I'm sure this will draw some of the negatives also, but here's what I really like about the new board:

1. It's fast. There's no question that loading most pages, especially the main index, is faster than the old board. That will be a huge benefit when we're pounding away watching a close finals on the NT next year.

2. You can send private messages. I know we can all use email, but the integrated messaging is very convenient, and doesn't require users making their email addresses available publicly.

3. Being able to have a photo by your name. I know a lot of people will use drawings, cartoons, porno (not for very long), etc., but it's nice to be able to put a face to a name.

4. Seeing who's online. During the day, it's pretty cool to see how many current users there are, who they are, and what they're doing. Of course, you can "hide" yourself, but that's not fun, so please don't!

Any other new features people like?

Theo,

All of those things are great and definitely an improvement over the old board.

The one thing that the old board did well was the front page. I personally feel that we have too many threads which makes looking for new messages a real pain.

Is there anyway that we can create a view similar to the old board? Is there an additional module out there? If not I know we have a large number of talented individuals at our disposal that could probably create one for us.

Dave

The closest thing they have built-in is the search for messages in the last 24 hours (from the link at the bottom of the home page). If there was a threaded version of that (combining messages on the same thread), and you added a one line preview of the message, you would essentially have exactly the same search as the old board. I'm sure that wouldn't be a hard customization.

UBB.threads, since it is provided as PHP source code, is highly customizable. There is a whole website for UBB developers: ThreadsDev (http://www.threadsdev.com). If anyone out there wants to look into this, I'm sure Conrad would help integrate the customization. Go to that site and do a search on existing custom search pages, and if you don't find something, post a message on that forum. And then if you don't find something, Conrad might consider doing it after finishing any other priority projects. And of course, if you're a hard-core PHP programmer and want to help out, let us know - we're always looking for more volunteers!

Theo,

Was the main page from the old board 24 hours? I thought it was more like 36 - 48 hours.

I might be willing to take a look at it this winter. Of course we have 10 inches of snow here in North Dakota so it sure feels like winter.

Dave

I like this new feature of having to really look for information. It will not take long, and you don't get all the negativity that was becoming way to common in the threads listed at the very first page you look at.

This will allow people to show off the PDGA without fear of someone spouting off IMHO.

I have been using boards like this over the last few years, and as they have developed it has been nice to watch the evolution.

THis is faster, cleaner, and smoother than the other board, and the options are great.

I really liked how it monitored the amount of posts you have put in.

THanks,

Jack :o:

There is another thing that I really like about the new setup...I'm just amazed by how many people are active and at least reading the board at any given time! The highest level of usage I've seen so far is 76. 30 logged in users and 40 some-odd anonymous readers! Wow! That amount of readers/posters is a lot larger than I expected it to be!

I think it's gonna be interesting to see how those numbers rise and fall.

The more time I spend just browsing around on it, the more I learn about it and get it figured out too! Still haven't really checked out the formatting capability yet, but I've seen a number of posters say that it is going to be easier to learn than the Discusware version...

WOW Theo,
This is way faster and the options available are great. :cool: Hopefully all that want to view the Major events that are broadcast on the web will be able to view them. This is a great expansion on the web site.

THANX TO ALL INVOLVED

I like the image capability!
http://www.centxdglove.com/deer_lvresort8.jpg
I do miss the old style, though.
Favorite threads is going to be cool, once I figure out which thread TEXAS is going to post to.

this new board is definatly P-I-M-P!! now if i could just figure out how to put my pic here id be stolked.

I like the ability to send messages to others privately. Only, if you do not regularly click on the MY HOME feature, you will not realize you have messages. I have set my options to always show my home page when I log in.

I also like the ability to monitor my favorite threads. This way, I can tell if someone has posted something new on the "MRV" thread. This is fantastic, as I don't have to wade through 10,000 Texas threads to see what's going on with the message board. I think the fact I never have to see another Texax thread again is PRICELESS!!!!!! :D

I also can tell who is online. You can put people in your address book, and (as long as they are not annonymous) you can see when they are on the board. The overall list of who is logged on is nice, too.

Now, would someone be a sweetheart and let those of us with photos and no website let us use your website to host our photos so we can use them with our profiles? I am so technically challenged, I have been overwhelmed by all the features on the new board, but, I will strive on.

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? :D

The amount of people online at one time could be a bit misleading though. What is the refresh time on users? I know some boards allow you to set a time from 5 minutes to an hour to show how many people are on. If it's close to 5 minutes then i'm sure the amount of people on at one time is pretty accurate. But if it doesn't refresh the amount of people online but once every 30 minutes to an hour the actual number of peple on at one time would be skewed a bit.

I like the main page breakouts of topics; especially the PDGA topics section. It makes it much easier to to get to where you want to be.

I have to admit the see who's online section is sick (Mikey likes it). Just a little too voyeuristic for my tastes.

I can host some photos on my website. Email me the photo, and I'll email you the link to use.

Nick hasn't posted anything for days!

Maybe having a bright yellow flag next to his name has something to do with it. :cool:

I also must say that I love the individual club features. Texas, OK, now have a place to really call their own on the PDGA, and those of us that may not want to read about Monthly Mini's in Tejas no longger need to see it!

Hats off to finally unveiling the new forum for folks to use!

Nick is in Japan so we may not see him post until next week.

Sorry, I still prefer the other forum. I don't understand all this talk about the speed of the new site. The old board always came up immediately for me and I could see all of the recent activity in every thread. New is not always better! It takes me a large multiple of time than before to seach through and see new posts. Pictures are nice I guess, but so what.

Each screen loads super fast, way faster than before.
Threads are segmented much easier by division, and it may not have each individual posts in there, but you can pick your section andd easily navigate it, as well as seeing if new information has been posted.

I also must say that not once this week have I received an error message try again server busy that was a common place in the old board.

If you never experienced slow loading times, you must be with the computer, because I have a huge pipe and I was SLOW at getting pages to load quite often.

Change is not always good, but sometimes needed anyway. This was needed to get the forum up to current Techno-standards.

Just my thought, I am sure that you are not alone in the thinking. No offense meant.

Discette - I think your current picture is stellar.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I like posting pix, too.

Here's one for the peanut gallery:

http://flashpages.prodigy.net/dnbburns/discs/RoadToTulsa85.jpg

Sorry about the large size.
Anyone not in the pic able to identify all men? Some are easy, some are not. A prize of some sort will go to the first one to correctly id all, assuming that I have correctly done the same.

Property of the pic may give you a hint, but not a very good one, except for exactly when it was taken.

"Everyone's so different, I haven't changed"
Joe Walsh

Did this work? :cool:

guess not

The amount of people online at one time could be a bit misleading though. What is the refresh time on users? I know some boards allow you to set a time from 5 minutes to an hour to show how many people are on. If it's close to 5 minutes then i'm sure the amount of people on at one time is pretty accurate. But if it doesn't refresh the amount of people online but once every 30 minutes to an hour the actual number of peple on at one time would be skewed a bit.



It looks like the refresh period is ten minutes.

-Conrad

how 'bout now?

maybe now?

crap. :(

?

okay, i give.

Your pix cannot be sitting on your hard drive, it must be hosted somewhere on the net so you can link to it. Good luck!

I only know a few in the pic, but I notice Brent's Fat Arse!

Mark, I believe you can check to see if your photo is working right if you click on My Home and see it on your screen. Or, you could just click on any one of the 3,000 posts you have already made, to see if it is working.

And George K, I like your picture, too. You obviously have your own style, and aren't afraid to show it. :D

Discette, that would be "3400+" posts. :)

Number 2

Not to move off-thread, but the pic that Discette is using is great! April 25, 2003 of the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day site. I actually used it this morning as a background for a PowerPoint slide and was surprised to see it there when I just came to the Forums.

Good Choice!!!!

Exsqueeze me. My bad, Rhett. And how many posts do you have?

BTW, I look at APOD everyday, and also Earth Science POD!

http://epod.usra.edu/index.php3

I love the new message board... but whats the deal with the ratings? What are we rating people based on?? It's obviously not DG. BTW that guy in the middle of the pic looks like Larry Bird ;)

my rating $ucks

There, I helped you out as much as I could. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Don't expect anymore favors, cause Circle C is going down.

WATERLOO!!!

I am so gonna tell Shannon that you are talking smack about The Almighty <font color="blue"> Circle C!! </font> I like Mikey too much to talk smack about him. He's lucky. I say we focus our energy on the real enemy, Team Bart. :mad:

thanks for the ratings boost but it wont help you come Judgement Day - Nov 22-23 :D

I like the quote feature.

If Keith Johnson learns how to use it, some of his future posts might actually make sense. :eek:

Very funny Discette. :)

Girlie, I do have the photo hosted, but for some reason it won't work. If you right click on the empty frame, you'll see the url even comes up.

No sweat, the Amazing Brian Schmidt has offered to host it and evidently those using his site are working.

Thanks Brian. I'll email it to you soon.

I think geocities and yahoo might be blocked because they are historically 'orribly slow and could bog down the load of the DISCussion page if the free servers got overloaded. Which is frequently.) We should aks Theo about it and get a published list of denied hosts.

And quit posting so I can catch you! :)

So how did I all of a sudden get a 5 star rating next to my name? Makes me feel cool!!!!

Never happen Hair Farmer. I'll let you sit next to me in the Carpal Tunnel Hall Of Fame though.

WooHooo! I'm finally #1 in something!

Bow down to the master of the top ten posters of all time, baby!

marka 3496
Rhett_in_SoCal 3130
neonnoodle 3027
wimp 2314
seewhere 2015
keithjohnson 1794
Schmack_Daddy 1354
chrishysell 1343
el_chile 1264
Chuck Kennedy 1234

Now I'm a three star guy, hey man whats happening in here?
:p

I tried to help you there, Jack!

LOL.....doesnt really mean squat anyway....

Geocities blocks hot-linking to their servers from an outside site (for non-html material like jpgs and gifs). That's why the picture doesn't work. In fact, it might be something they would shut down your account for if you do it too incessantly, though I doubt one picture will get them too upset.

--Josh

LOL.....doesnt really mean squat anyway....



You only say that because you don't have 5 stars.

LOL.....doesnt really mean squat anyway....



You only say that because you don't have 5 stars.



Umm...yeah, thats it......NOT...

I know I will never be one of the most popular people... I speak my mind....and rarely candy coat anything... :o

I wish you could see who voted for you and how. I used to be a five (because I voted for myself from my alter-ego!) but now I am down to a three. I have a feeling some crappy loser of a d-craft fanatic voted me a 1, but would like to know. If it was jimg that did it I would laugh, though. :)

If it was jimg that did it I would laugh, though. :)


C'mon Rhett, you know I love you. I rated you at least 3 stars :)

Nobody loves me.

Edited, Jim? Maybe I need to re-think my star-rating of you if you had to edit a one line post! :D

Unlike the old board, if you make a change on the preview page, you have to re-preview for the edit to take effect. I fixed my typo, then clicked the top <font color="blue">continue</font> button which accepts the original post, not the new, corrected one.

...and Rhett, if you think I'm a "d-craft fanatic", think again. Nobody owns me. I throw whatever works for me.

Of course the way I've played in PDGA tournaments this year, you could say it's not working.

Sometimes I'm not clear in what I write. I suspect some other openly hostile d-craft fanatic of getting his panties in a bunch. That person is not you, Jim. It would be nice to know who rated you, though.

I would laugh if Jim 1-starred me. I'd go and 1-star that other guy back if it were him.

what are the stars for anyway?

what are the stars for anyway?



That's what I asked about 15 posts ago. I dont think anyone knows so nobody is answering :cool:

I like the quote feature.

If Keith Johnson learns how to use it, some of his future posts might actually make sense. :eek:



like this post!

i like the signature line better though as i got to make my claim before anybody else figured out how to do it!!!

Nobody owns me.




I own you!!!
and if you don't believe it i'll hit you in the back of the head with my driver again :D

Better now Matt? Anyone who sends a pic to my old disc golf rogues gallery that makes it that easy to make fun of them gets a 5 star rating from me. :)

Besides, you've got great initials.

Here ya go Rhett, You got some good things to say (most of the time) so I gave you 5 stars :D

The board is certainly NOT faster for dial-up users. If you're already beyond that, what's the point? Speed is not germaine anyways, since it takes so much longer to find things.
Speaking of which, the "keyword" search was woefully uncooperative before-now the "search" search doesn't even work, period.

Plus, the "automatically connect to" messages are bogus

New board still can't keep KJ from posting in multiples.

It does let you put up old embarrassing photos for your friends to laugh at, though. :)

Mark,

Just save the pic that I have posted now. Was en route to 1985 WFDF WDGC in Helsingborg, Sweden on a train. DGreenwell borrows a teddy bear from some kid and puts in on my shoulder and takes pic. I didn't know about it until I had pics developed.

I intend to change the picture about every week or two until the novelty wears off.

Peanut Gallery: That really IS Mark in his pic.

Thanks Mark, I feel so real now!

I have nothing I like about this board. I used to be able to scan the old board in 15 seconds and know what I want to look at. Now It takes forever, I liked that I could look at threads based on who was posting, not necessarily on subject. (pronounced whine here) All in all the new board sux!

ohhh alright its not that bad

Tell us how you REALLY feel....

It takes getting used to, but before long, you wont miss the old one.....

Tell us how you REALLY feel....

It takes getting used to, but before long, you wont miss the old one.....





Is that a post-hypnotic suggestion to go along with that spinning Texas graphic under your name?

Strange, after staring at the hypmoTexasizer for five minutes, I now love the new message board.

Tell us how you REALLY feel....

It takes getting used to, but before long, you wont miss the old one.....





Is that a post-hypnotic suggestion to go along with that spinning Texas graphic under your name?

Strange, after staring at the hypmoTexasizer for five minutes, I now love the new message board.




MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA...........

Repeat after me..... "I LOVE this new board......"

Strange, after staring at the hypmoTexasizer for five minutes, I now love the new message board.



Dang, I stared at that thing for about an hour yesterday, and for some reason I showed up at work in cowboy boots and a hat today!

Dang, I stared at that thing for about an hour yesterday, and for some reason I showed up at work in cowboy boots and a hat today!



... then you started using words like "dang", and "gol-darn".

They should only let us use photos or artwork of ourselves on our posts...that way Jim wouldn't have to change his. :D

that way Jim wouldn't have to change his.


It's a self portrait aged by computer to when he's playing in the over 90 division...

As anyone who saw me this weekend will tell you, I guess I need to change my photo now. :)

As anyone who saw me this weekend will tell you, I guess I need to change my photo now. :)

I'll second that emotion. Check out orotter's pic in prev post, but with slightly less hair.

Mark, when I found myself in a similar (but more minor) situation, I found a purge was in order. But instead of the purging being on my appearance, I kept taking shots every 15 min, and fortunately, instead of purging myself from the living world, my stomach decided to purge.

It _was_ good seeing you. Thanks for searching me out, because there would have been NO WAY I would have recognized you. This may read strange, and it's even typing strange, but even your voice sounded different to me.

Just take it easy on the body piercings, OK?

Thanks Bill, it was good to see you too.

Wish I could've stuck around and visited more.

I'll try to take it easy on the piercings. A few more ought to do the trick.

New images can be fun. :)

Unlike the old board, if you make a change on the preview page, you have to re-preview for the edit to take effect. I fixed my typo, then clicked the top <font color="blue">continue</font> button which accepts the original post, not the new, corrected one.



On the preview page, you can make an edit and then post without having to preview again.

The preview page can be a bit confusing. It has two forms, with two different <font color="blue">Continue</font> buttons. The top form submits your post as is (the text in the box is not editable), while the bottom form gives you the same options as the original post form, depending whether you check the "preview" box. If you uncheck that box and hit the <font color="blue">Continue</font> button underneath, your newly edited message will be posted.

-Conrad

Thanks Conrad, I have since figured that out. I was just defending my editing of a one line post to Rhett.

P.S. I've also figured out how to edit posts without leaving any indication that it was edited.

Now that sounds dangerous. Please restrict your usage of that newfound hack to making Keith look silly, and not me! :)

I don't need no stinking hack to make Keith look silly.

Thanks Conrad, I have since figured that out. I was just defending my editing of a one line post to Rhett.

P.S. I've also figured out how to edit posts without leaving any indication that it was edited.



seeing that a blind man could figure it out,i'm not that impressed :D



I don't need no stinking hack to make Keith look silly.



be careful when you're in front of me on the fairways this weekend...i'm trying out new discs to replace my trusty first run teebird :D

be careful when you're in front of me on the fairways this weekend...i'm trying out new discs to replace my trusty first run teebird



Wasn't it an XS that you turned into a taco with the help of my skull?

I stayed out of the water on hole #1, so you weren't able to hit me. :)

yes it was an xs.... and you are welcome for cashing this weekend

i never play tucson holes well outside of tucson..every course in the country i've played with tucson holes ,i mess up on(i guess i get too comfortable thinking i can make the shot easily,instead of just stepping up and throwing like i have never seen a short hole before :D
..i've never seen hole 1 in the 215 ft position before and spiked my hyzer a little too wide(twice)
:(

Ok, just got the new computer with amazing speed and memory.
I was surprised to see some avitars were moving. That is so awesome. They didn't move with my old computer.

Wish I knew how to get moving avitars for my profile.

The new message board is infinitely better the old one.

Bill,
Are you in that picture?

Conrad Damon posted in the following thread: (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=PDGA%20Announcements&Number=118798&Searchpage=0&Main=118798&Search=true&#Post118798)



I'll be making a small change to the message board to prevent pictures from being used in signatures. Due to the fact that they're repeated in every post, they slow load times and eat up space. You can always include a picture as part of your profile. As a reader, you can choose whether to view profile pictures, in your settings under "My Home".

Pictures will be removed from the 13 signatures that currently contain them.

-Conrad




In most of the other online forums I've seen (fantasy football, jambands, etc.) images in sig files are allowed. Limits are set to keep them from growing too huge. Additionally, the Mid-Atlantic Disc Club and the PDGA acquired demographic data, and the percentage of users with household incomes approaching or over $100,000 and have broadband was high; you would think that even more people have access to high speed internet at home and at work, so load time should not be an issue anymore these days.

Does anybody use dial-up anymore?

This change is only going to affect a few members on the board. Is it a big issue?

This change is only going to affect a few members on the board. Is it a big issue?


Mark, dont lie admit that it took you 10 minutes to make this post.

This change is only going to affect a few members on the board. Is it a big issue?



No. Does it have to be?

The pictures that were in the sigs before sig pictures were removed were like gigantic versions of the avatars that cause grief on this board.

I don't miss them at all.

You can set limits to the size of the pictures. On many message boards that limit is typically around 10 KB.

people were using them to be as big of a pain in the [*****] as they could be.

I don't miss them.

people were using them to be as big of a pain in the [*****] as they could be.

I don't miss them.


I dont think I ever saw them.

what's a sig

I dont think I ever saw them.


That's 'cause you're a rookie. ;)

I dont think I ever saw them.


That's 'cause you're a rookie. ;)


That will catch you within 18 months.

I dont think I ever saw them.


That's 'cause you're a rookie. ;)


That will catch you within 18 months.


I hope so! I don't want to be number 2.

I dont think I ever saw them.


That's 'cause you're a rookie. ;)


That will catch you within 18 months.


I hope so! I don't want to be number 2.


Me neither... ;) :D

Any other new features people like?




I want to change my displayed name and I just recently lost that feature. I think it used to be in My Home under *personal information, but I no longer see the box where you can change your name. Anyone else have this problem?

yeah it looks like they got rid of that feature. unless they moved it. that blows. what do they want someone to create a new account when they get tired of their name. i dont want to keep the long name i have forever.

: ) :

i'm stuck with mine 4 life :D

I don't think they had to do that. The follies of a few...

Anybody know why there is a maximum edit time? When you try to edit a message after a certain period (24 hrs.?) you get the following message:


This post can no longer be edited because the maximum edit time has expired

It keeps you from going back and putting offending material in old posts when no one is paying attention. :cool:

But administrators/moderaters have no such limitation, FYI.

<font color="blue"> [Notice timestamp below.] </font>

But administrators/moderaters have no such limitation, FYI.



But a timestamp of such modification is deposited. See your post above.

Oh, I was not being critical. I like the fact that you guys can do that. I used it a lot when I was moderating. :D

The question was brought up by a message board user and doesn't relate to moderating. I have always wondered myself why there is a maximum edit time. On other message boards you can edit indefinitely.

On other message boards you can edit indefinitely.



Another message board I use alot has a 30 min. time limit to edit.

I've never understood why that one or this one has a time feature (other than what has been mentioned in here)

As some of you may have noticed, we've upgraded the message board software to UBB.threads� 6.5.5.

What are your favorite features of the new message board?

Any way to add in some sort code like before that showed how to put it links and images and color etc.?

nevermind, I found it.

I hope everyone enjoys the new features with the upgrade. This is likely my last post on any topic other than Pro Worlds and ratings updates until after the Worlds. Too much volunteer work ahead, not enough time.

I like the quick reply box, but prefer the way new posts were "announced" on the main page before. Also, did the option to change our avatar image disappear, or am I missing something?

Also, did the option to change our avatar image disappear, or am I missing something?



No, it's not just you. I'm not seeing the option anymore either. (which was usually found in the Edit "Personal information, email, password, etc." menu)

So, I'm stuck with the avatar I had at upgrage time?

there is a simple switch an Admin can do that looks like it will enable avatars. whoever is in charge of the upgrade can do it.

not that it's a big deal, but why are curse words censored in PMs now. I message with my brother all day at work and the conversation flows freely. Why is it being censored now?

not that it's a big deal, but why are curse words censored in PMs now. I message with my brother all day at work and the conversation flows freely. Why is it being censored now?



I'm guessing that it was a feature of the new message board.

Personally, I'm not opposed to the change, especially since several moderators received angry tirade PMs from Morgan laced with curse words which were not censored.

I don't think its a problem to censor public posts but these are private messages, if someone offends you, report them and block them. I don't like messages sprinkled with [censored]. I am a big boy, I can take the language.

The Search function only works when you're logged in. It means non-members can't search for posts.

Chap

Personally, I'm not opposed to the change, especially since several moderators received angry tirade PMs from Morgan laced with curse words which were not censored.

are you prepared to offer evidence of this allegation? :D

So, I'm stuck with the avatar I had at upgrage time?



All it took was an e-mail to admin Dave Gentry and the ability to change avatars has now been restored. Thanks Dave!!! :cool:

hey, what happened to the admonition to chill out? :D

hey, what happened to the admonition to chill out? :D



It wasn't Jacob Loper I was replying to in this thread. :D

signatures are cool.

Conrad Damon posted in the following thread: (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=PDGA%20Announcements&amp;Number=118 798&amp;Searchpage=0&amp;Main=118798&amp;Search=true&amp;#Post1187 98)


I'll be making a small change to the message board to prevent pictures from being used in signatures. Due to the fact that they're repeated in every post, they slow load times and eat up space. You can always include a picture as part of your profile. As a reader, you can choose whether to view profile pictures, in your settings under "My Home".

Pictures will be removed from the 13 signatures that currently contain them.

-Conrad




A note has been sent to the administrators. Images in signature files result in unacceptable loading times for threads, even for users with high-speed internet connections. For dial-up users, it's intolerable.

My signature image file size is 3.65 KB compared to Moderator's avatar image at a whopping 182.13 KB. Following the link provided in my signature, we can see that there are rules already instated to prevent "unacceptable loading times" for all users. Also, the quote by Conrad Damon is over 3 years old, in which time there have been some pretty amazing technological advances in terms of internet connections.

False logic.

Um, Geoff, most people still are on dial-up. And dial-up is well, dial-up, regardless of what advances have taken place.

Plus, there is no way to block signatures in this software, IIRC.

Sure there is, click My Home, Display Preferences. It's the last question.

Following the link provided in my signature, we can see that there are rules already instated to prevent "unacceptable loading times" for all users. Also, the quote by Conrad Damon is over 3 years old, in which time there have been some pretty amazing technological advances in terms of internet connections.



The only reason that images in signature files are currently allowed is because we recently had a message board software upgrade and the default settings are in place. This is similar to users being temporarily unable to change their avatars - it was a glitch from the upgrade. The link you've provided is to the default FAQ for UBB.threads� software and is overrided by our previous rule change.

As soon as an administrator gets to it, images will again not be allowed in signature files, as is our current rule.

If you would like to petition the administrators to allow images in signature files, you are free to do so. Arguments presented here will likely not be seen by administrators - you must contact them directly.

I like how you selectively cut out the file size information for avatar vs. signature.

182.13/3.65 = 49.8...... Following the logic presented, Moderator, you are slowing the dial-up users' PDGA.com experience nearly 50 times as much as I. I'm just sayin'...

I'm glad we are so focused on the important issues on the board. Let's not worry about discussions being edited about drug use in the sport that break no rules, let's focus all our energy on signatures.

this is how big the avatar is in real life. so not only does it require big fat download times, it also consumes browser resources by forcing a re-size to 80x80.

<font color="blue"> [Large disruptive image removed] </font>

Unless you petition an administrator to change the rule, the current rule will stand in place of images not being allowed in signature files. If you would like to petition the administrators to allow images in signature files, you are free to do so. Arguments presented here will likely not be seen by administrators - you must contact them directly.

PDGAdmin or monitor-int@pdga.com?

david_gentry Administrator
Matt_Gillis Administrator
Theo Pozzy Administrator

Thank you.

I'm glad we are so focused on the important issues on the board. Let's not worry about discussions being edited about drug use in the sport that break no rules, let's focus all our energy on signatures.



Robert, no discussions on drug use have been edited. At the request of the original poll creator, a poll about drug use was moved to the Deleted Posts section, and I resent your implication that any of the moderation team has acted improperly and violated our rules or procedures. :mad:

A note has been sent to the administrators. Images in signature files result in unacceptable loading times for threads, even for users with high-speed internet connections. For dial-up users, it's intolerable.


Why not ban all images, why just sig. ones? That doesn't make any sense.

wow, check this out... when you drag the scroll bar on the right side of your browser up and down real quick, the chains on the basket look like they expand and contract.



this is how big the avatar is in real life. so not only does it require big fat download times, it also consumes browser resources by forcing a re-size to 80x80.

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david_gentry is not accepting private messages.

david_gentry is not accepting private messages.


Well that sucks!

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tourmgr@pdga.com

Nice pre-sig there, Colin. But still only about twice the size as Moderator's av. You can do better, I'm sure of it.

How about:

&lt;image removed&gt;

Read you loud and clear, Tim

While you may think you are making a point beyond just being rude, attaching 1/2 meg pictures in your posts may result in having to limit that option also. Be careful what you wish for.

http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-10b_small.jpg
image downsized for people still using commodore 64s

I agree with tkieffer, y'all are not helping your cause.

Same as above, but just a bit more rude in this case.

Can we grow up a bit here? I have dial-up at home, which would make this thread pretty much useless to me.

While you may think you are making a point beyond just being rude, attaching 1/2 meg pictures in your posts may result in having to limit that option also. Be careful what you wish for.


I wish that absolutely no images be displayed and no discussion take place, whatsoever.
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/sig06-030_small.jpg
Plus, these images ROCK!
http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/sig06-005_small.jpg
image downsized for people still using commodore 64s

Nice, hope you're proud.

It looks like the DISCussion Board upgrade was well thought out.....just like everything else the PDGA does.

Nice, hope you're proud.


For acting like a child in the first place, or fixing the images so the Neanderthals can view them?

It's funny that people will pay $100 a month for cell phones but not more than $10 a month to upgrade from dial-up.

While it may seem a joke, you folks who are posting enormous images are only doing the following:

A. Increasing the bandwidth used by the pdga which in time will force the host to charge the pdga more money.

B. Making it inconvenient for those with dialup causing longer load times.

C. Forcing the IT dept. to consider more bans on images.

D. Unnecessarily wasting viewers and moderators time when they/we have to scroll past the images and response to viewers' complaints about the images.

Some people live out in the country where no good options currently exist. No cable, no DSL, no broadband wireless. Welcome to reality.

Oh, and no $100 cell phone bill either.

While it may seem a joke, you folks who are posting enormous images are only doing the following:

A. Increasing the bandwidth used by the pdga which in time will force the host to charge the pdga more money.




While I agree large images are childish, in interest of accuracy, the images are not hosted by pdga.com and therefore do not increase the pdga.com bandwidth usage.

Poll (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=677277&amp;an=0&amp;page=0#Post6 77277)

While it may seem a joke, you folks who are posting enormous images are only doing the following:

A. Increasing the bandwidth used by the pdga which in time will force the host to charge the pdga more money.
<font color="red">I knew there was a reason my membership was higher this year.</font>

B. Making it inconvenient for those with dialup causing longer load times.
<font color="red">Bummer. I don't see how dial-up can view 90% of websites out there considering they have videos, audio, and animations.</font>

C. Forcing the IT dept. to consider more bans on images.
<font color="red">Bring it! Considering A &amp; B it seems like this should've been done in the 1st place.</font>

D. Unnecessarily wasting viewers and moderators time when they/we have to scroll past the images and response to viewers' complaints about the images.
<font color="red">Bummer.</font>

While you may think you are making a point beyond just being rude, attaching 1/2 meg pictures in your posts may result in having to limit that option also. Be careful what you wish for.



No doubt. The administrators could just decide to remove the ability to post images.

I trust that you are much more considerate of your fellow disc golfers when you are on the course. Could you please take your crusade off-line with the people who manage the message board?

While you may think you are making a point beyond just being rude, attaching 1/2 meg pictures in your posts may result in having to limit that option also. Be careful what you wish for.



No doubt. The administrators could just decide to remove the ability to post images.


DO IT! It seems like all you do is make idle threats.

I trust that you are much more considerate of your fellow disc golfers when you are on the course. Could you please take your crusade off-line with the people who manage the message board?


I am the perfect gentleman on the course and try to make everyone's experience the most enjoyable it can be.

Great, thanks in advance!

Great, thanks in advance!


Are you coming to play with me? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I trust that you are much more considerate of your fellow disc golfers when you are on the course. Could you please take your crusade off-line with the people who manage the message board?


I am the perfect gentleman on the course and try to make everyone's experience the most enjoyable it can be.



Then why are you causing headaches on here?

Think of it as beta testing.

I am finding flaws in your ill-conceived upgrade. Don't worry, no charge for my services this time.

While it may seem a joke, you folks who are posting enormous images are only doing the following:

A. Increasing the bandwidth used by the pdga which in time will force the host to charge the pdga more money.




While I agree large images are childish, in interest of accuracy, the images are not hosted by pdga.com and therefore do not increase the pdga.com bandwidth usage.



Upon further review, you are correct.

BUT, they are hosted on NASA's site. So if you live in the USA, you'll be paying for the excessive bandwidth one way or another.

Great, thanks in advance!


Are you coming to play with me? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif



I'm not in the area, but if you get up here I'd show you one advantage of rural living - putting in your own course.

Think of it as beta testing.

I am finding flaws in your ill-conceived upgrade. Don't worry, no charge for my services this time.



Thank you for generosity in offering your free beta test, but I do not recall anyone ever asking for such services.

If you sincerely were concerned about flaws in the pdga's "ill-conceived upgrade," wouldn't you think to spare the rest of the MB community of your ill-conceived beta testing and instead inform the pdga.com webmaster (http://www.pdga.com/contact.php?a=sf&amp;contact=Website) of your concerns?

the PDGA logo avatar is 186K and requires resizing,. it is also hosted by trhe PDGA.

i agree that posting super large images has an impact on the user and the Association. it does seem odd however to criticize the posting of large images by a regular ol' user while moderator avatars may be the most pervasive offernders.

Think of it as beta testing.

I am finding flaws in your ill-conceived upgrade. Don't worry, no charge for my services this time.



Thank you for generosity in offering your free beta test, but I do not recall anyone ever asking for such services.

If you sincerely were concerned about flaws in the pdga's "ill-conceived upgrade," wouldn't you think to spare the rest of the MB community of your ill-conceived beta testing and instead inform the pdga.com webmaster (http://www.pdga.com/contact.php?a=sf&amp;contact=Website) of your concerns?


Is that rhetorical question......considering that is not the avenue I chose?
Also, considering the rate at which the PDGA and its volunteers respond to comments, questions, and criticisms, I have found that its better to accentuate the flaws and inconvenience the "right" people and things get rectified much faster that way.

Think of it as beta testing.

I am finding flaws in your ill-conceived upgrade. Don't worry, no charge for my services this time.



Thank you for generosity in offering your free beta test, but I do not recall anyone ever asking for such services.

If you sincerely were concerned about flaws in the pdga's "ill-conceived upgrade," wouldn't you think to spare the rest of the MB community of your ill-conceived beta testing and instead inform the pdga.com webmaster (http://www.pdga.com/contact.php?a=sf&amp;contact=Website) of your concerns?


Is that rhetorical question......considering that is not the avenue I chose?
Also, considering the rate at which the PDGA and its volunteers respond to comments, questions, and criticisms, I have found that its better to accentuate the flaws and inconvenience the "right" people and things get rectified much faster that way.



I'm sorry you think that way.

Colin,

Just so you you know, because of your actions today it was suggested to us by a message board user that perhaps we need an additional rule concerning actions taken that intentionally try to hinder the performance of the message board. This is similar to someone launching a denial of service attack on the server. If taken to an extreme, such as posting several 10MB pictures randomly throughout the current threads just to disrupt the communication mechanism, it would be very easy for someone to basically make the message board unusable for dial-up users.

Because of your actions today, Colin, the moderators will suggest this new rule to PDGA Communications Director Steve Dodge and the Administrators.

the PDGA logo avatar is 186K and requires resizing,. it is also hosted by trhe PDGA.

i agree that posting super large images has an impact on the user and the Association. it does seem odd however to criticize the posting of large images by a regular ol' user while moderator avatars may be the most pervasive offernders.



Thanks to Sandalman I now have a smaller 3.2Kb avatar. Thanks Pat, you rock! :cool:

yeah sandalman! I had planned on doing this tonite when i had access to photoshop.

Colin,

Just so you you know, because of your actions today it was suggested to us by a message board user that perhaps we need an additional rule concerning actions taken that intentionally try to hinder the performance of the message board. This is similar to someone launching a denial of service attack on the server. If taken to an extreme, such as posting several 10MB pictures randomly throughout the current threads just to disrupt the communication mechanism, it would be very easy for someone to basically make the message board unusable for dial-up users.

Because of your actions today, Colin, the moderators will suggest this new rule to PDGA Communications Director Steve Dodge and the Administrators.


Dear Moderator,

You are sounding a bit "high and mighty" in the post I quoted above. Please do not take offense as I appreciate the job you all are doing, and y'all have for the most part managed to avoid coming across like this to me until now. I just thought I would point that out for your consideration.

Thanks for doing the thankless job.

Obviously you missed the huge pictures he posted today, so big that they took minutes to load on my company's high speed internet connection.

They were obviously posted with the intention to disrupt service. It wasn't like he started a thread entitled: "hey, check out these cool space pictures!"

Intentionally trying to hinder the performance of the message board should be against the rules, imo, However this still needs to be agreed upon by the Administrators.

Rhett had no problem with your actions. He was just asking you to take a look at the way you communicate and continue to keep the emotion out of it as you have otherwise been doing.

Because of your actions today, Colin, the moderators will suggest this new rule to PDGA Communications Director Steve Dodge and the Administrators.


Jeff, you're getting quite proficient at making idle threats. Jeff, how about you wait until a rule is in place instead of telling us all what you're thinking about doing, or what you've already initiated as an action that you don't have the final authority on.
Or, Jeff, I possibly, might just have to send an email to "someone".
Or, Jeff, I will suggest a possible email to possibly be sent to a possible person that may or may not have authority.

Colin,

It sure would be appreciated if you'd quit appearing as a rude jerk to folks who volunteer their time to upgrade software in an effort to keep things running smoothly and efficiently.

No need to punish us all with your huge (and pointless) photographs.

These folks are doing the best they can as quickly as they can, and I'd be in favor of seeing anyone banned that takes advantage of a technical loop-hole in the board's configuration just to make a point about volunteers not responding in a timeframe that meets your personal taste. The entire rest of the world doesn't revolve you.

Obviously you missed the huge pictures he posted today, so big that they took minutes to load on my company's high speed internet connection.

They were obviously posted with the intention to disrupt service. It wasn't like he started a thread entitled: "hey, check out these cool space pictures!"

Intentionally trying to hinder the performance of the message board should be against the rules, imo, However this still needs to be agreed upon by the Administrators.



Took about 3 seconds at my underfunded TX school. :D

Obviously you missed the huge pictures he posted today, so big that they took minutes to load on my company's high speed internet connection.

They were obviously posted with the intention to disrupt service. It wasn't like he started a thread entitled: "hey, check out these cool space pictures!"

Intentionally trying to hinder the performance of the message board should be against the rules, imo, However this still needs to be agreed upon by the Administrators.



Took about 3 seconds at my underfunded TX school. :D



Page loaded in .76 seconds for me. :D

A really nice new feature is that when searching, you can elect to show a preview of the post body within the search results. :cool:

<ul type="square"> Click on Search type in the Keyword search terms or username you want to search for set the desired Date Range. Under result format, click on the box for: show a preview of post body with results.[/list]

HTML table test
<table border="2">
<tr><th colspan=2>Name</th><th>R1</th><th>R2</th><th>Tot</th></tr>
<tr><td>John</td><td>Doe</td><td>54</td><td>48</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jim</td><td>Left</td><td>53</td><td>49</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brad</td><td>Right</td><td>52</td><td>50</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Larry</td><td>White</td><td>51</td><td>51</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Joey</td><td>Green</td><td>50</td><td>52</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Martin</td><td>Brown</td><td>49</td><td>53</td><td>102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jeff</td><td>Grey</td><td>48</td><td>54</td><td>102</td></tr>
</table>

I thought Larry won the playoff?

Nah, He bogied the third hole of the playoff and was knocked out. The whole playoff covered 8 holes before it was finished.

Just another test run of the html table formatting in the new release. I was told it was no longer working.

Just another test run of the html table formatting in the new release. I was told it was no longer working.



I figured it out. It works, but it is quite cumbersome.

Yes it is, but a little more flexible than the old way.

does anyone know what the max number of pm's a person may have before thier box is full?

... sorry if this has already been described ... but ... I have a situation for the "Message Board" and "it's Powers-That-Be" ...
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... what if you send a PM to someone (numerous) who is now non-current ? ... I know there are still "non-currents" who visit-and-post , and I realize that they are soon to be relegated to "anonymous" ... "view-only's" ...
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... send a PM to one ? ... or will this mechanism-and-system stop such ? ... results ? ... ramifications ? ...

... sorry if this has already been described ... but ... I have a situation for the "Message Board" and "it's Powers-That-Be" ...
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... what if you send a PM to someone (numerous) who is now non-current ? ... I know there are still "non-currents" who visit-and-post , and I realize that they are soon to be relegated to "anonymous" ... "view-only's" ...
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... send a PM to one ? ... or will this mechanism-and-system stop such ? ... results ? ... ramifications ? ...



I'm not 100% sure, but I think that if you send non-current members a Private Message, they will not be able to read them. Non-current members cannot log into their accounts, and can only view the message board.

... so from the sender's perspective , it would be a valid and good PM ... non-responded-to of course , once your intended-recipient is dropped-back-to-"anon"-view-only-status ... the PM would go into the "Twilight Zone" ... ? ...
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... now if one of these "former members" gets current in '08 or '09 ; I imagine a load of unopened, unseen , old PM's hitiing their inbox ...
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... strange ...

... you'd think that programming could be possible to "stop" a PM from being accepted and sent to a non-active address ...

... it would seem to be a "do-able thing" for the Program 'n' Set-Up of this system to remedy this ...
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... to Not - accept a PM to the "massive" number of non-current former posters with-their-profiles-still-"on-board" ...
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... it would seem to be appropriate ...

I get off probation tomorrow for saying, "20 or 30 iq points?" so don't anyone ask me what they are missing! :D

Don't bite my head for asking this if it was already answered somewhere, but I couldn't find where....

Is there a reason that the "View All User's Posts" feature was disabled?

I don't think it was ever intentionally disabled, just lost when the board software upgrade occurred.

There is still a very easy way to view a user's posts. Just click on Search (next to Main Index up above) and then type the username of the person whose posts you want to view in the Username search box. You can also choose which forum(s) you want to search on the left, and the date range below the username.

Hope that helps. :cool:

It was part of an upgrade a while back. You can still do it by using the search function.

Thanks. I never use the search feature when looking for a topic because I find it almost useless when looking for old posts, but I just tried it for a user search and it works. Cool.