Matt

1 hour ago, Stevie_J said:

OWTB has received the £350.

 

Thank you to the buyer @Inspiral_Carpet and especially the artist, @mrwalks12 for very kindly running the auction for the benefit of OWTB.  We're really taken aback by the generosity.

 

Look forward to seeing your future depictions of Latics' success!

 

Couldn't really say it any better than that, it's much appreciated - and we're staggered with the response, and it's not just this - years of generosity from the OWTB/OAFC community has really shown us not only what this place means to you, but that it's supported by a community that any football club in the land would be proud of.

1 hour ago, Sparkleking said:

I agree, the records from those years are the ones I listen to the most.  Shambolic DIY charm sums it up well.  Anyway, back to the football...! 

12 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

 

Adored them from about 1997 until about 2004. Much preferred the shambolic DIY charm of those early recordings. As soon as they got Trevor Horn in to produce a record I didn't feel like band a band for me any more. I'll be forever thankful to them for turning my head from turgid post-Britpop shite to a much more enlightening sound though. 

The Jeepster years were the best. You can hear Trevor Horn in tracks like Stay Loose, the vocal reverb is classic Buggles.

14 minutes ago, jorvik_latic said:

 

Interesting that Supporter Liaison Officer is gone, it's a requirement of the league... 

The staff list states that the SLO is TBA which could be interpreted as a role waiting to be filled. Not sure how long it's been unoccupied, or how long the EFL allow clubs to have the role vacant - if at all.

1 hour ago, jorvik_latic said:

@Matt @Stevie_J

 

Are there any issues you're aware of? I keep getting an occasional error. On Chrome and on an app.

 

A configuration or server error has occurred

Sorry, there is a problem

Something went wrong. Please try again.
Error code: EX1040

Thanks, I've just experienced the same. I'll have a look.

Sorry for the inconvenience everyone.

10 minutes ago, Wardie said:

I'm ok with the typography, the pic is not to my taste at all, it's too unrelated to football and more akin to a teenage forum for safe sex.

There's a theme of sleeve art. The last banner was a take on Peter Saville's New Order TOTAL album cover.

On 2/16/2019 at 12:10 PM, rosa said:

Ah, 1984. Great novel about totalitarianism and censorship. Wonder what he'd make of calls to ban someone from an internet forum in 2019 for calling a cunt a cunt. From his musings on swearing in Down And Out In Paris And London, I think that he would think it was bollocks. 

 

"Of its very nature swearing is as irrational as magic—indeed, it is a species of magic."

I'm reading Road To Wigan Pier, and I've just finished his book of Selected Essays; 'England, Your England' and 'Politics and the English Language' must be read by everyone as a basic requirement.

1 minute ago, LightDN123 said:

It’s not the logo at the top of the webpage. It’s the bookmark logo on my phone. I’m not sure why that bookmark logo has changed ? 

As im typing this maybe thinking it changed as it thinks the website main banner is red now. 

 

Yes - that logo is the favicon, that's changed too - which is the CMYK 'O' in OWTB.

7 hours ago, LightDN123 said:

Unique and petty issue but doing my head in: 

I have the website ‘bookmarked’ on my iPhone. The icon has always been blue. The icon since the changes is now red. 

Why is it red ? It’s driving me bonkers.

anyone else noticed this ? 

It's not red exactly, it's the O in the logo at the top of the website - which is helvetica overlapped CMYK - which I suppose looks red in some instances. It's based on a Saville/Wakefield design; Wakefield said that  "The 'O' was the sexiest letter" - so that's why it's the favicon and sharer icon.

We'll change the banner from time to time, and we'll update the icons at that time too.

57 minutes ago, singe said:

Just as a follow up Matt, I've been able to pinpoint this to a problem with Firefox. It works on my phone with Chrome, and at work (we are forced through a VPN) with IE, just not Firefox. Entirely possible it could be my settings, so might so some adjustments. 

No worries, let me know how that pans out because I'd like to know what is happening here - the website should work on all platforms equally.

Can I suggest you disable all of your FF extensions and use the website - then add in extensions one at a time and reuse the website? It might pinpoint the issue as an extension (or a combination) rather than FF. I use FF and have no issue.

Cheers,

Matt.

19 minutes ago, simplythemostimportantkick said:

Failing that, just stop looking at it ?

TOTALly. It's Crystal, and we will be changing it in due course - Temptation to change it now would spoil the themes I reckon, so it would be Ruined In A Day. Times Change, so the Truth of the matter is - Unlearn This Hatred, there are no Regret(s).

1 hour ago, Ackey said:

Not directly, no.  Though features like that can cost extra the Reputation one was in-built for now.  We are just going through a cycle of changes based on feedback and that was one.  As was the snazzy new logo (thanks @Matt!!)

I take no credit. It's blatant plagiarism, and I'll do it again.

2 hours ago, Kusunga_Is_God said:

Has there been in a change in ownership? 

You could say it's a New Order.

GO4

ACR and Mr.Scruff.

9 hours ago, singe said:

hi Matt,
When I post  I get this bar

I get Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

 

But counter intuitively, when I select paste as plain text it embeds it! It works anyway, that is the main thing. I guess it is settings my end.

 

I'm afraid I can't replicate your issue, so I'm at a loss. Sorry.

I'll see if I there are any options to make this easier.

On 1/2/2019 at 2:41 PM, singe said:

Is one of the changes that tweets are no longer embedded Matt? And just a link is posted?

There is already an option available, note the below clip - there is an option (circled) that just pastes the link instead).

Hope this helps.

Hello,

In an ongoing attempt to reduce overheads and prevent us from getting our pants pulled down on cost, there may be temporary loss of service over the next week or so as we make the first of a range of changes to protect the forum for future use.

Hopefully most of the changes will go unnoticed, that's the plan anyway - however if there are any significant developments we'll let you know as soon as we can.

Thanks,

Matt.

On 12/15/2018 at 1:52 PM, BP1960 said:

£50 sent via paypal  just now.

Jeez BP, steady on. You're very generous, thanks.

9 hours ago, JoeP said:

 

Have a feeling that this post might now be the closest thing to a blueprint we have..

That wasn't a 'blueprint', it was a warning - FC are not a phoenix club either.

Each club will have its own roadmap of the future, few are interchangeable. Portsmouth Community Football Club (2013) for example, they took over before winding up, steadied the ship and eventually unilaterally voting to sell it to Michael Eisner - I'm severely reducing the quantity and quality of the whole story there but Oldham will never get an Eisner - so their plan, however good it looks, is out of reach.

Hereford FC (2014) is a model of a phoenix and if OAFC ceased to exist this would be the closest plan to go with, however established teams such as Chadderton and AVRO also exist at that NWCL 'reset' level too - these are factors to consider.

Best to avoid it all completely.

43 minutes ago, Hands on said:

FC United of Manchester have the blueprint....

If you can guarantee to install somebody to steer the club who is completely transparent, who can honestly recruit without cronyism, who won't get caught with their hands in the till, who understands that it is better to please some fans than none of them, who listens to and considers criticism, who doesn't sell out at the first opportunity - and the fans can guarantee that whatever the chairperson says is final, that the fans understand that they're sometimes going to have to get stuck in and volunteer at every level in the running of the club - knowing that they're must expect no extra favour in return - or must not accept any favour that could be interpreted as privilege by other fans, and fully support the quite frankly life-sapping AGM meeting and motions (£3000 for those analytics vest things? Really? We can barely put the lights on, and we crowdfund these?) whilst making sure that the boardroom of volunteers are doing their jobs, paying the bills, managing legislation, advertising, selling, training, sourcing ethically...and on and on and on...

3 hours ago, simplythemostimportantkick said:

Would you still be resident end on here tho please Arch ? I for one would miss u xx

Knock it off.

We're going to review the whole kaboodle in the close season.

Thanks for everyone's ongoing support, really - it's been a difficult couple of years in every respect.