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[Sim Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sim]

I think we all need to be mindful of the fact that pradopoint.com is free - so requests for space to upload data might be a bit hard to implement given some of the potential costs involved.

It's not that bad these days if you choose the right host ... costs have come down significantly in the last few years ... so my other forum photo galleries don't cause that much problem with space or bandwidth anymore.

[Drew Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Drew]

A nudie girl photo section would be nice....

Like there's none of that on the internet! :lol:

Drew.

[120GXV6 Member Find all posts View Profile Close 120GXV6]

I've got a question - why are double spaces between sentences reduced to single spaces when posted?

Sentences SHOULD HAVE DOUBLE SPACES BETWEEN THEM for separation - it is standard typographical layout.

Matthew

PS - Noticed the registered users count and wondered who got number 666 :twisted:

[Sim Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sim]

I've got a question - why are double spaces between sentences reduced to single spaces when posted?

The HTML standard allows for extraneous whitespace to be removed ... doesn't matter how many spaces you insert, they will be compressed to a single space (similarly with tabs), unless you use a HTML tag which specifically honours whitespace.

Sentences SHOULD HAVE DOUBLE SPACES BETWEEN THEM for separation - it is standard typographical layout.

No, it is ONE standard for typographical layout, but is completely arbitrary - not everyone does it, and indeed, on the web, it is deemed unnecessary.

[120GXV6 Member Find all posts View Profile Close 120GXV6]

OK - you got me there. sp sp I had to check the Style Manual - but you are right! sp sp I just like two spaces better and was taught to type that way

Most people on the web carnt evun spel - so I would never use the web as a benchmark for anything.

Will look into HTML - I hate when a computer changes what I do (especially when I don't know it's going to do it). My applications have all the blonde (auto correct) functions turned off before I even attempt to use them

Thanks for the response,
Matthew

[Sim Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sim]

OK - you got me there. sp sp I had to check the Style Manual - but you are right! sp sp I just like two spaces better and was taught to type that way

"Old school" :P

You know the great thing about "standards" ? ... there are so many to choose from !!

[carrot Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close carrot]

It's great having this site where we can talk all things Prado! One suggestion for this site...

IMHO this site is divided into too many sections for the amount of traffic it gets. I'd think that most of the people who frequent the site would drop by catch up on the latest chit-chat rather than be specifically looking for info on wheels for a 120 series (for example), so browsing through would be made easier with fewer categories. Perhaps the current divisions would be suitable if most categories were getting 10 posts a day.

I'd suggest a general mechanical category, general/random chit-chat category, for sale category and then a few specialist categories (such as 120 specific, 90 specific, electrical, etc). That way most of the tech talk will be in one place, more people would notice tech questions, and the site would appear a busier, more 'happening' place. (See http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/forum/ - most of the talk happens in 'general mechanical.')

I know, I'm new here, so I may not understand the culture here very well and I could be totally wrong... so feel free to disagree! :wink:

[Chippy Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chippy]

Hey Carrot

Rather than you saying ...

I could be totally wrong... so feel free to disagree! :wink:

I would be saying to you...
"Feel free to have an opinion and chuck it in the ring."

As for the sections - I don't mind them - and have probably gotten used to them. When I don't have a lot of time I may only check the sections that I have dropped stuff in - there are days where I may not even look at some sections (Ssshhh - don't let on I said that :lol: ).

Cheers
Chippy

[120GXV6 Member Find all posts View Profile Close 120GXV6]

I don't find any real problem with the current arrangement.

Normally I just click on "View posts since last visit" each time I log on and look at what interests me.

It is not hard to search the sections if you are after something specific.

Much rather it in sections than lumped together!

[Drew Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Drew]

I think the consensus is to leave it the way it is. It works for me - I'd rather it this way than having to trawl through one big section.

The "unread posts" feature is a bit of a curly one, it seems to be a bit of a limitation of phpBB in as far as it marks all posts as read once your session expires, regardless of the "read" status of the message. This make it hard to keep up to date when there are a lot of posts. There is a server-side tweak, I've PM'd Aaron about his some time back with no reply. I guess he's busy.

Drew.

[Damien Parker Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Damien Parker]

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but i would love to see a quick reply panel at the bottom of the page. Makes things a lot quicker, especially for the guys not on broadband with not having to navigate to another page to enter the reply.

Other forums i use have this feature and i find it to be invaluable.
Still using the reply post button when including url, img and all that other guff.

[ntp Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close ntp]

Thought I'd revise this thread to see how we've gone in addressing some of the 'wish lists' in creating the new forum.

Personally, my one wish list is for the forum to have a unique Pradopoint Banner (image) - even if only similar to the one that Golly created for the PP GTG (which was fantastic IMHO).

[Madkore Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Madkore]

Geez, never seen this thread before.

I thought of perhaps a general accessories thread. Things like a UHF, spotlights, tyres (to some extent), seat covers, floor mats and a whole raft of other accessories are common across all Prado models, however information is scattered across the 150, 120, and 90 series sections. Just a thought...

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but i would love to see a quick reply panel at the bottom of the page. Makes things a lot quicker, especially for the guys not on broadband with not having to navigate to another page to enter the reply.

Other forums i use have this feature and i find it to be invaluable.
Still using the reply post button when including url, img and all that other guff.

Got your wish by looks Damien

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Thought I'd revise this thread to see how we've gone in addressing some of the 'wish lists' in creating the new forum.

Personally, my one wish list is for the forum to have a unique Pradopoint Banner (image) - even if only similar to the one that Golly created for the PP GTG (which was fantastic IMHO).

Hi ya ntp...

Happy to do something similar for the PP Forum banner as I did for the GTG.Pradopoint.com website banner.

I miss the image from the original forum...


Thanks to Dave's wife's blog for the capture. The Photographer's Wife