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Folks,
Not every update warrants a notice, but this latest update has a couple minor feature enhancements and bug fixes that you might be interested in.
First up is the Private Message Feature.
There was a bug where no notice was given when an intended recipient's PM limit was reached. That user would quietly be dropped from the recipient listing leaving the sender only able to guess as to why that person was no longer listed as being part of the Private Topic.
The behavior has been change. When you add a recipient to your new Private Message, the board will check to see if that user's PM limit has been reached. If it has, you will get an error message saying so and you will not be able to add that user to the recipient list.
That way, you are not left to wonder if a user is ignoring you or removed him/herself from the topic when you weren't looking. 
Private Message/Topics part 2:
The Page Jumper links have been added to the bottom of Private Messages/Topics that become multiple pages long. So now you no longer have to scroll to the top of the page to get to these links. 
Changing your E-Mail Address In Your Profile
When a user changes their email in their profile a verification email will be sent to the new address. The account email will not be changed until the user clicks on the verification email.
Display of Images
There is now a feature that allows a limit for the maximum width for images using the [img] tag. This uses browser scaling, as a quick way to keep large sized images from distorting the layout. You can still upload an image that is over wide, but it should no longer stretch the layout to the point of being very difficult to deal with. This is currently set to 800 pixels and may be too wide for some.
This was mostly a bug fix release, but I thought most would like to know about some of the new features.
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OK Folks.
After a few years of many of you asking, we are now providing you a place to hock your wares.
Or to put it another way. "To sell your stuff".
http://www.boatingabc.com/classifieds/index.php
Also, see the link on the main menu bar above in between "FAQ" and "Photo Gallery".
This is free to active BoatingABC.com members. For our purposes "active" is defined as a member with a minimum of 25 postings on our forums.
I have set up a special user group that should automatically include members in it once they reach 25 postings. We shall see how well it works.
If someone should just happen to create a new account and then pad their post count to be able to place an Ad, you can pretty much count on the Ad being deleted and your user account being banned.
I am sure there are several overlooked items in this new area and it is likely to be a work-in-progress for a bit.
I just wanted to get it up and running now as it seems that if I wait until I have the time to do it right, it very well may never get done at all. 
Anyway, here's to hoping it works out.
DISCLAIMER
Anything listed for sale is done so by the listing member. BoatingABC.com has NO ROLE in the sale other than providing a means of bringing a seller and buyer together.
BoatingABC.com is NOT a party to any sale and makes NO warranty whatever as to the suitability , value, usefulness or condition of anything offered for sale.
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OK. There is a LOT to do yet, but I want to see if anything is going to blow up and so am opening the forums to see what shakes loose.
There is a lot to cover, but I am just too burned out to deal with it right now.
So have at it and I will bring everyone that is interested up to date tomorrow.
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Folks,
The board will be closed for an extended period of time starting sometime this evening or tonight. I have not decided the exact time yet, but will give notice before hand so that anyone who is replying to a thread will have time to finish up.
We are moving to a new server.
This means a complete backup of the database and then a restore on the new server. This takes several hours. Further, I want to get some other major changes done. We shall see how far things go.
I cannot give a good estimate of the duration of down time, but can say that it will be at minimum all night tonight and much of tomorrow. It may well go into Sunday.
There likely will be times that you will get a "Not Found" error when attempting to connect to this web site over the next couple days. Rest assured, we are NOT going anywhere.
Updates will be provided when time allows.
See you on the other side.
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Hello All,
It seems about time to let you in on some developments here at BoatingABC.com.
We are moving again to a new server very soon. This one is more powerful and should be able to handle the load quite a bit better.
At the same time, we are integrating the Photo Gallery Site with the forums.
There will no longer be a separate login for the Photo Site as it will use the same User Tables as the forums. Once integrated, if you are logged into the forums, you are automatically logged into the photo gallery.
My plan is to leave the photos currently posted at the old photo site intact so they will continue to display in postings here on the forums. The links will not be broken.
However, that version of the Photo Gallery software will be taken off line. After the move, if you go to http://www.babc-photos.com/photos, you will only see a page that informs of the move.
I am giving you a heads up in case anyone needs to do anything with the photos that are posted on that site now. Once the move is made, you will no longer have the ability to edit or delete the images you have uploaded there. There is no easy way to import them over to the new installation of the software and I am not going to attempt it.
Of course, you will be more than welcome to repost them to the new gallery once it is available to you.
Another development concurrent with the move is that we will be upgrading to a new version of the forum software. This newer version will add some new features and squash a bug or three.
I have a few more things simmering on the front burner, but will let them be a surprise once the move is made.
One last thing for now...
The images that display in the header are WAY overdue for an update. Not like I do not have enough to do already, but this one has been bugging me for a while and that round toit is about in reach.
So...
Use up some of that wintertime restlessness and start digging through those boating pics you've taken this past season. Select one (or a few) that you'd like to see up there and send them to me.
Here is how to do so. Please follow these instructions exactly.
- Attach the original images as they came from your camera to an e-mail. Please do NOT embed them into the e-mail itself.
- Put "Header Image" in the subject line.
- In the body of your e-mail list the following information.
- Your Display Name on the forums
- Any caption that you'd prefer I use. I will come up with something if you do not supply one. If you supply more than one image, please be sure to let me know what caption goes with which image.
- Send the e-mail to boatingabc AT comcast dot net
Note that I will be looking over images posted to the Photo Gallery and anything there is fair game. 
That's about all for now folks. I will give some warning before the move. The Forums will be off line for an extended period of time on the given day.
Have a good one!
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