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nix wrote:AP-Mike to find solutions to buzzword issues

Er? Wha?

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Paolo yesterday told me he would like to start up DrumStation again.

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Did we order the larger drives that were talked about for the fileserver?

If not, myabe them...

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Apologies, I can't make this.

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Test

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Nope, no edit button for me either.

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Testing

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Just as a further word of warning (this has happened to us at the pub): If you have not had this training, you cannot sell any alcohol. The Licensing board send people round who will buy alcohol and then ask to see proof that you've done the training. If you cannot provide this, both you and the For...

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Hell yeah!

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Right, the change is done. When you go to www.theforest.org.uk it redirects you to forestcafe.tumblr.com. It's been done this way (301 Permanent Redirect) instead of the DNS change, because the DNS change would fuck up the BB, the Cave Booking System and anything else stored on http://theforest.org....

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Possibly looking for a flatmate in the next few weeks. Will get in touch tomorrow.

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milk wrote:analogy; think about the BB. it's moderately largish and complex piece of web software in it's own right with all it's bells and whistles for managing users, threads, subforums, groups, etc, but it's fairly simple for people to create posts, reply to existing ones, etc.

^^^^ This.

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Right on guys! My personal approach has changed slightly. I'm sorry for my earlier attitude/behaviour. I was just worried that the sudden appearance of the tumblr site would steamroller over everything without there being a proper chance for us to work together on improving the existing site. Drupal...

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Hi, I have a gig on Friday and the guy who was lending me a PA now can't, for various reasons. I notice on aecalendar that there doesn't appear to be anything in the hall after the self-defense class. Is it possible at all that I can borrow the hall PA? I will return it on Saturday morning and obvio...

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I agree with chris.

Another forum I'm on allows you to edit your posts for up to 30 minutes after you post them and then they become static. Maybe we could implement something like that here?

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Oh, cool.

I think I may have seen some of these when I first arrived in Edinburgh, before I knew about Forest.

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We have the weekly programme. I dunno if paper copies of it are made any more, though. And we have the big events board in the cafe.

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Actually, the thread was locked ages before you posted, but since you're an admin, you can post in locked threads.

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chris wrote:i did not close the thread. i dont know how. i wanted it left open.

But Jane, look, it's the first time me and Chris are agreeing on something.

Oh, and one sarcastic comment in frustration does not make it a flamewar.

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That's why I quoted Jane's post, because, as they say, "it was 'er wot dunnit, officer".

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Jane wrote:Save the rest of the discussion for the meeting, please.

Nicely democratic of you to just close the thread.

So we have to stop discussing/arguing because you don't like it?

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I just did. I'd written and posted my post as yours was being posted, so I didn't get a chance to read it before submitting my post. I'm sorry for some of my comments, as I had misunderstood what you meant about the design. I thought you were proposing that you and your crew did the design we were g...

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If that was the way things were done, the current web-team could just say they don't like your ideas and refuse to work with you. How would you react to that? Not well, I'd venture. now now, please no more snarky snarky. let's save all this for the meeting. no more personal attacks please. Actually...

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That's not very Forest, is it? is also incorrect, when magdas doing her mural do you tell her to use a bigger paintbrush? No, but there was a collective decision to ask Magda to paint a mural. Saying you won't work with some people is exclusive. Just because you personally don't like someone's idea...

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The visual look of the site and what it runs on are two completely separate things. (I feel I am repeating myself here.) We can make Drupal look like anything. You are and so am I with my last few posts. If the people who don't understand Drupal can come along on Saturday, maybe we won't need to ke...

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I am happy to involved in a new design, but as regards aesthetics there are only certain people I am prepared to work with. That's not very Forest, is it? As for the current (or old, now) design, it was done by Martin Mckenna, I believe. A member of the VAWG and TK. Railing against milk because you...

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7pm or later please, as I'm at work until then.

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I suggest people who have opinions come along and pitch in with the work. But I don't know how to programme Drupal, which was my point in the first place about the designers and writers feeling excluded from the process because people have chosen to use something which we don't know how to use. But...

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I have no idea. If you read my post, it says it's been that way as long as I've been here, and thus I didn't know it was any different. I posted because your post implied the ability had vanished recently, when I don't think it has. You can still edit your posts in some forums (FWG? maybe). Maybe mi...

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They've been disabled in most public forums for at least as long as I've been using the Forest bb.

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joachim wrote:(Who was it I spoke to yesterday who knew about setting up a git repository?)

That was me. More details to follow.

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Well if we are then the tumblr site needs to be fixed up. Firstly, it's long a scrolly on the main page, which funnily, although correct me if I'm wrong, was a complaint about the current site. Secondly, huge swathes of text have been copypasted from the current site, meaning that none of the links ...

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Good post Neil.

Milk has already started making the site simpler. Have a look at the front page now.

Designers! Start thinking about a design for the front page. As soon as we can, we'll tell you what menu items you need to incorporate and then we can get a selection of front pages to display!

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This incarnation of the website has not been around for that long.

We had the old Joomla site before that, remember?

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You wouldn't get someone to paint a mural and then a week later paint over it because you'd decided you didn't like it.

Why do the same with a website?

Various people, especially Milk, have put loads of effort into the current site and it seems a bit pants to shit all over the hard work.

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If we had a variety of front page designs, it would be pretty easy to load one at random so the site would look different on different visits.

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Laptop?

If so, drop in to the Oak between 11 and 7 some day this week and I'll sort it out for you.

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nix wrote:Hello here is the rough text

Where?

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Next Thursday is good with me.

Can we move the start to 7 or 7:30?

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I have stuff in there! I will move it tonight.

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I can lend you a mic + cable.

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7:30 would be better for me since I finish work at 7 and have to be at a gig by 9.

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Chris, the stuff you mention in your first paragraph will be a reality soon. We've been slowly developing a jukebox control system and I hope it will be live soon.

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neil wrote:You aren't, by any chance, trying to sell us a jukebox are you?

You might be on to something there, beev.

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I think you have the wrong idea about gigs at the Forest. Making money from a jukebox would not result in us "booking" acts like Shooglenifty. The Forest does not pay bands to perform. It is a free and open performance area that anyone can book for whatever event they want to put on. Personally, I t...

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I'm against the idea of people having to pay to listen to the music.

We have a jukebox computer and a system to let people choose the music (via the network) is currently under development.

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After reading all that, I think it can be added with a simple query.

All we have to do is check whether there are any posts with a post time greater than the user's last visited time and remove the "view unread posts" link if there aren't.

I'll have a bash at it sometime this week.

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Not so easy, I think, since the unread posts is just a filter on the search query and so is only run when you click the link. I might be able to isolate the function that specifically looks for unread posts and put it into the main page. Failing that, I can probably write a quick query to check for ...

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I forgot they were being installed and as I came into the Forest the other day I walked straight past it and did a double take about 5 steps later.

Superb!

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