Part of the problem was that the version of PHP that the old site ran on is getting to the end-of-life stage of support, meaning as the server OS updates, it will no longer support the old version, which would render the site useless more or less. If we did not at least do some updates to the site to make it run in a newer version of PHP, eventually the site would have stopped working completely.

So while he was at it, he added a lot of bad ass features and customization options to do what I think is a damn fine job at making sure there's a setting for everything for just about everyone. You can't please everyone, but you can come pretty damn close with the customization options that are now available.

For example, did you know that while the old site itself is gone, there are many things that you can customize to make the new site work and feel much like the old site? These are all things that can be done within your settings, so if you can point me to what specifically you are struggling with, I can help get you setup.

@Playmate said:

@Hampie Me too, not happy with how it is supposed to work, I'm confused and cannot get it working as I would like, and did try to send message to the Help section, but don't know if it actually went there as there was nothing saying it did>>>
While I do understand there needs to be improvement and updates to sites from time to time, I honest cannot work this one out....and I'm an oldie, yep as a user of site, and in age.
Is there a way to go back to the older site look??

There is no going back. The code bases were totally different, and the old site has been taken offline.

Learning new ways of doing things is always hard - and the older you are, and the longer you've been doing it just one way - the harder it is to make the changes.

But - if you don't want this site to DIE, many of these changes were needed. What's that you say? 2006 code works just fine in 2026? Tell that to Windows XP or MacOS Tiger! (neither of which can even run on modern hardware!)

I know its frustrating - but be patient - with yourself AND the site! I'm 62 - change doesn't come easy to me... but I see the value here... esp in the long-term viability of the site!

And use the bug reporting function and/or the helpdesk page to ask for help if you can't seem to figure it out! We (Staff) are here to help! (And we haven't had a pay raise since 2006! LOL)

I only kind of wish they would change the icon lol I mean I just don't like the way it looks in my browser tabs.

I still don't really like the current "close to the original" torrent layout, even though @joker went out of his way to accommodate one or two of my suggestions. After a while of that, I grudgingly tried the new grid layout.

Now, I wouldn't go back if you paid me. Well... I might. How much are we talking?