Frank Hagan
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I liked this one the best of the ones available. I went through several scripts before I decided on this one. Being an "oldtimer" to the online messaging world ... I had a BBS on-line prior to the Internet, and had a screaming 9600 baud Dual Standard modem .... I've always been partial to the threaded views like the old board. But you have to change with the times, I guess, and this one is much easier to maintain.
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I am really getting to like this format. Frank is the best!!
Like your avatar, Captain Surbrook ... but just how many sails are you going to put on that Weekender?!?
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Love to be there! But alas, I'm afraid I can't make it to Fairbanks!
I actually rolled Aslan over with just the help of my wife, and some thinking ahead. The Weekender rolls over easily enough, because it stops when on her side resting on the rubrail, then resting on the rubrail and cabin, and finally rocking easily on her cabin top. I made midget 2 x 4 saw horses to put under her bow and stern, high enough to keep the weight off the cabin top.
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That looks like fun. We should get one together here on the west-west coast (it always cracks me up when I hear the "west coast" and they are talking about Florida ... shows how your frame of reference really colors what you believe about the world.)
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Great account of your first day out, Buck. And the pictures are great ... thanks for putting them up in the Gallery for us to see.
The boat sails better than we'll ever let on in places like the Wooden Boat forum. One reason is that you generate more heat than light in those "seaworthiness" debates. I freely admit to being an amateur and not at all an expert, but some tend to go the other way in public forums.
You guys in NZ have proved your sailing expertise over the last few years ... so it doesn't surprise me that you would be more adventuresome than I would. A few have capsized a Weekender, but everyone I've heard of did it during an accidental gybe. I've had the rail in a few times myself. I never felt like the boat was going over.
I think the real danger in any small boat would be getting in a situation where you get swamped by a wave (in fact, that's the cause of most small boat sinkings in the US). But as you and countless others have shown, the Weekender is probably the equal of any other 16', flat bottomed boat (even those Bolger boxes!)
BTW - I found the Weekender tacks on a dime ... unless you get caught in the kelp, of course!
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Hey, there are new pictures in the My Gallery section ... Buck has posted a dozen or so of his Weekender. Pretty good shots too, including some action shots on the water. The album is at Buck's Album
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Wow! Those are great looking pictures. What is "Michigan U.P.", the "upper penninsula"?
The only thing I can say is that all the beautiful places look WET and COLD. I would have to take off my shades! 8)
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Hi Frank' date='
Here's that PC dummy from Nova Scotia...... at it again !
I'm like Gordie ....... I can't seem to find the, "ADD ATTACHMENT" , niche anywhere ! I recall seeing it when I added the "Snupi" logo , and it made attaching "a snap", but it's not making the trip to Canada . ( Not part of the Free Trade Pact"?)[/quote']
Uh, sorry! I had it turned on for "moderators" only in the Main Forum :oops:
It should work now for all registered users.
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Hi Frank
The new setup look good! I have one question for you tho, is the a link to the old msn site where all the albums were at.I tried small boats but not the right one or is that site now gone?
thanks for the great job as always
Jim
This is fixed now, Jim, and accessible from the Weekender Boatbuilding Page here on messing-about.com (look for the link in the left column).[/url]
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Hmmm ... it should be below the text box.
Its in the lower portion of this very highly compressed, bad quality screen shot I've attached.
[attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]
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Were you able to log in? :?: You posted as a "guest" again, so I wanted to make sure you were able to get in!
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Thanks guys ... but really, its just standard off the shelf stuff. I even stole their default color scheme for the graphics and rest of the pages of the site.
So while its a lot of work to get it up and running, I can't really take too much credit!
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Frank' date=' It's good to be able to see all the posts in one thread without having to click and click. After I registered and returned to the forum, the text no longer fit on my screen so that I cannot both read text and see who wrote. This was not the case on first opening as a guest. Any suggestions?[/quote']
This should be fixed now ... is it?
It was the navigation menu at the top ... after logging in the line went too long for the 800 x 600 screen resolution. If you are at 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600, it should fit on the screen. If you are still at 640 x 480, it will scroll (unfortunately). At least that's the way it looks when I simulate those settings on my machine!
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Take a look at it now Arnie. did the change to the navigation menu fix the problem?
It should be OK for 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600, but if you're still at 640 x 480, its going to have to scroll.
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Oh and Frank the other boards are not the same as this main forum. They show email address's and none of the other cute stuff. Have fun as php is as wiggy as windows at best. I don't envy you at all. :wink:
I looked at this ... those are the imported messages from the old board. The only forums with new messages are the B&B Forum, where a "guest" posted about wood dust being a carcinogen (no email info or fancy little buttons) and my reply (which has the fancy little buttons). And the Classifieds, where a member posted an ad for 3 gals of epoxy fairing compound for $40 (he put his email in the message, but he gets the fancy little buttons under his post rather than an email link).
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It does the same to me Frank. I log in and the screen size increases about 1/2" or so. Log out and it goes back to a normal full screen fit. Interesting problem... :cry:
I figured this out. Its my navigation menu at the top of the screen.
When you log in, it adds "You have no new messages" (meaning you have no new private messages, another feature of the software). It makes the navigation menu too wide, forcing the screen out wider. I'll figure out how to correct it tonight.
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Most php boards are set for 800x600 screens if you are running a small monitor you may have problems with scrolling. And when some one posts a long url to some photo that will happen to all but the bigger screens. And now we have to deal with file size. When some fool with dsl or better posts a picture or links to one of mass file size you will have to wait for the damn thing to load every time you want to see who posted. Talk about a long down load time on dialup. And some of have no choice as the faster ISP's are not an option.
File size is limited to 200k' date=' and only three per post are allowed. When you go to post a reply, we don't re-download the pics (they disappear when typing in your reply). So some of the problems are taken care of.
Plus if too many people post pictures on the same thread you have to download them all every time. Like I said I am not a big fan of php boards as too many people have no internet sense at all. And no idea of file size.This is still true. "Three per post" means every poster could post three pics. That hasn't been our practice in the past, so we'll see how it goes. I can always configure it to allow less, or force smaller pic size, or not even show the pics, but just have a link to open it in a new window. So if the message loading time gets to be a problem, we can do that to address it.
Oh and Frank the other boards are not the same as this main forum. They show email address's and none of the other cute stuff. Have fun as php is as wiggy as windows at best. I don't envy you at all. :wink:Hey! How come? :roll: I'll have to check it out. ("A fun time was had by all." Sgt. Pepper.
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Yeah, I know. I always liked the threaded view of things myself, but they seem to be going the way of the buggy whip. It does grow on you though (but then so do barnacles if you don't move quickly enough!) :wink:
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Now' date=' how do I get a photo from drive A to a post?
Gordy[/quote']
When you go to "Post a Reply" or "Post a Message", right below the box you type your message in is a section called "Add an Attachment". It has a "Filename" box and a "Browse" button.
Click the "Browse" button and search your computer for the image and select it. You can then add a caption to the photo in the "File Comment" box.
You have to be registered to upload images (for the site's protection).
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The National Toxicology Program's Tenth Report on Carcinogens (67 FR 77283) was recently issued. One change of interest to this group it that wood dust is now listed as a known human carcinogen.
I guess it is possible to get to much of a good thing.
Wow' date=' I guess its been upgraded then. I may have to re-do our Dust Control in the Shop FAQ. I wonder if the old furnace filter in front of a 20" box fan is still a good option?
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I'll take a look at that tonight. Johanna mentioned the same thing, only in her case, it fit OK until she registered, then it required horizontal scrolling.
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Frank' date=' It's good to be able to see all the posts in one thread without having to click and click. After I registered and returned to the forum, the text no longer fit on my screen so that I cannot both read text and see who wrote. This was not the case on first opening as a guest. Any suggestions?[/quote']
I'll check that out tonight. Arnie mentioned the same thing. I did try it during testing at 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768, and both worked fine (640 x 480 did have the horizontal scroll problem, but I expected that).
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Let's see if I can link the pic in here:
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My links manager didn't make the transition, so I need everyone to add their links again! Sorry about that!
The links page is at Favorite Links. The categories are:
B & B Yacht Designs: for any of the B & B Yacht Designs boats
Information Sites: for sites providing info, such as the USCG Auxillary safety site, the Mother of Maritime Links site, etc.
Personal Sites: Your site! And other sites from individuals (not companies) that don't fit in other categories
Small Boats: For any other small boat project that doesn't fit in any other category.
Stevenson Projects Boats: Weekender, Vacationer, Pocket Cruiser, Skipjack, MiniCup and other Stevenson Projects boats.
Suppliers: Sites which will sell us great stuff! Epoxy, sails, etc.
Oh well
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Hey, at least he's here! I remember a time he was busy and away long enough for me to think he probably had sewed himself to a sail, and couldn't get untangled from the machine.
(There's at least one user .. Bill Bird, using Adelphia.net, that can't get here yet. His ISPs nameservers are still resolving to the site that isn't there anymore!)