A Sneak Peek......

John D. · 12-16-2004, 08:08 PM

Hi folks.....

Well - I'm getting there, as it's been a long day re-writing code and programming on some of the Import programs... But - with thanks to many of you - I wrote some code to actually include the archives from as far back as the year 2000 into the new Forum (AND - if you used the same SCREEN NAME back then - your post count and profile includes those posts!!!

!!!) - and did a test drive of some of the current posts/threads. If you want to play with your new site - just go here:

http://forum.lugerforum.com/

While I have to leave for work in a minute - feel free to log in and give it a test drive - including a LOT of new features (yes - including a spell checker)....

I plan on bringing the new forum on-line this weekend, as I refine the code and port it to another server...

My thanks again....

John D.

Russ · 12-16-2004, 09:20 PM

On my old dial up its faster than greased lightnin

luger11 · 12-16-2004, 09:21 PM

John......I LIKE IT..Great job so far
Leo

Edward Tinker · 12-16-2004, 09:36 PM

John D. · 12-17-2004, 08:48 AM

Thanks folks..!

OK - here is the "plan of attack".. Errrr - "tenative schedule" for the upgrade.....

I may start it on Saturday AM before leaving for work - as it takes the importer some time to bring in all the posts, users, members, threads, etc. While I'm doing that - you won't notice anything - as this Forum will remain open to posts....

If that goes well - probably Sunday of this weekend - I'll close this forum to new posts and registrations, and make the final push on the upgrade. If all goes well (when does THAT ever happen??!! ) I should have the new Forum on-line in an hour or two - and if works the way I'm planning - every single thread and post should be pulled in with all the data intact....

As well - until it goes "live", you may notice the BETA site linked above is off-line as I add more features, forums, etc.

My thanks again...!

John

Karl · 12-17-2004, 01:04 PM

John,

It seems to work well on my Mac, using Netscape, with a dial-up modem. I'll try it from my office using a PC and Explorer. May I suggest a log-out button somewhere on the top of the page. It took a while to find it at the bottom. KFS

mauro · 12-17-2004, 01:18 PM

John,
Well done!!!
Were you thinking to me when you decide to implement a spell checker?

Thank you for your enthusiasm.
Ciao
Mauro

Mike Fitz · 12-17-2004, 02:37 PM

Looks great John!
Thanks,

Mike

Dwight Gruber · 12-17-2004, 02:57 PM

So, is the black-bar home page going away?

--Dwight

John Sabato · 12-17-2004, 04:25 PM

I don't think so Dwight... there always has to be a "home" page where we will have links to other resources...

Of course, it doesn't have to continue to look the way it does now... ( I am very fond of Gerard Henrotin's Luger animation ), but I believe the lion's share of John D.'s work is the advancement of the discussion forums...

Maybe sometime early next year I will take a look at "refreshing" the Home Page... right AFTER I get the work finished on the Luger Blueprint CD... Coming soon (January) to a "For Sale" Forum near you!...

Ron Wood · 12-17-2004, 11:23 PM

I sure would like to check it out, but I keep getting a "wrong password" message. What am I doing wrong?

John D. · 12-18-2004, 08:58 AM

Hey Ron..!

You have a PM - but to all - passwords are CaSe SeNsItIvE..!

Best to you - and my thanks for the feedback!

John D.

Ron Wood · 12-18-2004, 10:22 AM

OK! That was the trick. Hadn't been using uppercase on this forum, but need to on the new version, which looks great by the way. Did notice that not all images are appearing, i.e. my Borchardt "cleaning kit" photos show but the subsequent Borchardt photo does not. Thanks for the great effort!

John D. · 12-18-2004, 11:05 AM

Hey Ron,

Yep - I'm aware of some of the images not showing.. The problem is - for those that use the THUMB hack here - there is no way to import that hacked code under the new Forum hack/import.. For folks that uploaded without the THUMB hack - it pulls right in - as I just hook that program code into the new Forum code... I still want to play with the import code I've written - and see if I can't get it to pull "everything" in - but no promises.

Worse case - folks can go in and EDIT their old post if they used the THUMB hack - or readers can click on the embedded URL..?

Best to you!!

John D.

Edward Tinker · 12-18-2004, 11:30 AM

Can you do a across the board where the words for thumb equal img?

Ron Wood · 12-18-2004, 08:23 PM

Swapping out "thumb" for "img" might bring up all the photos, but wouldn't some of them be huge and take a long time to download on dialup?

Pete Ebbink · 12-18-2004, 08:25 PM

Okay...so how the the heck did my member status go from "patron" to "addict"...??? <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" />

I thought my secret was safe...

John D. · 12-19-2004, 09:26 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Edward Tinker:
Can you do a across the board where the words for thumb equal img?<hr /></blockquote>Well - the problem is this....

When you use the "thumb" command for images, the word "thumb" in brackets - actually kicks off a program sub-routine. When your message is "posted", the "thumb" command is lost, and it's replaced with an internal HTML command set (alt img, href, etc...)..

What makes it confusing is that a person can't enter HTML directly into a post (for security reasons) - but the hack file I wrote does exactly that on the server side... So - for example - if you go to Ron's post - and select the "edit" button for that post, there is no longer a "thumb" command.

That make sense??? Anyway - I'm playing with the import code today - so I may have a "work around" - if I don't break another sub-routine..

Best to you!

JD

Edward Tinker · 12-19-2004, 10:51 AM

yes, I figured it was something like that and also thought that a command wide "search" for that field of commands was impossible, but thought I'd ask...

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Ed

pipeman45 · 12-19-2004, 01:05 PM

I like it! Thanks for all your hard work and time. I can only guess how long it takes to keep things running. Thanks again.

12-16-2004, 08:08 PM	#1
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	A Sneak Peek...... Hi folks..... Well - I'm getting there, as it's been a long day re-writing code and programming on some of the Import programs... But - with thanks to many of you - I wrote some code to actually include the archives from as far back as the year 2000 into the new Forum (AND - if you used the same SCREEN NAME back then - your post count and profile includes those posts!!! !!!) - and did a test drive of some of the current posts/threads. If you want to play with your new site - just go here: http://forum.lugerforum.com/ While I have to leave for work in a minute - feel free to log in and give it a test drive - including a LOT of new features (yes - including a spell checker).... I plan on bringing the new forum on-line this weekend, as I refine the code and port it to another server... My thanks again.... John D.

12-16-2004, 09:20 PM	#2
Russ User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Reading, PA. Posts: 628 Thanks: 2 Thanked 38 Times in 10 Posts	On my old dial up its faster than greased lightnin __________________ Livin the dream!!!!!!!!!!!

12-16-2004, 09:36 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	__________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-17-2004, 01:18 PM	#7
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 349 Times in 129 Posts	John, Well done!!! Were you thinking to me when you decide to implement a spell checker? Thank you for your enthusiasm. Ciao Mauro __________________ Mauro Baudino - www.lugerlp08.com www.paul-mauser-archive.com Mauser Company and Firearm Historian - Mauser Parabellum Certification Service.

12-17-2004, 04:25 PM	#10
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	I don't think so Dwight... there always has to be a "home" page where we will have links to other resources... Of course, it doesn't have to continue to look the way it does now... ( I am very fond of Gerard Henrotin's Luger animation ), but I believe the lion's share of John D.'s work is the advancement of the discussion forums... Maybe sometime early next year I will take a look at "refreshing" the Home Page... right AFTER I get the work finished on the Luger Blueprint CD... Coming soon (January) to a "For Sale" Forum near you!... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

12-16-2004, 09:21 PM	#3
luger11 User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	John......I LIKE IT..Great job so far Leo

12-17-2004, 08:48 AM	#5
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	Thanks folks..! OK - here is the "plan of attack".. Errrr - "tenative schedule" for the upgrade..... I may start it on Saturday AM before leaving for work - as it takes the importer some time to bring in all the posts, users, members, threads, etc. While I'm doing that - you won't notice anything - as this Forum will remain open to posts.... If that goes well - probably Sunday of this weekend - I'll close this forum to new posts and registrations, and make the final push on the upgrade. If all goes well (when does THAT ever happen??!! ) I should have the new Forum on-line in an hour or two - and if works the way I'm planning - every single thread and post should be pulled in with all the data intact.... As well - until it goes "live", you may notice the BETA site linked above is off-line as I add more features, forums, etc. My thanks again...! John

12-17-2004, 01:04 PM	#6
Karl Lifer - Twice Over Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Savannah Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 239 Times in 111 Posts	John, It seems to work well on my Mac, using Netscape, with a dial-up modem. I'll try it from my office using a PC and Explorer. May I suggest a log-out button somewhere on the top of the page. It took a while to find it at the bottom. KFS

12-17-2004, 02:37 PM	#8
Mike Fitz User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leonia, NJ Posts: 79 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Looks great John! Thanks, Mike

12-17-2004, 02:57 PM	#9
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,889 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,281 Times in 423 Posts	So, is the black-bar home page going away? --Dwight

12-17-2004, 11:23 PM	#11
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	I sure would like to check it out, but I keep getting a "wrong password" message. What am I doing wrong? __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

12-18-2004, 08:58 AM	#12
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	Hey Ron..! You have a PM - but to all - passwords are CaSe SeNsItIvE..! Best to you - and my thanks for the feedback! John D.

12-18-2004, 10:22 AM	#13
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	OK! That was the trick. Hadn't been using uppercase on this forum, but need to on the new version, which looks great by the way. Did notice that not all images are appearing, i.e. my Borchardt "cleaning kit" photos show but the subsequent Borchardt photo does not. Thanks for the great effort! __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

12-18-2004, 11:05 AM	#14
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	Hey Ron, Yep - I'm aware of some of the images not showing.. The problem is - for those that use the THUMB hack here - there is no way to import that hacked code under the new Forum hack/import.. For folks that uploaded without the THUMB hack - it pulls right in - as I just hook that program code into the new Forum code... I still want to play with the import code I've written - and see if I can't get it to pull "everything" in - but no promises. Worse case - folks can go in and EDIT their old post if they used the THUMB hack - or readers can click on the embedded URL..? Best to you!! John D.

12-18-2004, 11:30 AM	#15
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	Can you do a across the board where the words for thumb equal img? __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-18-2004, 08:23 PM	#16
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,986 Thanks: 1,065 Thanked 5,088 Times in 1,674 Posts	Swapping out "thumb" for "img" might bring up all the photos, but wouldn't some of them be huge and take a long time to download on dialup? __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

12-18-2004, 08:25 PM	#17
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Okay...so how the the heck did my member status go from "patron" to "addict"...??? <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" /> I thought my secret was safe...

12-19-2004, 09:26 AM	#18
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 471 Thanked 513 Times in 127 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Edward Tinker: <strong>Can you do a across the board where the words for thumb equal img?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Well - the problem is this.... When you use the "thumb" command for images, the word "thumb" in brackets - actually kicks off a program sub-routine. When your message is "posted", the "thumb" command is lost, and it's replaced with an internal HTML command set (alt img, href, etc...).. What makes it confusing is that a person can't enter HTML directly into a post (for security reasons) - but the hack file I wrote does exactly that on the server side... So - for example - if you go to Ron's post - and select the "edit" button for that post, there is no longer a "thumb" command. That make sense??? Anyway - I'm playing with the import code today - so I may have a "work around" - if I don't break another sub-routine.. Best to you! JD

12-19-2004, 10:51 AM	#19
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	yes, I figured it was something like that and also thought that a command wide "search" for that field of commands was impossible, but thought I'd ask... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

12-19-2004, 01:05 PM	#20
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I like it! Thanks for all your hard work and time. I can only guess how long it takes to keep things running. Thanks again. __________________ Dave