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I have completed the Groups Section and migrated the Groups from the old software...I am sure you will see how good the Groups Section is here at Recreational Flying (.com) so join in, have fun and see what you can create by having your very own Group for your Flying Club, School or special interest Group. You can make your Group: Public: Everyone can see the group and its posts, and can participate without joining. Open: Everyone can see the group and its posts, but only members can participate. Everyone can join. Closed: Everyone can see the group and who's in it, but only members can see posts and participate. Users need to ask a leader to join. Private: Only members can find the group and see its posts. Users need to be invited by a leader to join. Read Only: Everyone can see the group and its posts, but only members can participate. Users need to be invited by a leader to join. AND, if you want to, you can even choose to have PAID Membership where others pay you a membership fee to join your group...Great for Flying Clubs who have paid memberships In fact, you can create your very own web site using all the features that the Recreational Flying web site offers...including your own Forums, Gallery, File Downloads, Event Calendar, Custom Side Blocks and more...you can even add extra web pages like a Home Page, Contact Us page etc all within your group to create an entire web site for yourself or your Flying Club or School. Please, create a presence for your Flying Club or School right here at Recreational Flying and if you already have a basic web site or want to set up forums etc then attached are some images that you may, if you want to, use on your site with a link to your own Group, or ask me if you want another image created specifically for you.

Welcome to the test/example Group for the Recreational Flying web site. Join in, have fun and see what you can create by having your very own Group for your Flying Club, School or special interest. You can make your Group: Public: Everyone can see the group and its posts, and can participate without joining. Open: Everyone can see the group and its posts, but only members can participate. Everyone can join. Closed: Everyone can see the group and who's in it, but only members can see posts and participate. Users need to ask a leader to join. Private: Only members can find the group and see its posts. Users need to be invited by a leader to join. Read Only: Everyone can see the group and its posts, but only members can participate. Users need to be invited by a leader to join. AND, you can even create your Group with PAID Membership where others pay you a membership fee to join your group...Great for Flying Clubs who have paid memberships In fact, you can create your very own web site using all the features that the Recreational Flying web site offers...your own Forums, gallery, File Downloads, Event Calendar and more...you can even add extra web pages within your group to create an entire web site for yourself.

Airspace Incursions – Sunshine Coast Members are reminded of the importance of thorough pre-flight planning and regularly updating aeronautical charts prior to flight. RAAus receives a large number of airspace incursion occurrences which are reported from members as well as Airservices Australia. In particular, pilots operating in the Sunshine Coast region should pay particular attention to airspace due to complex airspace and recent changes resulting in a high number of airspace violations. Pilots should also ensure they are visually confirming position when operating, as a number of occurrences have occurred due to small discrepancies in GPS/EFB location incorrectly indicating to pilots that they are clear of controlled airspace.

I have just added 3 extra votes to Option 2 for the wife and kids who have voted for Option 2 when I explained it all to them...Caitlin said: "It is 2020, go for the Click and Collect option"

Now that I have your attention (sorry) but the site is coming to a huge problem and I need your input. We need to plan for the future. The current side menu system is great but it takes up side space causing some pages to display squashed up horizontally PLUS it only has room for one more item...BUT there is a lot more to come. What we have and what is coming: Forums Groups/Clubs Blogs Events Gallery Videos Movies Books News Articles Our Shop (replacing Clear Prop) Classifieds Suppliers (Business Directory) Product Reviews Downloads Quizzes Tutorials Airfields Great Aviators Reference Items Aircraft Members Member Map Support Now that is only what is currently planned and NOT other features that we, the users, may find that they would like to have here on Recreational Flying as their all encompassing recreational aviation resource There are 3 options: OPTION 1: Keep the side menu and group some areas together with a landing page. This means that when you click on a grouped link, there is a Home page with snippets of entries for each section within that group. Once you are on the Group Home Page or in any section within that Group, the sub menu across the top will contain links to each section within that group. Negative is more clicks needed to get to where you want to go and we still have some horizontally squashed views. Possible benefit is a Group Summary Page of all the sections in that group. OPTION 2: Keep the side menu and group some areas together. When you click on a menu item in the main side menu, a sub menu box comes out with each of the sections in that group for you to click on (like the current Notification, PMs and Account boxes are displayed). Once you are on a section in that Group, or in any section within that Group, the sub menu across the top will contain links to each section within that group. Negative is more clicks needed to get to where you want to go and we still have some horizontally squashed views. Benefit is there is extra room to extend the section list in a group even further than planned OPTION 3: Move to a standard Horizontal menu and group the relevant sections with links to them in the sub menu. Negative is that you don't have a side menu that is easy to use on a tablet without your hand leaving the side of the tablet and space is taken up across the top of the page for an extra menu line. Benefit is we no longer have the horizontally squashed view on some pages and there is extra room to extend the section list in a group even further than planned: Please vote to let me know your preference...thanks The one thing I am concerned with is OUT OF SITE OUT OF MIND when this site will offer so much

Can you take a screen shot and post it...it is probably something to do with your own device

Both the Whats New (Unread) and Whats New (All) are defaulted to Condensed...the site remembers what your last view was, whether it was Condensed or Expanded though

As usual, @Ahmed Zayed has done great work in redesigning the Gallery home pages so I will be working on getting the content sorted out...so now is the time, urgent time, to make any recommendations for the way you want the gallery set up

Not yet, was waiting for the developer to get back to me regarding an issue

The site's "About Us" page has been added...you can find it in the Support section at: https://www.recreationalflying.com/about_us/

I have just completed setting up the First Class membership that provides First Class members with many extra privileges across the site and assigned existing First Class members to that special user group. You can tell which members financially support this great resource as their user name is in GOLD and they have a special First Class image on their profile page. Donations of $50 or more places you in the First Class member user group. I have added a button in the side column of the main Forums List page and at the bottom of the Whats New pages if you would also like to donate towards the running costs of the site, help to keep Recreational Flying (.com) here for all recreational aviators and become a First Class member. Donation page: https://www.recreationalflying.com/subscriptions/ A huge thank you to every First Class member for your support over the years, you make this great resource available to every recreational aviator.

Please note that the normal weekly email that gets sent out each Sunday morning with the latest popular threads will not be coming as I need to get a software solution to add to the site that will perform this weekly task...I hope you understand...I will get there

Hi all, I have just sent out the following email to all First Class members who have in their settings elected to receive emails from the site. Unfortunately not all First Class members have elected to receive emails from the site so I am posting the email here for them to be "in the loop". Sorry for the intrusion however as a Recreational Flying First Class member I need to firstly say thank you for your support of the Recreational Flying web site, it is your support that has helped the site to continue providing all recreational aviators a fantastic resource. Secondly as you may have noticed we have moved over to the IPS software solution and to continue the First Class member system I need to create a Paid Invoice for each existing First Class member. You can ignore the invoice as it is only the mechanism that the site uses to assign you as a First Class member due to the site now having full e-commerce facilities within the IPS software. *NOTE: Site Moderators and users that have 20,000 posts or more are automatic First Class members as a way to say thanks for their help and support in making the site such a great place to be for all recreational aviators. The IPS system also notifies you when your First Class membership is coming to an end and provides you with a facility to renew, which I hope you do in that the site has achieved its goals in helping you to stay safe, learnt from the experiences of other pilots and assisted you in all your flying and aircraft maintenance activities. Personally I can say that I am very happy with the outcome of the IPS software and although a lot more expensive to have, I can see fantastic enhancements to the recreational flying resource that will provide an enormous future for the site. I thank you for your help and support you have provided the site over the years and if there is anything I can do for the site to assist you further then please, do not hesitate to let me know. Safe and fun flying Best regards Ian Baker Recreational Flying (.com) Admin 0412 881108

For standard users it is 15mins, for First Cless members it is 30mins

Hi @IBob, have a look at this post as in this one it explains how to set the Whats new (All) as the default...you can set any Whats New stream as your default and even create your own view using the filters at the top of the Whats New page: https://www.recreationalflying.com/topic/36880-site-update-comments/?do=findComment&comment=493284&_rid=1

For "Mark all items read" have a look in the top right corner under the header which says "Mark site read" For "Mark forum read", there is a link at the top of the forum list of threads To edit a post, click the 3 dots in the top right corner of the post Hope this helps!

Hi @IBob, not sure what you mean by this...can you elaborate?

Hi @IBob, to add another menu item like Whats New (All) to the side menu will take up extra real estate when I know we are going to be looking for extra space on there as it is in due course. However. clicking the Whats New in the side menu will take you to either Whats new (Unread) OR Whats New (All) depending on what you have set as your Whats New default...is that ok by you?

Can you try and clear the Recreational Flying .com Cookie...to do that look for your browser in the following linked page and perform the actions for your specific browser: https://www.lifewire.com/clear-cookies-for-one-site-4587347

This is a test using my Son’s iPad Pro...works ok

Thought I would create a thread where you can post what would be the greatest flight you wish you could do... A flight that I would really like to do is fly the Nile...starting at Burundi, south of the equator, along the whole length of The Nile, through Egypt, stop off and have a cup of tea with @Ahmed Zayed, see the Pyramids, have a drink from The Nile and have dinner with a "Queen of the Nile" and end up finishing at the Mediterranean Sea. What a trip that would be, the history, the vastness etc and I am not even sure if it could be done like is there landing strips along the way, fuel, permits etc but still it would be an incredible flight to do. Yours?

What is it about it that you don't like? Please let me know so I can see what the issues may be

Thanks for letting me know...Is it now in dd/mm/yyyy format for you now?

Update... Been working on the First Class membership program The Blogs have been migrated over but I am not happy the way they look on a 1024x768 screen (like iPads)...will work on that Looked at migrating the Groups over however an addon that will provide categories for Groups (is needed) hasn't been updated to this version of software yet...bummer, will keep pursuing I don't think there is any point migrating the upcoming Events until we can get past COVID There is a lot more to do but is there anything URGENT that you need??? Oh, also @Ahmed Zayed has done some work on minimising some of the excess white space which has resulted in a better look...in my opinion, hope yours as well, and there is still some more work to do in that area but not a priority at this stage

Yes they will within the next couple of days