Okay, guys, I've completed a number of further setup tasks:

- I've loaded in all the smilies from mersenneforum.org. IMO they are much better (and provide much more choices) than the default vBulletin smilies. I'm assuming Xyzzy doesn't mind me doing this. :smile:

- I've begun the process of copying over - and revamping - all of our getting-started threads. The first one I tackled was the "Come join us!" thread. Man, that thread was sure out of date! :smile: Most of the stuff in it referred to the k=300-1001, n=260K-600K range that we completed last year. I have updated all the references (which ended up requiring some rather extensive wording modifications too). Some of you may notice that all the links are in red text--that's to indicate that they link to posts that I didn't get to copy over just yet, and they'll be filled in as I go. :smile:

As per a PM discussion with Gary, I'm posting the messages originally written by Gary under his name. Regardless of how similar the final text ends up being to the original, many of these things (such as the come-join-us and vision statement threads) really should come from the project leader's "mouth" to avoid confusion as to just who's the real leader of this project. :wink: :missingteeth:

Anyway, I don't have time to tackle any of the other threads tonight, but you guys can expect to see more of them get copied over tomorrow.

Max :smile:

I changed his title to Project Administrator :wink:
Check the links you are saying to go to or click, they aren't there yet.

Also, hope you guys realize, you can keep your IRC chat window open and connected all the time...
This way, you can ask questions, or make statements, then go back hours later and follow the conversations.
Don't just pop in, say something, then pop out again.
Also, don't just pop in, ask a question, the pop out in a few minutes...
Keep the window open, someone will get back to you with a response...
Takes no cpu cycles, or barely any, and keeps you up on what's going on in the IRC channel.
Who dropped by, comments left, questions posed, suggestions made... when you are not there, you miss out on that stuff.

Just do it :grin:

[quote=IronBits;170479]I changed his title to Project Administrator :wink:
Check the links you are saying to go to or click, they aren't there yet.

Also, hope you guys realize, you can keep your IRC chat window open and connected all the time...
This way, you can ask questions, or make statements, then go back hours later and follow the conversations.
Don't just pop in, say something, then pop out again.
Also, don't just pop in, ask a question, the pop out in a few minutes...
Keep the window open, someone will get back to you with a response...
Takes no cpu cycles, or barely any, and keeps you up on what's going on in the IRC channel.
Who dropped by, comments left, questions posed, suggestions made... when you are not there, you miss out on that stuff.

Just do it :grin:[/quote]
Regarding the title: thanks, that will be most helpful for avoiding confusion.

Regarding the links: yes, I know. That's why they're in red--to remind me that I haven't yet copied over/updated those pages yet, and will need to add the links after I have done so.

Regarding the IRC channel: all of that would be well and good, except that I have a wonky Java runtime engine on my computer (at least under Linux) that chews up more than half the CPU's resources whenever it's running. That's why I had it off for much of the time.

Though, yes, you're right, I have no excuse for not setting up a standalone IRC client which would suffer from no such problems. :smile:

Took the words right out of my mouth :grin:

Hmm, I´m registrated in the new forum, but can´t write there. I looked through me emails and there is no activationmail... :(

Edited by MyDogBuster: henryzz has the same problem

[quote] Hmm, I´m registrated in the new forum, but can´t write there. I looked through me emails and there is no activationmail... :(
Edited by MyDogBuster: henryzz has the same problem
[/quote]

I'm sure one of the admins will fix it soon.

Done.

Did you not receive an activation email at all ?

[QUOTE=MyDogBuster;170446]Do it in this forum for now. Still setting the other one up. Many problems to address including an automated user/team registration.[/QUOTE]

This has been added to the issue register by IB along with a great idea for helping it along.
It will take some work but it sounds like the best way.

i got an activation email and activated my account but it said i am on the moderation queue
it is now working properly for me
thanks

[quote=Bok;170513]Done.

Did you not receive an activation email at all ?[/quote]

Thanks a lot. Works now. But I didn´t get an email yet.

[QUOTE]Thanks a lot. Works now. But I didn´t get an email yet.
[/QUOTE]

Maybe it's in your spam folder. Thats where ALL of my emails go. LOL