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MigSU wrote: ↑16:22 Tue 16 Nov 2021I don't see much point in this (inventing a new category).

+1

I think the existing Port categories are complicated enough without adding this.

The latest version of the style is now live. Please report any issues in this thread.

Thanks go to jdaw1 for creating the new version.

We (as in the Admins) might soon have the ability to upload tasting notes from a spreadsheet. The intent is to be able to create a new thread from a row in a spreadsheet containing three fields: Username, Subject (name of the Port) & a free text field containing the TN. Does anyone have spreadsh...

I can’t commit to this so please give my place to reserve #1

The Tasting Note index has been updated today. The TN count has increased from 7104 to 7811 since the last update on 4 Aug 2019. Thank you to Alex Bridgeman for the work he has done this week correcting erroneous data in the Tasting Note titles. The index has been updated to reflect these correctio...

Tripling the quantity of their premium wine only serves to maintain the perception of VP as being a cheap wine rather than being special, rare and worthy of comparison with the top tier wines from other regions. I don’t doubt this is true but I do sometimes think that some shippers are a bit unreal...

If volumes were trebled the producers would go back to having the majority of the vintage being stored in Gaia rather than sold I disagree. In all classes of wine, increasing price has a huge depressant effect on sales volume. Conversely there is good reason to expect a tripled volume at half price...

I used a feature in the admin control panel to migrate everyone to the new default style PortForumRed2021_11. This includes an override of any other style selected by the user (such as prosilver), which is why Andy has been seeing red. I have now removed the override so Andy and a few others should ...

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JacobH wrote: ↑22:54 Wed 10 Nov 2021 Ah. I'm really sorry - I remembered the discussion but thought only the logo's link had been set as a workaround and that the "unread posts" link was the default.

Don't be sorry, just be confused like we were before we worked out how to get around the feature disappearing

I seem to recall that a previous upgrade resulted in the "Unread posts" link disappearing from its previous default place in the phpBB software. Someone, perhaps more than one, requested that it be put back where it was. We found a workaround by having "Unread posts" as the defa...

I seem to recall that a previous upgrade resulted in the "Unread posts" link disappearing from its previous default place in the phpBB software. Someone, perhaps more than one, requested that it be put back where it was. We found a workaround by having "Unread posts" as the defa...

One of the topics of conversation which often comes up at a tasting is that of the cycle of the pricing of Vintage Port from release, through a dip around 8-18 years after release, recovery 19-25 years after, a very gentle increase with step changes 30, 40 and 50 years after the vintage until the p...

I'm still convinced that if VP volumes were trebled and the release price halved, not only would we get a more 'normal' secondary market, but the producers would make significantly more money. If volumes were trebled the producers would go back to having the majority of the vintage being stored in ...

I seem to recall that a previous upgrade resulted in the "Unread posts" link disappearing from its previous default place in the phpBB software. Someone, perhaps more than one, requested that it be put back where it was. We found a workaround by having "Unread posts" as the defau...

flash_uk wrote: ↑12:48 Mon 08 Nov 2021 Big applause and thanks to DRT for many hours to effect this upgrade, with no small levels of stress about potential errors/data loss.

Thanks, Mike.

The forum software and database have been upgraded to the current phpBB version. We are aware of some changed to the appearance of the board, particularly some bold text in places where it wasn't previously bold. This is part of the new release, not something we have changed and will be addressed by...

The forum software upgrades are lots of work and risk, the TN upgrades not so much. Feel free to nudge me for the latter more frequently.

The forum will be offline for most of tomorrow (Saturday 6 Nov) from around 10:00 UK time. We will hopefully be back online later in the day but please bear with us if it takes a while longer.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑21:35 Thu 04 Nov 2021

DRT wrote: ↑18:57 Wed 03 Nov 2021 open a bottle of Port and find something else to do

I am confused, why would I need to find something else to do if I've opened a bottle of Port?

My bad. Do those things in the other order and all will be fine.

The Admin team have completed testing the new version of the forum software so the live site will be upgraded within the next few days. Tapatalk users might lose access through that route for a while longer than via a browser as the Tapatalk upgrade can only be tested once the live site upgrade is c...

The Tasting Note index has been updated today.

The TN count has increased from 7104 to 7811 since the last update on 4 Aug 2019.

Last night I began preparations for a forthcoming upgrade of the forum software. I managed to delete some image data in error, almost all of which has now been restored from a backup. Unfortunately, the latest useable backup of that particular data set was from lunchtime on 21st October. This means ...

Last night I began preparations for a forthcoming upgrade of the forum software. I managed to delete some image data in error, almost all of which has now been restored from a backup. Unfortunately, the latest useable backup of that particular data set was from lunchtime on 21st October. This means ...