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Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:16 pm
by Jeff Smith
Ladies, Gentlemen, Railroaders and Foamers... er, Railfans! :-D :P :wink:

After many years (at least it seems like many LOL) of being site admin, I have concluded an agreement with our former owner to purchase the site. I will be taking on fellow member gprimr1 as a co-owner, who will be handling tech.

I want to thank the previous owner, who preferred to remain in the background, for the opportunity, and the owner previous to him, Otto Vondrak, who recommended me as administrator when he sold the site.

We are planning on some immediate upgrades, and will keep you posted. I know there have been tech issues at various points which we plan on addressing, and upgrades we want to implement. Stay tuned!

Until then, I want to thank everyone here for your participation and support. I can't say enough about our "very special" community. We're certainly an interesting bunch!

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:06 pm
by mtuandrew
Now you gotta change your signature, boss :P

Congrats!

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:07 pm
by Jeff Smith
Duly noted!

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:19 pm
by CarterB
Congratulations, Jeff!!

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:46 pm
by JoeG
Thanks for your stewardship of this site, Jeff! It must be a ton of work, but I'm glad you stepped up when Otto & co wanted out.

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:34 pm
by MEC407
Woo hoo! :-D

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:23 pm
by WhartonAndNorthern
I for one welcome our new railfan overlords.

And "search within" seems to work too!

HTTPS soon, please?

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:29 pm
by gprimr1
HTTPS is a HIGH priority.

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:39 am
by scottychaos
excellent! congratulations Jeff! :-D

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:56 am
by radio
Congrats. The new site is working much better on my old iPad, too. Much more readable.

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:01 am
by GirlOnTheTrain
You mean I can moderate from my phone without wanting to tear my hair out?? ;)

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:06 am
by spRocket
gprimr1 wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:29 pm HTTPS is a HIGH priority.
Note that thanks to Let's Encrypt, that can be done at no charge. Drawback: you must automate your renewal process, since the certs expire three months after issuance.

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:52 pm
by WhartonAndNorthern
gprimr1 wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:29 pm HTTPS is a HIGH priority.

:-D

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:09 pm
by charlie6017
I am so happy to hear this, Jeff. Congrats to you and to Greg as well. I already love this new upgrade!

Charlie

Re: Railroad.net New Ownership!

PostPosted:Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:54 pm
by SRich
Congrats Jeff. A new color perhaps ;)