Announcements and feedback - WoodCentral is on Facebook
My thoughts on FB are similar to Lee's but I totally stand with the Forum's Admin on creating the FB account. This forum will die without traffic and this is a current way of introducing it to more...
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Bill......I agree with you about the forum having to attract a younger crowd if it is to have any long range future.I've been going to a mega-church recently.......it easily has a couple of thousand...
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I wouldn't be concerned about Facebook attracting an undesirable crowd. The vast number of users on Facebook won't even be aware of our new woodworking group unless current members bring it up to those...
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So, get your girl.....Taylor.....to mention it........
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@roger lance,I will. As soon as the restraining order expires.
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Better yet, maybe you could get Diddy to mention it.......I hear he has influenced a lot of people to do a lot of things......maybe, he could get some of them interested in woodworking......as a matter...
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Announcements and feedback - WoodCentral is on Facebook
I created the group over a year ago so it should be evident that creating a group on Facebook isn't going to result in a deluge of unwashed masses of Gen X'ers polluting our Boomer forums with dumb...
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Whatever happened to your plans to take advantage of some poor, third world girl in a hut on the beach???.......maybe you could get some of her relatives interested in woodworking......and they could...
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@roger lance,Temporarily on hold. Jonathon keeps horning in on all my potential future wives. Friggin' Gen X'ers.https://youtu.be/C1AiJP867QY?si=jsYve2e4fTtnLcSD
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A suggestion for you (if you really want to attract some accomplished woodworkers to the site......and not just a bunch of unwashed Gen-Xers which might include the occasional poor, naive, third world...
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@roger lance,I agree, but that would up to Ellis, or at least someone who is a woodworker (which I am not). Years ago, there were a number of text chats where Ellis and assorted co-hosts interviewed...
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You seems to feel this has to be some kind of media event......I'm suggesting a private conversation......
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@roger lance,Not at all. This is a feedback forum where everyone should be able to voice their opinions of what they desire from the site. I could very well be wrong about any of this, so I am, as I'm...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - External links should now open in a new tab/window
External links (links to a site other than WC) should now open in a new tab/window if you have JavaScript enabled. Some do not like this, preferring to have control over this....
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Announcements and feedback - Post frequency over time
https://www.woodcentral.com/?p=ActivityThe link might experience some delay in loading as it processes over a million records from the database to generate a graphical depiction of post activity...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Emogi reaction issue fixed
There appeared to be an issue with the emogis used to react to posts where they were not listing all selections and could not be changed once selected. I think I have that fixed. If you have any issues...
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Announcements and feedback - Adding images to posts
Uploads image(s) to imgbb, a 3rd-party image hosting service.Image(s) automatically appear.Uploads image(s) to our server. Image(s) will not appear until after you select PREVIEW.Images can be moved...
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Announcements and feedback - ?? End of the road?
In the graphs above, we observe forum post data spanning from 2000 to the present date. The second graph displays a 30-point moving average, aiding in trend identification and future projection.A...
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Announcements and feedback - WoodCentral Gallery
If you have a stash of woodworking photos you've taken over the years, see if our new gallery would be helpful for storing them online where others can view them. Registration is easy and only takes a...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Post frequency over time
Does anyone know whether woodworking is literally dying out? There are a lot of indications that the opposite could be true. Going back to the 70s when the crafts resurrection took place, there were...
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I think the new platforms allow anonymity, which gen Y seems to like. they also provide a superficial experience where you won't really have a clue who a poster is and there will be no heavy...
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@David Weaver,The part about anonymity is interesting, because we offer that more than any other forum or social network. Registration here is not required, and absolutely anyone can post anytime using...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Changing "Forums" to "Recent Activity" in top nav
Most pages on WC now allow for comments, a departure from the past when the message boards served as the primary destination for fresh content. Now, updates can be found across various pages on the...
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Anonymity isn't even the right way to describe it, but rather lack of familiarity with others. Reddit offers a falsely curated positive environment (which isn't entirely bad, except when you need...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Revised Search page
I've modified the Search page and its help page.
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Announcements and feedback - Cookie consent
You should be seeing a notice asking for permission to use cookies. There are very strict regulations taking effect in July 2024, based on laws passed in the EU, UK, Switzerland, California, Colorado,...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Mugshots
https://www.woodcentral.com/gallery/?q=album/74-mugshotsAbove are photos of those on the "Mugshots" page of the old site which hadn't been updated in years.If you have time and are so inclined, go...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - You may soon receive an automated email from our...
We are going to try testing our newsletter software. It was set up using email addresses from the profiles on the old forums, but as many of you know from the difficulty logging in here, those profiles...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Redesigned the Articles page
Redesigned it to make it easier to use.https://www.woodcentral.com/?p=ArticlesArticles are tagged with keywords. Selecting a tag displays all articles tagged with that keyword. Articles can be tagged...
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Announcements and feedback - New "sightings" wallpaper
Found larger "sighting" images from old server and added them to the galleryhttps://www.woodcentral.com/gallery/?q=album/73-wallpaper#topEach image allows for comments, so if you took the photo or have...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Help test our online store
I don't think Ellis is actively selling WoodCentral merchandise anymore, but there may be a need for this in the future. To forecast that possibility, I've set up an online store that works similar to...
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Everything seemed to work well and it's slicker than amazon.
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Announcements and feedback - Quick reference of menus and what they do
Home - HomepageArticles - Articles from the old site, now searchable and tagged.Feeds - RSS Feed Reader that allows you to view what is new on other woodworking sites. I should probably post more...
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Announcements and feedback - Historical forum activity
Potential Earlier DeclineIt's important to note that the decline in activity may have begun earlier than 2008. Due to corrupted archive files from the old forum system, many posts from 1998 to around...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Why the ads?
The Reality of Direct AdvertisingIf we were to once again attempt to fund our website through direct advertising, determining the appropriate rates to charge would be a significant challenge. In...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Site comments
You may have noticed that nearly every page on our website now supports comments. We utilize various platforms for different purposes, each with its own commenting system. To streamline accessing the...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - The WoodCentral Network
WoodCentral offers a seamless solution for creating and managing your own WordPress website, hosted under our domain. Our powerful WordPress installation can accommodate numerous sites simultaneously,...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Forum update: ForkBB rev. 80 Alpha
ForkBB rev. 80 Alpha https://github.com/forkbb/forkbb/releases/tag/0.0080Updated/changed media.js, Font Awesome, style, Profile\View page.Fixed the error "No such time zone...".A command has been added...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Cannot post my chair build to forum
Just comes up with gobbledie-gook ... keeps asking for a "start-tag".
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Announcements and feedback - Cannot post my chair build to forum
Highlight everything in your post (Ctrl+A) and then select the Erase icon. That will remove formatting from the rich text you are pasting. You may then need to manually add formatting using the editor...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - Ask Woody
Opinions on adding a page where readers can use AI to search for information?A rather heated discussion on LJ about this, although I think some have chatbots confused with...
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Announcements and feedback - Ask Woody
Added later 12 min 28 s:This is fun. The thing is to converse with it like a human and not a search engine.
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Announcements and feedback - Practice adding images to this topic [revised...
Uploading images from your computerUpload them to an image-hosting site. These are listed as ImgBB and PostImage (see above)Upload them to our server. You must be logged in to do this. It will appear...
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Announcements and feedback - Practice adding images to this topic [revised...
Yes, Peter, (your email was) just what I needed to see--almost. Here's one of a number of images I had intended to use back when I thought this was an interesting topic for the hand tool readership....
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Announcements and feedback - Practice adding images to this topic [revised...
picked Postimage after failing with ImgBB. I take it the former is a free service "out there" and the latter is WoodCentral based. Is that right? Postimage replied with "image too large" or...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - 30-second caching
Implementing this should create no noticeable effects other than much faster surfing the site, and...you may need to refresh your browser after making or editing a post. The server is instructing your...
View ArticleAnnouncements and feedback - The username you entered is not unique [edited...
ExplanationThe message "The username you entered is not unique" indicates that the username you tried to use is already registered by another user. To post on the forum, you need to either log in with...
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Announcements and feedback - Historical posts since 2000
Site Improvements and Traffic TrendsAll the technical issues that contributed to the 18-year decline in our website's performance have been addressed. We are now being indexed by all major search...
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Announcements and feedback - Limiting forums listed in Latest Active Topics
If you are logged in, select "Set up" and remove the check mark from any forums you don't want to see in the list of latest active topics. If you have previously used this and selected forums, it will...
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