OpelGT.com -10th Anniversary

Gary · 01-26-2008

OpelGT.com's 10th Anniversary on the web will be on February 5th. As we approach our second decade (ouch) I want to give a little update on what is happening behind the scenes.

Server Move - The move to a new host server is complete. OpelGT.com outgrew the capacity of a shared server host and needed space to continue and expand our features. After a lot of research, a host was chosen that provides a fast, secure, stable server with upgradable packages at a reasonable cost. In addition to the space issue, there were several security issues with the old host that allowed hackers to use our resources. I still see their access attempts in the error logs.
Site Changes - In order to keep the look and flow of the site and because of past security problems, a couple of our old features be going away. VbPicgallery, the Blocs and the Article section will be replaced with stable programs that are closer to the core program. I am also looking at updating the "look" of the site.
Upgrades - I am constantly upgrading the programs we use so we can take advantage of new features and security updates. (The Classified Ad Board program has had a least 10 upgrades in the past 6 months) The Forum program is getting close to a stable release of a major upgrade that adds a lot of new features.
New Features - Many are in the pipeline. Social networking for the regional clubs, Tech Articles, Restoration Articles, New self customizable user control panel, a new Blog are a few that come to mind.

Again, thank you to all who support the site by clicking on the donation button or the ad links and those who have given "in kind" donations and thank you to all who share their knowledge here so we can keep the classic Opels running worldwide!

RallyBob · 01-26-2008

Originally Posted by Gary

Again, thank you to all who support the site by clicking on the donation button or the ad links and those who have given "in kind" donations and thank you to all who share their knowledge here so we can keep the classic Opels running worldwide!

No, thank you Gary for all you've done!

tekenaar · 01-26-2008

Originally Posted by RallyBob

No, thank you Gary for all you've done!

. . . and I very much SECOND that!

Ooooner · 01-26-2008

Gary, if it wasn't for you and this site, I would go completely crazy. (Some people think I'm already there

). Thank you.....

kevinfier · 01-26-2008

Gary,
Congratulations on the upcoming anniversary.
Thank You for all you do.
Kevin

Sparky73 · 01-26-2008

Well thanks to all the help on the site with fixing my cars, and recently selling my orange GT, a donation from me will be in the near near future!

Thank You Gary for all the hard work, dedication to keeping this site up and running, and providing it to us free of cost! Imagine how little work we would be getting done on our cars without the help of OpelGT.com

Paul · 01-26-2008

Wow 10 years, ... Hard to imagine... Thanks Gary!!!!!!

dcm013 · 01-26-2008

Gary, without you and this site there wouldn't be an Opel Community. Thanks to you there's a place for Opelers the world over to get together, as well as find the answer to just about any question they have! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten back into Opels without this site to help light the way.

Don McLean

saxybiker · 01-26-2008

Wow, ten years.... where does the time go? Seems like just yesterday, we were just finding people on the yahoo groups and getting "yahooed" right out of chat. Now, we have National Meets in different parts of the country.

What a great and growing community we have now. Thanks Gary!

Vickie & Allen

2 Fast 4 U · 01-26-2008

Originally Posted by RallyBob

No, thank you Gary for all you've done!

Originally Posted by tekenaar

. . . and I very much SECOND that!

And I SECOND that SECOND!

I think that all the people that are member or just visit this site, find a lot of pleasure in reading or posting information.
Gary go for the next decade

heimue · 01-26-2008

Happy Birthday, OpelGT.com! Your Birthday present is in the mail!

Thank you so much Gary!

Dieter

namba209 · 01-26-2008

Originally Posted by saxybiker

Wow, ten years.... where does the time go? Seems like just yesterday, we were just finding people on the yahoo groups and getting "yahooed" right out of chat. Now, we have National Meets in different parts of the country.

What a great and growing community we have now. Thanks Gary!

Vickie & Allen

Yeah, I can remember those days, and then finding this site. WOW. I can tell you if it wasn't for this site, and the old Yahoo site, Willit? may not have even got started, let alone get finished. So I can either thank or blame Gary for all the fun I've had with the project over the years, by keeping this site so well run. Naw, I can't blame him for what I've done, so I'll just add my birthday wishes along with the rest of the members and keep my quarterly donations coming. For all the hard work in maintaining the site, Thank you so much, Gary.

crliwa · 01-26-2008

Great Job Gary ..... I don't know when I first found the group but w/o it I'd only have 2 or 3 GT's and never found the Car and Driver 1900 (again) or the Targa.........THANK YOU

tomking · 01-27-2008

I have said it before, I think this is an outstanding site and because of this site it has generated a community. A community of great people all interested in Opels and Opeling. This site is well constructed, well organized and best of all well administered. Thanks very much Gary for being the glue helping to hold us together.

newman27 · 01-27-2008

Congratulations Gary! For this web site to thrive and expand over a whole decade required a lot of time and dedication on your part. Being able to visit here and actually watch the progress on my car being restored while Keith was hard at work was a dream come true. Now that the restoration is done, I still visit this site virtually everyday and read probably 75% of the threads. I'm hooked for sure.

THANK YOU!

Matt

broszzy · 01-27-2008

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OPELGT.COM!!
How about a history lesson for us newbies? did Gary start this web site on his own?

broszzy

Killer Texas GT · 02-03-2008

Gary,
It seems like just yesterday when we all gathered in California for the '98 Opel Picnic, and for me it was the first time to put names with faces. With out your hard work digging Opel GT.com out of the Yahoo darkages we can now know who can spell (OTTO keeps most of us straighted out)and write the worst. But with out your efforts the OPEL Community could not have prospered, and for me at least and I think most would say, that if not for this site we would not have learned as much about our Opels and received help from each Opeller when one needed a booster shot to the OPEL addiction.
Thanks, and may it grow in the next 10 years

GTJIM · 02-04-2008

Happy Birthday to us all!

The special thing about this International site is that the birthday will start here and carry on for 48 hours till the celebrations have gone right around the World.

jlthunder · 02-04-2008

Gary;

All I can say is Thank you Thank you Thank you

Johnvan · 02-04-2008

Thankyou so much for this fantastic site and all your hard work!
John

lkyrog · 02-15-2008

Dittos to all the "Thank You's" to Gary.

There is no way I would have got back into Opeling without this site....period

See you in Carlisle!

ravn99 · 02-16-2008

I say "The Best Car Web Site In the World" I have read and seen alot of them and thay are nothing like this one.....Hats off to Gary and the Mods keeping it together,,,And to all the really great tips and know how from everyone else ---Thank you---

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Ooooner Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Concord, North Carolina Posts: 1,118 Real Name: Roy Bell	Gary, if it wasn't for you and this site, I would go completely crazy. (Some people think I'm already there). Thank you..... __________________ Roy Bell 1973 Opel GT 74 Manta Rallye Concord, North Carolina Carolina Opel Club OMC

01-26-2008	#6 (permalink)
Sparky73 1000 Post Club Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 1,279 Real Name: Jon	Well thanks to all the help on the site with fixing my cars, and recently selling my orange GT, a donation from me will be in the near near future! Thank You Gary for all the hard work, dedication to keeping this site up and running, and providing it to us free of cost! Imagine how little work we would be getting done on our cars without the help of OpelGT.com __________________ Current 1970 GT; Under Construction Previous 1969 GT; Street/Strip Project 1969 GT; White with Black Interior, Automatic 1969 GT; Black Parts Car 1969 GT; White Parts Car 1970 GT; Silver with Red Interior 1971 GT; Orange with Black Interior, Turbo 1972 GT; Red Parts Car 1972 GT; Blue with Black Interior 1973 GT; Pearl Blue with Black interior. Full body kit.

01-26-2008	#7 (permalink)
Paul Member 1000 Post Club Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft Smith, Arkansas Posts: 1,481	Wow 10 years, ... Hard to imagine... Thanks Gary!!!!!! __________________ Paul

01-26-2008	#11 (permalink)
heimue "The Jägermeister" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newnan, GA - greater ATL area Posts: 1,515	Happy Birthday, OpelGT.com! Your Birthday present is in the mail! Thank you so much Gary! Dieter __________________ One 2.0-16V Opel is not enough

01-26-2008	#13 (permalink)
crliwa Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Long Island, N.Y. Posts: 361 Real Name: Craig Roberts	Great Job Gary ..... I don't know when I first found the group but w/o it I'd only have 2 or 3 GT's and never found the Car and Driver 1900 (again) or the Targa.........THANK YOU __________________ Craig Roberts

01-26-2008	#5 (permalink)
kevinfier Opel Adventure # 77 NC Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Coast of Illinois Posts: 211 Real Name: Kevin	Gary, Congratulations on the upcoming anniversary. Thank You for all you do. Kevin

01-26-2008	#8 (permalink)
dcm013 Opeler Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Troy, MI Posts: 333	Gary, without you and this site there wouldn't be an Opel Community. Thanks to you there's a place for Opelers the world over to get together, as well as find the answer to just about any question they have! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten back into Opels without this site to help light the way. Don McLean

01-27-2008	#14 (permalink)
tomking tomking Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SW Missouri Posts: 1,287	I have said it before, I think this is an outstanding site and because of this site it has generated a community. A community of great people all interested in Opels and Opeling. This site is well constructed, well organized and best of all well administered. Thanks very much Gary for being the glue helping to hold us together. __________________ TMK

01-27-2008	#16 (permalink)
broszzy Sick with Opelitus Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Janesville wisconsin Posts: 195	HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OPELGT.COM!! How about a history lesson for us newbies? did Gary start this web site on his own? broszzy

02-03-2008	#17 (permalink)
Killer Texas GT Senior Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Leonard, Texas Posts: 888	Wow!! Gary, It seems like just yesterday when we all gathered in California for the '98 Opel Picnic, and for me it was the first time to put names with faces. With out your hard work digging Opel GT.com out of the Yahoo darkages we can now know who can spell (OTTO keeps most of us straighted out)and write the worst. But with out your efforts the OPEL Community could not have prospered, and for me at least and I think most would say, that if not for this site we would not have learned as much about our Opels and received help from each Opeller when one needed a booster shot to the OPEL addiction. Thanks, and may it grow in the next 10 years __________________ rk 68 Kadett 2 Dr 1.1 SR/Rallye Suspension 68 Kadett Rallye 1.9/4 Spd & AC 69 GT 1.9/4 Spd 70 GT 1.9/5 Spd,87 Impulse PB/MC/4 wheel 10.5" vented Disc/complete suspension/power assist & tilt wheel steering 71 Kadett 2 Dr 1.1/4 Spd/4 wheel drum brakes(project:to a 1.9 FI/Auto 75 Big Brakes/Impulse vented rr Disc, Factory AC from Buick/Opel by Isuzu 72 GT 1.9 FI/Auto 75 Big Brakes/Impulse vented rr Disc 73 Manta Rallye 75 Ascona 1.9 FI/5 Spd/Impulse rr Disc brakes OPEL WERKS

02-04-2008	#18 (permalink)
GTJIM Old Opeler Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,686	Thank You, Gary! *Happy Birthday to us all!* The special thing about this International site is that the birthday will start here and carry on for 48 hours till the celebrations have gone right around the World. __________________ GTJim Opel Owner since last Century! Copyright © 2000-2009 J D Henry All Rights Reserved

02-04-2008	#19 (permalink)
jlthunder 1000 Post Club Join Date: May 2003 Location: Salfordville, PA Posts: 2,143 Real Name: Jeff	Gary; All I can say is Thank you Thank you Thank you __________________ 1972 Opel GT, Owner since 1983 2001 Saab 9-5 SE 3.0 Turbo V6 Weeeeeeeeeee!!! 1973 GT, Parted out, R.I.P. 1968 Kadette, Owner since 2006, Sold, 28 June 2008

02-04-2008	#20 (permalink)
Johnvan Panel Beater Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cowansville quebec Posts: 195	Happy birthday Thankyou so much for this fantastic site and all your hard work! John __________________ 1970 Opel GT Sunburst Yellow 1971 GT 1972 Opel GT Fireglow Orange

02-15-2008	#21 (permalink)
lkyrog 71 GT Owner Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Camp Hill PA (Near Carlisle) Posts: 252 Real Name: Roger Summy	Dittos to all the "Thank You's" to Gary. There is no way I would have got back into Opeling without this site....period See you in Carlisle! __________________ Life is shorter than you think...Live!

02-16-2008	#22 (permalink)
ravn99 Riding Low Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: St.Louis area Posts: 76	Congrats I say "The Best Car Web Site In the World" I have read and seen alot of them and thay are nothing like this one.....Hats off to Gary and the Mods keeping it together,,,And to all the really great tips and know how from everyone else ---Thank you--- __________________ "WHAT YEAR IS THAT 280Z?" "Is it an old prototype corvette?" "O.K. what the h*ll is it?" "You want to sell it?"

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