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Just wanted to suggest putting a link to the Legion Help file in the Encylopedia Galactica section.
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And a good suggestion it is. The link is now available.
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Guys, I know you have the Legion Help File Link, but what about a topic in the EG that solely lists the major and minor Legion characters. I think it would excellent help for Poll creations, as well as for other uses and general easy reference. With a Legion of characters, it seems something to consider. The recently mentioned index from WWLSH #7 would be a good start, but of course some additions would be helpful for new characters since 1988. Also as I mentioned, the WWLSH index didn't have Nardo, and I don't know if that was an oversight or a decision to leave a certain number of identified characters. I inclinded to think it's an oversight, since some less significant characters are included, but... I don't think a major project is necessary. Simply if you have extant lists that can be organized into one, it would be good to have an EG topic of just character names. I'm creating a Poll and thus am currently aware of the utility of such a character topic. If it's more than a little job, don't bother, as I sure you've got quite a lot on your plate already! 
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NC, I just saw your WWLSH index post on LW forum. THANX! I've already gone thru my WWLSH #7 index in prep of my index, but your posted list is a helluva lot easier to read. I'll recheck with your list. BTW, my Poll will be damn fun. Damn. Fun. Damn. Fun.
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Just thinking out loud, but what about having a section just for polls? I only ask because in the "Legion" forum, there are currently 6 headlined threads, 3 of which are polls. Now, depending on your screen resolution, those six headlines either fill the screen or half the screen, which means that to see the other new or updated threads you have to scroll down to find them. If the polls were in a different section, it might make that a little easier (in this case it would be three less headlined threads in that particular forum). Not a biggie, really, but it's just a thought 
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Princess I'm working on creating a section just for polls right now. Thanks for caring enough to suggest this and letting us know it'll help you view things better.
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How about a list of the 'official' order of joining?
Actually, it'd have to be 'lists', since there'd be one preboot, one 'altered' preboot and one reboot.
Maybe a list of leaders would be handy, too.
You could go on and on, I suppose.
This is such a great resource, in fact and potential.
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Originally posted by Mystery Lad:
How about a list of the 'official' order of joining?
Actually, it'd have to be 'lists', since there'd be one preboot, one 'altered' preboot and one reboot.
Maybe a list of leaders would be handy, too.
You could go on and on, I suppose.
This is such a great resource, in fact and potential.
TN Todd I think I have each of those lists you are asking for. Let me work on it and I'll have something for you this weekend.
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Thanks, Scott! I've already referenced the lists a couple of times.
I appreciate the efforts you and Nightcrawler (Gary) have made here.
Really, it's a great thing you two have done here. Extensive Kharma-points to the both of you.
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Re: Search Function
I have trouble finding the threads on which I have posted or responses to them. Can a selection for "all forums" be put on the search function and have it look for authors in addition to entire message or subject?
Of course, I'll never see the reply to this thread, because I do not know how to search for my old posts. Kind of a problem for me huh?
Great board, really enjoying my time here.
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BB and everyone else,
If you want to see a list of your recent posts, click on your user name (not "my profile" at the top of the page) at a place that you've posted or where your name appears in the who's online list. There you should see in the upper right of the page "view recent posts." Click on that and voila!
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Notice how I skirted BB's issue.  Well, I'm back with the official word from the programmer's of the software we're using: UBB.classic includes a simple, built-in search engine that allows your visitors to search through the stored posts. Searching this index is a server-intensive process. Thus, you may decide you do not want to allow your visitors to search at all.
UBB.classic uses index files for the search process. There are two methods that UBB.classic can use to store these index files: either as one large file for all forums, or as separate files for each forum. If you have many forums but not many posts overall, you may want to try the "one index file" approach. If you have forums with many posts, you should try the "index files for each forum" approach. If you ever change your index file approach, you must recreate your index (using the Index feature)- otherwise the index files UBB.classic uses to search will not be accurate, and search results will be erroneous.
Searching through all forums at once can drain your server, though it is convenient for your users. You can elect to turn off the ability to search through all forums at once, if you like. Your users will still be able to search, but only one forum at a time. And, that's why the search function is set up the way it's set up.
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Originally posted by Nightcrawler:
BB and everyone else,
If you want to see a list of your recent posts, click on your user name Oh, that works quite nicely thanks. Now I don't have to read your next post, the long one.
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Let me paraphrase then...
A full MB search is a bitch on the server and would be too slow to be worth the effort. Forum by forum is the way to go. Or, use that little trick in my previous post.
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Originally posted by Nightcrawler:
Let me paraphrase then...
A full MB search is a bitch on the server and would be too slow to be worth the effort. Forum by forum is the way to go. Or, use that little trick in my previous post. Ooh sorry, didn't mean to make you reply to my post. I was just saying I was happy with the answer you had provided regarding finding my previous posts and trying to throw in some sarcasm about your following post. Bad BB bad. Thanks for your help.
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There was a link posted at the old DCMB to a website with Dave Cockrum sketches; I believe Nightcrawler had posted it. Is it possible to put that into the Cockrum section, if you know what I'm refering to? I didn't save that link.
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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
There was a link posted at the old DCMB to a website with Dave Cockrum sketches; I believe Nightcrawler had posted it. Is it possible to put that into the Cockrum section, if you know what I'm refering to? I didn't save that link. FC, I'm not sure is this is the link you were talking about, www.nightscrawlers.com , but it has been off-line since June. I'm still able to do a cached search on Google but none of the artwork is available.
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Thanks for the link LL. I'll check it in a few weeks to see if matters are resolved.
Is there anything you guys can't find?
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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
Is there anything you guys can't find? I hear they've employed a certain Starhavenite...
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More of a question than a suggestion: why do we have artists in the Creators' section but not writers? Are there writer checklists? Do people follow the artists more than the writers?
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Nightscrawlers is back online, BTW. Their server was hacked and they had to rebuild the site from a back up done in February. So, I'm not sure whether much of what was up since that time will be back.
FC, as far as the Creator's section goes, I wanted to give the online Legion-related pros a space of their own (partly influenced by Nightscrawlers). If any of the Legion writers (past or present) want to join us here, I'd be more than willing to give them a forum of their own.
In a related note: Dave (Dark Bamf) Cockrum, where are you?
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Is there any way you could put that "Recent Posts by this User" in as an icon in the line with the Profile/Homepage/Edit/Reply icons? Its just http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=recent_user_posts;u=00000xxx (where xxx is their usernumber expressed as three digits)? Just checkin'
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Originally posted by Sanity or Madness?: Is there any way you could put that "Recent Posts by this User" in as an icon in the line with the Profile/Homepage/Edit/Reply icons? Its just http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=recent_user_posts;u=00000xxx (where xxx is their usernumber expressed as three digits)?
Just checkin' SoM I can't see where that is an option in the UBB software. There may be a way around it but Nightcrawler is really the best person to address that so I'll leave it up to him.
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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
Thanks for the link LL. I'll check it in a few weeks to see if matters are resolved.
Is there anything you guys can't find? A real good iced chai? If its Legion related I have a 100GB drive full of stuff. Anyway, I've added the link since it is active again to Dave's District. Hope that helps.
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Originally posted by Sanity or Madness?: Is there any way you could put that "Recent Posts by this User" in as an icon in the line with the Profile/Homepage/Edit/Reply icons? Its just http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=recent_user_posts;u=00000xxx (where xxx is their usernumber expressed as three digits)?
Just checkin' Hmmm...I'll add it to the possible hacks that I want to try. My schedule should be letting up starting this week. So, I should get caught up on some of my wish list for this site.
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