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Hi friends,
Yesterday I added a new donations box on the right hand side of the main forum page. I received several donations, which I really appreciate. Unfortunately the free donations plug-in I installed didn’t keep track of the individual donations or even add them to the total. Rest assured, I received them, but the plug-in didn’t reflect that fact.
So I just updated to a better donations plug-in that cost $50 to initially purchase and then $20 a year to maintain.
If you donated yesterday, please send me a PM with the amount and I’ll manually add it to the fund drive total, so we have an accurate count of where we are towards the $2800 goal.Thank you!
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9 minutes ago, Quasimado said:
Looks like a great job - many thanks ...
Question - How does the Rank Progress work? I joined in 2004 and have just been promoted to "Newbie" (with 3 badges) !
How long before I become a "Grand Master"?
I don’t know. I haven’t looked into that yet. I’ll see what I can find.
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As an aside, this record did eventually come out but re-titled Dealin’ WId It.
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Hi friends,
In light of the updated software the board is running, I’ll be moving the log-in system to email as opposed to a username based log-in. This is a security issue as user names are public information, attached to every post you make. That makes it easier for bots to brute force your password.
What this means is that instead of using your username to log into the board, you’ll just use the email address you registered your account with.Since many of us have been here a LONG time, it might be time to check your user control panel profile settings and make sure the email address you registered with is still one that you have access to. If not, you should be able to change it from there. If you have any issues, let me know via a PM and I can update your email address for you.
I will institute the move gradually. Right now you can log in with either your username or email, but on December 1, 2022 you will only be able to log in with your email address.
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I think I fixed it. The sandbox is a mode for testing. Turned that off.
1 hour ago, optatio said:... and I can't insert an image!
Can any other non-admin insert images? There is a size limit. Perhaps that’s the issue?
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I figured it out.
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1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:
Good to read. When I logged it I thought I was on the wrong place. Great relief here now.
Just one question: The "Donate" button is now where?
Best Willie
(Germany)
I’m working on it. I installed the donations plug-in but for some reason cannot get it to display on the main page sidebar. Trying to figure that out.
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10 minutes ago, felser said:
They look nice, what sizes are available?
This is an old post. But it might be fun to design some new ones that are forum specific.
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7 minutes ago, felser said:
Good stuff, very different. What are these badge things?
I’m not sure. I haven’t had time to delve into all the new features yet. I’m actually on the road, driving to Annapolis. I’m out all next week playing. But I do have two days off so I’ll have time to take a look around.
I need to find a donations plug-in and get that installed.
And yes it’s definitely faster. The dev removed a lot of bloat.
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We’re back!
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Hi guys,
Well, the upgrade was attempted today but the server backend needs upgraded first. Waiting for my server company to do that. We'll reschedule the forum upgrade soon. -
Looks like the update will begin around 10am EST.
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19 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:
How’d you find the guy in Italy to do the upgrade? Was he recommended?
I found him in the developers section on the official Invision Board forum. He had tens of thousands of good ratings, so I believe he's trustworthy. Way better than the first guy that reached out and wanted Bitcoin only. LOL! Yeah right buddy.
50 minutes ago, JSngry said:Can we eventually have the official board rules readily available for all to reference? That would be sweet!
Are they not currently?
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Hi friends,
The forum will be upgraded to the new Invision software this Saturday, November 5th. I do not have an exact time yet, but during that time the board will be inaccessible. I'm guessing it will take about four hours. The gentleman I hired to do it lives in Italy, so it will probably be late East Coast time, like 2am or 3am.I'll update this thread with more info as I get it.
When the board comes back up it will look quite different and wont' be themed correctly, as this current theme is incompatible with the new software. It will take me a bit to get a new theme up and running, but at least the board itself will be functional and much more secure.
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Server is $225 per month so $2700 a year. I don't know where we were at; I'd have to go through my PayPal but not everyone who sent money labeled it as a forum donation. I kind of relied on the DONATION sidebar to keep track, honestly.
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I found someone to do the upgrade. It will most likely be around $200. But we'll be all updated! Can't wait!
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Hey folks,
Well, I looked into the Donations plug-in and it said the last donations was in July, which of course was not right. I tried to edit it and all of a sudden I couldn't access it at all anymore and when trying to load the homepage, I got an error. So I just deleted it entirely.
I still need to find someone that can update this forum software to the new version. We are woefully out of date by several years and that's a security risk. In fact, we've had some attacks on the server through this site in the last few days that have crippled the server.If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I need to find someone that is fluent in MySQL, databases, CPanel, and updating server backends.
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Sorry for the downtime. It was a backup error on the part of the server company. Looks like we're back in business!
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I don't know if this has been mentioned, but this new upcoming book looks pretty incredible.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-rivers-sessionographypresale -
On 10/13/2021 at 10:24 AM, bresna said:
I don't know if Jim is checking here anymore, but does anyone know if this ever got done? The board started getting very slow late last week and today, it's been locking up with most clicks. I think the database might need to be re-indexed or maybe the forum software is glitching.
The server was being used by spammers to send 100k emails a day through an exploit in my personal website. That was bogging down the server massively. My hosting company shut that down but I need to completely rebuild my own website now, which I don't really have time for.
The forum software is still in need of updating because it has a lot of security holes in it, too. I'm still looking for someone to help with this.
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21 hours ago, GA Russell said:
When I use the Donate Button, PayPal wants to deduct money as if you are a business.
It's probably due to that plugin. If you want to go direct, you can PayPal b3groover@hotmail.com. Thanks!
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New donate goal is set. Sorry for the server downtime. I had forgot to pay the server for the month.
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Hey Tom,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm doing fine. The family is good. The kids are getting much bigger (my eldest, Zora, turns 17 in April) and they are pretty much sick of online school but it is what it is. I haven't played even a local gig in months. I do weekly livestreams over on FB and my YouTube channel. Every Tuesday at 7pm EST (though not this Tuesday as I'm using my gear to livestream for the West Michigan Jazz Society). Sometimes on Sundays.
My wife took up real estate two years ago and is basically keeping us afloat since my income is nil.
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The XK5 is the king of digital Hammond emulations right now. And the price reflects that. It's very expensive. But it sounds like the real deal and is 1/5th the weight. It can be purchased as a single manual or double manual like the B3. The 25 note pedal board and expression pedal are separate items. You can also get a Leslie but the internal digital Leslie sounds very good.
Another option is the double manual Hammond SKX which is smaller, lighter, and made more for the stage with other, non-organ sounds like piano, electric piano, strings, etc. The new SK Pro was just announced (I have a bunch of videos about it on my YouTube channel) but so far they only have single manual versions available. I'm sure they'll do a double manual sometime in the future but I don't know when that will be.
Other manufacturers make Hammond clones, like Viscount (called the Legend), Crumar (the Mojo), Nord (the C2), and MAG. Everyone has a different opinion on how closely they emulate the real thing. I prefer the Hammond stuff, like the XK5.The nice thing about the XK5 is that it is modular, so you could start with the single manual, add the second manual later, then the bass pedals, then the Leslie, etc.
2023 Donations
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No, this is for next year. So until December 2023. Thanks!