New Forum

[administrator]

I think the forum will be awesome.

Test post....

 

[MarioG]

Hello Doug,

good choice of picture for the site logo if i may say so myself
Looks good, job well done

Mario

 

[MarioG]

One sugestion,

Spell check...

mario

 

[MikeP]

Nice!

Butt Aye due knot sea the knead four spell Czech.

 

[Genesis]

I cant spull eithur.... butt I dunt kare if neone seez dat.

 

[administrator]

Yup!

I knew that would be a request. I have it on my list to include so I'll get to it as soon as I kin.

 

[Passages]

Yep, site looks good.

A little suggestion would be to not break up the "General Discussion" category into two sub-categories. I liked being able to quickly scan all new "General Discussion" topics at one glance. It really didn't matter if the subject was engines or 'anything else', I read it all.

 

[first230sl]

Looks outstanding. It took me a few minutes to get use to the navigation - but it seems pretty clear now.

I especially like the owners image gallery and can't wait until it is open for general posting.

Very nice and thanks so much for all your effort.

As an experiment I am going to attach a picture of my boat on the hoist.

Best regards - Murray

 

[MikeP]

The new format with its additional capabilities is superb. The only suggestion I have is to agree with passages' comment about breaking up the posts into different categories. I prefer the method used on the original site where everything other than boat or equipment "for sales" is in one category.

MikeP

 

[MicroKap]

I think it's great. I agree with the above two posts. I read everything I can in the General Discussion because sometimes you get an idea from a topic that you may not have read.

Good luck with the new site. I hope it brings even more people together to share experiences and questions about their Hatteri (is that the correct plural form of Hatteras?).

Larry K.
1980 60' Sportfish

 

[MicroKap]

How do you get an Avatar anyway to post in your profile?

Larry K.

 

[administrator]

Actually, you have made my life a little easier. Importing the old threads over to one forum in the General Discussion will be easier for me to do. I've changed it back so that everything is under one category in General Discussion.

Thanks for the input!

 

[oldhatt]

All this new stuff looks great. Being the computer dummy that I am, it will take me a while to get used to the new form. Thanks to all responsible.
Safe Boating,
Sam

 

[Nonchalant1]

Doug,

Great Job on the new forum!

I agree with not splitting up general discussion and "technical". I like to peruse all subjects together.

My only comment is that it only uses about half the page (the middle half) which leaves a lot of unused space on my screen and unnecessarily increases the length of the postings and the required scrolling.

Thanks Again!

Doug Shuman

PS - Cool that every word MikeP's entire sentence is wrong, but would pass spell check! Do you have to be a spell check laureate for that?

 

[administrator]

Thanks Doug,

Glad you mentioned the fixed screen thing. I've set up three different syles that users can choose to view the forum. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of any page and look for the drop down box on the bottom left. It will default to the Blue Saint style which is a fixed length centered table. However, you can pick either of the other two (Blue Saint Liquid or Default Style) and either of those styles will give you a full horizontal screen.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks again!

 

[CaptainHatt]

I just wanted to put something in here to see if I could. I think this forum is going to work just fine.

 

[34Hatt]

This is looking GREAT much more powerful and lots of options. Only had one problem when trying to put up a profile picture using the option of linking to a picture it said to large but the picture was the 100x100, the same picture I was able to upload with no problem?????
Thanks too all!!!!!
This Edit feature also works Great !!

 

[MikeP]

Testing the photo post thingie

Brigadoon at Liberty Landing Marina, NY Harbor

 

[MikeP]

WOW! Neato

...Are you sure you don't want to charge a nominal subscription fee? I almost feel bad using a site this good for nothing!

 

[administrator]

WOW! Neato

...Are you sure you don't want to charge a nominal subscription fee? I almost feel bad using a site this good for nothing!

Thanks Mike and to everyone who has taken the time to comment on the new site. Hopefully, the threads from the old site will be on here soon and I can open it up for use.

Thanks for the offer but we've decided the site will remain free to all. Right now I have the system on a shared server but my guess is we'll need to purchase a dedicated server to host it all down the road. That's fine and I hope we do because that will mean the site is a success!

We may try to sell a little marine related advertising on the site somewhere down the road to help offset some of the costs, but I don't want to overdo it.

Through one of our sister companies, Deep River Traders that also handles the Hatteras Collection merchanise program, we will soon be offering a vintage line of Hatteras Tshirts. A portion of the proceeds will also go towards up keep of this site.

Just keep Sam's Marine in mind when you need a part for your boat and help us spread the word.

Oh by the way, the first design we'll be offering on the vintage tees is the 53MY!