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AlanSh
May 5, 2026
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    May 5, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
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    Dear members of the DPRevived/The-Photo forum,

    News update. It doesn’t look like we will get any enhancements to the forum in the foreseeable future. Bob & Martin have moved on to other things and the forum updates are not getting the attention they need. I’m sorry about this, but sometimes life just gets in the way.

    We have enough money in the bank to keep going for around another 6-12 months. So now it’s down to you all – do you want to keep this going? Personally, I love what is happening in here and have made many virtual friends out of it, but I am only one of about 50 active members (and possibly a load of sleeping viewers).

    Nothing will happen for at least 6 months, so we have time to debate how we can proceed. There’s a few options:
    1. Do nothing and hope that contributions from members will continue.
    2. Close off in 6 months time once the existing cash has run out.
    3. Move the forum to a free site and start again – this would be one based on myBB or similar which I can maintain. But we cannot transfer the images and posts.
    4. Something else.

    Let us know what you think in the replies to this post.

    Cheers

    Alan & Bob

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    Members 2582 posts
    May 5, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
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    I would be sad to see this site fold. It has outlasted the other sites that sprang up after the DPR "closure". I think we have all got used to the sites interface limits.

    If we are about active 50 members, the first question is how much would some sort of "subscription" cost to keep this going in this cosy little niche. I have been happy to support in a small way.

    Looking at todays DPR, I do not see how or where the weekly image threads could fit in.

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    May 5, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
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    Thanks Nigel,

    I'd also like to see it continue. I don't want subscriptions because we'd have to pay tax, whereas donations don't.

    It doesn't have to be much. I'll work out what it would cost to keep it going now I know more about the bank charges and company fees.

    cheers

    Alan

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    Members 262 posts
    May 5, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
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    What about sponsorship? 12 members willing to sponsor one month’s operations each year? I might be interested to do this (anonymously) depending on what the monthly cost would be.

    Best wishes
    A

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    Members 158 posts
    May 6, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
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    This site the way it is doesn't bother me. As long as it's around I will visit it.

    I did spend 26 years on DPR and after the change I still visit it. More changes are to come it seems, with the revamp that is coming.

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    Members 1824 posts
    May 6, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
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    A couple of points:

    I would be happy to provide a regular donation if the sites' survival depended on it. A rough idea of the yearly costs to get an idea of how much might be required would be good.

    Moving to myBB might be a blessing in disguise as there are a lot of sleepers over on DPR who are just hanging around there not interacting much because they hate the new non-threaded view.
    If we did move to myBB I would suggest we would need to do a fair bit of customisation to get it looking like a photo site - but I don't believe that is overly difficult for those with web / html design skills - glancing over in Arvo's direction 😉.

    Re your point on not being able to transfer images and posts: Won't / don't you have access to the current site database / image store? Surely Martin would allow you / someone to get a copy? Assuming so, I am sure between Arvo, myself and anyone else with the skills we could achieve something. Are there specific reasons why we couldn't?

    Should we start another private thread for discussion of the nitty gritty and perhaps a separate public one for overall views / comments?