Putting the W in www

[bobs409]

I finally found that article about this site. I like it! (love the title) :brow This is the best magazine article ever written about us. (it's also the only one) :rofl

While I did get criticized a bit about some of the backgrounds I used on the site, the rest is a great compliment. (maybe I should do some website re-designing?) :dunno :D

For those that haven't seen it, here's your chance:

http://www.348-409.com/websitearticle.jpg

[LongIsland63SS409]

Bob,

Great job!!! :beerbang :clap :clap

Mike

[rstreet]

Bob
Don't redo the site at one person's suggestion. That would be the same as when my wife redoes the house and I find nothing for months!!!:cuss :bang

[CDNpontiac409guy]

Congratulatons, Bob:cheers :cheers :beerbang ! !

As for the "suggestions" implied to change the site ... ?
PLEASE don't:bow
We 're car guys... not computer geeks. We don't need no stinking animated graphics and the like:takethat

:D :D

[Dick MacKenzie]

Bob,
The site is GREAT just the way it is! Don't change a thing. It was a fine article that should bring some more guys & gals that are "W" fans to the site, but I think columnist school 101 has a rule that says you have to include one criticism. :rofl
.

[chevymusclecars]

Bob

You do an excellent job with the site as is and I would hate to see it change.


Bill

[Ronnie Russell]

Bob,,,,, Not often I get to agree with everybody.....:rofl Don't change a thing!!

[dunhamfield]

Congradulations on well desirved notority.:clap :clap :clap :clap
:cheers :cheers :hug

[dq409]

I read this when it came out.
The article was great until it hit that bone headed criticism about the graphics !!:takethat

Oz said it best !!

"We 're car guys... not computer geeks. We don't need no stinking animated graphics and the like":takethat :takethat

This IS the best car site on the web !!!!

Thanks Bob !!!!:clap

[Tic's60]

I agree don't change a thing! And being the geek vet of 17 years I think I know an excellent site!

and this site rocks!!!

[bobs409]

Thanks guys. I can take a bit of criticism though, it's not possible to please everyone all the time. ;) Just happy to see the site in print. :deal

And judging by a few of the latest guestbook entries, we got some new blood from that story. :clap

I am always looking to fine tune the site so if anyone ever has suggestions on anything, I'd be happy to hear them. Now that winter is here, I hope to spend more time on the site. Today I did a small update that was LONG overdue.


Bob

[Tom Kochtanek]

Bob, congratulations on the write up by Hemmings :).

As we all know, this site is all about content, collaboration, threaded discussions on topics of interest, and not "high design".

You win my award for building a site that supports the above interactions, and goes way beyond what other sites and site administrators are doing for their members, contributors, and guests :) :) :).

Kudos to Bob for his continued efforts to provide a Forum that not only informs, but allows others to contribute and to solve problems for one another in a distributed asynchronous environment!


Cheers!

TomK

[fatride]

[QUOTE=Tom Kochtanek;

asynchronous environment!


Cheers!

TomK[/QUOTE]


Huh? Are you trying to elevate my awareness?? :rofl,,,,,,,,,, But we do mesh fairly well! :stooges Kudos to Bob.

[w ogden]

I agree Bob with the others on this one too. Great site and great members. I wouldn't change anything. I like it the way it is. You have done a great job of maintaining this site. :) :)

[jim_ss409]

I regularly visit several different sites. Some have a few pretty good features, like the ability to post pictures or a search button etc. But this site is WAY better.:beerbang We've got every feature we could want.:deal We know it takes a lot of work to set up a site like this and keep it running smoothly. Thanks Bob.:cheers

[bignbad60]

Bob, Congrats on the recognition----My 2 cents....DON'T CHANGE A THING....unless of course it makes posting pics easier:doh :cheers

[wrench]

I almost wish I had my site back online......

Great article......but as others state.....nuttin' needs changin' - we love it as it is!

Congrats Bob!

[JimKwiatkowski]

Bob,Great write up and keep up the good work :clap

[dq409]

Just one question,,,

WHO is John?????:rofl









And the posting of pictures??? How much easier could it be???:dunno

OK,,, two,,,

[JimKwiatkowski]

And the posting of pictures??? How much easies could it be???:dunno

OK,,, two,,,[/QUOTE]

I still would like to post a photo that is'nt a thumbnail and you have to click on to view IMO :dunno

[dunhamfield]

OK, two things....
Need to put IMO on acrynm page.
And from what I read, Johns is Bobs last name.:deal

[JimKwiatkowski]

OK, two things....
Need to put IMO on acrynm page.
And from what I read, Johns is Bobs last name.:deal

Terry,here you go


http://www.348-409.com/ab.html

[JimKwiatkowski]

Bob,if you go to the home page and click on the Hemmings Motor news Thumbnail,the article is too small to read.

IMO I think we could get more members from our Guestbook,if we had a Personal Greeting and to answer questions.I look in this Guestbook and alot of people that write something in the guestbook are looking for a response to there question or response to there experience with a 409.I have e-mailed some of these people and answered some of there questions,I know your busy maintaining this site,but if we could get someone to look in the guestbook and help out :dunno

[dq409]

I have e-mailed some of these people and answered some of there questions,I know your busy maintaining this site,but if we could get someone to look in the guestbook and help out :dunno

OK, I nominate YOU to be the guest book moderator!!!:brow :clap

Any seconds on that motion????

Pictures???? If you want them like this ,, it also is easy,, you just have to sign up at a picture host website likePicture Trails,,,
http://www.picturetrail.com/


http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL847/1590826/8484376/114520395.jpg

[JimKwiatkowski]

[QUOTE=dq409;61116]OK, I nominate YOU to be the guest book moderator!!!:brow :clap

Any seconds on that motion????

dq,I can be guestbook moderator,no problem there.I was looking for a little help :dunno

[Ronnie Russell]

I have often wondered why , at the bottom of the screen, that most times it shows 4 or 5 to 1 , visitors to members. Why the heck dont those people join??? I know they must have their reasons, but its not like its a big expense. I have never looked at the guest book, but not surprised JimKwi tries to steer people to answers. Great job Jim........... :beerbang

[dunhamfield]

We are all visitors while browsing this site until you sign in.:)
I still did not find IMO on the acrynm page......:bang

[dq409]

JMO,,,,, But IMO you are OTL and OTH with this,,,, LMSOAO !!!!:rofl

[bobs409]

DQ: Johns is my last name, that's why you'll see Johns' mentioned through the story.

JimK: The thumbnails are there to avoid slow loading pages. If someone were to post 5 full size pics, it would take a while to load the thread and some/most would skip over it. DQ has a way around that as he mentioned by having a picture host, then just linking to that pic within the thread using the (IMG) tags. Clicking on the little icon http://www.348-409.com/forum/xp/editor/insertimage.gif when posting will insert that code.

dunhamfield: I didn't put IMO on that list as it's just for car related terms but you gave me an idea. Think I'll make a chart of non car related terms and put them on that page. :brow :clap Of course, we'll have to get input from all you guys as I only know so many...

JimK: The picture is pretty big. (850X1193 pixels) I think your computer may be causing the small look for you. I know mine makes the pic smaller just after loading and I have to click on it to make it full size. Sometimes there is an icon in the lower right corner on mine that I can click on as well. See if you can do either of those.

On the guestbook, I check it every morning for spam. (used to get alot in there, now we just get it on the forum!!! :cuss ) I added the "Please use the message board link" at the top. I don't see why anyone would still ask a question there. :scratch Maybe if I word it a bit different, will look into that doing that later.

Ronnie: I don't know why alot register and never post. I do know that ALOT of them recently are from spambots. You can tell those ones usually just by the name alone. It's a new problem for forum owners as it's some type of spam bot that is going around flooding boards with their crap. I have many safeguards in place that are catching most but a few are still getting through until I manually ban them.

Now, if anyone can suggest some of those abbreviations for the new chart, fire away. IMO, IMHO, LOL, etc :) (give us the meaning of them too!) :D

[bobs409]

I'll start:

IMO-In my opinion
IMHO-In my honest opinion
LOL-laughing out loud
BYOB-bring your own beer :D

[Dick MacKenzie]

Bob,Funny this should come up now. Our local paper did a report this morning on "text Speak".

Here are a few:
afaik = As far as I know
atb = All the best
b4 = before
bbl = Be back later
bg = Big grin
bc = Because
brb = Be right back
btw = By the way
cm = Call me
cu = See you
cul8r = See you later
dk = Don't know
eod = End of discussion
f2f = Face to face
f2t = Free to talk
fbi = I'll look into it (This is funny, IMHO)
fya = For your amusement
gr8 = Great
h2cus = Hope to see you soon
idk = I don't know
iow = In other words
itus = I think you stink
j4u = Just for you
kc = keep cool
l8 = late
l8r = later
nc = no comment
pcm = Please call me
sol = Sooner or later
t+ = Think postive
2dA = Today
wan2 = Want to

[dq409]

DQ: Johns is my last name, that's why you'll see Johns' mentioned through the story.

JimK: The thumbnails are there to avoid slow loading pages. If someone were to post 5 full size pics, it would take a while to load the thread and some/most would skip over it. DQ has a way around that as he mentioned by having a picture host, then just linking to that pic within the thread using the (IMG) tags. Clicking on the little icon http://www.348-409.com/forum/xp/editor/insertimage.gif when posting will insert that code.

dunhamfield: I didn't put IMO on that list as it's just for car related terms but you gave me an idea. Think I'll make a chart of non car related terms and put them on that page. :brow :clap Of course, we'll have to get input from all you guys as I only know so many...

JimK: The picture is pretty big. (850X1193 pixels) I think your computer may be causing the small look for you. I know mine makes the pic smaller just after loading and I have to click on it to make it full size. Sometimes there is an icon in the lower right corner on mine that I can click on as well. See if you can do either of those.

On the guestbook, I check it every morning for spam. (used to get alot in there, now we just get it on the forum!!! :cuss ) I added the "Please use the message board link" at the top. I don't see why anyone would still ask a question there. :scratch Maybe if I word it a bit different, will look into that doing that later.

Ronnie: I don't know why alot register and never post. I do know that ALOT of them recently are from spambots. You can tell those ones usually just by the name alone. It's a new problem for forum owners as it's some type of spam bot that is going around flooding boards with their crap. I have many safeguards in place that are catching most but a few are still getting through until I manually ban them.

Now, if anyone can suggest some of those abbreviations for the new chart, fire away. IMO, IMHO, LOL, etc :) (give us the meaning of them too!) :D


Bob, I guess I read it wrong and thought that they were refering to you as John,,,

The picture hosting site are a great asset to anyone who uses forums or online actions and can be used as a great online photo album.
I like mine because i can leave a bunch of pictures to be viewed by others anytime they want.
Some have a free small hosting size that can be up-graded to larger sizes for a fee.

As far as listing all those text message short hand IMO junk I see no need unless it is car related,,, LMSOAO !!! Laughing My Sorry Old A** Off

I think a lot of non-members visit this forum to see what goes on and read about our special cars even though they don`t have a "W" powered car.
Just more gear heads interested in classic cars with an interest in learning about our cars without joining in.

I saw the message you posted above the "Guest Book" and think it is all you need.
Some people will always PUSH on a door marked PULL !!:D

[oldskydog]

I guess I have been doing it wrong. I thought IMHO or JMHO was "in my Humble opinion" or "just in my Humble opinion". All opinions should be honest but not all opinions are humble.
HUH? I don't even know what I just said.
JMHO

:scratch

[bobs409]

Some people will always PUSH on a door marked PULL !!:D

I think that line sums it all up! :rofl I spiffied up the guestbook a bit with some new colors and reworded the invite at thet top to the forum. It's about all I can do but I'm sure there will still be questions and people trying to buy/sell in there... :rolleyes:

Thanks for the web talk Dick. If I make that chart, I'll probably use most of those. :)

[348NUT]

That's a pretty cool article:clap There is no question that it will bring some newbies in. I too think the look of the site is great! Improvements? How about an automatic spell check:doh NUT

It worked great. Thanks Bob:)

[Phil Reed]

You have a PM.

Phil

[bobs409]

Nut,

There is a spell checker if your using IE. When you reply to a post, look above the smilies for an icon marked ABC. Type your post out, then click the button and it will point out any mistakes and allow you to change them.

Do a test first as I think the first time you use it, it downloads something. Should work quickly after that first time. :)


Bob

[Dick MacKenzie]

How 'bout dat! I Learn something new every day :brow ......Guess I can go to bed now, I'm done for today. :rofl

[rstreet]

Dick:
Same here also..I have learned something because I get in a hurry and don't proof read like I schould. Passing your way Sat a.m. I am taking the Acela to N.Y.

[Dick MacKenzie]

Dick:
Same here also..I have learned something because I get in a hurry and don't proof read like I schould. Passing your way Sat a.m. I am taking the Acela to N.Y.

You are probably going by early or in a hurry. If not stop by. If you can't We are still going to have to get together even if it's at the Blue Suede Cruise. Wouldn't it be a B*tch if we had to go to Norwalk to meet? :rofl

[rstreet]

It's seems like like that might be a reality. I have that on the calendar so by then I am sure I'll learn where we are supposed to go. I am planning on towing out there though.
You're correct I will be earlier in the morning and in a hurry to catch the train. The return is in the evening.

[bjburnout]

Hey Bob

Can't believe I missed this thread............:takethat
Great write up..........:clap .....but of course for the best
site on the net.............:D

thanx to everyone............:hug for making this the best place to in 'W' land.....

:cheers
bj

[smokin59Hrdtp]

GREAT JOB BOB.....I'm not on this site a lot but is designed well and hats off to the members for there support!!!! I wouldn't change a thing....change is NOT always a good thing!:cheers

[Toms63SSQB]

This is a great 409 site and the only one as far as I'm concerned. Please Bob don't change a thing I would probably get lost..