Howdy,

Just wanted to officially announce a few new features to the JWMB.

We now have a Gallery (http://www.dukewayne.com/vbimghost.php)which is now ready for you to use, and enjoy! I have had the gallery section in the works for sometime now but I had to work through a few technical problems. Now I 'believe' the technical issues are fixed (at least the gallery worked for me in my beta testings). Please use it and let me know if it gives you any errors. There is a direct link to the new gallery at the top of the page next to the chat link. We may also add links in other areas of the site.

O and yes I'm looking for suggestions on how to organize the Gallery. I created the "Young Duke" just for placement. Please provide your input on just how you would like to see the photo gallery organized.

Well, we posted a couple of photos from when I went to the John Wayne Celebrity Rodeo down in Abilene, Texas last year, just to try out the new gallery.

I think we need a Members category and/or a Miscellaneous category, as I'm not sure my ugly mug qualifies as a Duke photo, but I knew for sure I didn't qualify for Young Duke :lol: .

I pity that poor bull . . . :fear2: .

Great new feature, Kevin!! Keep 'em coming!

Chester :newyear:

Alright, I failed to turn on the individual gallery area for each member. Just visit the gallery section at http://www.dukewayne.com/index.php?act=gal and click on the "My Gallery Options" link on the left. Then you'll need to click the "Enable Gallery" button in your gallery control panel, then your all set up! Now just create your own gallery categories and place your photos there. Your gallery will be listed on the Members gallery page for all to find.

You can also manage your personal gallery from within your control panel. Look for the link that says "My Gallery Options" in the menu.

A few more tweaks I've made to the site -

- Attachments are now allowed in all threads. This means you can add photos, etc. in with your post.

- New avatar section added to the gallery section. This will allow you to easily add and change your avatar image whenever you want, and this will help us avoid the broken images we sometimes see when members link to images that are off site.

Thx, for the concern.

Posters of photos should include the photographers name when known. But some photos are considered to be in the 'public domain' but if anyone finds their photo(s) here, and doesn't want it posted can make a request in accordance to the requirements of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 12 (DCMA) And such images will be removed.

Terms of Service/Legal (http://www.jwayne.com/terms.shtml)

Alrighty, we now have a new feature called the Google Member Map system. This is where members (who want too) can pin thier location on the map anywhere in the world!!

Man, this thing makes the world look small, and lets us all see your approx. location. Remember no street address is posted on the maps or on the site, it just uses the Latitude-Longitude Coords for your location. So your not giving out directions to your home, your just giving your general location.

There is a new link at the top of the forum, just click the Member Map link to check it out.


Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Hope you are well?

I seem to have a technical prob in My Gallery,

Although it is enabled,
I can submit images,,and view the Top 10 lists,
but it won't let me view, or search other galleries, highlighted below,

Gallery Member Options
My Gallery Options
· View My Gallery
· Search Gallery
· Submit Image
· Top 10 Lists

· Member Galleries Home
· Manage Your Gallery Categories
· View My Gallery

and it shows this message, although
I am obviously logged in!!

Error
You are not permitted to view this section of the gallery.

If you are not logged in, please do so.

thanks,

Hi EE,

I'll look into this.



Kevin

Originally posted by Kevin@Mar 7 2006, 11:18 AM
Hi EE,

I'll look into this.
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,

Any luck with this small prob??

Kevin sure is a whiz at solving all the different problems that arise here, it will be interesting to see what he can do.

At times we felt a little lost in the Photo Gallery ourselves (we even wrote down the different categories to keep track of which was which :rolleyes: ).

Chester :newyear:

We see that Kevin has added some new smilies to the collection (we saw the first one in his St. Patrick's day post - :holiday_irish: ), but here are some others -

:hyper:, :photo:, :smoke:, (sport_box doesn't seem to work). :tongue1:, :tooth:, and :walkman:.

I think we need one that is crying. Is that a possibility, Kevin??

Mrs. C :angel1:

Your wish is my command. lol


:cry2:


And there are a few other NEW smilies that have an international flare.

Liking the new smilies Kevin. :devil:

Alright Kevin - A nice assortment of mood smilies for every taste. Thanks -
Cheers - Jay :hyper:

Originally posted by Kevin@Mar 18 2006, 01:17 PM
Your wish is my command. lol
:cry2:29569

Kevin, you are the man! Thanks!!

Mrs. C :angel1:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but if you scroll down to the bottom of the message board on the main page (that shows all the forums at a glance), there is an updated Stats section, with some very interesting statistics.

Click http://www.dukewayne.com/forums.php and go to the very bottom to see it.

Thanks, Kevin, for that little addition!

Chester :newyear:

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but if you scroll down to the bottom of the message board on the main page (that shows all the forums at a glance), there is an updated Stats section, with some very interesting statistics.

Click http://www.dukewayne.com/forums.php and go to the very bottom to see it.

Thanks, Kevin, for that little addition!

Chester :newyear:

I took a look at these statisitics, they are interesting but to what previous statistics do they correlate to i.e. are posts up by that percetage this year in comparison to last or is it this month in comparison to last month?

:agent:

Based on the last 6 months

Added a new "countdown" feature for use by JWMB members. The feature will add a countdown display in your signature area. You can set the date for the countdown in your control panel under "Edit Options".

Look at my signature to see it in action.

I had to try this out since I really wanted this for The Duke's birthday... let's see!!!

I added a new YouTube forum in the General Discussion area http://www.dukewayne.com/forum45.html .

Please use that forum to post any new YouTube videos (John Wayne related videos of course).

Also, check out our new page at YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/dukewaynecom

Great Idea Kevin

Lots of great material


Mike

Thank you Kevin, that will help with keeping the board organized.

Chester :newyear:

Hey Guys, I'm slowly putting together a wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) to store Duke related information. You can find this info at http://www.dukewayne.com/wiki/index.php/John_Wayne_Books

If anyone would like to help out in anyway then let me know. There is alot of very useful information in the forum that I feel needs to be pulled out and placed in an area the is less crowded, so that's why I've installed the DukeWiki.
Kevin,

Can you give us a little more information about the DukeWiki, and how it works?

I've noticed it on the Quick Links list.

Thanks!

Mrs. C :angel1:

Thanks for bringing this to the top, Mrs. C. I hadn't seen it before. Pretty cool, having this info at the ready. The list of books comdensed into a list without all the posts in between makes searching easier. Thanks for the hard work, Kevin!

Mark

The wiki we have is very similar to the big general wiki site. A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. At this point the only ones that can edit the wiki is the mods.

My thought was to use the wiki to collect all relevant info found in our forum and then place it in this one place. It would place all this info at our finger tips for easy access. This area could be a great place to move the movie listings and costar listing to.

The wiki login shares the same login that the forum does, which is handy.

A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. At this point the only ones that can edit the wiki is the mods.

Hello Kevin,

Unless I am a Mod and didn't know it :wink_smile: , I think anyone can edit it at this time. I noticed a spelling error in the Books made into movies list (They Were Expendable had Expandable instead) and I corrected it. I hope you don't mind. Just thought I'd bring this to your attention. I think the Wiki is a GREAT idea! :thumbs_up:

Mark

Hello Kevin,

Unless I am a Mod and didn't know it :wink_smile: , I think anyone can edit it at this time. I noticed a spelling error in the Books made into movies list (They Were Expendable had Expandable instead) and I corrected it. I hope you don't mind. Just thought I'd bring this to your attention. I think the Wiki is a GREAT idea! :thumbs_up:

Mark


oops, sorry I meant members, which is why the login tie in between the forum and the wiki is important. Of course anyone found 'abusing' the the wiki by trashing it will be banned completely from the site. :glare: Not that anyone here would. :wink_smile:

Just added a new "Related Topic" notification feature which will display just under the Title: box when you go to start a new topic. Check the attached screen shots for a visual.

Once you finish typing the title for your new post the related topic box will appear showing you other existing topics that relate to your title. This may help cut down on some duplicate posts.

Added a few new smilies tonight.
(xmastree)(newyr)(bump)(bud):baaa::(ot)(aaa) (bs2):birthday::tank:

and last but not least
:afraid:

That should make messages more colorful and eyecatching!
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Woo hoo!

Thanks, Kevin!

(bud)

:pizza:(feeling hungry . . . )

Hi Kevin

Great. Now I'll have to think of some way of using them.


Regards

Arthur

Hey ya'll,

I've been adding features again..... This time I've added a "Who's Chatting" box on the home page. Look down the left side under the "Online Users" box.

I have other new features coming soon, and I'll post them later.

Cheers!

Take JWMB with you, anywhere!!

You now can navigate the JWMB easier from your mobile phone/PDA or other wireless device without all the fancy graphics. With mobile phones/PDA you have a small screen so why crowd that screen with all the graphics, that's why I've added a mobile version of DukeWayne.com. Now you can easily access most all functions of the site via your mobile device, so your only finger tips away from your favorite John Wayne site!

All you have to do is enter dukewayne.com into your cell phone or PDA browser and the rest is done automatically. Please be aware that you may incur additional fees from your mobile phone provider so check with your carrier before you use your cell phone to access the site. I use Verizon and my current plan only charges me air time when I access web related sites. Some plans might charge you for data used instead of airtime so be sure to check with your provider.

Also, you can now search PM messages in your inbox (http://www.dukewayne.com/private.php) easily.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

That is a feature I have sorely missed since we changed formats!

Chester :newyear:

Added the ability for members to choose theme styles for the site. Just look down at the bottom left of any page to see the drop down menu. Use that drop down menu to choose between the 3 themes available.

Just a note, I will only focus on the functionality of the CrastelFluid theme since it's the main default theme for our community. It's very time consuming to go through all available theme to make sure and correct every theme when new features are added to the site. So some site features will not be available in all themes.

Added a few new option in the PM area:

- Quick reply window
- Member avatar is now shown next to member list in your PM inbox
- Report button added to PM messages

Added a few new options in the PM area:

- Member avatar is now shown next to member list in your PM inbox
I REALLY like that feature!

Thanks, Kev, for looking for ways to make things better in small but significant ways.

Chester :newyear:

New feature added that will allow members to PM other members without having to leave the page.

PM POPUP BOX

An example of this would be if where reading a thread and wanted to quickly send a PM to someone that posted, you would simply click the send a private message link and the PM box should appear. When you have sent the pm simply X out of the window and keep reading.

Totally COOL!! I just tried it and I really like it!

Thanks, Kev!

Yes, I like it too. Saves a trip to the PM page. It's so convenient.

Nice one Kevin

Totally COOL!!

With that expression, I'd guess you (1) Are 15 years old (2) Live in California or New York City (3) Live with several teenage kids (4) Maybe all three. :wink_smile::laugh:

Well, my wife is from New York, I'm from California, we do have three or four teenager's bouncing around this house, and, I do wish I was 15. :wink_smile:

Other than that, your point is? . . . . :biggrin:


Chester :newyear:

Added some new holiday themed smilies to our smilie collection.

(xmastree) :thanksgiving: :hop:

Thanks, Kevin, for some new "FUN"!

I see you haven't posted ALL the new smilies. I found a couple more . . . or maybe they were already there, and I never noticed.

:bells: ::bunnyB::

:readpaper: (this one isn't 'holiday' but I don't remember seeing it before)

Anyway, thanks again!

Thanks, Kevin, for some new "FUN"!


:bells: ::bunnyB::

:readpaper: (this one isn't 'holiday' but I don't remember seeing it before)



C'mon, Jim, that's Easter (which in many circles is considered a "holiday") :wink:

The Mrs. posted that, and I think she was referring to the guy at the bottom, reading a newspaper and drinking a cup of coffee.

Although, in this day and age, it should be someone looking at a computer, and drinking a cup of coffee ! :blush:

Chester :newyear: