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Logan
01-13-2004, 09:18 AM
All,

I've just completed the majority of a major site upgrade. There are a ton of new features in the forums and in your personal profile setups and preferences.

If you experience any problems logging into the new site, you may need to go into your web browsers options screen and "Delete Cookies"

Please feel free to post up comments in the Site Suggestions forum if you have any questions.

Some features such as the timeslips database are temporarily gone, but will return shortly after I upgrade those custom components.

STLThunder
01-13-2004, 09:52 AM
Love the new site upgrade :banana2:

woaface
01-13-2004, 09:56 AM
Looks Great!!!

Haggis
01-13-2004, 10:04 AM
Ok, I am just going to have to find my way around here. It might take some time, but I think I can handle it. They always say change is for the better, then again I always thought change was a PITA. Hey what can I say I'm a creature of habit when you change that I kind of get a little stressed thats all. Starting to babble now, see what you did to me. No problem once I get use to it I'll be ok.

Hey, Logan. :up:

LincMercLover
01-13-2004, 10:28 AM
All,

Please find either an old post of yours or when you post something new, notice your signature and the size of the fonts/pictures in it. Some people's are fine, but others are are just plain huge, especially after the transition. You know who you are! So, just adjust accordingly. Thanks!

gonzo50
01-13-2004, 10:31 AM
Man, I thought I was lost or something or took a wrong turn, but the features just threw me off.
It looks real Good.:bows::up:

Bigdogjim
01-13-2004, 10:34 AM
Hey Logan nice birthday present :beer:

Guess I will always remember when the site got upgraded :up:

Thanks for all hard work:):):) :rock:

TAF
01-13-2004, 11:03 AM
Logan...either I can't find it...or it's not there....but, when you are in the Photo Gallery, there are no buttons to get back to the home page or the Forums.

Just a minor thing...otherwise it looks GREAT but I'm still getting used to it.

Logan
01-13-2004, 11:09 AM
You're right, there isn't a return path... I'm a workin on it! ;)

TAF
01-13-2004, 11:15 AM
Glad to know I wasn't crazy....

Murader03
01-13-2004, 11:25 AM
Nice site Logan! The upgrade looks great! What happened to the mail accounts? Can't get to the mail box to check on e-mail! I also can't add the smilies to the post, is it just me? Was able to post them before! Will go out a delete the cookies and see what happens......

dwasson
01-13-2004, 11:44 AM
This is cool. I like the new look and features.

BillyGman
01-13-2004, 11:46 AM
Glad to know I wasn't crazy....

Logan chose to omit the fact that you are. He's just being diplomatic.

GarageMahal
01-13-2004, 12:00 PM
So what do you need to do to show as a Contributing Member on the Forum Leaders page?

jta

MM03MOK
01-13-2004, 12:26 PM
So many new, great features! Font, Color and Size really work now!!!

Thank you Logan!!

Logan
01-13-2004, 12:33 PM
So what do you need to do to show as a Contributing Member on the Forum Leaders page?

jta
Actually, that wasn't supposed to be there. :depress:

Long Live #3
01-13-2004, 12:35 PM
I love the new look Logan! Great job!!!

dwasson
01-13-2004, 12:53 PM
What do the different color checks mean?

Logan
01-13-2004, 01:24 PM
Hold your current directly over them and it'll tell you via a little pop-up descriptor...

NickLee
01-13-2004, 01:39 PM
Looks Great!!!



I like. Looks Great!!!

jfclancy
01-13-2004, 02:47 PM
IMHO
You Done GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe Clancy :beer:

TAF
01-13-2004, 02:59 PM
Logan chose to omit the fact that you are. He's just being diplomatic.

I know Billy...I'm still trying to figure out the "Reputation" category on the Member List;)

bugsys03
01-13-2004, 03:06 PM
I miss the location of the poster's

Smokie
01-13-2004, 03:33 PM
Todd, when in picture gallery use PROFILE to find your way back until Logan fixes it. Javier.

DOHC 4.6
01-13-2004, 04:22 PM
Can you go back to a date/time stamp on the posts? Considering that I sometimes don't know what day it is, let alone the time, telling me something was posted "2 days ago" is of little use.

LincMercLover
01-13-2004, 04:43 PM
Smilies are still there when you hit a reply button. They're on a little button that has a smilie face on it. When you click that, a drop down will appear and all the smilies are there.

E-mail will be up in a little.

CRUZTAKER
01-13-2004, 05:27 PM
So what do you need to do to show as a Contributing Member on the Forum Leaders page?

jta


uhhhh, contribute.....$

BTW, I saw it before it went bye bye, alot of folks haven't visited the kitty :nono:


Better yet, Cole's link made the transition as well :confused:

CRUZTAKER
01-13-2004, 05:28 PM
Can you go back to a date/time stamp on the posts? Considering that I sometimes don't know what day it is, let alone the time, telling me something was posted "2 days ago" is of little use.

^^^I second that.^^^

TAF
01-13-2004, 05:29 PM
Better yet, Cole's link made the transition as well :confused:


Which one...the car shop...the paralegal site...the private investigator site....:lol:


(wonder what my "rating/reputation/score" will be for this one)

Bigdogjim
01-13-2004, 05:40 PM
(wonder what my "rating/reputation/score" will be for this one)


Well you won't win point's for this one :shot: :nono:

:argue:

Logan
01-13-2004, 06:04 PM
Todd, when in picture gallery use PROFILE to find your way back until Logan fixes it. Javier.
Click on the Mercurymarauder.net logo in the photo gallery, that'll bring you back to the main page of the site.

Logan
01-13-2004, 06:08 PM
Can you go back to a date/time stamp on the posts? Considering that I sometimes don't know what day it is, let alone the time, telling me something was posted "2 days ago" is of little use.
No biggie there, I switched it to a full date/time stamp...

MERCMAN
01-13-2004, 06:23 PM
Am I just not seeing a button for chat? Tomorrow IS Wednesday!!!

GarageMahal
01-13-2004, 06:31 PM
uhhhh, contribute.....$

BTW, I saw it before it went bye bye, alot of folks haven't visited the kitty :nono:
:confused:
What was I thinking? :o Problem re$olved :P

jta

Nice kitty kitty

MMdriver03
01-13-2004, 06:52 PM
WOW ! this was a nice surprize. :beer:

Logan
01-13-2004, 07:48 PM
Am I just not seeing a button for chat? Tomorrow IS Wednesday!!!
It'll be there in time! No worries!!

Bigdogjim
01-13-2004, 07:54 PM
Logan what are these star's cups, etc under people names on the posts?

TripleTransAm
01-13-2004, 08:13 PM
Multi coloured stars, gold cups, more buttons than Tony Robbins' sports jacket... what a trip! (and I haven't even tried any of that powdery white stuff that RF sent me for Christmas yet!)...

I'm also getting a larger number of refused connections to MM.net... maybe it's temporary as adjustments are being made?

Logan
01-13-2004, 08:19 PM
BD... The Star/Trophies are rankings.

1 star >100 posts
2 stars > 300 posts
3 stars > 500 posts
4 stars > 750 posts
5 stars > 1000 posts

Trophies are the same levels, only for contributing members.

TripleTransAm
01-13-2004, 08:22 PM
Gotcha, big guy.

Side note: I miss having the spitting post visible on practically all pages of the site.

TripleTransAm
01-13-2004, 08:32 PM
Gotcha, big guy.

Side note: I miss having the spitting post visible on practically all pages of the site.

And if possible, the spit box could be a bit bigger... right now it doesn't seem to show more than 1 or 2 entries at a time without having to scroll.

martyo
01-13-2004, 09:13 PM
BD... The Star/Trophies are rankings.

1 star >100 posts
2 stars > 300 posts
3 stars > 500 posts
4 stars > 750 posts
5 stars > 1000 posts

Trophies are the same levels, only for contributing members.

Logan: According to this legend that would you are not a contributing member. Hmmmmmm........

Logan
01-13-2004, 09:14 PM
That's cuz I'm busy designing my own personal Uber-Rank

martyo
01-13-2004, 09:16 PM
That's cuz I'm busy designing my own personal Uber-Rank

Ooohhh! Oooohhh!! I want one too!!! Can I get the scales of justice?

jgc61sr2002
01-13-2004, 09:28 PM
:up: Logan - Great job. Everyone resists change but change is good. :beer:

bigslim
01-13-2004, 09:57 PM
Site looks like one of those big money sites now. Real classy.

Marauder57
01-13-2004, 10:27 PM
Yeah this bad boy is coming together....looking pretty fresh there Logan! :rock:

1 BAD 03 MM
01-13-2004, 11:46 PM
Looks great, and I'm sure all you had to do was press F5, and everything was upgraded. I appreciate your work on this site, makes it a great place to relax, and spend time with friends. :up:

Haggis
01-14-2004, 08:57 AM
Logan,

This has probably be been thought of already, but can you arrange it so we will be able to search for Members by state? It would be easier that way to find people for local meets, then we could PM or e-mail them if they miss the thread. Just an idea. Thanks.

Logan
01-14-2004, 09:08 AM
Logan,

This has probably be been thought of already, but can you arrange it so we will be able to search for Members by state? It would be easier that way to find people for local meets, then we could PM or e-mail them if they miss the thread. Just an idea. Thanks.
Yeah, I have to think of a way to do it. No one was required to pick a state when they signed up, so it's not data I have on file.

dwasson
01-14-2004, 09:17 AM
Glad to know I wasn't crazy....

Todd, how does that preclude you being crazy?

TAF
01-14-2004, 09:20 AM
Todd, how does that preclude you being crazy?

I'm sorry. I forgot to type the rest of the sentence. "Glad to know I wasn't crazy....THIS time!

Better? ;)

Murader03
01-14-2004, 11:53 AM
Logan:

Before the upgrade I was able to use the smilies on both my home pc and my laptop. Now after the upgrade, they don't work. I have deleted all cookies on both machines. I haven't tried the pc my wife uses nor the one at work yet! Any ideas?

BTW, I just sent out a PM to another member and the smilies work via the PM portion of the site.

Thanks!

Oh! Drats! Now the darn things are working. Go figure! :confused:

dwasson
01-14-2004, 11:59 AM
I'm sorry. I forgot to type the rest of the sentence. "Glad to know I wasn't crazy....THIS time!

Better? ;)
Todd, even that isn't proven. All you can say logically is that this doesn't define your madness. You can still be crazy at this time, just not about this thing. :shot:

Dr Caleb
01-14-2004, 01:28 PM
Just a little quirk I've noticed- top left of the home page "Users OnLine" isn't working. Right now it says Zero, but I know I'm on line :) If I go into Forums - it says 34 users on line, and I'm listed *whew* :) .

Just a little growing pain. . .

bugsys03
01-14-2004, 02:20 PM
I checked the box to "remember me" but it doesn't :bigcry:

MM03MOK
01-14-2004, 02:40 PM
I checked the box to "remember me" but it doesn't :bigcry:You poor thing!!!

Logan
01-14-2004, 02:47 PM
Clear your browsers cache and delete your cookies and try again.

chapel1
01-14-2004, 05:38 PM
Wow! I feel like I found this new site all about the Mercury Marauder.And then I look again and they already made me a member. It's like having a new car!!! Thanks Logan!!!

silver_2000
01-14-2004, 06:48 PM
I miss the location of the poster's
When Logan figures out VB3, he'll find that he can easily add a mod that allows you to see the old style layout withthe poster information on the left or on the top ( the new way ) it would be a user selectable option...

While he is at it he needs to change the color of some of the images...
He could wait for the next version of VB that would fix it for him BUT maybe we can shame him into wasting time fixing them now... :banana:

Doug

Logan
01-14-2004, 06:52 PM
Go back to Lightning Land Dougie. :D

I got it figured out, I just have a master plan ya see... :pimp:

silver_2000
01-14-2004, 07:04 PM
Go back to Lightning Land Dougie. :D

I got it figured out, I just have a master plan ya see... :pimp:

Nice... We didnt give you a hard time or run you off when you sold your lightning then bought a focus then a lightning then a harley then a marauder then a lightning then a harley then a what again ?? All in 6 months.... :fire:

Logan
01-14-2004, 07:21 PM
Nice... We didnt give you a hard time or run you off when you sold your lightning then bought a focus then a lightning then a harley then a marauder then a lightning then a harley then a what again ?? All in 6 months.... :fire:
Boy! SOMEONE needs another beer. :beer:

If you're not nice, I won't let you help me install my supercharger. :lol:

silver_2000
01-14-2004, 08:05 PM
Boy! SOMEONE needs another beer. :beer:

If you're not nice, I won't let you help me install my supercharger. :lol:
Just got done with 4 day event at the Anatole... 26 miles of walking and answering stupid questions ... Need both beer and sleep... :beer:

Logan
01-14-2004, 08:18 PM
Stupid people suck.

TooManyFords
01-15-2004, 04:11 PM
Logan,

Just FYI, the field to store the MSN Messenger handle does not work. No matter what I put in there, it never saves it.

Cheers!

John

Mongoose
01-15-2004, 06:21 PM
Logan,
Site looks great. :rock:
I still have a couple of glitches even after deleting cookies and offline files.

per Dr Caleb:

Just a little quirk I've noticed- top left of the home page "Users OnLine" isn't working. Right now it says Zero, but I know I'm on line If I go into Forums - it says 34 users on line, and I'm listed *whew* .
I'm logged in as "guest" on the home page but OK on all other pages.:confused:

per bugsys03:

I checked the box to "remember me" but it doesn't
I'm having same problem (using Windows XP). :confused:

Logan
01-15-2004, 06:38 PM
Check you cookie settings. The site uses cookies to remember you.

dhawke98
01-15-2004, 08:29 PM
First time on the site in over a week and WOW it looks great!

jabird56
01-15-2004, 09:39 PM
Hi Logan,

The new site looks great. I am having a minor issue. Even though I check the box for "Remember Me?", everytime I come into the website I have to resubmit my userID and password. Am I not doing something correctly, or is there a minor SNAFU here. Jay from the Heartland :beer:

Kelly
01-16-2004, 06:31 PM
Leave for a week and look what happens. :rock:

Merc-O-matic
01-16-2004, 07:56 PM
Real Cool Dude! :puke: :puke:

RCSignals
01-17-2004, 01:30 AM
Logan...either I can't find it...or it's not there....but, when you are in the Photo Gallery, there are no buttons to get back to the home page or the Forums.



can't use the back button?

martyo
01-18-2004, 06:24 AM
Logan: How come iespell doesn't work with the new site upgrade? What are we supposed to be doing for a spell checker?


:help: :help:

Logan
01-18-2004, 07:11 AM
It doesn't? I don't use Iespell, so I wouldn't know. I guess I can download it and take a look.

MM03MOK
01-18-2004, 09:20 AM
I can HEAR you!! :lol:

I just tried it in Standard Editor in Message Editor Interface and it works fine. In Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing, iespell does NOT work.

Logan: How come iespell doesn't work with the new site upgrade? What are we supposed to be doing for a spell checker?


:help: :help:

martyo
01-18-2004, 10:07 AM
I can HEAR you!! :lol:

I just tried it in Standard Editor in Message Editor Interface and it works fine. In Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing, iespell does NOT work.
This is obvioulsy going to require a telephone call.....

jgc61sr2002
01-18-2004, 11:07 AM
Marty - Do it the old fashion way, use the Dictonary. He He. :)

TooManyFords
01-18-2004, 04:52 PM
Have you checked into the MSN Messenger ID not sticking in the Profile section yet?

Thanks in advance.

John

RCSignals
01-18-2004, 11:05 PM
iespell works here for me

Bigdogjim
01-19-2004, 12:30 AM
Well cut and paste into Word Perfect works well.
Takes a few clicks but neverless effective.:)

martyo
01-19-2004, 04:08 AM
iespell works here for me
Duncan: Are you sure? Mine says it is working, but it is not.

:mad2:

MM03MOK
01-19-2004, 06:02 AM
iespell works here for meDuncan: are you in Standard Editor mode or Enhanced Interface - WYSIWYG mode? (See my post above ^^)

martyo
01-19-2004, 06:40 AM
Duncan: are you in Standard Editor mode or Enhanced Interface - WYSIWYG mode? (See my post above ^^)
Mary: how can I tell the difference?

MM03MOK
01-19-2004, 08:30 AM
Mary: how can I tell the difference?

Click on Preferences (top of any page.)
On Control Panel, left column, click on Edit Options
Scroll down to Miscellaneous Options > Message Editor Interface
Basic Editor - no control over text
Standard Editor - just like we hade on previous version, using HTML code
Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG* Editing - this mode allows you to select the changes without needing to know HTML. No worries about closing tags. Only problem is ieSpell doesn't work.

* What You See Is What You Get

Now go play!

I better get an "I aprove" for this one!

#1MarauderFan
01-19-2004, 10:08 PM
Hey the site looks great! I just have too get familiar with the new looks but it looks great. I have not been online for a while and i come back too a big surprise. Logan it looks awesome. Excellent job man!

wm_sorg
02-11-2004, 10:10 AM
Is there any way to get the old school thread view back? I could not find the option in the control panel.

Logan
02-11-2004, 10:24 AM
Where the columns are side by side?

wm_sorg
02-12-2004, 03:06 PM
I think that is what is use to look like.

RVT04
03-09-2004, 08:53 PM
All,

I've just completed the majority of a major site upgrade. There are a ton of new features in the forums and in your personal profile setups and preferences.

If you experience any problems logging into the new site, you may need to go into your web browsers options screen and "Delete Cookies"

Please feel free to post up comments in the Site Suggestions forum if you have any questions.

Some features such as the timeslips database are temporarily gone, but will return shortly after I upgrade those custom components.
some people take things for granted, i think this is a great site and seem to be enjoying it more every day
thanks logan
job well done
rvt04
that goes for both of us
LOL

malone
05-19-2004, 11:45 AM
I get so many car magazines each month I do not recall where I read it, but Mercury will not be producing any more Marauders. For $10M-$30M less I have a 4-door sedan that is better in many, many aspects than a BMW 3- or 5-series. Some guy asked me recently when he saw my car "Isn't that the car Mercury/Ford came out with to compete against the Impala SS?" I responded "No. Those cute little Impalas have a 6-cylinder." My Marauder wasn't feeling well a few days ago, so I opened the hood. I then patted the back near the trunk, AND IT BURPED UP ONE OF THOSE IMPALAS! It feels better now.

If this Mercury news is true, then at least we've got a relatively rare uber-sedan. Now if I could just sell a kidney to buy a supercharger from Trilogy or Kenny Brown!

dwasson
05-19-2004, 12:14 PM
I get so many car magazines each month I do not recall where I read it, but Mercury will not be producing any more Marauders.

This can't be true! Why didn't someone tell me before? :lol:

2003 MIB
05-19-2004, 12:37 PM
[QUOTE=dwasson]This can't be true! Why didn't someone tell me before? /QUOTE]

This site is a warm, safe place-We try to shelter you from the bad stuff, Dan...That being said, please also know the following harsh realities:
1) There's no Easter bunny- sorry Mary.
2) Smoking doesn't make you look cool.
3) The Village People are gay.

Sorry to ruin your day,
Dan

PS: The Osmonds killed JFK.

Logan
05-19-2004, 12:43 PM
...and don't discount the many many potential uses of peanut butter and its' container... :up:

dwasson
05-19-2004, 12:46 PM
MIB, I was with you up to the Village People thing. I thought they were just snappy dressers.

chrish
05-19-2004, 03:22 PM
This thread has just turned into the SUPER FREAK thread . IT's official

Bigdogjim
05-19-2004, 05:03 PM
This is what happens when you reply to old threads:lol: :lol:

2003 MIB
05-20-2004, 04:20 AM
...and don't discount the many many potential uses of peanut butter and its' container... :up:

OH YEAH!!!!!- some of them are even for the car.... :D