Today I installed a module on the main page that shows the latest topics in the Mk3Love Forum. This is my first modification to increase the usefulness of the front page. Originally it was just a placeholder for when users hit www.mk3love.com and then they could use the nav menu at the top to navigate [...]

A few weeks ago I bought a set of Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50 tires in 195/55/15 flavor from TireRack. Up until then, I was driving on Kumho Ecsta ASTs, a supposed “all-season” tire. The fact of the matter was, those all-seasons from Kumho got absolutely no traction in the snow. My car would be sliding all [...]

If I had it made, would you buy it? Would you sport Mk3Love swag? Shirts, sweatshirts, buttons, decals, bumper stickers, etc.? I’ve got some ideas floating around that I’d like to test out, but being as how I’m running this place myself it might be difficult to fund a lot of different products. I really [...]

Two nights ago I added Google Analytics tracking and have started to watch where visitors are coming in from. The four top traffic sources currently are:

direct links
(someone typing the site URL into their browser)
vwwatercooled.org.au
(due to my friend Raymond posting a link on his local forums)
forums.vwvortex.com
(I’ve added a link in my signature and have PM’d a [...]

Yesterday my second box of parts from Dimitri arrived. No photos yet as I just picked the box up this morning.
Contents include:

(2) Mk2 Jetta Euro rear plateholders BUY THEM HERE SOLD
(1) set of Mk2 Jetta Hella euro taillights [red/smoked] BUY THEM HERE SOLD
(1) set of Mk3 Vento OEM taillights [red/orange]
(1) set of Mk3 Vento in.pro [...]

Yesterday I passed the Mk3Love link out to some friends to get their opinions and feedback. One area that needed to be tweaked was the forum layout. I knew it would need some work as it was hastily installed yesterday morning, but I think I’ve got it to a point I’m happy with now.
Originally I [...]

Late last night (even after my blog post) I installed the phpBB forum and this morning I got the site template wrapped around the contents. I did some minor tweaking with the color scheme, but overall the default selection works well with our colors. There will definitely be some changes moving forward, but it didn’t [...]

Tonight I was able to get starter pages up for DIYs and Reviews. Things are going a little bit faster now that I have my templates established, but loading all of this information into the site is what will take the longest. I have most of the site mapped out, either in my head or [...]

I’ve got the basic version of the blog installed, but I’m still working to get the style all sorted out. The hardest part is getting the actual Wordpress layout to fit inside the Mk3Love skin. I’ve learned a lot about cascading style sheets (CSS) in the past couple days…

After much searching and being outbid on several auctions, I finally won a set of Votex load bars for my car! I hadn’t really been planning to buy to buy one so suddenly, but with some birthday money left over combined with a little Christmas shopping money, I spotted the auction on eBay and I [...]