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| Posted: Sat Sep 3rd, 2005 08:57 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer 
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Welcome to the New CWi forum. We realize it's quite ...um... blue right now. That's changeable by you very simply. Read on and we'll tell you how to do that and much more. The most important thing is to have fun and feel free to experiment with the board. Because we opened earlier than planned due to the need to post Katrina related items, you'll find that we're still adjusting the board here and there. Very nice national map showing member locations... Under your "My Account" button (top right of the screen) > Profile When you set your state it adds you to a graphical US map which shows where all members are from. Kind of neat. To see the map, click the "Members" button in the upper right. You'll see a sortable list of members. Just click on anyone's state and you'll see the map. To change the look or "theme" of the board... Under your "My Account" button (top right of the screen) > Preferences You can set the look of the board. Look for "board theme" drop-down. Only 3 to choose from right now, but more should be added in the near future. The first (the bright blue you see now is "Default". You will also see a "Default 2" - we're still teaking that one. The third choice is "Shades" - a nice subtle brown/tan theme. Change the look as often as you like! To add an avatar.... Under your "My Account" button (top right of the screen) > Avatar Makes adding your own avatar very simple. Just make sure your pic is less than 64x64 and weighs less than 6k. If you don't know what an avatar is, it's the little picture that appears next to your name when you post. For example, my avatar is a sleepy Einstein (because I can dream, can't I?) Giving other members "respect"... Under your "My Account" button (top right of the screen) > Mana Mana is a system that automatically keeps track of the most respected members of the board by allowing members to give "Mana" to a person. Think of mana as respect. A member may wish to give mana to someone for posting an intriguing post, being helpful, etc. Seems like it has possibilities, but I'm told that on larger boards it can cause trouble (hard-feelings, conflicts). We have the option of not using it. We'll look into it more.... An Interactive Events Calendar??! Under "Calendar" button (top-right of screen) This function has some exciting possibilies, everything from allowing an interactive event schedule to a user-generated "this Day in the War" type of thing. Can be used as either your own private planner (mark event as private - you see it, but nobody else does) or as a public calendar (mark event as public - everyone can see it.) The function for public posting of events is currently off, but we'll have it on soon. In the meantime you can still use it as a private calendar. All kinds of possibilites...ideas wanted.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2005 02:18 am |
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kj3553 Born in the wrong century 
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Even though Mom and I have been playing Trivia Challenge for quite a while now, I've never really gotten into discussion boards before, and not really sure how much posting I'll do, but I'm willing to give it a whirl. Thank you so much for the detailed how-to's. Much appreciated by this newbie! ~Kathleen Jones
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 04:00 pm |
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39th Miss. Walker Member
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One small problem on the home page the contents on the left is a tan color on a blue background that doesn't have enough contrast to read. Any changes to come there? Like the new look.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 04:08 pm |
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kj3553 Born in the wrong century
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I, too, like the new look and hope with the new year to start playing trivia again.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 04:25 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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39th - That one puzzles me. There's no tan on the home page. The nav bar is blue. What kind of browser are you using? Anyone else seeing it as tan?
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 04:39 pm |
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susansweet Member 
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Joe I have the same thing , the left side of the home page is blue with tan lettering that is impossible to read, These old eyes are not seeing it clearly, I am on AOL Susan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 04:44 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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ok...let me try some stuff.....
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 05:40 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
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This is getting stranger and stranger. We checked the site on a spare computer we don't use often. Sure enough (on Firefox only) there was the tan lettering. I started to play with the CSS, decided to look at it again on that computer, hit refresh, and the problem was gone! I beginning to think it's due to the propagation not being fully complete, so I'm going to wait till tommorow to make any changes. If the problem remains tommorow, please post here. It shouldn't be possible for it to appear tan, since the color is hard-coded into the css, like so: #menu a { display: block; padding: 2px; margin-left: 4px; width: 124px; background-color:#7B88A9; border-bottom: 1px solid #29425A; } #menu a:link, #menuitems a:visited { color:#7B88A9; text-decoration: none; font-weight:bold; So the only color that should be appearing is :#7B88A9, which is a lite blue. Blah, if the last 2 weeks have been a vacation, I never want another one 
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 06:33 pm |
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39th Miss. Walker Member
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I too an using Firefox. After reading your thread I went back to the home page it was tan. Hit reload and up it cam in easy to read light blue and a different look as well. Keep us apprised.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2008 02:12 pm |
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39th Miss. Walker Member
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Since I hit reload yesterday each time I come back to the home page it appears as it should???? Just a heads up. Thanks
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| Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2008 04:22 pm |
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susansweet Member
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Mine remains tan .
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 08:55 pm |
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Sgt. Ramsey Member
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Pleased to find this group. A writer, I’m especially interested in Bucktails, 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers, counterfeit Confederate paper money, printed in Philadelphia, Prisoners taken from Wilderness to Danville and Libby Prison, also prisoner exchanges. Sgt. Ramsey
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| Posted: Thu Apr 24th, 2008 02:06 am |
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ole Member 
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And we're equally pleased to have you with us, Sgt. Ramsey. ole
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Looking forward to learning the ropes here on the new improved board. NIYODB? No, that doesn't work for me. It'll still be YODB, Ye Old Discussion Board, in my mind!