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Takarta Airbag Recall Documentary

by GiveMeABreak » 06 Mar 2025, 17:55 » in Citroën

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Given the number of 'After-sales campaign' notices concerning Takarta Airbags I have been made aware of when looking up parts from PSA for members, I thought I would post a link to the following documentary that may be informative concerning the issue with these igniters.

According to Takata, the chemicals in the airbags’ explosive charge can...

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Hi all, I haven't seen the documentary yet, but as far as dates of recall notices is concerned, I have received 2 Safety Recall Notices for my 2013 C4 in the last 2 months...the latest being today...but nothing prior to that. The first one referred to driver's air bag and possibly also passenger airbag ( which would suggest a fairly major strip...

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Last post by Gibbo2286
16 Mar 2025, 11:49
Extension to parts subscriptions

by RichardW » 01 Oct 2024, 08:05

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Hi All

When PSA began charging for subscriptions to access their parts database, we (the forum admins) bought a subscription and introduced the donation membership upgrade to cover the cost of this, as well as costs of buying other PSA data and ongoing costs of operating this forum. The membership upgrade was for a period of 2 years.

We have now...

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Give the Admins a weekend of Coke and Hookers in SkegVagus

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Last post by Stickyfinger
03 Oct 2024, 19:23
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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Last post by GiveMeABreak
09 Dec 2023, 17:48
Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Parts Service Announcement - 21st March 2025

Please note that there is a temporary disruption to our 'Parts Service', so we will be unable to provide any official parts for members at the present time. Please refer to the Post HERE for further info

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Disruption to Parts Service

As you may be aware, the consolidation of the old PSA to the Stellantis Group systems has resulted in both a merge of data tools and a requirement to migrate PSA accounts to Stellantis Systems.

This has caused some problems for organisations like ours and the Team are currently looking at the best way forward. This...
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Last post by GiveMeABreak
21 Mar 2025, 10:53
Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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Hi and welcome - we really need the fault codes. The warnings do not provide a definitive reason - only that the Airbag ECU has detected a fault on the self-check. You need to have it read with Lexia / Diagbox and put up the fault codes along with your VIN here for assistance.
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Last post by GiveMeABreak
29 Nov 2024, 14:45
Important Information concerning access to PSA parts data

by xantia_v6 » 19 Mar 2020, 04:19
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As some of you may already have realised, PSA (Citroen, DS Automobiles & Peugeot) have this week (from 16/03/2020) decided to close off free access to parts information.

The public version of PSA's ServiceBox, which is the official source for parts and information has had a freely accessible parts system for registered garages, and individual...

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Please note: This Thread is now Locked.

Please Make All Your Citroen or Peugeot Parts Requests Here

All parts requests from this topic have been moved there.
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Last post by GiveMeABreak
14 Nov 2021, 07:21
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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anti-virus is blocking.......

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Last post by Stickyfinger
16 Sep 2024, 21:28
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22

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Missing photos

by bobins » 26 Oct 2017, 22:12

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I've noticed quite a few posts have got missing photos these days. At first I thought it was due to a very enthusiastic and to-the-letter application of the 'photo uploading rules', but even ones I've uploaded attributed to 'Own Work' have gone. Other member's posts are also affected. Clicking on the (dead) photo link only goes to a page with :...

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Excellent! Well done Mike :) Good work [-o<

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Last post by CitroJim
04 Nov 2017, 05:01
Editing Topic Titles

by NewcastleFalcon » 31 Oct 2017, 19:07

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Has the ability to edit the Topic Title by amending the First Post Header of a thread you have started recently disappeared?

27th October 2017 I amended the P.E. thread title to introduce a new theme as I often do, but now the edit icon isn't available.

Happy to amend my activity, and start new threads if required, but it is all the same...

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Thanks for looking into it...its quite useful to freshen up that particular thread, and the POTD thread to encourage a bit of participation with a bit of, dare I say it.....clickbait! :-D

Regards Neil

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Last post by NewcastleFalcon
31 Oct 2017, 21:43
Forum maintenance Thursday 18/10/2017 -Completed

by xantia_v6 » 18 Oct 2017, 19:09

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Following our recent technical issues, the forum is moving to a new VPS server. The software has been installed and (subject to a little more testing) is ready to go.

To move the site it needs to be taken off-line for a period of 1 - 2 hours, to allow a backup and restore cycle and to allow the updated DNS record to propagate.

I intend to do...

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Thanks again for all the hard work!

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Last post by Zelandeth
24 Oct 2017, 05:50
Forum strange behaviour this morning

by xantia_v6 » 22 Oct 2017, 11:02

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You may have noticed the forum behaving a little strangely this morning. I have been investigating a couple of small issues and have changed the configuration a couple of times. It should settle down again now.

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Looks very fine and dandy now Mike :)

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Last post by CitroJim
22 Oct 2017, 18:23
Site running in 'limp' mode following major failure

by xantia_v6 » 10 Oct 2017, 20:21
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On Sunday evening this site was moved to a new hardware node to fix some long term and short term performance problems.
On Monday night the server suffered a major disk corruption which (as far as we know) was due to some problem introduced when the server was moved (this was done by the hosting company, not me).

After spending some hours trying...

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The forum has now been moved to a new server with a more suitable specification, so these issues should now be resolved.
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Last post by xantia_v6
19 Oct 2017, 09:05
Forum Maintenance 9-13 October 2017 Completed (a day early)

by xantia_v6 » 30 Sep 2017, 07:42

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Our server hardware is due to be reconfigured in an attempt to fix some occasional performance issues.
There will be an hour or two of downtime.
The date is not yet fixed, but it will probably be in the early morning UK.

Update
This has been pushed back by a week so that the service provider can do some more testing before switching us to the...

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The Server maintenance is now done (and I hope complete) Sorry for the timing, but the performance was getting worse, so we swapped to a new hardware node at short notice.

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Last post by xantia_v6
08 Oct 2017, 20:53
Forum outage 08/10/2017 Morning

by NewcastleFalcon » 08 Oct 2017, 10:39

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Got this this morning.....

Your connection is not secure

The owner of frenchcarforum.co.uk has configured their web site improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this web site.

Learn more…

Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious sites

frenchcarforum.co.uk uses an...

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Sounds like we had a very lucky escape there Mike...

Delighted to see it all up and running again with no loss of any posts....

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Views: 895

Last post by CitroJim
08 Oct 2017, 13:04
Clipboard idea

by Sloppysod » 27 Sep 2017, 19:14

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Please move this if it is in the wrong place.
[-o<
When I am trying to solve an issue I look at various posts, as quite often a little snippet in one conversation makes sense with a snippet in another conversation, with the outcome of working out the solution without having to create yet another new post.

However, the above is fine but I would...

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Did you know that when you want to add a link when writing a post, you can just add your bookmark so link goes straight to the item and not the topic!! :-D =D> Re: New Forum Post Bookmark feature being evaluated

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04 Oct 2017, 22:34
Scrolling

by elma » 21 Sep 2017, 08:17
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The forum has recently changed slightly so that the longer signatures scroll rather than taking up lots of screen space.
This is a welcome change but I cannot scroll the pages anymore with my touchpad or mouse wheel.
The page will scroll down until I get to the first long signature, it will then scroll to the bottom of the signature and stop...

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I recently upgraded to a Sony Xperia XA1. It is available for around £200, is current (only came out a few months ago), and a decent spec level. Mind you, I have always liked the Sony phones.
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Last post by Hell Razor5543
22 Sep 2017, 18:27
Where's the New Posts icon gone to?

by Paul-R » 20 Sep 2017, 08:35

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It disappeared from my pages last night sometime.

Screenshot 2017-09-20 08.28.52.png

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I never noticed anything at all... I'd not even have realised but fore this thread... Same with scrolling!!!

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Last post by CitroJim
21 Sep 2017, 11:59
French Car Chat Forum

by GiveMeABreak » 25 Aug 2017, 13:05
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The 'French Car Chat' Forum has now been renamed to ' The Off Topic Chat Lounge'.

There have been no changes to the existing topics or posts. It was just felt that there needed to be a place for posts that did not fit into any of the other categories and to encourage posts of a more general nature to be posted here instead of in the technical...

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hi,

Thx for the answare. I understand .
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Last post by Andrei
05 Sep 2017, 09:09
Update to the Acceptable Usage Policy - Sept 2017

by GiveMeABreak » 01 Sep 2017, 11:28

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Please note that the FCF Admin Team have amended the FCF Acceptable Usage Policy to clarify the rules concerning Profile Signatures and Commercial Posts as of September 2017.

An extract from the AUP concerning the changes is listed below, however all members are kindly asked to visit the following link and familiarise themselves with the updated...

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See my post above showing the portrait mobile screen on an iPhone 6plus - no avatar section at all, so focusses on the post content. The display is adaptive depending on your screen size and resolution, so different for each person depending on what they use. The changes were mostly to improve mobile use, where display options are obviously very...

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Last post by GiveMeABreak
04 Sep 2017, 13:32
Private Message Improvements

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jul 2017, 00:10

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Just to advise members that we have made some improvements to the Private Messaging System used on the Forum:
We have increased the Mailbox limit from 100 to 200 messages
We have now enabled image file attachments to be sent in private messages.
All effective immediately.

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I have just adjusted a forum setting which should have fixed this issue.

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Last post by xantia_v6
14 Aug 2017, 21:45
TapaTalk error

by Welshy_Pete » 06 Aug 2017, 19:54

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I get a error with using tapatalk when out and about with my smart phone on this forum?

But it works fine on my laptop no problems just seeing if anybody else gets the same problem using Tapatalk.

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With the last forum software upgrade the tapatalk function has been discontinued.
See this thread

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Last post by myglaren
06 Aug 2017, 20:02
Forum maintenance Monday 07/08/2017 Completed (early)

by xantia_v6 » 05 Aug 2017, 15:48

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I have now completed this update ahead of schedule.

You should notice a couple of user-facing improvements:
The post-love summaries at the top of forum pages are now better formatted and a more readable on small screens (I have also changed the settings a little)
The broken smileys are fixed =D>

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I have just noticed that if you have previously posted a message with a broken smiley, it still appears broken unless you edit the post (e.g. add a space anywhere) .

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06 Aug 2017, 04:51
Improvements to forum usability on small screens

by xantia_v6 » 31 Jul 2017, 16:44
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I am looking into ways of improving the usability of the forum for members who are using small-screen devices such as phones.

I have made one change already, and that is to add some navigation buttons back into the small screen version of the site header. (you won't see any difference unless you are viewing on a phone or similar).

Let me know if...

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I thought there was a difference when I checked again this morning and this is perfect for me. I can more or less forget about using the hamburger now and this provides a choice - I'm more than happy with this latest update Mike, a vast improvement for me.
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Last post by GiveMeABreak
03 Aug 2017, 10:36
Non functioning icons and notification colours

by Mandrake » 24 Jul 2017, 09:19
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A couple of minor issues I thought I better report, one with emoticons that seems to have broken some time in the last few months, and a long standing issue with notifications.

There seem to be a couple of emoticons that aren't working, (text isn't substituted for the correct icon) below I've clicked on all the standard set of icons in order so...

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But you do if someone quotes you, notifications are now very red.
Much better thanks.
I don't want an answer but why when I cleared the cache for everything in my browser and also used the delete all board cookies did it get worse and then get fixed by this? It's always me these things like to happen to.
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Last post by elma
29 Jul 2017, 23:15
Discontinuation of Tapatalk Support

by GiveMeABreak » 22 May 2017, 14:39
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This forum's software will shortly be upgraded to a new version of phpBB (v3.2.0). This will ensure the long term stability and support of the forum. However, as one of the measures to improve the ongoing security of the site, the Tapatalk interface will be permanently disabled.

We realise that this will cause some upset to the few users who...

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Ah thanks both, so in effect the same as using my pc.
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Last post by demag
24 Jul 2017, 19:05
Notification email delivery issues to some domains

by xantia_v6 » 20 Jun 2017, 21:20

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Since moving to the new server we are having difficulty with a few email service providers not accepting our notification emails.
We are raising support tickets with the administrators, but in some cases it may take some time to get action. If you are a customer of one of the following email providers, you might like to raise your own support...

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I noted that my hotmail notifications were hitting my Junk, which was surprising. Simply fixed of course just by hitting 'Not Junk'.

That is not unusual behaviour after a change in our email delivery system, but after a few weeks (and a few users telling them that the notifications are not junk), it should settle down.

That happened to me...

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Last post by elma
05 Jul 2017, 22:31
Server Maintenance 30/6/2017 - Completed

by xantia_v6 » 29 Jun 2017, 19:12

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Our hosting company has scheduled a maintenance operation on Friday 30/6/2017. This site should be off line for approximately 30 minutes, some time after 21:00 BST.
The purpose of the maintenance is to replace the server RAM with bigger, faster devices, but I am not sure if we will see any direct speed benefits.

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To be honest, I don't think that we will see any benefit, as we don't get any more RAM, and the forum speed is more limited by processor speed and disk access time than RAM speed.

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Last post by xantia_v6
01 Jul 2017, 10:02
Posting photos.

by Gibbo2286 » 04 Mar 2017, 11:36
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I've been using Photobucket for putting images up but it seems to have all gone to pot recently, tried for ages yesterday without any success.
Any tips?

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It is good that you got your image to post.

I have found that there is a bug fix in the exif handling library that the forum uses, and (at least for MikeTs files), the problem is gone in the release candidate for the next version of phpBB. I can't give a date for when we will be installing the next version (which is only a minor update release),...
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Last post by xantia_v6
30 Jun 2017, 19:25
Forum maintenance Monday 12/06/2017 - Completed

by xantia_v6 » 03 Jun 2017, 08:00
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On Monday, 12/06/2017 I will be taking this forum off-line to move it to a new server.

As part of the server transfer, all the operating system and support software will be upgraded to latest versions and the phpBB forum software will have a major upgrade to V3.2.0.

As one of the measures to improve the ongoing security of the site, the...

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Yep now working fine :)
Thanks and well done.
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Last post by wurlycorner
20 Jun 2017, 19:27
Forum Upgrade June 2017 - Cache Clearing

by GiveMeABreak » 08 Jun 2017, 14:14

Forthcoming Forum Upgrade, June 2017

There is a likelihood that post-upgrade, some elements of the Forum may not display properly. This will be due to the cached or stored content that browsers hold locally on your device to improve webpage loading.

In preparation for the forthcoming Forum software upgrade (likely to be Monday 12th June between...

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Last post by GiveMeABreak
08 Jun 2017, 14:14
Phone won't stay logged in...

by Zelandeth » 03 Nov 2016, 17:21
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This started around the time of the most recent switchover to HTTPS.

Desktops are all unaffected, but on my phone as soon as I navigate away from the site I find I have to log back in on my return. So long as I leave the tab open and don't leave the site it seems fine - even overnight.

Running Dolphin browser version 11.5.11 on Android 6.0 on a...

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Thanks for taking the time to look into it. So far it seems to be behaving today.

I'll report back on whether that remains the case. Definitely doesn't seem worth investigating any further time into with the upgrade so close down the road though.
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Last post by Zelandeth
06 Jun 2017, 12:17
User Selectable Large Font Size

by xantia_v6 » 28 May 2017, 06:52

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As a solution to the issue of the forum font being too small for some users on some portable devices, we will be implementing a user-selected option to increase the font size.

This scheme is currently prototyped on a test forum that is located at (it will be live here after our next software upgrade in a few weeks).

If you log into fonts and...

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I'm not sure I follow the need for this anyway. On both my Android devices I can simply pinch and zoom in or out to make the text bigger or smaller as I wish.

Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk
The subtlety is that if you make thinks larger by pinch and zoom, the whole page expands, and then you have to scroll backwards and forwards to see the...

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Last post by Michel
02 Jun 2017, 08:49
A request for admin

by daviemck2006 » 27 May 2017, 00:57

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Would it be possible to make a photo selected for an avatar to automatically resize to the correct size. I have tried on numerous occasions to set an avatar and failed because I have no idea how to resize photos on the phone/tablet.

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Its just on for a laugh just now as I am learning, and to try to lighten my mood a bit lol

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Last post by daviemck2006
28 May 2017, 01:04
Forum outage 26/05/2017 - now resolved

by xantia_v6 » 26 May 2017, 09:33

The FCF forum was down for some hours during the night.

This was due to a log file run-away that used all of the available disk space on the server.
The root cause is not yet known, but is not believed to be due to any recent changes to the server configuration. It could have been the result of some cyber attack on the site, or it could have been...

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26 May 2017, 09:33
Scrolling in Forum.....???

by hamster99 » 04 May 2017, 20:15

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Anyone else having this problem??............

When I am on the FCF site the scroll wheel on my mouse doesn't work.............scroll bars are fine and if a link from a post opens in the same window the scrolling works.. :? :?

Strange......

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Anyone else having this problem??............

When I am on the FCF site the scroll wheel on my mouse doesn't work.............scroll bars are fine and if a link from a post opens in the same window the scrolling works.. :? :?

Strange......
It sounds like a focus issue, maybe there is some hidden pop-up which has stolen the focus. Try hitting...

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Last post by xantia_v6
05 May 2017, 04:46
Poll

by superloopy » 13 Mar 2017, 19:26

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Can we assume that the poll, now closed and locked, can be classed as a 'once in a generation poll' as regards the proposed changes?

If so, i can head into an early retirement at peace, no more image driven 'subforums' with 'pictures' please ..... although i note that the closing post on the discussion seems to leave the issue itself open.

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Mike, we are always striving to make this forum the best and offer new benefits and improvements. This policy does mean that from time to time new things will be trialled...

I think we have learned from this that before invoking any significant usability changes the democratic process must be followed...

You can therefore rest assured.

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Last post by CitroJim
14 Mar 2017, 06:05
A suggestion.

by Gibbo2286 » 03 Mar 2017, 13:07

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I often read posts and think 'if I knew whereabouts the poster lived I might be able to pop round and help/advise.' but frequently there is no location listed in the user profile.

I wonder if it would be possible to persuade users to add, say, just the first three digits of their postcode in their profile.

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...or four digits, if your first half runs to four. A really good idea.

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Last post by white exec
03 Mar 2017, 15:52
iPad login

by white exec » 17 Nov 2016, 09:05

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Currently unable to Log in to FCF on iPad - all ok on PC.
After hitting Log in and entering ID and pwd, nothing happens; screen remains on Log in.
Just me?

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That was it, Mike. Sorted.
Thanks.

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17 Nov 2016, 10:17
Forum software update 06/11/16

by xantia_v6 » 06 Nov 2016, 01:26

I have performed a minor software version upgrade. There should be no impact for users, let me know if you observe any unusual behavior.

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06 Nov 2016, 01:26
Site reconfigured to use secure (https://) browsing protocols

by xantia_v6 » 29 Sep 2016, 06:16
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The site is now in secure mode again.

I have upgraded this site to use SSL encryption on all locally hosted content. This means that data flowing between your browser and this site (in both directions) is encrypted and cannot (in normal circumstances) be eaves-dropped.

On the front page and other pages you should see the secure padlock symbol...

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Certainly no speed problems for me.
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Last post by Paul-R
01 Nov 2016, 19:29
French Car Forum - Car Sticker Poll

by GiveMeABreak » 20 Sep 2016, 16:21
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Thanks for Taking the Poll :)

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Oh I see! I didn't realise there was a poll before this one.
There wasn't a previous actual 'Poll', but there was a lot of designs that we posted ad-hoc in the thread for members to comment on and make suggestions - so a lot of tweaks and changes until we finalised the 4 circular and 4 rectangular designs that have culminated in the vote or Poll....
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30 Sep 2016, 23:53
Forum font question

by white exec » 07 Aug 2016, 11:18

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Sometimes need to print out of few pages from the Forum.
No problem with graphics, photos, headers etc., but the simple body text of posts gets badly font-approximated/substituted for me.
Could someone identify the font in use, so I can install it, and get a decent text printout?

It's just this chunk of text (in blue) that's the problem....

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Pleased you found it!
I'm afraid I just copied and pasted it into Libre Office Writer and fiddled with fonts until I found a visual match.

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Last post by myglaren
07 Aug 2016, 13:16
Private Message Problem

by somersetdude » 04 Aug 2016, 17:38

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I received a private message from another forum member and have tried replying to it and also sending a PM directly, however the messages stay in my 'Out Box' and don't move to 'Sent Items'.
As I've not had a response to the messages I've sent, I'm wondering if they haven't actually been sent, hence why they are still in my 'Out Box'

Any help...

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You are welcome.

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Last post by Hell Razor5543
04 Aug 2016, 17:55
Forum outage 05/07/2016

by xantia_v6 » 05 Jul 2016, 14:45

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The forum has been down for a couple of hours due to a database cache file corruption.

I don't know what caused it, and I have only taken the minimal steps to rebuild the cache at this time.

If the problem recurs, I will need to do a more complete cleaning of the database itself, but would rather not do that today.

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Obviously that database was a final product from the Rover factories, if it could crash by itself. I had that error a few times as well. If you have a Citroen version installed do make sure to leave one small problem in it, otherwise it will get confused with being fully functional and crash anyway. :-D

:lol:

MySQL is definitey a Citroen...

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Last post by CitroJim
07 Jul 2016, 17:24
Foruuuuuuum!

by white exec » 18 Jun 2016, 12:59

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Our lovely Header has lost its superfluous full-stop =D>
but gained another 'u' #-o
Perhaps a go-faster theme ? 8-[

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^^^ :)
Bought that for my grandson but I don't think he has opened it.
They seem to be quite hot on spelling and punctuation at his new school. A very good thing in my opinion.
At his last school they didn't seem bothered to the extent that letters they send to parents and the school's website are practically illegible.
Spelling, grammar and...

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18 Jun 2016, 16:51
Google Chrome

by jimmymarsbar » 09 Jun 2016, 11:55
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Having issues logging in on Google Chrome, as I attempt login, it just goes back to the login page, asking for username and password (login details are correct - doesn't throw up the password incorrect message).

Login works OK on IE

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Same here on Ubuntu and Linux Mint. (Firefox, Chromium & Arora)

Reinstalled Ubuntu last week Jim - dual boot with Mint.
It seems to be working OK again, perhaps they picked up on whatever bugs were affecting it. (16.04 Xenial Xerus ).
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11 Jun 2016, 11:24
Forum outage 9/6/2016 - 10/6/2016

by xantia_v6 » 10 Jun 2016, 12:08

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Contrary to my earlier message, I have now restored the database as it was late yesterday evening. I think that I have corrected a minor configuration error, and this means that all postings and PMs from yesterday have been restored, but any this morning (there were not many) have been lost.

If you have trouble logging in, please delete your...

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I have just made an additional configuration change to the site cookie ID which should help any users who are still having problems logging in.

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11 Jun 2016, 08:56
iPhone won't stay logged in

by Mandrake » 25 May 2016, 09:17

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Hi Admins

A problem I've noticed in the last week or two (I think) is that my iPhone won't stay logged into the forum - every time I receive an email notification and click the link to open it in Safari I find that I am not logged in.

If the post is in the blogs area (which is not visible to users logged out) then I am prompted to log in. I log...

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Works fine for me on Android 6 and on the PC (Windows 10, Chrome)

Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

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Last post by BenC5HDi
11 Jun 2016, 00:20
New domain

by vborovic » 09 Jun 2016, 12:43

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Is it me, or is the forum now located on .com, instead of .co.uk?

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I have now configured the server so that it accepts connections on the .com domain, but forces the browser back to the .co.uk domain, to avoid some undesirable side effects with phpBB and multiple domains.

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Last post by xantia_v6
09 Jun 2016, 13:44
Beta Release of a Brand New FCF

by CitroJim » 25 Nov 2014, 19:36
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A brand new version of the phpBB forum software was released on the 1st November. This release was not just an update but a whole new one with lots of new and good features. It is quite a bit richer than the current software.

Quietly behind the scenes I have been testing and configuring it with plans to roll it out as the next incarnation of the...

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Jim - G4MEZ?

Well done James :D That's correct!

Interesting stuff on dyslexia and worth noting in the case of forum readability...
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24 May 2016, 09:05
Deletion of Inactive User Accounts

by CitroJim » 23 Jan 2011, 18:27
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From now on, in order to maintain a clean user database on this forum, all accounts that are registered and activated but remain unused (i.e. not logged on to) will be deleted after a period of three months.

Similarly, where accounts have lain dormant with no posts and no logon for a period of six months will be similarly deleted.

We will never...

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Understood!
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16 May 2016, 18:31
Email to Hotmal and Outlook Addresses (Resolved)

by CitroJim » 04 May 2016, 17:13

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...Is currently blocked and any outgoing email from the forum to either Hotmail or Outlook addresses is being rejected..

We will resolve as soon as possible...

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This issue is now resolved...

Thank you for your patience...

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Last post by CitroJim
05 May 2016, 12:14
Planned forum outage for maintenance 25/04/2016

by xantia_v6 » 24 Apr 2016, 18:00

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I intend to take the forum off-line for a software upgrade on Monday morning.

All going well, the downtime should be less than 30 minutes, but this is not guaranteed.

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Cor, a 14 month year would be excellent, as long as those two extra months were in the summer!

So I'm going to get the 31st of June for 60 days

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Last post by daviemck2006
25 Apr 2016, 13:20
Maintenance of Forum E-mail Server and DNS

by xantia_v6 » 09 Apr 2016, 06:18

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Over the next few days I will be reconfiguring the e-mail server and DNS for frenchcarforum.co.uk and bxclub.co.uk.
This work is required to co-host the email servers with the forum servers (following the relocationof the forum servers a few months ago).

There should be no disruption to the forums or web services, but there may be periods when...

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Good :D Anything that clobbers spam is good in my book... Make it as strict as possible I say..

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Last post by CitroJim
13 Apr 2016, 18:21
Forum header legibility.

by citroenesque » 19 Jan 2016, 10:57

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Not sure if it's an issue for all, but at some, broadly 'normal' window widths, the French Car Forum title is lost - in part - against the white of the Renault logo...

A drop shadow or fine outline would solve this :)

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Well, despite being on one of the iPad thingies when I look at this most of the time, I've never had a problem.

Maybe the different platforms do odd things? :mrgreen:

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Last post by Xantianut
21 Jan 2016, 23:19
Trivial problem...My avatar has gone AWOL

by NewcastleFalcon » 13 Dec 2015, 09:14

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...yes I noticed my little picture of an Orangina H-Van went AWOL yesterday evening. Not through any activity on my part to my knowledge, and its probably quite difficult to inadvertently delete an avatar. Hardly ever go to my profile and do anything.

....its replaced for now with a Renault Floride on the N7 courtesy of Thierry Dubois :)

glitch...

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The dog rounded up the missing avatars, and copied them back to their respective pens, but any that have been manually updated since the server move should have been left as they were.

Let me know if there are any still missing.

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Last post by xantia_v6
16 Dec 2015, 04:25
Forum Outage 11 December 2015...

by CitroJim » 11 Dec 2015, 13:38

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The latest Forum outage from late last night until today was caused once again by a failed Internet Connection to the old host servers.

Following the last outage of this nature a few days ago some contingency plans were made to guard against this eventuality. We did not expect that eventuality to happen quite so soon but it did.

A decision was...

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It would appear that everyone is happy!

I will however be taking the forum off-line for a while in the early hours tomorrow morning (UK time) to do some reconfigurations/upgrades to the database.

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Last post by xantia_v6
14 Dec 2015, 19:17

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