Our broadband is just about to be cancelled! Yay! Freedom! UK Online have really given me a hard time over the past 14 months.

We were just about to sign up for an account with OneTel to integrate our phone, mobile and Internet in to one ?40/month package, which is brilliant value, but the speed is capped to 2mbps.

I've just done a speed check and it reveals that our exchange has been upgraded to 6.5mbps overnight! This is excellent news, now I can look for one of those fancy 'up to 8mbps' deals. Hopefully the ISP will let me host my website.

well i hope you are allowed

Me too, because I have some very saucy ideas for a new website; very different to what I have had previously. New design, new features and different purpose etc. ... Basically the same thing with a new catchphrase.

any chance of a sneak preview?

So which version will this be? [size=1:2c68516920]P.S. Lucky sod![/size:2c68516920]

No chance of a sneak preview sorry, I want to keep this one deep under cover until I can safely say it's coming to it's final stages, and I'll open it for testing etc.

And I knew you'd be jealous ;)

Damn, no preview

You could have bet money GR would have said what he did

LOL, aw. What's the betting that he shows me anyway?

dont know, dont care

lol! probably quite hiugh seein as grim can pick up on even tiny mistakes in anything! lol! including my typos....... but thats a different mater!

So is it an update or a full overhaul?

It will be a totally fresh start with none of the old data/content carried over.

ummm, interested for more details

I was telling GR how I would be focusing quite heavily on communication and interaction between users. This scales beyond simple private messaging and friends lists. I am also thinking of implementing a user rating system; a sort of 'honour' system.

I can tell you that the interface to the website will be very simple; and this is mainly because I want the website to be 'developed' by the users - adding content here and there (similar to wikipedia) for a more personal experience... In effect I will be creating the 'skeleton' and the users will be adding all the other bits.

The user control panel will make a big return and will be very customisable, and will be used not just for controlling your own account but viewing other accounts, making changes to the website appearance, filing suggestions and complaints, and generating all sorts of reports.

Thinking of implementing a type of file sharing system using FTP in the background, download and upload speeds will be capped however.

I've no idea what the website will look like, but I can tell you that the database is being developed as we speak... I've got as far as 'create database aaronweb;' so I'll keep you posted...

kk, sounds good

Sounds amazing! lol! it will be very good! Aaron webb! thats very clever! lol!

Hmm, intriguing, we're planning on the user contribs here aswell.

[quote:052ae29dff="Starbucks"]Sounds amazing! lol! it will be very good! Aaron webb! thats very clever! lol![/quote:052ae29dff]
yes, the name its always had

LOL, true, but did SB go to it before?

Hmm i didnt no that! lol! What r user contribs?

Means all user can upload stuff, like reviews.

ahhhh. ok. that would be intetresting but i probs would get very confused! LOL!

It would just be like posting a topic with a few more bits of info.

ok so maybe not that confusing. What kind of extra information?

Scores, some pics etc. Not much.

I'll try and make it as easy as possible.