I have our new Forestry Forum profiles ready to roll. There have been a lot of changes and additions. PLEASE! Go to your profile, select modify profile, fill out the information you would like to share, the more the better, save it, then come back here and let us know you havem so we can check it out. Or, you can go via this handy dandy link:
HANDY DANDY LINK (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;area=forumprofile)
Remember for your peace of mind, guests, or members without any posts have zero permission to view other members profiles. You need to have posted a set number of times in order to interact with other members. Once a post is made, we then have information enough to take action if that person is up to no good.
1. Many more fields you can fill out (optional) that will then be searchable by other posting members on the members search form. If You want to know who all has a bandmill, you can go to the member search page, put a tick in the sawmill type field and search bandmill. Any member that chooses to fill that out, then can be found. Same workd with the other new fields.
These Are:
Equipment:
Searchable Location:
Day Job:
Sawmill Type:
Sawmill Manufacture and model:
Interests or Hobbies:
2. You can enable an About tab where you can attach photos or link, or what ever you wish to include. That is done under the modify profile tab, separately from the normal modify info.
3. You can now see the last few members who have visited your profile. :)
4. You can add friends or remove friends easily and see a friends list. What use to be buddies in the old system is now friends. A friend can post a message on your new "wall" that only other friends can see or take part in. Your friends will also show up in the on-line list in bold so you can see that they are there easily.
Members can send friend requests to others, this can be done easily with the big big buttons you will see. Each member is free to reject a request or accept it, the member that sent the request can also cancelled if he wants to undo it.
5. The new profile is sorted by tabs, for easy access to information without loading another page. You can view latest posts or topics of that member within the profile, without changing pages.
6. Wall of Comments.
Much like on Facebook! members will be able to comment in profiles, and they can also reply to comments too! Everything is ajax-powered so actions like publishing, editing and removing are done instantly, without having to wait for pages to be reloaded! You can also use the new alert system to be notified about everything easier :)
Thats all I can think of right now!
I have mine filled out as an example. LINK (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1)
ADDITIONAL COMMENT!
If you have information in your old biography, please enable the about me tab under modify profile, and copy and paste it into there. Eventually, the biography filed will go away as it will be redundant. OR, i could just leave it and let it be redundant
I did it boss.
I dont have some of the stuff you have blanks for but I put somethin in where I do.
PC
I doubt anyone ever finds THAT in a search! :D I;d not think to look for someone with a sawmill type and search chicken house. :)
Updated mine
I did some editing to. ;D
I did mine and then "re-did" it twice. ;D
Not very good English but that is what I did. ::)
I did mine, and even sent a couple friend requests
Quote from: Jeff on February 10, 2018, 03:09:25 PM
I doubt anyone ever finds THAT in a search! :D I;d not think to look for someone with a sawmill type and search chicken house. :)
I aint been found yet. Quit bustin my chops!
PC
Updated mine.
Done, added some more information!
Updated mine.
Nice addition. Updated mine.
got mine updated
Joe
Did it. I am apparently not very social (media).
How is My Day Job (Biography) different from Day Job.
Updated and edited. Been needing to update for a while anyway. Added some stuff and deleted stuff I no longer have.
Added and changed some things on my profile.
Went, more info was added!!! :)
Updated!
Quote from: clearcut on February 10, 2018, 09:01:14 PM
Did it. I am apparently not very social (media).
How is My Day Job (Biography) different from Day Job.
Biography is going away. I'm hoping people that have info in their biography, take time to enable the about me tab and copy it into there.
All these changes are like Christmas. :)
There are more to come. We need to catch up with the internet so it does not pass us by. Hopefully I am drawing near to finishing for a few years! I do have to call a hired gun in to help with some needed coding I can not handle. I have to wait for some more discretionary funds to do so. Some of these additions have been third party software that I had to purchase, so I'm scraping bottom for a bit. :)
One cool thing coming will be a cure for something that drives us admins nuts! (as well as members) Long URL's that blow the forestry forum's format apart, especially now with the mobile responsiveness. This coding will make things so nice. You paste a link in the post box, and when you preview it, (or post it) the forum will have gone out to where that website is, check the link, record the title page of the page being linked to, and format your link so instead of the long address in your post, you will see only the title of the page as the link. I've seen it in action and one of the coolest new things I have saw regarding forum posting. Just awesome the way it works. That chunk of software alone is $50! But I'm getting it eventually!
Yep Yep.... Goter done...
Done
Your doing very good my friend, and most of us here (especially us lifers), know from your continued hard work over the years, "what it takes to run a forum". :)
Goter done
Just got mine done.
All done.
Here ;D
Present as well, I tried and got some done. Years ago Norm resized a photo for me to use as my avatar but never figured out how to get a pic from my gallery to the change profile page? Once again I'll assume my normal status stupid_smiley
Just resize it, and use the 'Browse for file' from the profile page to find it on your computer to load it into your profile.
if i do this and it don't work and then forced to spend time with the other half I'm not going to be happy :D it will be all jeffs fault :D :D :D 8) 8)
I think I did it huh-smiley.
Quote from: Ed_K on February 11, 2018, 02:09:26 PM
I think I did it huh-smiley.
You even enabled your about page! I think yet the first to do it Ed! Hurray!
And I can't even figure out how to make a quote >:(.
Now that Ed has his About filled in, I did some filling in on mine. ;D
Excellent! :)
Oh my......after reading some of Y'alls "about" information, I find myself associating
with a rough crowd. :D :D :D
Ed,I will tell you how to quote if you tell where that about page thing is. ::) ???
Profile / modify profile / About me to enable and edit
Quote from: POSTON WIDEHEAD on February 11, 2018, 02:52:16 PM
Oh my......after reading some of Y'alls "about" information, I find myself associating
with a rough crowd. :D :D :D
You betcha. No silver spoons here. Mr Spoon fed goat. (it's your signature) :D
Jeff,get the about me done.
Now,what is that name history? I can't find how to edit that.
Ed,the quote is easy.should have the quote button upper right. Just click onto that and you have the quote.
Quote from: Ed_K on February 11, 2018, 02:27:03 PM
figure out how to make a quote >:(.
I guess I should of just pressed the quote button on your reply.
Hit the enter key a few times to bring you down and away from the quotes.
As you can see I took some of your quote out to show you. Sometimes I only care about one or two sentences,not the whole post. Preview it!!!!! Make sure it's the way you want it.
just did mine. thanks
Did it too.
Sorry, I don't have anyway to help with apple stuff. If it works, be thankful.
Been there done that too....
Anybody else get creative on the "About" tab?
Quote from: Andries on February 11, 2018, 04:04:51 PM
Anybody else get creative on the "About" tab?
I'm liken it!!
I did it. Seems like I hadn't yet learned how to use the old methods, now this old dog needs to learn again.
In all fairness, Boss, you do a great job.
Showed the "About" tab to my bride of 40+ years.
She scanned it, asked me if I was making 'stuff' up?
Me: Like what?
Her: Yeah, ok, but the forum is gonna think it reads like 'Lil Dutch Boy went North'
Me: Haven't read that, and I don't want to either. Sounds stoooopid.
done deal
I know you're not busy Jeff :D :D :D but this is what i'm talking about.
After I hit SUBMIT, I see everything I see before I hit submit. Its like nothing happened.
I have to scroll through the box to read what I wrote.
I think I got it now.
Use the toggle view button on the end of the editor to preview what you have done, or, you can work in the toggle view for the wysiwyg editor. The button looks like this (https://forestryforum.com/board/Themes/default/images/bbc/toggle.gif)
wysiwyg: What you see is what you get.
Well,
I read what you Wrote
It was a good read, Goat
You told us all about You
It wasn't that much to chew Through
Can you tell it's a 'weather day' up Here?
Man, I've just GOT to get up outta this chear!
That was a good read Poston, your not so different. ;D :D
Got er done. But the buddy thing. How am I suppose to add a long list of chaps to include and just who would I choose to ignore? Education please? I'm not up on most of this social stuff.
How social could we expect a Grizzly to be?
:)
. . but really, you asked what I was wondering too.
It might be one of those things where you really had no idea that you we I were ticking people off?
please don't shoot me boss i went in to do some things earlier but didn't do it now i cant get back anything that i had for the up date in my profile things like the goat wrote do i need to log out and come back on HELP i don't want to spend to much more time with the other half the honey do list is getting longer
If you didn't hit save, you didn't hit save. :)
Updated here!!!
All up to date
Updated....I think. ::)
Crap, it's showing my old email address and I can't see where to change it. >:(
Allan, I noticed the other day mine was over 10 years out of date :D
Go to profile, account settings and its there.
It will send you a confirmation email after you change it.
If you're like me I'll save Jeff the 4 pm's we had, that confirmation email will likely end up in your spam folder. Find it there and click the "not spam" thingy. You'll then start to get any emails from the forum.
Done!
Looks good to me !!! Don
Updated my yesterday.
Sawwood
Done
I miss the map on a members profile. When they write about something local I like to see where in the world they are.
Updated mine.
Done
I can see the individual's map, but only through the 'modify profile' link.
Member map page seems to go blank after a short bit and leaves a "Unable to read the map pin data, result was - 500" message.
Jeff is probably working something out.
Its been stated probably at least a dozen times so far that the members map is not functioning since the server and software update. It is a complex problem that I have not managed to solve. Yet.
I played a little bit. I am actually working today will play more later. I do already have 1 friend though. thats new to me I never had friends before.
Quote from: Crusarius on February 12, 2018, 11:59:16 AM
I do already have 1 friend though. thats new to me I never had friends before.
:D :D Yep, that's what my children remind me of all the time. Dad, you got a friend??
I am sure when mine get older he will remind me of the same thing :)
updated mine
done deal! possible maybe.
Done, but I'm still old and grouchy. I thought you fixed that part ;D
I am old, there for, slow. But, I now have friends and a buddy, how and where does that happen?
To add a friend just click on their username, like in this thread. It goes to their profile and there is a box where it says 'add friend' or 'send PM' inside it. Click 'add friend' and it will send them a request.
Quote from: Texas Ranger on February 12, 2018, 04:28:01 PM
I am old, there for, slow. But, I now have friends and a buddy, how and where does that happen?
The buddies are obsolete. You need to delete them from your buddy list, then add them back as friends by going to their profile and clicking add friend. I've not removed the buddies, as that way you know who was in your list when you look.
I updated mine Jeff. Thanks for all the hard work. Banjo
Quote from: Jeff on February 12, 2018, 04:42:56 PM
Quote from: Texas Ranger on February 12, 2018, 04:28:01 PM
I am old, there for, slow. But, I now have friends and a buddy, how and where does that happen?
The buddies are obsolete. You need to delete them from your buddy list, then add them back as friends by going to their profile and clicking add friend. I've not removed the buddies, as that way you know who was in your list when you look.
I thought I had a buddy or two but now I can't find the buddy list to check and delete. Were'd it go? ???
Old buddy list is under profile / modify profile
New friends list is under profile / profile info
always learning,
Quote from: Jeff on February 12, 2018, 06:23:44 PM
Old buddy list is under profile / modify profile
I swear I looked there, several times. Must have had the wrong glasses on... ::)
Boss, I like the changes! Added some new old friends too. :)
I did mine - filled out what I can, this is the only form of social media that I use so no links to Facebook or any of those other places.
Done. :)
Quote from: trapper on February 12, 2018, 10:43:35 AM
I miss the map on a members profile. When they write about something local I like to see where in the world they are.
The map on profile page has been repaired. Big map is still a project.
Thanks Jeff
I thought it was kind of funny on mine, the road going crooked to the southwest of my house is just a trail through the field the owner uses to check irrigation/cows, it shows up better on satellite than some of the county roads do. :D
Done yesterday.
Quote from: Hilltop366 on February 13, 2018, 11:18:14 AM
Done yesterday.
You must have forgot to hit save. I don't see anything but the way it looked before.
Hmmm thought i did.... Ill try again.
Updated
Quote from: Lko67 on February 13, 2018, 12:03:22 PM
Updated
Hey! A first post! Thanks for the update. :)
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Lko67!
Updated
Welcome Lko67 8)
Thanks for the welcome will have questions soon starting the search for a mill
done
That was a frustrating exercise. I'm sure that says more about me than it does about the exercise, but it's done now. I will probably come back and do more later.
I got it done. Still fleshing out the about me but it's coming along.
Done.
I did some work on mine as well. :)
Done.
On the job description reminded me of a standard card you had to fill out at hotels in Cameroon in West Central Africa. They always asked for job title and I always filled in "Hotel and restaurant inspector" - it never helped.
Done. It was actually quite simple, now youse guys even know what my ugly mug looks like
Nice job!
Quote from: sawguy21 on February 15, 2018, 09:29:36 PM
Done. It was actually quite simple, now youse guys even know what my ugly mug looks like
Now that you have your location pinned down, I can let you know that you live among relatives of mine. ;D :D
Paul told me you have outlaws in this area
I'm updated.
I think I got the puter' all updated. Maybe!
How do I move my "location arrow"?
Can I move an arrow that's in my Town, and wrong location?
Go to your profile / modify profile /forum profile. Go to the bottom and there is the place where you can edit your place on the map. If you zoom in, you can place your pin on your couch if you want.
If you switch to satellite view from map view you can be very accurate.
whoaaaa!
Nice Lazy Boy recliner Chuck.
;D
I have mine in. The picture of my place,I had the logger in. Both of our vehicles are there.I was raking leaves too. I can see the wife's tractor with the box on the back. I know I am outside there somewheres. :D But could be inside getting something to eat. Or out in the woods. Who knows.
We bought back some of The Farm. I cut off some of the grown up pasture to get a better view of the field. I made a google map copy of our place before we brought that land. Than a few years later google updated our place. It shows where I did the cutting. Kinda neat to see the before and after.
When using Google Earth there is a button on the top that looks like a clock, click on it and then you can move the slider to go through the different years.
I moved my pin. It was on the other side of town, for some reason. Satellite image is still from '14.
Don't feel bad Dave, when I updated mine I was still living 4 miles away :D, we moved, no problem of the map.
If you zoom in on my map, you'll see some a few stacks of lumber. My 34' 5th wheel is there now instead of the lumber. and a whole lot of the junk is gone and brush piles have been burnt this winter. My sawmill is about 30 miles to the south at a customer's house. If you know what you're looking for, you can see my jeep, it's kinda spread out.
Updated my profile. Looks like some nice additions.
Did mine but cant remember if I posted here.
CRS perhaps??
CRP,Can't Remember Posting. :D
I did mine! Thanks again for helping me figure out my login problem!
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, michigander II!
Done! Thanks for a great site!
Scott B.
Something that changed for me is the font size when typing in any post. I'm not liking it. I can't see what I'm typing. Is this something I did or is is something I got to learn to live with? Also I can't post any pictures. I can upload but I can;t attach it to my post.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/39553/Tiny.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1519105764)
If I cut and past the url it works. But if I click on the Click here to insert image in post I get a blank.
Deleting your cache should solve the photo inserting issue. I've made several more changes and your computer is saving the old files versus the new files. As for the text size, you can zoom your text in your browser. Almost all browsers support text zoom under the view button.
"Control +" will zoom it back out.
@Kbeitz (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=29553) , I've increased the font size in the editor, but you will more than likely need to delete all forestry forum cache to see the new size.
Thanks again....
Does that mean it worked?
Quote from: Jeff on February 20, 2018, 09:02:46 AM
Does that mean it worked?
It fixed my picture posting problem but not my font size. Don't worry... I'll live with it. I checked to see if I had this problem at other forums and I don't. It's not really a problem. I just now need to put on my glasses all the time.
The font now is bigger than it was to begin with. If it is still smaller than it was on your computer, you did not delete the entire cache.
Quote from: Jeff on February 20, 2018, 09:30:09 AM
The font now is bigger than it was to begin with. If it is still smaller than it was on your computer, you did not delete the entire cache.
Yep I emptied everything... All cookies history and plug in data Hosted app data the works.
Nothing helped Don't worry about it... I'll just take it as a change.
Zoom your text in your browser then
Clicking on smilies no longer inserts them. Guess I'll either have to type them, the ones I can remember, or go spend my cache and eat my cookies. :D
Quote from: Darrel on February 20, 2018, 12:04:10 PM
Clicking on smilies no longer inserts them. Guess I'll either have to type them, the ones I can remember, or go spend my cache and eat my cookies. :D
Does anyone ever read the posts above theirs?
Delete your cache please.
Refreshyourcache.com - The Guide to Clear your Browser Cache! (http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/)
Once all I get these needed changes accomplished, I may never type the word cache again.
Quote from: Jeff on February 20, 2018, 11:50:08 AM
Zoom your text in your browser then
I'm glad it's just not me having this problem. I thought something happened to my computer.
I visited my profile, but barely changed it.
updated mine.
I just cleared my cache. I had trouble with the smilies not posting. Now they show up in the post window. Not just the code but the actual smilies. 8)
That's the improvement dave. Photos do the same.
Even Furby has an about page!
Got it done . Thanks
Update complete ! Do I get a prize ?
Done!
done :)
I got mine done and put the baloon right near over the brick outhouse.