Well...what do you think of it?

[hfdsadmin]

I'm trying out some of the new features of this new message board and one of the cooler features that we didn't have before is the ability to create polls.

Create a new thread, or reply to one (I think) and way-down underneath the submit button is a section/area called Additional Options.

Select the Post-A-Poll option there and set how many questions you want to ask.

[ChingLizard]

I found another way to add a poll to an existing thread.

When you are reading a post notice the (changing) menu bar at the top of the reading pane area. It lists a pull-down menu selector called "Thread Tools" - click on it. Another little pop-up menu displays a selection there called "Add Poll to this thread."

Make sure you check out this feature...it has a lot of other handy selections available too!

[Midnightbiker]

Can we have a thread for all the local courses or can we have one for other courses?

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by Midnightbiker

Can we have a thread for all the local courses or can we have one for other courses?

There should now be a forum for all the local courses. Enjoy.

[ChingLizard]

One of the many cool things about this new software is watching the number of registered users grow every day.

Today's magic number (so far) is 62 users. It's amazing to see how many folks register for this message board even though we don't often see posts from a great many of these readers!

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Don't place a great deal of credence in that Most Online number though...I think the software is counting the various "web-crawlers" as users and I saw an instance the other night where there were 5 of those things scanning the posts...I guess.

DpDiscer: I think you in particular might be interested in looking for an option when you start a new thread, an option that allows you to specify "keywords" that the indexing services (web-crawlers) will pick up for their indexes. I suggest something like "disc golf tournaments" and "Houston Texas" - but I've really never been selling anything or interested in getting big "hit counts" on our website.

[ChingLizard]

Another little tid-bit of information it shows us too:

Active Users: 62 <---- If memory serves right, this is saying that out of the 62 registered users of this message board, all 62 of them have visited it in the last 24 hours! (It might be 48 hours but I can't remember where it was that I saw that setting.)

[ChingLizard]

Looks like we reached a milestone today...

With Mr. Springer's registration, we've now reached 100 registered users on this message board!

I don't know how anyone else feels about it, but I'm very pleased with the results of this software. I do occasionally get a notification that there has been a mySQL database error, but it seems to clear itself up in about 2 minutes and everything goes back to normal again.

[ERicJ]

vBulletin rocks!

[TracyP)]

Our friends over at discgolfbirmingham.com have used vBulletin for a couple of years now. I've always been a fan of vBulletin since day one when the B'ham crew first started using it. It's easy for people who know little about different softwares.

[ChingLizard]

Uh oh...

Maybe I spoke too soon.

Looks like we had a hit by a SPAMMER from Burma this afternoon. He/she posted a nonsensical message under the Wassup area. I "soft-deleted" the thread which should hide it from the average user.

Eric - please help me keep an eye out for these clowns. I'll work on locating the userid associated with the post and deleting it tonight or over the weekend.