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Thanks to months of hard work by Jason Walmsley we are now allowed to play in a brand new sandbox. Over the past weeks the Moderators have had the ability to poke around, throw some sand and generally play as we tested and tried to make things break. As we get familiar with these new surroundings, we trust that everyone will find the new Forum easier, more stable and yet more flexible while still allowing for the great discussions, stories and information that we have always had. If anyone has problems with the Forum, be sure to let any of the Moderators or Jason Walmsley know so that we can seek a solution right away. Enjoy!

1) Answered by Topgun and Sherry. Thank you! 2) There is now a "Service" menu items in the forums Header Navigation Menu, complete with "Tickets" dropdown menu. 3) There should be no problems with editing pre-conversion topics. I edited several during the testing phase and post-conversion phase as well and have had no negative effect. 🙂

Thank you Jason for the new Forum! Pages load much faster! I am very happy with the new search tools! They work so much better! At first I was unhappy about the loss of the Recent Topics link, but the All Activity link seems to serve a similar purpose. I have replaced my old http://olivertraveltrailers.com/recent-topics/ bookmark with https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/discover/. The new search tools work really well. On a desktop browser, entering a search term and hitting enter retrieves your search results. Now if one clicks on the More Search Options button you get to an Advanced Search page. Would it be possible to have a link to the Advanced Search page on the main forum page for desktop browsers? On iOS devices simply selecting the search icon opens up the Advanced Search page. Minor things. The signature lines under posts appear to be triple spaced. Could the go back to single spaced? I agree with ScubaRx about the center justification on an iPhone, which is disconcerting. It is fine (left justified) on an iPad. There is a “This stream auto-updates” on a desktop browser and on the iPad. This is very cool! That text does not appear on an iPhone. Can that functionality be added to the iPhone? Edit. This does work on the iPhone. Another Edit. I had a bell icon Notification about a Private Message. However, in the past I got an email about a PM. Is that feature no longer working? One very cool new feature: We can now send documents to another forum member via the PM system!

Santa’s elf’s were still on vacation in Florida, they agreed to help build a home for Peanut before they headed back north.

RE question #1 - What Sherry said - or - if you are using a computer versus a tablet or phone - simply click on the "Home" tab at the top of the page in order to get to the Oliver website. Re question #2 - From this "Home" tab which takes you to the Oliver website you can then hit "contact" and a drop down menu will show "Service". Re question #3 - I don't know (yet) - so, I'll have to leave this one to another Moderator or Jason. Bill

You can get to the factory website by clicking on the three stacked bars, upper right, then click on " home". Hope this helps. Sherry

Thanks Jason! This new forum software looks great! Questions: 1)On the old forum I could click on the banner at the top to go to the Oliver website. Clicking on the banner above no longer goes to the Oliver website. How do I get to the Oliver website from this forum? 2)There used to be a “slide out” or “drop down” menu with a tab to access Service. How do I access Service now? 3)How will posts created in the old forum react to being modified in the new forum? The following picture is a test insertion And we can now insert videos B6B3F93C-8AE7-416C-AE1E-C6CCE4A1A808.MOV

Can the justification be changed from center back to left?

I increased file sizes limits on images. John, I added urlmatch redirects, so far testing your URLs in your post and it appears to be working for me. Please message me if you have any issues or have any questions.

Great work by Jason to get us this new platform. It will take some getting used to but should be a great improvement in the long run! Mike

That has to be a "male" racoon. He has that "what?" look on his face....

I assume that the bandit paid his overnight room bill before he headed into the corn fields? Have the pups stopped barking yet? And just who said that labradoodles were not that bright? Great story! And, that really does look like a good camp. Bill

Here's a youtube video from Engineering Explained that describes the actual requirements for Truck Tow Capacity Measurements per SAE J2807. This video explains how all truck manufacturers now test their vehicles to the same standard for tow ratings. It also shows actual results for a RAM 3500 dually in fully loaded conditions. Link1: - This is the description of the tests and real calculations. Link2: ...Takes you to TFL Trucks web page showing other tests at the proving grounds and RAM Engineers describing the industry requirements. Enjoy...