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Hi Everyone,
The new board is up and I am already trying to learn all the different features it has. There's a lot more we can do with it than you see now. We're learning as we go. Please read the FAQ and try and work with us so we can all learn together.
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Okay.. we're getting closer. Lots of new features to figure out. When you folks start crawling in, let me know what you thing!
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Brian, cool new look. 
http://www.soundclick.com/louistwinn"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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Hey Everyone... you need to log in to get back into the boards. There's over 100 of you trolling around and you have to log back in (or register if you're new) to use the boards. Jump in and test it all out!
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Yeah, took me a while to figure that out.
http://www.soundclick.com/louistwinn"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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Brian,
Looks good so far. Will have to play around with some of the new stuff. Access to the forums and activities is a little easier and more efficient now. Nice job!
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Looks good. I'm eager to poke around more. Thanks Brian!
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Wow! This is special... t  m
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Wow!!!! Where am I? This is cool!
Moving in all my stuff in this new home!
Great work Brian on this site! This is going to be even better than the old home!
Thank you!
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It's good to see the boards are up and running.
Thanks Brian!
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Interesting...I tried to get on yesterday and got the "updating the board" message. I had no idea it was going to get such an overhaul. I figured it was going to be a bug-fix update or something...
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This feels so modern now. I dig it. Lots of stuff to check out in terms of features. Smart upgrade.
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Cool new boards!
Great to see folks jumping in.
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New board looks nice! It's pretty easy to use.
One thing is I guess my old signature was too long, so I edited it.... and now the old signature AND the new signature display on all my old posts. I think that could use up a lot of unecessary space (besides boring folks with details). Perhaps that's something to report to the board programmer folks. On 'proboards', when you update your signature, it automatically replaces the signature you had before, on all your existing posts.
Looking good! That "shout" thing could be addictive!!
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Wow! I like it!! Very cool! Orlando Luckey www.myspace.com/orlandoluckey
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A couple big improvements:
1. You can edit the subject of your post if you screw it up.
2. You can change your user name with Moderator (i.e. me) approval.
These are two impossible things, even for moderators, to change before.
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Hey, Great!!
It may take a while, but I'm sure we're all figure it out. Thanks.
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Okay.. I just changed the settings so that you can edit your posts for about 30 years.. after that.. they're stuck the way they are.
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Wow, I love it so far. The higher degree of interactivity and the ability to see who's online and whatnot, makes it a much more addictive experience. As if I didn't have enough posts to begin with. Thanks Brian!
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I like it but it's gonna take some getting used to.
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This new forum is addictive, especially now with pictures!
JPF fact: Do you realize that the top poster has averaged 6.46 posts every day for five consecutive years? I got blisters on my fingers!
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I am testing out the Sticky function with this post. Please give us any feedback you have or problems you find on the board. Most of the issues we've solved via education, a couple by changing settings and some are just the way things are.
So let us know!
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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YOWSA...Congratulations. Brian ...this is Wonderful... I'm lost...but It's still wonderful.....Am looking forward to...finding my way about. Thanks for all you've done... and for taking the extra time to make sure...our writings were preserved on line. Best.. Kaley.... P.S....Are my smilies still here? 
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Hey Brian,
Great job!! So far everything looks real nice.
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Very Nice! Great features.
Get My Gear Here!"That ol' dog's so mean, he ain't done nothin' but eat nails and [naughty word removed] nickels ever since he was born"
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Oooooooohhhh! I don't think I've used a board like this one before. But you made it look very JPF-like. Nice work!
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Hi Folks,
Okay, I emailed the folks at the UBB Threads that the old links to old pages are not working. They are supposed to forward you to the new version of those same pages. I will let you know when I find out what happens.
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Hi Brian, Mike & gang
There are some bells and whistles here if you like and the main functions and options are excellent! The preview feature of each post works GREAT you can make corrections and edits easily. The pictures are a very very nice touch as is the hop to forums.
Way better control over your personal options is fantastic.
I was concerned the boards would make to drastic a change and lose it's warmth and vibe. It hasn't it is TOTALLY the perfect dose and balance between modern tech & personnal warmth.
GREAT choices & great job.. Thank You very much!
Peace
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Looks very nice ! And I think it improved a lot !
Cheers
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Cheers,
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hey Brian,
Great job, "feels" right, and the features especially enhance the communication process.
I ESPECIAALY like the private message section, can now REALLY collaborate, and know the messages will get through rather than being lost in cyberspace.......oh, and I got my username back, although with a grand total of 2 posts ! Will have to contribute all over.
cheers, niteshift
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Good that you maintained the colours and the logo.
Cheers,
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I like it. It just seems brighter and faster. Two thumbs up from the peninsula. Al
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I wonder if folks are aware that if they put their birthday in their profile, their age shows up on the calendar too? Not that it would bother me
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You could lie about the year, LOL.
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I think you can not give the year but just the date.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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How can you do that it? It has a drop down menu selection. the menu selection would have to have a 0000 as a choice.
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I think you just don't choose anything. Once you DO chose I think you can't unchoose something though.
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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[center]hello how is this? testing something
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Congratulations Brian:
The new "interface" for the "board" looks good. It will take me awhile to get the feel of things but I like it. The only "downer" I have experienced is that it is an extremely slow-loader because of the dial-up service and all the graphics.
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I have dial up service and it is loading up pretty good.
So I'm not having the same issue.
I'm not sure, was the old board smart enough to know what I participated in and highlighted? If so, I'm not getting that now.
If never done-maybe for version x?
I also discovered that if you float over the chat room entries, it displays the time someone was there. That is a nice feature. Discovered that after I posted.
Being in IT, cudos to your development team.
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I like it, I like it....and I can DO it...non techies are always apprehensive about changing the status quo when we get used to something. This is just a nice improvement Brian, love the pix, the shout thing is cool...nice mix of the old and the new.
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I think I like it just fine. The Dialup Demons, on the other hand, do not like it one little bit, probably because it's so much busier, and make the computer freeze up annoyingly constantly. I can't have it for my home page any longer, for isntance--I have an error message instead saying the page can't be loaded. I will figure out ways to deal with it, but it may take me a little time. (No doubt I will learn a whole lot of new words that can't be used in public, too.) Joe www.soundclick.com/bands/7/joewrabek_music.htm
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You need to have the home page go to our home page.. or redo it to the new page here. Some of the old links won't work, especially if you're trying to link directly, for example, to the lyric boards.
And the new posts are highlighed, just not with a light bulb like the old board. Now it's a yellow folder.
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It's not the links thing, Brian--I already figured that out. The new format is just too busy for my browser--I get lots and lots (and lots and lots) of freeze-ups. Like I said, I'll deal with it--I realize it's a big improvement for everybody. Joe www.soundclick.com/bands/7/joewrabek_music.htm
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I have an older mac I like to use for my general use/internet. I'm doing much better than I thought I would with the new boards...although I'm on DSL not dialup so I'm sure that helps.
The only thing that seems to be too much for me is the shout box. Can't seem to get that to work, but whatever.
I have a newer PC that I really should use to surf, but old habits die hard and I'm strangely fond of my old workhorse G3.
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I placed an anouncement of the Buffalo-Niagara chapter meeting on the Calander on Jan 3rd. I submitted it recurring monthly but it posted on the wrong day of the week in the following months. I tried to modify it and ended up with a double post. I then tried to delete one but did not have permission.
It looks like a handy tool when we figure it out.
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Hi Michael,
I don't know why you wouldn't have the ability to do whatever since you're a moderator. I haven't had a chance to really spend any time with the calendar and I don't have any info that isn't available to everyone. Anyone here have an idea of what do to do fix the problem?
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looking good Brian.
I am having trouble finding the hot spot to click to open a subject.
Had to wander the mouse around unil th pointing finger showed to the right of the title in this case, to open this one so i could comment.
Happened a couple of times yesterday too.
Any thoughts?
Is it only me?
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I'm blaming all the bugs on Al Gore. He invented this mess ......and IE v7.
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