Hello All!
 

Hey, everybody. My Name's Dick, and I'm the new Internet Brands project manager for OSO. I'll be here to work out any technical issues you have on the site.

Since I've been here at IB for a while, I'm fairly familiar with the site, and I've even done a little work on here in the past. I'm looking forward to fixing some of the issues here and working to improve the user experience.

Stormybot will still be doing a lot of the maintenance here, along with some other people, but I'll here to help guide the development of the site.

I had an excellent phone call with SpeedGirl this afternoon, and I think she's got some great ideas on ways to better the functionallity of the site.

I wish to extend an invitation to all members to contact me with your technical needs. I am always available to work with users to ensure they have the best user experience possible.

Regards,

Dick

Hey waz up Dick and happy holidays:ernaehrung004:

Same to you!

Good to know you are here. The 'user experience' you mention has been somewhat less than enjoyable as of late.

hey Dick,, glad your here and I hope you can help some of the members get the bad taste out of their mouth

is the name a joke ????

It would be perfect for Stez
HE B A DICK too LOL

U got to admit your screen name is pretty funny if ya think about it

now to be serious - I have been hear for years and this is the first time i let my membership run out

Why should i sign back up (serious question)

What will be happining here to make us guys who have been on OSO for years start to feel the love again ???

That's what I hear, and why I'm here.

That's my plan!

The name's not a joke.... My name's Dick and I work at IB. I've heard enough dick jokes in my day that it doesn't bother me. When I started this thread they made jokes about how fast it would take for the dick jokes to start. I'm impressed that it took this long!

The first thing I plan on doing here is getting the current issues fixed. We want to make sure that the site's running properly. Right now, I'm working on some infrastructure issues and next I'll be cleaning up some code so that things will run smoother.

Beyond that, we'll be doing a test upgrade of the forum's core software, which will bring extra stability and additional features.

You ask, "Why should I sign back up?" and "What are we going to do to make you feel the love again?"

For me, these are difficult questions to answer. I haven't been on the site for years, and I am not a member of your community. I don't understand the personalities here. What I bring to the table is a long history of running online communities, and that history has taught me that each one is very different. I can install plugins and give you new features, but I don't know which of those you'll want and which you won't.

What am I going to do to make you feel the love again? The best answer I have is this: "Whatever you tell me to. If it's possible, I'll do what I can to get it done."

I can't find an option for spell check when starting a thread. I just hate thinking that I may start a thread and look dumb with my spelling. I already look dumb with my opinion. I don't need another fault.

also I do not have the option for smilies. this also stays true when responding. The quote box doesn't seem to work either.:mad::rolleyes: I do know I am dumb, but please help!

Happy New Year Dick! Glad you are here to help....

In the upper right of the advanced editor, you should see a spell check button.

I'm not following your problem here...

Same to you!

I would like to see some more smilies or some new ones. I would also like to see the search funtion improved. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the way its set up now it does not have a feature to search with two words. For example if I search for "fountain 24" it will bring up all threads with fountain OR 24, instead of only threads with fountain and 24. See http://www.marineengine.com/cgi-bin/discus/search.cgi they have a "or" and a "&" keyword search option.

Glad you are on board. Lots of good boaters here that don't want to run a website or babysite one. I think its great to have a company like IB to run it all professionaly.

Regarding smiles, Speedgirl should be able to add them. I can add them, however I never want to step on the toes of the forum leadership-- so if she specifically asks me to, I will. I would recommend starting a thread in this section with some smiles that you'd like added and we can start a dialogue about adding them.

The current search will allow you to search for multiple words, however there is a character limit on words for which it will search, which I believe is three characters on this forum. For example, if you did a search for "IB-Dick read the cat and the hat" it would only searsh for "IB-Dick read" because the other words are too short. If you search for "IB-Dick read about isosceles triangles" then it would search for all those words.

One problem this forum has is with names like "Fountain 24". It's got a bunch of them, and that 24 is an issue.

Fortunately, we have some hope. We have a "whitelist" that we can add words to that will be included in the search regardless of their characters. I'll go ahead and add "24" to that whitelist.

Does anyone else have words (or numbers) that are under three characters that they'd like me to add to the whitelist?

Dick

Probably some engine sizes? 454, 350, 502 & 540

Added!

I think you misunderstood my post. I understand you can search with multiple words, but I want to search for threads with ONLY the multiple words I used, not just one of them. If I search "cone clutch" I want threads with only the word cone AND clutch. Currently when I run that search it brings every single thread with the word cone OR clutch.......which give me a bunch of results. I bleive the technical word I'm looking for is bolean search function. Other forums can do this search by searching for "cone & clutch." Or if they want just one of the multiple words they use "cone OR clutch." Did you even look at the link I posted? Look at it - it has a keyword option.

I'll have to try that line on my GF sometime :evilb:

You are correct, I did misunderstand. You are also correct in the assumption that there is little we can do about it. However, if you do an advanced search and tell it to sort based on relevancy, you'll have a better chance of getting useful results. Also, on that advanced search page you can save that as your preference.

*ZING*

Delete a thread?
 

I can't seem to delete a thread. I go in to edit this thread but can't seem to find the button for deleting. I know it can be done I just haven't learned it yet. Thanks in advance for your time in helping.

ok how do we
 

ok im new here so how do we put our pro file pic can any one help

Only upgraded members can delete a thread.

Upgraded members are able to have an avatar and profile photo...

hey there Dick... Happy hollidays to you and yours' I'd like to ask you, how do I post pics on my profile or on posts...??
thanks, Alan

You need to be a paying member to upload an avatar/profile photo.... Also you need to be a paying member to upload photos unless you use photobucket and link the photos....