Needs more cow bell.

Not sure if its just my old pc (unable to even watch any of the fishwrecked movies) or if this happens to all but whenever i click a link on the site it takes me away from fishwrecked, This doesnt happen on othersites like hotbite. Only thing i can think of that may help keep people were you want them (here).

the movies are .wmv, need windows media player upwards from version 7 or 8 from memory.

You need Codec's !, download Media Player Classic it has a ton of codec's with in the application it self.

Play's DVD and most video formats,
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/media_player_classic.html
will run on XP as well.

TT

lol if only you knew my computer (abacus i call it). I already have it running things its shouldnt be capable of (literaly) but the processor just cant keep up with video footage of any kind i must update one of these days lol

probably your video card drivers (things that tell the video card what to do)then as opposed to codecs

Hi L4M,

What links are taking you away from the site????

Other than the "Links" section everything else should keep you here.

Hey Andy Mac, Even the link Tommy has put on this page if i click it i get taken to that site and away from here. Mind you i am running a pentium 200mhz not even a pentium 1 for those who not aware with windows xp and as much ram as i do proccesor speed. Oh and im on 512k broardband.

Video/graphics card drivers yeah i have them. Thanx for trying to help but its the pc not anything i can do like i said i should update

I'm not trying to be a smart arse or anything but if you click on a hyperlink, I'm not sure where else you expect it to take you, other than the site it is linked to.

L4M are you suggesting Adam bans posting helpful links such as TT's????

G'Day Adam,

One area that would improve browsing for me and potentially increase the discussion on the forums is to separate the new image posts from the forum topics. The reason I say this is because I generally surf the site using the recent posts link and look at anything that has been posted and if it interests me I will post a comment, however when some of us (myself included) post a heap of pics after a trip it pushes all the forum topics off the front page and I think therefore out of my line of sight. I may have something more to add to a particular topic, but because it has drifted of to page 2 it evades my gaze and limits my contributions (some may say that's a good thing). So is there a way to maybe have a Forum collumn and an Images collumn under the recent posts section?

I would be interested if anyone else sees that as being beneficial. I think Terry F would, given his posts drift off the page pretty quickly after a weekend of good fishing.

i'm not trying to be a smart arse either L4M, but you are using the back arrow to take you from the links back into fishwrecked....

No i understand that you wish to be taken to the site and yes i am aware of using the back arrow and right click open in new window, However im not sure how but when im in hotbite if i ever click a link posted in the forum it automatically open the linked site in a new window leaving the hotbite site open also, Was just a thought of ease of use was all.

Ill check it out l4m and see what I can do, cheers for bringing it to my attention.

L4M I apologise for misinterpreting your first post. Yep a new window would be pretty good and would allow you to check info from the linked site and comment about it in your forum replies without having to reload each site as you swap between them.
"Good thinking 99"

I think the problem started with our initial response template, which used different formats for responses. Since then we managed to get the text and avatars looking good, but lost the effectiveness of signatures, smilies and links to new windows. I'll have a look through some of the options to see if it can't be changed.

Hi Adam,
Do you think we could start a Fishing Conservation forum. Nothing one-sided, just a place we can keep in touch with things going on etc - perhaps some people would be interested. Such as discussions on individual proposed management plans. I guess this all fits under the Political and Environmental issues heading, but is a focus area.

It would be cool if we could upload papers, Indicative Management Plans etc (though i guess you can get them from the DEC website?) etc as PDFs. Then everyone can have access to them. Lots of stuff isnt available on the net, or only abstracts are, etc, etc...

Ewan

"No i understand that you wish to be taken to the site and yes i am aware of using the back arrow and right click open in new window, However im not sure how but when im in hotbite if i ever click a link posted in the forum it automatically open the linked site in a new window leaving the hotbite site open also, Was just a thought of ease of use was all."

I think that is a feature of phpBB which is the forum software they are using. All links posted in the phpBB forum open up in a new window by default when they are clicked on. Adam uses Drupal which is different.

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Jay Burgess

" would be interested if anyone else sees that as being beneficial. I think Terry F would, given his posts drift off the page pretty quickly after a weekend of good fishing."

Yeah I agree with that Andy. I use the Latest Content feature for just about all my browsing on fishwrecked as I find it is the easiest way to keep up to date however, I find it frustrating when heaps of new images are posted and it pushes all the hot topics onto the next page and consequently miss quite a bit.

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Jay Burgess

I'm with Andy, split em up and it will sure be easier to get away from all those great fish piccies not to mention the wonderful landscapes AND all that gorgeous sunshine.

OOOOOOOOOOOOh NNNNNooooo - its still rainin in old blighty!

Nothing beats freebies, that always goes a long way to improving things.
;)

THE LAZY FISHERMAN

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MSN/

Ban Rockpom!
We shouldn't have to put up with posts like "LATE ARVO DHU" and "CAUGHT ON A 1/0"
Fishing during the day when I have to work is just not on!
In my eyes this would make the site much better!LOL!!!

IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH IT MUST BE GOOD FOR YOU!

With my limited coverage of your site Adam I'd say photo's could be easier to put up (JMO) also agree with Andy re loosing a page when ppl post pics and last but not least......get smillies happening..... :0 :) ;) :( :] ;}

hehehe!

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Ok, heres a test with smileys etc, I'm not sure how it will go with some of the site coding, which is the main reason I took it off in the first place.  If it causes too many problems, then I will try and find another way to get them on. 

To enable these options, underneath the comment box there is a thing which says:

enable rich-text

If you are using firefox, goto Tools-> Options -> and click on the Block Popup Windows (allows the smiley box to appear)

Cool

just a thaught, a destination itinerary like if you were planning a trip to say derby, anyone with past experiance put forward sujestions of what to take etc.

Tackle Dangler

Good idea Nealez.

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

hey jay good luck to you and elvis in the upcomin comp mate

Tackle Dangler

interesting, but takes a bit longer to load the reply box now.

Alot more interactive. Nice improvement Adam

Only problem is the box with the emoticons isn't big enough to click on the icons further down and I can't seem to expand the box?

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

"hey jay good luck to you and elvis in the upcomin comp mate"

I assume you're talking about the Dampier Classic??

Unfortunately we're not competing this year. I can't take leave as I've got TAFE at the same time and Elvis is off to America not long after the comp.

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

a dictanary you know one off those thingys to help me and spess spell big words hee hee he CHEERS SHAG

 yay

Good idea Nealez, I might look into doing something like that after we get the fishwreckapedia moving along a bit.  I like it!

As for the smileys, there are 16 to choose from, are you seeing all of those Jay?

Unfortunately theres not much I can do about the one line squid, I will try and suss it out, but it may need coding to change, which I'm not sure if I'm able to do.

Yeah I can now Adam. For some reason it wasn't loading the box properly before but it's sorted now

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

Alot of us have 4x4's to get to our favourite fishing spots etc, how about an offroad/camping section were people on big trips can blog their progress for all to see and comment but is stays in one area (for a specified time or something)? Keep 4X4 info there etc.

Ive got a traveling holiday coming up where I'll be on the road for maybe 2 months (I'd like to blog it on the site for my family and friends to see).

Cheers Jason

I do the same thing Max. And I'm a lazy bugger.......
any chance of putting one of the "latest content" buttons down at the end Adam....like here somewhere   ↔ or ↓↓↓. Just so we don't have to scroll all the way back up to the top when there are like 50 posts.

I do whatever the little voices tell me to do