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| I don't want to sound like I'm tooting my own horn, but Miles and I have been working on an updated FAQ , hopefully making it more useful to new members. Miles announced it on a blog post on the ning site, but many of you may not have seen it.
Anyway, it is a work in progress, so if anyone wants to contribute any other Q&A's, or wants to correct anything already in the current FAQ, please email me [email]ciseg8r@hotmail.com[/email] whatcha got & we'll put it in. |
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Location: SoCal | em mailed concerning mitigating or removing finish cracks... |
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| Thanks, Tony, great stuff.
A couple of suggestions - you electric players (you know who you are) need to throw your 2 or 4 cents in. Also, any questions you remember as having come up often about gear (cases, amps, pedals, microphones, etc.), please chime in.
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Location: Vernon CT | G8r,
A suggestion.If possible make the "faq" link bigger and in a place where it is easier to Identify to use. |
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| Thanks, Bob. That'll have to be Miles, I'm just a simple HTML coder :D
That's a very good point, and one I've made already. I probably saw the FAQ when I first joined, but had completely forgotten about it until a few days ago. The link to it needs to be HIGHLY visible from anywhere on the OFC. On the ning page, Miles already put it up as one of the permanent links on the menu ribbon at the top. |
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Location: Texas | Maybe the FAQ link should be a large "START HERE" on the home page?
(I keep forgetting it's there too…) |
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Location: Texas | If it will ultimately be a long list like the old FAQ, it might be nice to break it down into sub- categories like (just off the top of my head):
OFC membership FAQ
Board rules, navigation and etiquette FAQ
Guitar Models, features and info FAQ
Amps and equipment FAQ
Repairs FAQ
General FAQ
Other FAQ
Misc FAQ
Drummers and Bass Players FAQ
Taylor FAQ
;)
etc.
Does that make any sense? |
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Location: Vernon CT | Standing, The last 2 sub categories are pretty useless if you go by whats been "said" on this forum. ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | Drummer and Bass Players FAQ
1, 2, 3, 4....
Repeat as needed. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by BT717:
Standing, The last 2 sub categories are pretty useless if you go by whats been "said" on this forum. ;) - - ;) - - |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | While categories might look prettier, from a functionality point of view, not a lot is gained. CTRL-F gets you to the info you need the quickest, but pretty counts too, so we'll look into it.
Maybe after it's stable, not a lot being added, we'll reformat it. Thanks |
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Location: Texas | t'was just a thought… I suppose if the FAQ gets too elaborate and/or complete it would eliminate the opportunity to enjoy all the snappy banter that occurs when us newbies ask questions like "I inherited my Uncle's Ovation guitar and it only has 5 strings, where can I get it repaired?" (or "why is there a larger space between those two strings than the other three?")
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If I think of anything actually constructive, I will send it on, thanks for (re)compiling the FAQ, it is a worthwhile project… |
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Location: Montana | Well as a newbie who hasn't figured it out yet - How to make links appear as short snappy phrases rather than computer path gibberish.
On the other hand, perhaps it is kind of a newbie koan - and when I solve it I will be one step closer to Ovation enlightenment |
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| Will do Scott. Sometimes we forget that we once didn't know how easy it is. I'll put in the FAQ, but FYI - if you don't see a series of buttons underneath the text field where you type your post, then press the "Full Reply Form" button and let the page re-load. First, open the site you want to link to in another browser window/tab and copy the URL of that site to your clipboard. Then come back here and press the "URL" button below the text field. A window will pop up where you can paste the URL you copied earlier. Make sure that if you copied the entire URL, including the http:// part, that you overwrite the http:// that's automatically put in the copy field, otherwise the link won't work. Press OK and another small window will pop up where you can type in your short snappy phrase, press OK, and you're done. Of course you can press the "Preview Post" button to make sure that everything worked. |
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Location: closely held secret | I addressed that in my FAQ submission. Apparently it didn't meet somebody's standards, because it was there, then it wasn't. |
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| Wab - please send it to me again, I didn't get a chance to copy it before Miles deleted his blog on the other site. I'll put it in tonight. |
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Location: closely held secret | Serge, it was deleted before the blog was. I had added info relating to the ning site, but I made the changes on the post.
I've sent you most of what was in it. |
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| Thanks to everyone who's contributed so far. If your suggestion hasn't made it in yet, just give it time. We're only doing updates once a day or couple of days.
Keep 'em coming! |
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New FAQ - Work in Progress
