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Important news about Personal Pages !
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 4:16 PM
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Good news and bad news.
The bad news.
Personal Pages are going away. They have gotten out of control with links to PhotoBucket etc... It was never our intention to have photo links posted to any outside source in this section. We had always intended for people to upload photos to WhalerCentral so the photo links would never be broken due to no fault of our own.
The photo limit was always 20 but due to people linking to outside photo hosting services, several people have 50 to 60 photos linked in their personal page that take forever to load.
The Personal Pages are turned off as of now so no new Personal Pages can be made or edited at this time. You still can view the existing personal pages at this time.
The good news.
We will be creating a new "Members Photo Album" section where people can upload photos directly to WhalerCentral and their photo album. There will be NO outside linking to photos.
You will be allowed 20 photos max in your album and you will be able to change them anytime you like with newer versions etc....
More good news....
In the following weeks (or months), Mike and I will be upgrading the site software to a newer version.
Most everything will remain the same with the exception of a few new features that you will just have to wait to see.
This is pretty much a major upgrade and Mike and I have been working on this for several weeks already. Lots of code changes on just about every side and center panel that we have been using the last several years..... This already has been a lot of work...
We think you are going to enjoy the new features of the upcoming site upgrade. We know we already do from an administrative point of view.
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| sraab928 |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 5:12 PM
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Thanks for the update Joe, will the photo size still be restricted? Ie will we have to resize our photos to upload them? This is where I always seem to have an issue and give up.
Scott
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| Binkie |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 5:15 PM
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Joe,
It all sounds good to me. Your site has become a compelling hobby for me. 
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| ioptfm |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 5:21 PM
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I have great confidence that any changes that you make will be for the better. This is one of the best sites I have ever participated in! Thanks for hosting such an informative site
Tom
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| howard Werner |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 5:29 PM
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Joe,
Happy Birthday!!!
I totally agree that whatever direction you chose will be best for all of us. Thanks for spending the time and effort to make this site so amazing.
I have learned so much in the past year or so thanks completely to this website.
Howard
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| CES |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 7:20 PM
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I'm glad we'll still be able to post photos of our boats as that is one of the coolest features on this site for me. Additionally, with members posting photos of works in prgress, they serve as valuable tools for the rest of us.
Thanks Joe.
Cliff
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| arthureld |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 10:43 PM
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Thanks guys for all of your hard work to continue improving Whaler Central.
My personal pages were due for some reorganization anyway.
Good luck with the software upgrade. I'm anxious to see what new features you have in store for us.
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 08/26/08 - 11:03 PM
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The new "Members Photo Albums" won't be a whole lot different except that everyone will have to upload the photo... No more linking to Photobucket or other outside sources.
We are working on auto resize for some of you that are having problems making your photos small enough to upload. This should help you.
The new "Members Photo Albums" will be very similar to the Whaler Model Specifications albums.
http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...allery.php
Each album will be a members album with up to 20 photos and their descriptions and comments.
Each photo when clicked on will get larger... Up to 960x720 in size or something similar as we haven't come up with a definite size yet...
Click on this link and then click on the photo. You will get the idea..
http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...photo_id=3
More to come but we aren't telling yet............ 
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| Erik Selis |
Posted on 08/27/08 - 3:10 AM
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Sounds great Joe. You guys have done a wonderful job on this site in the past years. Thanks for all the good information and letting us enjoy and learn.
Erik
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| sraab928 |
Posted on 08/27/08 - 3:55 AM
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Sounds good Joe.... Thanks! I have sent you a PM on a related subject - didnt want to carry the conversation here.
Thanks again for all your hard work.
Scott
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| Blue_Northern |
Posted on 08/27/08 - 6:20 AM
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Looking forward to the new features. You all do such a great service to Whaler owners! I remember the mention of disabling all links to outside servers. Is this going to be the case for forums as well or can we still point to pictures hosted off sight in discussion area?
Rob
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 08/28/08 - 8:12 PM
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Some changes have started.
You will notice minor changes as we go along until the big one which might be sooner than expected.
At this time you can still view your Personal Pages but you cannot edit them.
Even after we upgrade the site, the new "Members Photo Albums" will be down for awhile until we can manipulate the software to get this feature working the way we want.
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| MW |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 2:44 AM
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This site and it's member's have helped me fix my boat "MYSELF" Numerous times, I had some issues with steering and over heating this year that would have taken me "out of the game" for the season. This site is great because, we can "Learn" from each other, and also see each other's boat's with pictures. Everyone treat's other whaler owner's "boat problem's" as if they were their own, member's and staff are fantastic because, they stick w/you while you are fixing the problem. No question is "Stupid" here, and "Newbies" are handled "Gently" because, we ALL remember when we were there (with no W/C for support).
Thank's to all !
mw
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| CES |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 3:18 AM
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Great new format Joe. This site seems to have a little more functionality to it. Nice work.
Cliff
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| sraab928 |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 3:36 AM
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I logged on this morning and had to wipe my eyes.... wow that was fast! It looks great! you guys are amazing.
Scott
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| Bo Neato |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 4:50 AM
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The new page skins look great.
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| Blue_Northern |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 8:04 AM
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I can not seem to figure out how to select different smileys. When I click on them it just erases my response and I see nothing different??? I am sure it will all be fine just wondering if anyone else has the issue.
Rob
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 3:19 PM
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Mike and I stayed up till 3 am respective to our time zones.
The upgrade to the new site software has been accomplished.
We are still working on the Personal Pages and the new Members Photo Albums so please be patient.
Rob,
Smileys work for me....
Make sure you don't have the box checked for "Disable Smileys"....
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| jlh49 |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 3:41 PM
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Joe,
If our personal page has uploaded pictures and not links, is it possible to save them to the new members photo album or will they have to be uploaded again? Due to a computer crash, I no longer have the restoration pictures of my Whaler that was used to create my personal page. Thanks!
Jack Harley
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 08/29/08 - 3:48 PM
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jlh,
We won't lose the photos.
However, you would do yourself some good if you open up your personal page and then save all of the photos you have in there back to your desktop.
This way you will also have a copy of the photos back on your computer.
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