Agreed guys. I know the ads can be a bit of a pain, but he can clearly help us with the back end of the site, and keep us online.

I will let him know that we will go with it.

If he doesn't own a landy now, he may do once he gets started with the management of the servers!

Nice one guys!

As you know, we had an issue with the site over the past couple of days which has highlighted that we are lacking knowledge of keeping everything in tip top condition.

The site was repaired by Spike at our hosting company HostAndGo and he has offered to help us to keep the back end of the site running perfectly, keep us safe from hackers, up to date, run backups and general maintainance of the back end so this does not happen again.

I think this would be a good thing as it would allow us to keep everything running perfectly so we can get on with what we do best.

He has offered to do this by adding adverts to the site and he gets what the ads make. They wont be everywhere, just a few banner ads and things like that, and he has assured me that we wont have the Russian Bride ads again, or spam ads, so it wont be like it was when we used to have the ads.

He has also said that this will remove our hosting fees, so the site will run for free and he will look after everything.

I have said I wanted to run it by you all first, but I think it would be a good thing for us allowing us to get on with what we do, while making sure the site stays running perfectly without any hickups.

What do you guys think?

Rik - take a look at Defender11069 post here

http://www.landywatch.co.uk/smf2/index.php?topic=902

Has details of the reg of of the focus involved in his.... stolen plates granted but it may be linked in some way with your mates loss?

Cheers mate.

- Date of theft - 27/03/2013

- Time of theft  - 2AM

- General location from where the vehicle was stolen (e.g “Hallum area of Sheffield”).   Please DO NOT post exact details of the location, particularly if it was taken from your home. - WN2, Aspull, Wigan

- Model of Land Rover - Defender 90

- Body style (e.g “Station Wagon”, “Hard Top” etc.) - Station Wagon

- Engine (e.g “Tdi”, “Td5” etc.) - 2.5 Diesel

- Colour - Blue with White Roof - Red Snorkle

- Registration number - E79 JBF

- Chassis/VIN number (Optional, if you are happy to have this public for risk of 'ringing') - SALLDVAB7AA306500

- Engine number - 19J07781C

- Security features that were employed on the vehicle (e.g “Steering wheel lock”, "Pedal lock",  “Aftermarket alarm”, "Factory alarm".   Please include brand names where applicable) - Toad alarm, & Cut Off Switch

- Distinguishing features (damage, mods, anything that you think would help identify your vehicle)  - Big red snorkle, raised drivers seat, Bulkhead removal bar, new cloth seats, new exhaust, new UJ's, new propshaft, bump on left hand wing, bumper kinked on left hand side, rear seats, tinted rear windows, back door handle is rusty,

- Contact details of the relevant Police force handling the theft + crime number - Greater Manchester Police - Wigan - Crime Ref:42837N/13

- (OPTIONAL)  Your contact details if you are happy to have them public - Kev - 07943 395535

- Pictures of the vehicle - Attached

[Edit : Database updated]

Yes mate i believe so. Dave has put a photo up on Facebook, it was a lovely 90.

Hello rik and all LWs I have set up the system to start evaluation, first impression is I do not think it is suitable for use in a car, mainly because of the size of the PIR, also the colour, however this is early days, evaluation will continue and will be reported back. Regards Colin

Hope it proves useful, how about hiding it or some camouflage or a disguise? Strip the casing and refit in a speaker housing? Just thinking aloud.

Just got your payment mate, I will be shipping it out today for you.

Cheers buddy

Rik