Gentlemen,
Gary and I have agreed on a slight change of plans concerning the site's future. No worries, we'll keep it going, just slightly different.
Instead of making changes to the site, I'll build a brand new one on a different server, which will also be quite a lot cheaper to rent. Unless we need a dramatic increase in server space, annual upkeep should be less than 100€. The overall layout will be as previously seen on the experimental site. Once everything is running smoothly, we'll hopefully be able to port the forum, with every single posting and all login data intact. Once everything is done, we'll pull the plug on the old site. If things won't work as planned and we'll have to start from scratch, we'll have at least enoug early warning to make sure everyone can save all you need from the old forum.
The current server still runs for five more months, after that we won't renew it again. With the old site gone, ownership of the whole thing will pass on to me.
Hopefully I'll be able to build the new site soon, most of all because my free time will be somewhat limited during the next few months for various unrelated reasons. But I'm fairly optimistic we're on a path to a great future
Philipp