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Ceefa's Mate
First Class Passenger
Member # 1857

posted 04-24-2001 04:33 AM

Great improvement to the site, Joe....

Especially when posting messages.
Well done indeed!

O.K. So who is going to be brave enough to be the first to post their photo for all to see. (I reckon Joe & Malcolm should lead the way! )

Posts: 77 | From: Buckinghamshire, England | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged

andizz
First Class Passenger
Member # 1629

posted 04-24-2001 06:39 AM

Your right, Ceefa's Mate! Joe, great work upgrading the site

I think that a lot more people, like myself will be posting pics

because it is now so easy to!

now im having to much

fun with these

emoticons

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 04-24-2001 10:19 AM

I had some trouble with the new format at first but am getting used to it. Only problem is now I can't Bookmark the "Cruise Talk" page. I have to go to the main page, then click on Cruise Travel and then Cruise Talk.
I had the Cruise Talk page as my Home Page so it was easy to access, now will have to change that

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-24-2001 10:43 AM

Sympatico,

Sorry about the URL change, I guess that's the price of progress....

Going forward, if you use http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpage/cruisetalk/ as your bookmark you will never have to worry again.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-24-2001 10:50 AM

Also, please note that as a result of the upgrade you can add a picture of yourself to your profile and can indicate whether you are male or female if you wish. I have also made "location" a mandatory field.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 04-24-2001 01:43 PM

Thanks, Joe. Much better and so much easier.

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Ryndam
First Class Passenger
Member # 1315

posted 04-24-2001 01:55 PM

I really like the inprovement to the site and I appreciate all the added functions. Joe, can you give us a brief explanation of all the new functions, so we can use all the potential of the forum?

Ryndam

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kimberley
First Class Passenger
Member # 1888

posted 04-24-2001 02:14 PM

How can you add your photo to your homepage.
It asks for ULR

Can anyone help?

Kimberley

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-24-2001 02:39 PM

Hi Joe, hmmm well it's different! I'm a little confused to judge the new format yet.

What does 'log in' and 'log out' mean in this context? Do we have to do this every session?

Oh, I like the Graemilns and the other instant features!

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-24-2001 02:49 PM

O.k. I've added a picture!

Click on "Member Rated" on the left hand side, whatever that means?

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 04-24-2001 02:49 PM

I just went into Search and noticed that now you have to search by a Member's #. How can we do that? We may remember the poster's name but certainly will not remember his/her number. Why was this changed?
Also, how did you go about giving each of us a number. Was it by date of registration or by surname, or User name?

Ryndam if you move your cursor slowly over the different functions it will tell you what they mean. Pretty neat, eh!

Malcolm - cute picture
You are now logged in so don't log out or else you will have to do this everytime you enter the forum. This is used when more than one person uses the computer or in this case posts to the forum. I never log out as I am the only one using it.
We had summer yesterday and are back to fall weather today!!!!!

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Paddy
First Class Passenger
Member # 357

posted 04-24-2001 05:25 PM

Ha ha ha Malcolm.
Paddy.

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Ceefa's Mate
First Class Passenger
Member # 1857

posted 04-24-2001 05:39 PM

OK Malcolm.... You get first prize for being the first with a picture

(how ever this might explain some of your posts!!!!!)

Only joking (you asked for it!)

A.T.B.

Ceefa's Mate!!!

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-24-2001 05:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ceefa's Mate:
OK Malcolm.... You get first prize for being the first with a picture (how ever this might explain some of your posts!!!!!)

It explains ALL of my posts!

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-24-2001 06:14 PM

Joe, where are you when we need you? This is no time to be the quiet man! (The Clint Eastwood of CruiseTalk?) You have turned our virtual world upside down! We, your subjects, naturally have lots of questions.

(I registered in October 1998. I think this is when you first started CruiseTalk?)

By the way, I'm almost starting to like some of the new features.

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cameron
First Class Passenger
Member # 966

posted 04-24-2001 08:40 PM

This is a new and improved site. I really like this layout!

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 04-24-2001 10:06 PM

Joe:

The changes on this page are GREAT! But i seem to be having a problem. Each time I enter the page after leaving - it still shows me that tehre are new topics to be read (the Yellow Bulb is flashing) and there are new comments to exisiting topics (the envelopes are red) - YET - there is nothing new there at all. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-24-2001 10:43 PM

Jekyll,

Let me know if you are still having the problem tomorrow. I had the same problem for a while but after I logged in the first time it seemed to go away.

It seems to take a while for the new version of the software to set a cookie and synchronize with your browser. One of the new features is a web server caching capability which is designed to improve performance. That may be contributing to this particular problem.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-25-2001 11:56 AM

O.k.

I admit it,

I'm starting

to like

the new

features!

But what is the 'Member Rated' and 'stars' bit?

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 04-25-2001 12:16 PM

Malcolm,

One of the new features is the ability for users to rate other users. As a user you can modify your profile and decide whether you want your rating to be publicly displayed. Not sure about this feature but I thought we'd try it for a while.

Another new feature is the ability to send "private messages" to other users. These messages are sent from one user's profile to another so you don't have to know a user's public e-mail address to send them a note.

Another feature is the ability to associate an icon with each post they make. These icons (which include a note, a smiley face, a warning, a thumbs up, and more) are a nice way of graphically showing the purpose of each post. Not sure how I feel about this one but I will turn it on for a while. Let me know what you think.

For a complete list of the features click here.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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K&K
First Class Passenger
Member # 1040

posted 04-25-2001 12:38 PM

Boy! I have been foaling horses the last couple of days (been sleeping the rest) and how things have changed thought I was still asleeep and got to onother board.

Malcolm that is not how I expected you to look. Gave you my vote also!
K&K

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 04-25-2001 04:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
Malcolm,
One of the new features is the ability for users to rate other users. As a user you can modify your profile and decide whether you want your rating to be publicly displayed. Not sure about this feature but I thought we'd try it for a while.
I'm sure that it will provide a little fun?
Another new feature is the ability to send "private messages" to other users. These messages are sent from one user's profile to another so you don't have to know a user's public e-mail address to send them a note.
This is clever! I don't think that 'sending an E-mail when you get a private message' bit is working?
Another feature is the ability to associate an icon with each post they make. These icons (which include a note, a smiley face, a warning, a thumbs up, and more) are a nice way of graphically showing the purpose of each post. Not sure how I feel about this one but I will turn it on for a while. Let me know what you think.
I've seen this before somewhere? The point is if you don't want to use it you don't have to!

What is the membership number based on???

Thanks Joe.

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 04-25-2001 04:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm:
O.k. I've added a picture!
Click on "Member Rated" on the left hand side, whatever that means?

On this particular post nothing appears on the left hand side.

I'm unable to pull up your picture - would like to add a 'sad' face but that does not seem to work either. I

Totally by *'s - how you vote for someone - Ignore lists -Buddy lists etc.

Call it a 'senior day' or whatever you like but please, will someone clue me in?

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 04-25-2001 05:21 PM

Well now I've acquired *****'s - that's nice - thank you.

If someone can help with the other functions, I'd be really happy -

I'm an iMac (for now at least) user OS 9.1 - Outlook Express - Internet Explorer .

The problems I've had over the past week may force me to Windows!

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 04-25-2001 05:27 PM

Green click on Malcolm's Profile at the top of his first post you will see his picture!

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