, 05:01 AM	#397
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Yeah, I'll be doing that. I was just doing Top Gear first as it's much more popular. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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siripswich Joined: May 15th, 2008 Last Online: October 7th, 2008 Location: Ipswich Posts: 5 Car: Citroen Saxo forte 1.124L Rep Power: 0	Why does news on this site keep reffering to a new season of topgear? There are no topgear seasons only series'es. Will you please reffer to series in the future, thank you

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Dr_Grip Joined: Jul 8th, 2008 Last Online: 12:10 AM Location: Germany Posts: 69 Car: 1979 Opel Kadett (Oliver's Son) Rep Power: 5	A great little feature would be linking the episode pages under "shows" with the matching episode and wts forum threats.

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zeoniks Joined: Aug 19th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 604 Car: 2007 Nissan Murano Rep Power: 14	How about regional boards? A lot of forums have regional boards and it'll make it easier to organize meets.

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AdvanTech Joined: Feb 6th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 41 Rep Power: 13	We have a photography section, and since this forum is about tv shows, why not add a videography one too? I promise to contribute.

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NecroJoe Joined: Apr 12th, 2005 Last Online: 04:52 AM Location: San Francisco area, CA, USA Age: 29 Posts: 1,822 Car: 2001 Mercury Cougar V6 Rep Power: 55	Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the countdown doesn't work right. Maybe I just imagined it, but it said "An episode of Fifth Gear is currently airing" and then 15-20 minutes later, it said that it finished airing an hour and 10 minutes ago. Does the count-up perhaps use the same time-stamp as the countdown to the beginning? Again, I might be on crack, but...

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