Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-08 Thread John Gilpin
And Another answer - "A problem shared is a problem halved" And many others. Kind Regards, John Gilpin. QUANTA Membership Secretary. members...@quanta.org.uk On 08/01/2014 01:31, Timothy Swenson wrote: On 01/07/2014 04:29 PM, John Gilpin wrote: How long have we put up with "QUANTA isn't doin

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-07 Thread Timothy Swenson
On 01/07/2014 04:29 PM, John Gilpin wrote: How long have we put up with "QUANTA isn't doing this right" or "QUANTA isn't doing this at all" or "QUANTA doesn't know how to run the right type of workshop". Such comments are usually followed by something like "and they should be doing". This rem

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-07 Thread John Gilpin
At long last!! Someone who has bothered to turn the coin over and see what the other side looks like - Thanks Tim. How long have we put up with "QUANTA isn't doing this right" or "QUANTA isn't doing this at all" or "QUANTA doesn't know how to run the right type of workshop". Such comments ar

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-07 Thread Dave Park
I am interested! It just takes me a while to get anything done :) I have the web server running and wordpress installed, with a nice skin I think people will enjoy. I am just waiting for a replacement ethernet card and securing the server and a few obvious exploits in the wordpress install and plu

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-07 Thread Geoff Wicks
On 07/01/2014 03:50, Timothy Swenson wrote: I've been sitting out the conversations about Quanta, QL Today, etc, but I thought I would chime in here. When it comes to volunteer projects, we have to remember the old adage: "You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" Having b

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-07 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
Hi, > So, if people to have long-form articles for the QL, don't just leave it > sitting on your local system. Use the existing web sites that we do > have. If you don't have a location to host it, ask the mailing list for > someone who can. If we have enough authors writing new material, that

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-06 Thread Timothy Swenson
I've been sitting out the conversations about Quanta, QL Today, etc, but I thought I would chime in here. When it comes to volunteer projects, we have to remember the old adage: "You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" Having been on the Board of 4 non-profits, and know h

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-04 Thread Dave Park
Like I said, sinclairql.com is offline ;) On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Derek Stewart wrote: > Hi Dave, > > I tried to access sinclairql.com, it does not seem to be available. > > Regards, > > Derek > > > On 04/01/14 17:32, Dave Park wrote: > >> I installed a few CMS systems offline at sincl

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-04 Thread Derek Stewart
Hi Dave, I tried to access sinclairql.com, it does not seem to be available. Regards, Derek On 04/01/14 17:32, Dave Park wrote: I installed a few CMS systems offline at sinclairql.com to try them out, and honestly, wordpress came out as the simplest and best. I will make it a mission to get t

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-04 Thread Peter Graf
Geoff Wicks wrote: > Since the closure of QL Today I have had a 50% increase in hits on my > news page. It happened suddenly and sharply in September and has > remained stable since then. I think this indicates there is a demand for > online news. I was not aware and visited yesterday for the

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-04 Thread Dave Park
I installed a few CMS systems offline at sinclairql.com to try them out, and honestly, wordpress came out as the simplest and best. I will make it a mission to get that all up and running during Jan/Feb. Then, anyone who wants to become an editor can do so. Also, there will be some new hardware th

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-04 Thread Geoff Wicks
On 03/01/2014 10:04, Derek Stewart wrote: Hi Geoff, I like your web site, no problems with Firefox and PDF plugins, but I am using Linux. Regards, Derek Thanks for the compliment. Since the closure of QL Today I have had a 50% increase in hits on my news page. It happened suddenly and s

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-03 Thread Dave Park
In Safari on a Mac, the links just open a new table for Just Words. Right clicking on the PDF links then selecting "Open in new tab" works though. As for the content; it is a mixed bag. I am confident, however, that you will have a much more positive report of this 30th year once it is over. :) D

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-03 Thread Norman Dunbar
Works fine on Android too Geoff. Pdfs work fine as well. Must, as ever, be Windows! (ducks and runs!) Happy new year all. Cheers, Norm. Derek Stewart wrote: >Hi Geoff, > >I like your web site, no problems with Firefox and PDF plugins, but I >am >using Linux. > >Regards, > >Derek > >On 02/01/1

Re: [Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-03 Thread Derek Stewart
Hi Geoff, I like your web site, no problems with Firefox and PDF plugins, but I am using Linux. Regards, Derek On 02/01/14 19:31, Geoff Wicks wrote: If anyone is still interested in organising a QLis30 event, I have written an account of the last five QL years. There have probably been more

[Ql-Users] The Last Five Years

2014-01-02 Thread Geoff Wicks
If anyone is still interested in organising a QLis30 event, I have written an account of the last five QL years. There have probably been more positive developments than most of us think, but also a few disappointments. It is available on the news page of my website: www.gwicks.net/justwords.