"Road Glidin' Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Mar 14, 3:28 pm, "Jerry" <je...@jerryhere.net> wrote:
> "Road Glidin' Don" <d.lan...@gmail.com> wrote in
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> On Mar 14, 12:06 pm, "Jerry" <je...@jerryhere.net> wrote:
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> > "Road Glidin' Don" <d.lan...@gmail.com> wrote in
> > messagenews:1b81ed54-40d0-4bfe-8062-(E-Mail Removed)...
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> > > I've added a "Bonus" section to my website that gives the latitude to
> > > do a few more things.
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> > > 1. It lets users contribute pictures of themselves and their bikes and
> > > view others' contributions.
> > > 2. It releases (to a restricted audience) some of the more
> > > controversial aspects of some stories.
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> > > On that latter point, I'm re-writing the highway motorcycle-pedestrian
> > > incident that's been discussed here before, to improve the prose and
> > > include some pictures.
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> > > There's already an article in the new section covering an Alberta bike
> > > rally in 2004. This is made interesting by a wet t-shirt contest
> > > (streaming video included) and the presence of a CBC documentary.
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> > > It'a all free. It's just that, when it comes to uploading and stuff,
> > > you'll need to click "Register" on the site to gain permission. Once
> > > you get that, a "Bonus" entry appears on the menu (if you log on).
> > > I've covered it in more detail in today's blog entry as well.
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> > > The website is at:http://www.xidos.ca
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> > > The blog describing the feature is at:
> > >http://www.xidos.ca/Blog/tabid/128/B...1/Default.aspx
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> > > Cheers.
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> > What module are you using for the bonus photos?
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> I'm using the "Repository" module, Jerry. You've used DNN yourself
> before?
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> It let's me set things up so that, when a file gets uploaded, it
> notifies me and, until I give it approval, it doesn't appear for
> others to see.
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> Having a major headache right now, with the high-speed server just
> having gone down, but I've already got portions of the site working
> proper again (including that new Bonus section).
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> I have used DNN for awhile. My old site is DNN, but I don't think I have
> done anything with it for a year or so. I had and have great plans for it,
> but my creativity and desire run in short cycles. I have an older photo
> module that I used, but I will change it if I ever get back to it. I am
> thinking about getting the gallery module from here to use when I update
> and
> redo my site.http://www.ventrian.com/
I'll have to check that gallery module out. Right now I just use HTML
inside a Text/Html module.
As far as having time to update and maintain a site... well, you
should move up to Canada. With the long winters here, you'll have
lots of time on your hands, like me!
I have had a lot of time on my hands. Didn't help