what I want to see is how a members folder will look and function here. Can one of you who has one start a folder and copy your html into it so we can get a feel for what it will look like and how it will function.
You can create folders and discussions here to experiment with the Web Crossing 5 software. These aren't necessarily discussions that will be preserved. If you find you want to preserve a discussion or folder, it might be necessary to export it so you can import into the "real site" later.
Hey Mark and/or SYSOP - Do you mind if I post a link to here from pf?
Yes you can post this link. This is a test site, but mostly a site to collect pledges for membership fees and donations so we all have an idea of the investment collectively being pledged by a subset of the membership. And it's a place to discuss how to morph this is interim test/discussion/pledge site into the customized site you all want.
Oh we will have egrams and who's here. We just need to decide which is the best package to use for the new forum. :cool:
Is what OK? You mean creating a member folder and importing stuff to customize it. Yeah you can give that a try -- I don't know what depends on scripts that are PF-specific. But this is one of the reasons to open the doors early. This is a place and time to experiment all you want.
OK...was testing out a forum. Played with it for a while, and found it to be amazingly customizable. But I ran into a snag. I attempted to put a snippit of CSS into the Header Banner for the forum and now when I go in there I just get a blank page. Could you possibly remove the CSS I put at the top of the banner section so I can get back in there???
There a few other things I'd like to try out.
By the way....I attempted to place the CSS there because I couldn't find another place for it. (on PF I have my CSS in the banner coding and it works there.) There was one spot where one could edit the CSS for the folder, but when I tried that it didn't work. Maybe it's something I didn't figure out yet??? :worried:
If you can't fix it, maybe we can just delete the botched one and I'll start a new test one.
Hey Mark - Any info on the current status of pf today? Is there an ETA of it getting up and running?
I did see this now
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This is really neat...I found the writing way to small so I set the 'Base Font' at 14, the Discussion Page Font settings to 'Large' and the site font face to 'Comic Sans Ms'...and it's pretty cool...
Mark...not sure where to post this request, but if you're reading in here....I started a new "Computer & Internet Help" thread/forum. Could you give me mod buttons for that please. And you can just delete the tester one I started last night. Thanks.
By the way...things are really looking good. I like the IM function! :smile:
The pledge form stuff is mostly implemented by Tim, but he's put time into fixing some issues here that users were complaining about (email addresses showing, a webx default), adding egrams, etc. So he didn't quite finish it but when he does there will be a prominent link.
I am importing the webx database now from the export file. Lance and I have communicated about this. He wants me to see if I can get PF a clean database again that doesn't keep crashing ("core dumping" in unix). I don't haev an ETA -- I really don't know if it will for sure (we've had problems once before importing PF). And I have no idea if it will be done on Sat or take longer. It has to import data that is going to recreate a 5 GB database. It will be smaller if it succeeds when it's done, but still there is a ton of stuff to import.
I don't understand what Lance is doing. Why does lance even care? He must be hearing from PF members that want to export their folders to other places.
it sure seems a huge waste of Mark's time to put that much effort into something that will be defunct in aobut 3 weeks. I'd say, close the doors and walk away
I'm just trying to keep my promises. Also some people do want to export data. And I'm giving Lance a chance to have a non-corrupt database by working on the export/import now. It's importing so we'll see if it succeeds to the end.
PF might stay open through July because some folks are talking about putting up the $620 I said I needed. I will honor that if the money comes specifically to keep open PF. This will give us more time to get this together anyhow. And I'll be on vacation July 1 to 11 also.
Last night when I received an egram, it worked the same way as in PF...The square box flashed in red and when I opened it to read, the box was the same size as PF...
Today I received an egram and instead of the egram box flashing like in PF, a red bull's eye turned up...When I clicked on it, I got my message but the egram box stayed very small, the size that it does when you click on'hide' or 'show' your name...Hard to type in such a small area...
Will it go back to the regular size to read like in PF?
Yeah, Thanks Mark. I hope it does work and some people can pony up enough to keep it running for another month. I won't be since I plan on spending it here. But I do hope you can get it up so we have some time to pull things off of there. Plus it would still leave a decent taste in people's mouths if you didn't leave Lance with a screwed up site once you pulled your servers on the 30th.
PF might stay open through July because some folks are talking about putting up the $620 I said I needed. I will honor that if the money comes specifically to keep open PF. This will give us more time to get this together anyhow. And I'll be on vacation July 1 to 11 also.
Thanks, Mark. I'll spread the word throughout the diaspora. :cool:
Hmmmm. Like that it pops right into the message, but there is no way to delete the stuff between @ and @ - at least not that I can see, but then I'm not particularly puter literate. Somebody might care to enlighten me.
I see the same #'s between the @'s no matter what properties I check on. You must only see your own. Not sure
Oh, and one feature I really like is that you can post a picture directly without going back and editing. Plus you can add a picture during an edit. Both things weren't possible at pf. You couldn't even do a spell check at pf without it loosing your attachment.
Hey Mark - Why doesn't it show me as the author for the Welcome Home folder? I changed my avatar especially because I didn't want people freaking out with my Creepy Guy at the header. :wink:
don't recall that on PF anywhere...
New Beginings
What a great name ...
I can tell already I'm going to like it here alot :grin:
Understood
Yes you can post this link. This is a test site, but mostly a site to collect pledges for membership fees and donations so we all have an idea of the investment collectively being pledged by a subset of the membership. And it's a place to discuss how to morph this is interim test/discussion/pledge site into the customized site you all want.
Oh we will have egrams and who's here. We just need to decide which is the best package to use for the new forum. :cool:
Without Moderator controls I couldn't do much, but as you can see, HTML coding, including tables and some CSS seems to work fine.
OK
OK...was testing out a forum. Played with it for a while, and found it to be amazingly customizable. But I ran into a snag. I attempted to put a snippit of CSS into the Header Banner for the forum and now when I go in there I just get a blank page. Could you possibly remove the CSS I put at the top of the banner section so I can get back in there???
There a few other things I'd like to try out.
By the way....I attempted to place the CSS there because I couldn't find another place for it. (on PF I have my CSS in the banner coding and it works there.) There was one spot where one could edit the CSS for the folder, but when I tried that it didn't work. Maybe it's something I didn't figure out yet??? :worried:
If you can't fix it, maybe we can just delete the botched one and I'll start a new test one.
Ooops, I already moved in:)
Oh...should have mentioned Mark...this is the bit that needs to be removed...
<style type="text/css">
body {
scrollbar-arrow-color: #9878C5;
scrollbar-base-color: #800000;
scrollbar-dark-shadow-color: #440000;
scrollbar-track-color: #9878C5;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #FF8080;
_
</style>
w00t!!
Please put a link here.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS
I did see this now
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Clue Master, Here's a housewarming gift for the new place.
CM---we need some MANA around here...heh
Exactly! I'd definitely give some to Paula
By the way...things are really looking good. I like the IM function! :smile:
I am importing the webx database now from the export file. Lance and I have communicated about this. He wants me to see if I can get PF a clean database again that doesn't keep crashing ("core dumping" in unix). I don't haev an ETA -- I really don't know if it will for sure (we've had problems once before importing PF). And I have no idea if it will be done on Sat or take longer. It has to import data that is going to recreate a 5 GB database. It will be smaller if it succeeds when it's done, but still there is a ton of stuff to import.
I don't understand what Lance is doing. Why does lance even care? He must be hearing from PF members that want to export their folders to other places.
I guess Mark wants to prepare the PF folders for export/import - it's a promise.
PF might stay open through July because some folks are talking about putting up the $620 I said I needed. I will honor that if the money comes specifically to keep open PF. This will give us more time to get this together anyhow. And I'll be on vacation July 1 to 11 also.
It is MUCH appreciated. Good Luck!
Today I received an egram and instead of the egram box flashing like in PF, a red bull's eye turned up...When I clicked on it, I got my message but the egram box stayed very small, the size that it does when you click on'hide' or 'show' your name...Hard to type in such a small area...
Will it go back to the regular size to read like in PF?
Thanks, Mark. I'll spread the word throughout the diaspora. :cool:
Hmmmm. Like that it pops right into the message, but there is no way to delete the stuff between @ and @ - at least not that I can see, but then I'm not particularly puter literate. Somebody might care to enlighten me.
I see the same #'s between the @'s no matter what properties I check on. You must only see your own. Not sure
Oh, and one feature I really like is that you can post a picture directly without going back and editing. Plus you can add a picture during an edit. Both things weren't possible at pf. You couldn't even do a spell check at pf without it loosing your attachment.