Great site

**starman** · 10-03-2001, 12:06 PM

Hi, I am a bit of a novice when it comes to the web and stuff, but having just joined your site, all I can say is .... wow great site webmaster. I hope all fridge guys join. This is a great way to meet like minded people.

Thanks

**WebRam** · 10-03-2001, 12:08 PM

Thanks starman ... the site will only be as good as the members, so get posting

**starman** · 11-03-2001, 11:02 AM

I was looking at the member list .... there are lot who do not post??? why is that?

I am only a member a day and love the way I am emailed when someone replies to a post .... this is great

**WebRam** · 11-03-2001, 11:50 AM

Hi starman.

Yes, this is true of any forum, you always get the majority of members as "lurkers" . This is not a negative term by any means. It just means that they like to read the suff the rest put out. Marc probably has come across the same at his site.

I run a couple of forums and the same is true of all of them.

The good thing with this forum is you can see how many people have read your post. This will give you a far better idea.
the normal percentage of Lurkers to posters is 80% lurkers to 20% posters

**Prof Sporlan** · 16-03-2001, 12:36 AM

Perhaps the Prof has been a bit spoiled by the formatting capabilities of Marc's Discus discussion board site, but it would be nice if this discussion board could have better support for special characters, subscripts, superscripts..... Writing equations to demonstrate a point is going to be a challenge, e.g.:

NRE 40°F/100°F = hg 40°F - hf 100°F

Any possibilility the software writers of this board plan to offer this capability? In the meantime, the Prof will be creative.

**Prof Sporlan** · 16-03-2001, 01:14 AM

<html>
<body bgcolor="#b4c2ce" text="#000000" id=all>
It just occurred to the Prof how one might do special formatting:
NRE 40°F/100°F = hg 40°F – hf 100°F
He'll just have to write in html...
</body>
</html>

[Edited by WebMaster on 16-03-2001 at 08:06 AM]

**WebRam** · 16-03-2001, 08:06 AM

Beat me to the punch Prof

I plan to upgrade to the latest version of this software as soon as its out of beta stage, it will also support spell checking.

**WebRam** · 17-03-2001, 11:02 PM

I have Discus Pro on one other site and it is good. However, this software is far better for an open site forum in this format.
It has far more features and is more user friendly. The next version has even more features (I am testing it on yet another site) and I think you will be happy with that.

All in all, this was the one I chose and I think, made the correct choice

.......... apart from the spellchecker

PS .. Mark, do you know how distracting that signature is

**WebRam** · 30-03-2001, 07:28 PM

Thanks Marc, just doing my bit, my eye's were starting to hurt as well.

Tell you what, there is some good reading in the pages these days.

**Brian_UK** · 30-03-2001, 11:18 PM

Yes, the colour changes are interesting and a mild shock when you aren't expecting them ;}

Any chance of moving the title bar buttons across to the left; I use a 800 x 600 screen layout and, although not often, it is a minor irritation to scroll sideways when needing the forum home page.

But, a wholehearted YES GREAT SITE.

Brian

**WebRam** · 30-03-2001, 11:25 PM

anyone else on a 800 res ??

I was thinking of doing that but was not sure how many were still using 800 res

**WebRam** · 30-03-2001, 11:53 PM

Just checked the stats for the page.

23% are using 800 by 600, but thats still a big hit, so I will look at changing it around a bit more.

I will leave you on as Moderator in the above mentioned sites and look for other moderators fro the rest. Dean is doing quite well and joscan is quitly doing his bit.

Dont burn yourself out Marc

**Prof Sporlan** · 31-03-2001, 07:25 AM

<html>Dont burn yourself out Marc
Good point.... Marc still needs to show the Prof that he understands the implications of kinetic energy on fluid flow....

</html>

**WebRam** · 31-03-2001, 09:44 AM

I have changed it to 800 sizes. Is this better?

**Brian_UK** · 31-03-2001, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by WebMaster
I have changed it to 800 sizes. Is this better?

Yes, wonderfull, thanks.

Brian

**starman** · 02-04-2001, 04:15 PM

Bloody heck, you go on a little fishing trip, come back and they have redecorated

Very nice.

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