Frank

  • Click on the the Tree icon (insert image).  A new window will open     Click on “Choose File” near bottom left of the new window and browse your computer for the pic you want to use.  Click on “Upload” and the file will be uploaded.  Make sure it’s no bigger the 500k. Resize only makes it size down to fit the forum screen window and not shrin…[Read more]

  • Turned on auto resize and tested again.

  • WE HAVE BEEN UPGRADED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       By upgraded I mean to say, full license. You will now see the Chat room adn Events (Calender) links in the menu up top. We can also store more private messages and users can upload photo’s that will automaticly be resized to fit the forums!!!FrankieD2012-02-16 15:58:19

  • Royal wrote:
    Frankie, this is a one time $65.22?  Not a yearly fee? 

    One time fee. It will also include free upgrades for all versions of 10.x so if we upgrade again, no additional cost will be charged.

  • rockyx wrote:
    Frankie,Is this a one time cost or annual fee?

    One time cost and I will update the poll to reflect that.

  • PMOSSBERG wrote:
    FrankieD,

     
    The upgrade seems to have really helped the spam registration issue.
     
    Over the past months, I have been seeing 3 to 4 dozen spam users each day. And probably a dozen or so spam posts.
     
    This morning when I checked for new registered users, we had ZERO, And there were no spam posts this morn…

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  • The members photo gallery on the old forum was a 3rd party mod to the software and only worked on the 7.x version. With the major update to 10.x it broke. All the members pics are still out there in a folder and I haven’t figured out a way to get them back on here but will research it some more.

      If we want to add the ability to upload pictures…

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  • jebarry wrote:
    .is there any chance of  bringing  back the “Active  topics”  chioice?

    thanks so much
    john
    At the bottom of the forum list, on the main forum page, is a block with the latest posts. It shows all the recent posts. You can also go to the top of the page and click on New Posts (has a gold star by it for now) and click on it and…

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  • Ok, I broke the Forums for a little while this evening while getting the database in sync with the new forum software but I did fix it, somewhat.  I’m still working on getting the graffics and look back into someting MG related but please be bear with me as I’m doing all this in my spare time.

         Good news is we are now up and running on the…

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  • Frank replied to the topic Toys for Tots in the forum General Discussion 15 years, 3 months ago

    I agree, this time of year, even with the bad economy, is great.
      I work at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) at Scott AFB and a co-work brought in a few of the flat rate mail box to send packages to the troops deployed. With our close ties to the military, we knew there co-works who had family and friends deployed so we sent a DISA…[Read more]

  • Frank replied to the topic aarose in the forum Site Input and Issues 15 years, 5 months ago

    Deleted, banned email address and ip address… He’ll be back under a new name but I’ll try and keep up with him and he’ll get tired and go away…

  • I’m checking into this… I may need to update the forum package.. uggg not looking forward to batching up the entire database but It is long over due…
      Will start working on it this weekend…

  • Thank you to everyone who have sent their donations in.
      To date, I’ve received 75% of this years cost and that is AWSOME.
    I started this side some years ago after purchasing our TDreplica and finding a lack of resources for owners. We have since had to part with our beloved Roxie but because of all the great people on this site, I have kept…[Read more]

  • Frank replied to the topic Home Page in the forum General Discussion 15 years, 11 months ago

    I can update the photo’s on the Home page if you all would like….
      My tdreplica email account is full of spam and just about unusable (I really hate SPAMMERS!!) so if you’d like to email me a photo send it to  devinef2000 AT  Yahoo DOT com  (sorry for the cryptic address but it prevents spam bots from harvesting my email)
    If you already hav…[Read more]

  • I just  put two and two together and realized, bigracerdad is dARLA’S dad
     
     dARLA used to be the metrovwclub secretary and I’m now the club pres…..
      Haven’t seen dARLA in a long time, miss that barn door bus she was driving last time she came to a meeting…  Tell her she’s missed and should come to the spring show and say hi to ever…[Read more]

  • I have Batch Closed old topics that haven’t been posted in 1 year or longer. These topics can no longer be posted in.
       If there is a topic that is “dead”, moderators can choose to lock it and leave it here for reference or if the topic is 100% useless, delete it as in the case with for sale items. 
     
    This topic is now Closed as well!!

  • Frank replied to the topic VW front axle in the forum VW Parts Wanted 16 years, 5 months ago

    buzz,
        Check out http://www.harshwintersvwclub.com.  Join their forums and post up a wanted ad. They are done near Chicago but have members up your way too.  They are also a great source of VW info……
     
     

  • Tom,  If you owned a 61 beetle, these levers were round knobs in your earlier beetle.  One controls the flappers on the heater boxes, where heat from the engine exhaust manifold is exchanged with fresh air feed by the the cooling fan. Basically, your temp control lever.
      The other lever or knob controls flappers under the rear seat that would dir…[Read more]

  •   Donations have been coming in and as of today, I’ve received $84.00.  Thank you to everyone who has donated. The fee is due Dec 1 and I will be paying it again for another entire year so we will be good through ’09.
     Again, thanks to everyone who has donated to help off set my cost of hosting for this website.
      Here is too another great yea…[Read more]

  • Larry Murphy wrote:
     Oops,I made my check out to tdreplica.com and mailed it one hour before Franks post. If it cannot be used, let me know or send it back and I will send a new one.  Larry

     
      Thanks Larry,  I can SHRED the check that’s on it’s way, will even photo graph it being done if you like or I can just write, “Return to Sender” (hmm…[Read more]

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