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Message started by Webmaster on 11/29/06 at 18:40:28

Title: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/29/06 at 18:40:28
Hey, I see y'all snooping around out there, someone post something so that I know this thing works, m'kay?? C'mon...looky all the fun stuff...doodads and whatnots and thingamajigs...

[smiley=beer.gif] It's even got BEER!

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Henrik_B._Boegh on 11/29/06 at 19:06:37
Hi,

I'm eager to find out how it works with all the changes! :) Have you made any changes on imageposting etc?

Cheers,
Henrik

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/29/06 at 19:18:44
I think so. I am still tweaking security settings, so I'm not sure if we'll have attachments permanently. We also have polls. The biggest changes are probably from my end, with a vastly improved admin panel and lots more options (including improved support for moderators). I still have to log in with all my varied usernames and see what's visible where.

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/29/06 at 21:58:27
Ok, now I'm talking to myself...pathetic, really.

I think I have the redirect set up from the old forum to make a seamless jump to this one. I've hidden a few secret goodies here and there, now I am just in the process of cleaning up the server a bit before I fall down...I loathe working with perl, chmodding, and digging through the bowels of my server to root out those last few bugs (yes, that was vivid, chilluns).

By the way, user images/avatars are maxing out at 200x300. Sorry, folks, it's the way the .css style sheet crumbles. If I find a workaround, I'll do it, but I've been going on this since 6AM and I ain't gonna last much longer (you can tell I'm fried when I start sayin' things like "ain't gonna").

I can hear you breathing out there.........POST something. Anything so I can see how things run and what needs to be fixed...

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Vicar Wm Gray Beard Abernethy on 11/29/06 at 22:25:45
Nice change, Madame Webmistress!  Thanks for all of the hard work!  I know it's not easy, cause I dabble at it as the Clann of the Wolf webmaster.  By the way, did you get a chance to change the URL for the Clann of the Wolf website in the Clan Cameron listing as I requested a while back? ::)

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/29/06 at 23:16:45
Dang it...I'll tell you what I told young Mr. Buchanan about HIS update:

I went on vacation at the end of October (groupie road trip ::) ), and when I got back, I was buried under a landslide of work. Between the forge and the animal shelter, I haven't had time to get anything done...then my laptop gave up the ghost and I got snagged up trying to build/configure something new...and then this forum problem compounded my woes.

Happy to say, I am gradually getting through the backlog, and hope to be caught up by the end of this month. And, as I said to Young Mr. Buchanan, I will put YOU on the top of the pile.

I didn't forget, the to-do pile just got the best of me.

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Vicar Wm Gray Beard Abernethy on 11/30/06 at 08:55:34
No problem, my dear, as I said your efforts on this website are very much appreciated and enjoyed, and I know from reading most if not all of your posts that you have a whole lot of other pans on the fire.  What you can, when you can!
A Happy St. Andrew's Day, one and all.  Alba aye!

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/30/06 at 09:05:03
Your update's done. Now I'm off to do Young Mr. Buchanan's update, which is a titch more involved.

I see a whole lot of people lurking around, but no one's posting.  >:(

Note: If you are having trouble remembering your password, use the "Forgot Password" button. Enter either your user name or the email address that you signed up with, and the software will send you a link to a window that resets your password and lets you sign in (you can then go and change your password by using the "profile" button at the top of the page). If that doesn't work, email me direct and I will manually reset your password and mail it to you.

I know, it's a pain to get new software up and going, and to remember your old passwords, but trust me, the administration/moderation panel is SO much better...I can do things in one step now that used to take three.

And did I mention there's BEER?  [smiley=beer.gif]

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Vicar Wm Gray Beard Abernethy on 11/30/06 at 09:14:23
Thanks much for making the change, and it works great!  But where's the beer?  I have been looking for it everywhere, and so far have come up dry!   :-?

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/30/06 at 09:25:51
In the box at left of text entry, entitled "More Smilies" use the drop-down menu and select "beer," which will show the little beer dude. Click on him, and he gets inserted into your message. Voilą...beer.

Oh Young Mr. Buchaaaaanan...your update is done and on the main page! Feel free to post that info in "Events and Goings-on," as well!

Ok...now off to the rest of this stuff. Told you guys you were on the top of the pile!

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Chris Timm on 11/30/06 at 10:03:30
This looks GREAT! ;D ;D ;D Thanks for all your efforts!!

Chris

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Henrik_B._Boegh on 11/30/06 at 15:07:23
I like the changes!

OK, now I know where the beer is... But where is the whisky!?!?!?! ;D

[smiley=beer.gif]Cheers,
Henrik

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Vicar Wm Gray Beard Abernethy on 11/30/06 at 16:44:32
Henrik,
Aye, me lad, now you're talking! [smiley=beer.gif] A wee dram of the water of life, if you please, Webmistress! ;)

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/30/06 at 17:29:36
Man, youse guys are never satisfied. Okay...here:

:whisky

Good enough?

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Brian Carpenter on 11/30/06 at 17:40:08
I like it!  Though, oddly enough, my signature got altered during the changeover (apparently) and I've had to re-do it.... [smiley=huh.gif]

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Webmaster on 11/30/06 at 17:53:09
Yeah...looking at the Good Vicar's sig, it seems as if they got truncated.  [smiley=huh.gif]

(Vicar, please edit your signature!)

But, it was a HUGE conversion. It wasn't just an upgrade, it was a new install and then converting the old files and transfering them into the new software...so there was a LOT going on there.

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Henrik_B._Boegh on 11/30/06 at 18:21:29
Ah! Now we can finally get the water of life to give its' wee sparkles of Jacobitism into our wanting veins! ;D

:whisky"Ae toast tae the webhost!!!" :whisky

Cheers,
Henrik

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Vicar Wm Gray Beard Abernethy on 11/30/06 at 23:54:19
Aye, Henrik, I'm feeling a great bit better now meself!  Thanks, and here's a toast to the Webmistress with the good stuff!!! :whisky and one to all Scots while it's still St. Andrew's Day :whisky and one because it's Friday in 10 minutes :whisky and one to celebrate the fine new look of the H&H website :whiskyand one for...uh...just cause it tastes soooo good! :whisky

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by John Rogers on 12/01/06 at 08:21:39
I seems as though some one has done a lot of work....many thanks.  I'm old eneough to not like things because they are new, but because they are better.  I like this!!!!!

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Slainte on 12/01/06 at 15:51:04
I like it, too. It looks great!

Slainte ;)

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Daniel Foster on 12/02/06 at 11:39:53
Looks good, Ma'am. Thank you for all you do, job well done. Here's to you!  [smiley=beer.gif] And to evryone else!  [smiley=whisky.gif]   ;)

Daniel

Title: Re: Is this thing on?
Post by Wim-Jaap on 12/04/06 at 02:34:20
Looks good Ma'am!
It's easier to see when there are new posts!

Greenthings Wim-Jaap

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