geoff shep
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:02 PM |
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'Closed, as this subject has been discussed at length in plenty of other threads.'
I fully understand and appreciate (thank you Chris) individually run websites and the effort put in to run them, but wouldn't it have helped to
put up an announcement about the changes to the site, contributor status and viewing posts?
Mind you, I don't suppose many people would have read it. 
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Fozzie
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:14 PM |
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I think you have nail on head there...
I put an announcement with a request in the Announcements section in May, about 540-odd views, about the increasing size of avatars and posted
pictures, making the posts unreadable for those with less than 20" screens........
Some did take notice...the majority didn't...
Now, after 2 months of the announcement being made, it is coming into force, and peeps are moaning, saying they have gotten told off, all in the same
breath as of the 'For Sale' section, as though the two went hand in hand....
So..if an announcement had been made re the For Sale section....it still would have caused the hoo-haa that it has....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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ChrisW
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:26 PM |
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There is an announcement!
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=117894
Chris
[Edited on 7/21/2009 by ChrisW]
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:31 PM |
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just testing to see if my avatar is too big.
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:31 PM |
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obviously not  looks like i have missed a lot over the last few days
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:34 PM |
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is there an option to post an announcement and email the user base?
I appreciate this is the path that ends up with announcement, email, force confirmation with next log in, banners at all kit car shows, sponsored
cars, personal visit to everyone's house etc 
(i'll help by doing the American homes visits in the autumn for cost - minimum hotel I'll accept is 4*)
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Antnicuk
obviously not looks like i have missed a lot over the last few days
Understatement 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 05:58 PM |
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have a look at this forum here http://trance.nu/v4/
ok, the subject is not to everyones taste, but its got some interesting features...
photos, if you post a HUGE photo, it automatically resizes it (i don't know how) to a reasonable size. seems to work for jpgs and gifs. if you
click on the photo a new window opens up where it displays it actual size.
not sure how its done, but could maybe be written into this site?
theres no photo archive on trance.nu, so all pictures are linked. might be worth looking into, so avatars are automatically resized to the allowed
size? photos posted in threads are automatically reduced to a reasonable size.
mods, theres a thread on here saying it might be worth making a few more mods, find the other thread for more info, nothing wrong with fozzie but
t.nu had about 10 mods (maybe less now, i've not been on in ages) and a lot less active users
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 06:08 PM |
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ah, and announcements, all announcements on t.nu are sent to everyone by u2u (or PM as they call it) that way you can't miss it, as it'll
flash up at the top of your screen all the time til you read it.
the problem with a annoucement thread is that if you don't think to look there, you'll never know.
last week i was away for a few days, came back, and suddenly couldn't get into some threads, thought it was an error on the site. i'd
certainly never have thought to go looking for a announcement thread. i understand there is one now for the avatar size, i couldn't actually tell
you where it is... (i know the link is there)
an auto u2u to everyone would make sure these were on people's screen til they read it. you can't miss the 'you have 1 new u2u
message' thing, and fozzie knows how much i hate threads form someone to tell someone else they've been sent a u2u
 
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geoff shep
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 06:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
There is an announcement!
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=117894
Saw that, actually I was referring to the for sale limitations.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 07:32 PM |
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As the Announcements section is the first one on the forum...perhaps it would be an idea to get in the practice of having a squizz as soon as you go
to the Forum page.
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/7/09 at 07:46 PM |
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might just be me, but i very rarely go to the furum page, i tend to stick with whats on the main page/new threads bit
was just an idea, don't know how hard it might be to set up a u2u thing, i'm no web designer
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geoff shep
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| posted on 22/7/09 at 06:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
As the Announcements section is the first one on the forum...perhaps it would be an idea to get in the practice of having a squizz as soon as you go
to the Forum page.
Well, I'm sorry but I still don't see any announcements about 48hr for sale posts.
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Benzine
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| posted on 22/7/09 at 07:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
might just be me, but i very rarely go to the furum page, i tend to stick with whats on the main page/new threads bit
was just an idea, don't know how hard it might be to set up a u2u thing
^ what blakeywakey said
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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