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Front page.: Re: Front page.

Tue, 19 May 2009 11:08:48 +0000

I reckon the little calendar of HG comps would be better on the front page than hidden in the 2009->2009-Comps menu, since this is my primary use of the site - to find out info about future BHGC events.

Forums and stuff: Re: Forums and stuff

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:32:42 +0000

Above are 4 posts on a recent thread in the mailing list.

Below is what i get in my blasted email box from ONE post that has been replied to.

HG Competitions mailing list Message
Sent to:xxxxxx

I too worry about there not being a single point of contact like there is now and folks who are only on one form of communication will miss stuff, and then it become a job of work forsomebodyto be sure important stuff is sent out by different mediums.
One solution might be for there to be a summary list of the postings on such a furum, sent to this list every few days.
Often such forums have an option to have a summary list of posts sent to your registered email address with hot links to click through into the forum for what catches your eye.
In the long term a forum might work beter than a simple mailing list, as all the past posts on a subject can be searched and a moderator can make important stuff into a "sticky" so it always appears at the top of the forum etc.

I use such forums to discuss technical stuff for my job and other interests. They work really well for geting a quick answer from a well versed geek for that sort of thing.

However unless there are a lot of regular posters then forums just do not work as a means of communication, they just die, and a simple mailing list is superior.

Gordon

- Original Message -
From: Wayne Thompson
To: xxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:49 PM
Subject: RE: Re:forums

HG Competitions mailing list Message
Sent to: xxxxxxxxx

Will Greenwood wrote:
HG Competitions mailing list Message
Sent to: xxxxx

Hi All, I’m sorry but I disagree with all this splitting up into small groups for this and that, we have a forum and a good web site thanks to those that have provided it. What are we trying to prove here, that by making ourselves spread over a wider area we can bitch about this and that? Sorry I do not get the point, we are a small community as it is, I’m all in favour of promoting our sport, but having multiple points of contact/discussion is just going to drive people into clicky groups…count me out.
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Well thats the first bit of bitching over with.!

So what Clicky group are you a member of,?

I fully understand your point but the only interaction I have the the HG groups is through these e mails.

From what interaction I have just had with this web site, it is realy easy to use, unlike the others that I have tried and been quicky frustrated with…

I may find some problems with it in the future but nothing yet..

I used to use freinds reunited but that was quickly replaced with facebook, this site at first glance is just as easy to use as facebook….

Sorry will, it gets my vote until I see something better..

Regards

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Forums and stuff: Re: Forums and stuff

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:28:17 +0000

I too worry about there not being a single point of contact like there is now and folks who are only on one form of communicationwill miss stuff, and then it become a job of work forsomebodyto be sure important stuff is sent out by different mediums.
One solution might be for there to be a summary list of the postings on such a furum, sent to this list every few days.
Often such forums have an option to have a summary list of posts sent to your registered email address with hot links to click through into the forum for what catches your eye.
In the long term a forum might work beter than a simple mailing list, as all the past posts on a subject can be searched and a moderator can make important stuff into a "sticky" so it always appears at the top of the forum etc.

I use such forums to discuss technical stuff for my job and other interests. They work really well for geting a quick answer from a well versed geek for that sort of thing.

However unless there are a lot of regular posters then forums just do not work as a means of communication, they just die, and a simple mailing list is superior.

Gordon

Forums and stuff: Re: Forums and stuff

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:28:01 +0000

Well thats the first bit of bitching over with.!

So what Clicky group are you a member of,?

I fully understand your point but the only interaction I have the the HG groups is through these e mails.

From what interaction I have just had with this web site, it is realy easy to use, unlike the others that I have tried and been quicky frustrated with…

I may find some problems with it in the future but nothing yet..

I used to use freinds reunited but that was quickly replaced with facebook, this site at first glance is just as easy to use as facebook….

Sorry will, it gets my vote until I see something better..

Regards

Wayne Thompson.

Forums and stuff: Re: Forums and stuff

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:27:02 +0000

Sorry I do not get the point, we are a small community as it is

The HGCOMPS mailing serves it purpose for the 50-80 (?) pilots who need
to communicate about the BOS, etc ‘comps’ scene. The NXCL forum would be
for those interested in the pursuit of XC flying, and whilst there is
some cross over, I can envisage members from both groups not always
being interested in the other, so it makes sense to separate.

The only complaint I have a about the tool is the advertising on the
right & bottom of page (~20% ad space), but lets see how it goes. For
the RW forum we’ve been using Mark Leavesly’s forum tool for a few years
now and it works well with only a subtle 3% of ad space in the top left.
Nev

Forums and stuff: Forums and stuff

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:26:14 +0000

Regards Will Greenwood.

Converting Excell files to wikidot: Re: Converting Excell files to wikidot

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:27:21 +0000

the above is now redundant as htm files can now be used.

see: http://bhgc.wikidot.com/test-html

phase one lock down: phase one lock down

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:43:16 +0000

I have locked the site down a bit to stop anon edits and entries.
Later i will be locking it down even more to members only editing, but first i would like to see a few more names in the members list

Converting Excell files to wikidot: Converting Excell files to wikidot

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:24:09 +0000

And untill "the gods" come up with something better, then we have to make do with what we have.

The easiest way i have come across to date is by using a converter.

So here is an idiots guide. Written by an idiot.

1 Generate your excell file

eg:-

Get the excell converter loaded.

to do this, whilst on your excell sheet hit ALT and F8
you will get a pop up like this.

stick something in the macroname box (anything will do)
Create should now highlight. hit it

the box will expand.
remove the:

 Sub e() End Sub

Next, copy and paste from the code in the box below, when you hit "show me the code"

Code

+ show me the code

- hide the code

 Option Explicit Public Sub ExcelToWikidot() ' 'ExcelToWikidot 'Version 2.1.007 du 04/11/2007 'Author gerdami 'Credits: ' McGimpsey and Associates, for the idea: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/udfs/multicat.html ' David McRitchie, for the colors: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#hexconv ' John Walkenbach, for the split function: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip93.htm ' Chip Pearson, for the Conditional Formatting Colors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CFColors.htm Dim aRange, rCell As Range Dim nRows, nCols, i, j, x As Long Dim sAlign, sBackgroundColor, sCell, sWdLf, xColor As String Dim xString As Variant sWdLf = " _" 'sWdLf = " _" & vbLf Set aRange = Selection.CurrentRegion nRows = aRange.Rows.Count nCols = aRange.Columns.Count 'Sheets.Add.Name = "Wikidot" ... test whether Wikidot sheet exists and delete TODO ! Sheets.Add ActiveCell.Value = "[[table style=""width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border:2px solid""]]" 'ActiveCell.Value = "[[table]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate For i = 1 To nRows ActiveCell.Value = "[[row]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate For j = 1 To nCols Set rCell = aRange.Cells(i, j) sCell = Trim(aRange.Cells(i, j).Text) 'remove spaces before and after text sCell = Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sCell, vbLf, sWdLf) 'replace char(010) by " _" 'ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[cell]]" '[[cell style is build piece by piece ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[cell style=""border:1px solid silver; " Select Case rCell.HorizontalAlignment Case Is = xlGeneral sAlign = "" Case Is = xlCenter sAlign = "text-align: center; " Case Is = xlLeft sAlign = "text-align: left; " Case Is = xlRight sAlign = "text-align: right; " End Select ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sAlign ' background-color ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(rCell.Interior.Color), 6) 'David Mc ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ColorOfCF(rCell, 0)), 6) 'Chip Pearson xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ConditionalColor(rCell, "interior")), 6) ' xColor = "#" & Right(xColor, 2) & Mid(xColor, 3, 2) & Left(xColor, 2) If xColor <> "#FFFFFF" Then sBackgroundColor = " background-color: " & xColor & ";" Else sBackgroundColor = "" End If ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sBackgroundColor ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & """]]" If Len(sCell) > 0 Then 'Wikidot does not like empty cells: v2.1.007 'cell emphasis is applied piece by piece If rCell.Font.Bold = True Then sCell = "**" & sCell & "**" If rCell.Font.Italic = True Then sCell = "//" & sCell & "//" If rCell.Font.Strikethrough = True Then sCell = "--" & sCell & "--" If rCell.Font.Superscript = True Then sCell = "^^" & sCell & "^^" If rCell.Font.Subscript = True Then sCell = ",," & sCell & ",," If rCell.Font.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleNone Then Else sCell = "__" & sCell & "__" ' font colors ' http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#hexconv ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(rCell.Font.Color), 6) ' http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CFColors.htm ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ColorOfCF(rCell, 1)), 6) xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ConditionalColor(rCell, "font")), 6) xColor = "#" & Right(xColor, 2) & Mid(xColor, 3, 2) & Left(xColor, 2) If xColor <> "#000000" Then sCell = "#" & xColor & "|" & sCell & "##" ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sCell Else ' Len(sCell) = zero then nothing End If ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[/cell]]" ' With the above I have all cells in one row, with the split function, ' I will split the cells containing the Wikidot linefeed " _" ' http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip93.htm xString = Split(ActiveCell.Text, sWdLf) For x = 0 To UBound(xString) ActiveCell.Value = xString(x) If x <> UBound(xString) Then ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sWdLf ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ' I have currently a side effect: one cell per line ' but I will keep it for readibility Next x Next j 'ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ActiveCell.Value = "[[/row]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate Next i ActiveCell.Value = "[[/table]]" Selection.CurrentRegion.Select End Sub ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Function ConditionalColor(rg As Range, FormatType As String) As Long 'http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=190 'Returns the color (either font or interior) of the first cell in range rg. If no _ conditional format conditions apply, then returns the regular color of the cell. _ FormatType is either "Font" or "Interior" Dim cel As Range Dim tmp As Variant Dim boo As Boolean Dim frmla As String, frmlaR1C1 As String, frmlaA1 As String Dim i As Long ' Application.Volatile 'This statement required if Conditional Formatting for rg is determined by the _ value of other cells Set cel = rg.Cells(1, 1) Select Case Left(LCase(FormatType), 1) Case "f" 'Font color ConditionalColor = cel.Font.Color Case Else 'Interior or highlight color ConditionalColor = cel.Interior.Color End Select If cel.FormatConditions.Count > 0 Then 'On Error Resume Next With cel.FormatConditions For i = 1 To .Count 'Loop through the three possible format conditions for each cell frmla = .Item(i).Formula1 If Left(frmla, 1) = "=" Then 'If "Formula Is", then evaluate if it is True 'Conditional Formatting is interpreted relative to the active cell. _ This cause the wrong results if the formula isn't restated relative to the cell containing the _ Conditional Formatting--hence the workaround using ConvertFormula twice in a row. _ If the function were not called using a worksheet formula, you could just activate the cell instead. frmlaR1C1 = Application.ConvertFormula(frmla, xlA1, xlR1C1, , ActiveCell) frmlaA1 = Application.ConvertFormula(frmlaR1C1, xlR1C1, xlA1, xlAbsolute, cel) boo = Application.Evaluate(frmlaA1) Else 'If "Value Is", then identify the type of comparison operator and build comparison formula Select Case .Item(i).Operator Case xlEqual ' = x frmla = cel & "=" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlNotEqual ' <> x frmla = cel & "<>" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlBetween 'x <= cel <= y frmla = "AND(" & .Item(i).Formula1 & "<=" & cel & "," & cel & "<=" & .Item(i).Formula2 & ")" Case xlNotBetween 'x > cel or cel > y frmla = "OR(" & .Item(i).Formula1 & ">" & cel & "," & cel & ">" & .Item(i).Formula2 & ")" Case xlLess ' < x frmla = cel & "<" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlLessEqual ' <= x frmla = cel & "<=" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlGreater ' > x frmla = cel & ">" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlGreaterEqual ' >= x frmla = cel & ">=" & .Item(i).Formula1 End Select boo = Application.Evaluate(frmla) 'Evaluate the "Value Is" comparison formula End If If boo Then 'If this Format Condition is satisfied On Error Resume Next Select Case Left(LCase(FormatType), 1) Case "f" 'Font color tmp = .Item(i).Font.Color Case Else 'Interior or highlight color tmp = .Item(i).Interior.Color End Select If Err = 0 Then ConditionalColor = tmp Err.Clear On Error GoTo 0 Exit For 'Since Format Condition is satisfied, exit the inner loop End If Next i End With End If End Function

Then Hit ALT and F4
which will return you to you sheet

Make the table pretty

eg:

select the whole table
then Hit Alt F8

which will give you

Hit RUN

A new sheet will appear with a load of horrid yukky code in column A.

Copy that code

And PASTE it into your wiki page.

And low and behold, you should get something like

	t1	t2	t3	t4
john	1	2	3	4
paul	5	6	7	8
ringo	9	a	b	c
george	d	e	f	g

Spanners in the workscan be caused by

Not selecting the whole table
Blank lines
trying to do two differnt "styles" of tables on the same sheet.
other things that i haven't fully determined…. yet.

Have fun

adding picture: Re: adding picture

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:04:05 +0000

sorted thanks

adding picture: Re: adding picture

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:18:12 +0000

edit - tags - history- FILES
upload new file.

Then you can use the wizard to put your pic on the page.

Note : Do not have any spaces in the name, and don't forget the dot??? (jpg png gif) at the end of it

pic one.jpg wont work
pic-one.jpg will

adding picture: adding picture

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:33:16 +0000

ok I'm no oil painting but I would like to add a mugshot but can't see how. I've tried to use the image wizard, attached file but get this message… Sorry, no images attached to this page found. Any help much appreciated

Tony

Editing Sandbox ticklist: Re: Editing Sandbox ticklist

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:03:26 +0000

Hi Clive.

If it hangs for more that say 5 secs, just refresh your browser. This seems to give it the required kick up the arse.

Sometimes you will find that you have edited something but the "save " button is greyed out.
Stick you're cursor in the edit box some where, het return, and then the "save" button should become available to you.

I agree that editing these tables are a pain. Please be assured that i have tried various ways of doing the tick list.
The latest way is the best i have come up with.
I have tried using google spread sheets, and Zoho spread sheets, but they were less than successful, and also have their limitations.

As time goes on, a better way may be discovered, and if that is the case be implemented. If you have any suggestions feel free to offer them.

Thanks for having a play with it. You will find , as you become more ofay with it, that it becomes easier than might first meet the eye.

Regards
phil

Editing Sandbox ticklist: Editing Sandbox ticklist

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:59:20 +0000

Tried editing the tick list and my first two attempts to save changes made in the HTML resulted in a hang with a perpetual "Saving page ….." pop-up.

Eventually got it to save by choosing "Save and Continue" rather than "Save" AND entering something in the "Short description of changes" box - not sure which made the difference.

(Editing the raw HTML is an enormous PITA).

Logging In takes ages: Logging In takes ages

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:22:25 +0000

I have noticed this on occasions, admittedly more than i would like.
I have found that if it takes more than say 5 sec, refreshing the browser, will sort the problem.

Front page.: Re: Front page.

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:08:42 +0000

And now i have changed it completely :-)

Front page.: Re: Front page.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:55:19 +0000

Ok nigel, so we now have threeways !

V1

http://bhgc.wikidot.com/
Main disadvantage to this way, is it takes a little while to edit it, as there is so much on one page.
Also, as the items add up, the page becomes longer and longer.

V2

http://bhgc.wikidot.com/start%20blog
When it comes to editing , this by far the easiest way.
Type a name in the box, it automatically creates the page. Ad info. Job done.
BUT.. Cant do RSS on the "listing page"

V3

http://bhgc.wikidot.com/front-forum

This way uses the forum as the main input system.
Care has to be taken on the title of the tread, and the thread introduction box
Because it uses the forum, you cannot download pics directly. You must download the pics to a holding page pics-holding-page
Then you must link to that pic, or use the pic url

The layout is not as nice as in V2. but you CAN have RSS feeds.

Front page.: Re: Front page.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:28:50 +0000

I like both - the existing current page is best as the main start page for new and infrequent visitors.

The blog format is good for frequent visitors who are only interested in new information. If this had its own RSS feed it would be ideal.

Front page.: Front page.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:49:40 +0000

http://bhgc.wikidot.com/

http://bhgc.wikidot.com/start%20blog
(note: a bit more to do here, like adding the pics.. but it will give you an idea.

Or something completely different ?