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Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:27 PM
Me No Likey |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:33 PM
Amish, Chads, Cynthia, DNA Toby, Hogzilla, Bush's Bulge... sigh... I love a good pile-on |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:42 PM
If you listen real closely to the Laugh Track of several old re-run 60's TV comedies, you can hear an Audio Marker as "the crowd" laughs, where you will hear a diector call out "CUT". It's a classic Laugh Track Sound Byte, and, being vision impaired, I can recognize that sound marker like the voice of an old friend. Try it: watch an episode of "Bewitched" or "Beverly Hillbillies"... At the end of a spurt of laughs, you may faintly hear the director call out "Cut". This is an audio marker, not a call from the director on the set. You may hear the CUT audio marker and the scene continues. I liken it to "cigarette burns" in the upper right hand of old pre-digital films. That was amarker to show the projectionist when the next reel was upcoming (first burn), and when to switch over (second burn). Both of these miniscule bits of trivia are true. Or am I full of it. You tell me. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:46 PM
Would it be better to have the topics listed just by their titles, like it was before? I experimented with that, but I actually prefer not having to click on a link to see what somebody is talking about. The biggest advantage of this new design is that it allows images to be posted. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:48 PM
Hairy, did you mean to post that comment as a new topic? To post topics now you go to this link:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/admin.php
Maybe I should make that link more evident. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:49 PM
Oh, and once you go to that link you'll arrive at a 'control panel' (as long as you're a logged-in member). Once there, you click the 'publish' button in the top left corner. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:56 PM
Our Story So Far : links no longer automatically open in a new window. Bad.
I liked the collapsed titles. Being able to see the message makes for a long first screen.
There is also no indication on the first screen of the last date and time the thread was posted to, just the number of follow-up posts 'tho this isn't that big a deal since they are listed chronologically. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:56 PM
Images are good. I'm sure the world wants to see my old Fart Spray can. When the posters show an URL for a site in a post, though, we have an option of seeing that image from that site if we choose to, and don'thave to if'n we don't want to. I've enjoyed commenting on threads like The Marquessa De Edgemont's killing animals for art, but I don't have the heart to view her site. I don't even wanna see the Bonsai Kitty. Also, people may now be more inclined to post pics of flying pie plates and brothers dressed as aliens, a thumb on the lens as Jesus, etc. That's okay, but now, we strictly verbal Bullsh@tters may have to put up or shut up. I'm sure you'll figure it out. You're two time zones West of me, so you get some extra time to think about it. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 12:59 PM
No, I didn't mean to post that on a new topic page. I'm just that pain-in-the-butt kid-in-the-class who didn't mind asking a dumb question if I thought the rest of the class didn't get it. Worked out well, eh |
Charybdis
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:05 PM
Ahhh!!! Your auto-smilies turned my Satan Clause emoticon from my "Poor, poor Hairy" message into a crazy smilie with a stick of dynamite. Well, that's how I view it. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:06 PM
Okay, to reduce the load time of the page I've limited how much of the entry you see. You get a snippet, but to read the full entry you need to click on the 'comments' link. Maybe I should now change the name of that link to something like 'view full entry'. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:07 PM
kinky |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:07 PM
Nope, looks funny now. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:11 PM
yeah, the post at the lower part of the page are way to the left, and I usually prefer leftist views, but it's WAAy to the left- almost cut off... |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:11 PM
Do you feel pressured with Hairy and me sitting here watching you tinker? 'Cause we wouldn't want you to feel pressured. No. Not at all.
pressure, pressure, pressure... |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:18 PM
No, the comments are actually very helpful. And I should have this all worked out in a day or two. In the meantime, except frequent changes. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:25 PM
Hairy, what do you mean by the posts at the lower part of the page being almost cut off? I'm not seeing that. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:31 PM
You left out the message formatting instructions that used to be at the bottom of the page(italics, bold, etc) like "How to upload an image". |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:33 PM
Can I get a diagram?? |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:45 PM
The first three threads look normal in a white box. The next thread replaces the band on the right (most popular topics, etc) with the title of the thread and then continues under the first three but below the white box, in the light gray background. Then the fifth thread continues in the light gray. Then lots of blank page. Toward the bottom the 7th thread at the end of the light gray. Below the white gray, in the dark gray, is the remainder of the threads left aligned (all the way left, starts below the ads). The right border (pop topics, etc) is then left aligned below the messages.
If I could figure out how to upload pics I'd send you a couple of screen prints. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:55 PM
Much better, 'tho you took out the topic preview. Unless that was what was causing the misformating.
I just thank DOG you didn't mess with the Dusty ad. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 01:58 PM
You might try lengthening the forum list since it stops just after the start of the google ads and you have all this blank space there. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 02:11 PM
One last observation afforin I go to lunch - the threads are ordered by reverse time of creation, not last post. The recently commented entries only lists the last 7 entries or so - so any more updates will drop off and you'll have to search each thread to find new entries. I know this is like the front page but I liked the forum's reordering by last post better. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 03:48 PM
I see you've put the previews back and it's messed up again. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:09 PM
This is wierd. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:17 PM
I don't understand why putting short previews of the posts is messing everything up. It's some kind of weird software gremlin beyond my comprehension. However, the posts should now be ordered by the most recent comment, just as they were before. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:24 PM
Great. Looks much better except now you've lost you google ads and your right border lists.
Isn't programming great? |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:28 PM
The google ads can go. Nobody clicks on them down there anyway. I removed the right-border lists because I think it looks better without them. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:40 PM
Looks good. Of course I could just be making all these suggestions to get my number of posts up. (Assuming that now that this is a blog our posts here will be tracked with the others) |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:41 PM
Yeah! They are tracked.
Maegan here I come. :coolgrin: |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:52 PM
Um, since we're puplishing a new topic instead of posting a new message thread our user names are no longer listed at the end of the initial post, so we don't know who to blame. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 04:58 PM
I'm working on that as we speak. The problem is that when I imported the posts I got listed as the author of every single one of them, for some reason. Looked a bit egomaniacal. So before I put the author info back up I'm trying to get the correct authors listed. Like I said, things will keep changing over the next day or two. |
Myst
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 08:05 PM
Wow you have been busy redecorating Alex. Looks good, I like it. Only one gripe the subjects are no longer in order like they were, I know you are still working on it so I won't complain to loudly. 😛 |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 10:12 PM
Myst, the subjects should be in the same order as they were before. I've formatted them so that the subject with the newest comments will be at the top. People seem to like that as a way to follow discussions. |
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 10:19 PM
So then... can I now post replies? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 10:19 PM
Holy moly! |
BugbearSloth
in earth, 3rd planet, sol system
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 | 11:46 PM
Dammit, Hairy! You are just too damned funny. I surrender. No more funny from BugbearSloth. Nope. No more. Nada.
I liked the old forum better, Alex. But then again, I'm so damned resistant to change. Just ignore me. |
Myst
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 | 12:00 AM
So they are Alex. Oops my bad. :red: |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 | 05:19 PM
I just installed some html formatting buttons. Now I'm just testing to see if they work. |
Myst
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 | 05:25 PM
Cool! I like it, I like it 😊 I just had to play. LOL |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 04:23 PM
can read tIF you his, I don't care. If you can read this, I still don't care. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 04:25 PM
It was supposed to say: if you can read this, I don't care. If you can read this, I still don't care. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 02:16 AM
The words should be bolder when you emphasize them. Are emphasize and supersize related. Could you walk into McDonalds and sat:"Yeah, Uh...give me a number 2. Oh, and emphsize that. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 02:17 AM
*say, not sat |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 02:18 AM
And Emphasize. Whats wrong with me? |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 11:18 AM
I just fixed that. Of course, I still need to do something so that the names of non-members get displayed. The software has no problem displaying non-member names in the comments, but it's designed to only allow members to post topics. |
Myst
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 03:43 PM
It just took a few to update Paul...look again. |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 04:53 PM
Is it possible, for multipage topics, to also put the page choices at the top of the page for when we know we want the very last page and are too lazy to scroll all the way down to the bottom? |
Myst
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 05:19 PM
I agree charybodis. Is there any way to do that Alex? I'm wearing my finger out with the scroll button. LOL |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 06:43 PM
Pagination at both the top and the bottom! How about that! Any more requests? (I like the ones I can actually fulfill) |
Myst
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 06:54 PM
Thanks Alex!
Now I am just a contented kitty cat.
http://img2.imagevenue.com/loc48/23619_454.gif |
Myst
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 11:01 PM
Wow! I like the tables. Looks really nice Alex. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 11:35 PM
I'm trying to make the board look a bit more like it used to. |
Myst
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 11:56 PM
Oh yeah! Looking really good. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 12:04 AM
Dat's what I'm talkin' 'bout! :coolsmirk: I like this Alex. This is cool. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:24 AM
Whoa! I got member avatars to work. Now I just need to find a less geeky avatar. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:30 AM
To make your own avatar (if you're a member):
1) create a 50x50 image.
2) upload it to a server. There are plenty of free image hosting sites around to upload it to. Or if you email it to me I'll upload it to my server (once).
3) You need to copy down the url path to your image.
4) Click on 'login' above. Then click on 'my account'. Then click on 'edit my profile'
5) in the field labelled 'avatar' type in the url of your image.
6) Update your preferences, and you're done. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:44 AM
Thank you Alex. Now I can be the hamburger guy from McDonalds. Remember him? |
Myst
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:45 AM
woooohoooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Thank you Alex. 😊 |
Myst
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:59 AM
Testing...Testing....Can anyone tell what my avatar is? |
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