Em 05/08/2012 10:45, Stephen escreveu:
> On 05/08/2012 2:12 PM, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
>> actually this sounds like TC-RTC is quite dependent on the time and
>> interest of a single person. After the fate that befell IRTC (twice...)
>> this might be an issue of concern for people considering to join in.
>
> You are quite right Christian,
> To give some history, after the IRTC was down for about a year. Steve
> Paget (you may remember St) decided to give something back to the
> community. He contacted a web developer in his town and commissioned
> TC-RTC. So the web site is owned by Colin and we only use it. When Steve
> died a couple of years ago I contacted Colin and said that I would be
> willing to keep it running and Thomas de Groot kindly agreed to assist
> in the running of the site. (I say assist but Thomas does all the work.)

> faded Colin has lost some of his enthusiasm for maintaining it.
> We have not bothered him too much with change requests. Partly because
> he does not give it a high priority (that means that he does not answer
> emails) and partly because the costs are minimal so you get what you pay
> for. We are a small group and most of us know the limitations and just
> live with it.
>
> So that is it in a nutshell. If you can think of a practical solution we
> would be pleased to hear it.

I remember St.

BTW, why not simply a free blog?  Something like tc-rtc.blogspot.com or 
tc-rtc.wordpress.com?  Administration hurdle is minimal and can be 
shared between a few select accounts.  Image posting and polls are among 
the features, plus comment system builtin, etc.

With so many cheap free solutions out there for creating and sharing 
content, I don't see the reason for bothering with a "home page".

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On 6-8-2012 2:40, nemesis wrote:
> BTW, why not simply a free blog?  Something like tc-rtc.blogspot.com or
> tc-rtc.wordpress.com?  Administration hurdle is minimal and can be
> shared between a few select accounts.  Image posting and polls are among
> the features, plus comment system builtin, etc.
>
> With so many cheap free solutions out there for creating and sharing
> content, I don't see the reason for bothering with a "home page".

Hmmm... an idea I need to think about... In first instance I am not very 
blog-minded, but who knows...

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> On 3-8-2012 22:28, BertvdB wrote:
> > Stil now entrees, where are are all the railroadmodelers, regarding all the
> > magazines and websites aboout this topic
> >
>
> I was surprised too. However, see what TawnyOwl writes above. He may
> have point there about visibility.
>
> Welcome to the TC-RTC Community by the way :-)
>
> Thomas

Entries are due by 8/17. Some of us are going to use the entire time!

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On 06/08/2012 5:58 PM, jhu wrote:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> On 3-8-2012 22:28, BertvdB wrote:
>>> Stil now entrees, where are are all the railroadmodelers, regarding all the
>>> magazines and websites aboout this topic
>>>
>>
>> I was surprised too. However, see what TawnyOwl writes above. He may
>> have point there about visibility.
>>
>> Welcome to the TC-RTC Community by the way :-)
>>
>> Thomas
>
> Entries are due by 8/17. Some of us are going to use the entire time!
>
>
LOL That is midnight GMT on the 17th which is 1 a.m. BST on the 1st of 
September. But I wouldn't cut it that fine, myself.

Good luck and welcome. :-)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> On 6-8-2012 2:40, nemesis wrote:
> > BTW, why not simply a free blog?  Something like tc-rtc.blogspot.com or
> > tc-rtc.wordpress.com?  Administration hurdle is minimal and can be
> > shared between a few select accounts.  Image posting and polls are among
> > the features, plus comment system builtin, etc.
> >
> > With so many cheap free solutions out there for creating and sharing
> > content, I don't see the reason for bothering with a "home page".
>
> Hmmm... an idea I need to think about... In first instance I am not very
> blog-minded, but who knows...

you could create a dummy account just to feel the hang of it.  You could have a
main blog topic about the current competition, a WIP topic to let people post
their images and a poll topic later to decide winners.

The good thing about blogs really is that administration is a breeze (you
basically do nothing besides posting new blog topics when you have to).

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On 06/08/2012 7:00 PM, nemesis wrote:
>> >Hmmm... an idea I need to think about... In first instance I am not very
>> >blog-minded, but who knows...
> you could create a dummy account just to feel the hang of it.  You could have a
> main blog topic about the current competition, a WIP topic to let people post
> their images and a poll topic later to decide winners.
>
> The good thing about blogs really is that administration is a breeze (you
> basically do nothing besides posting new blog topics when you have to).
>
>
I think that the Tena Chep forum could be used for this.

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Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 7:00 PM, nemesis wrote:
> >> >Hmmm... an idea I need to think about... In first instance I am not very
> >> >blog-minded, but who knows...
> > you could create a dummy account just to feel the hang of it.  You could have a
> > main blog topic about the current competition, a WIP topic to let people post
> > their images and a poll topic later to decide winners.
> >
> > The good thing about blogs really is that administration is a breeze (you
> > basically do nothing besides posting new blog topics when you have to).
> >
> >
> I think that the Tena Chep forum could be used for this.
>
> --
> Regards
>      Stephen

I admit that my experiences as a web-admin (for a very small site) are long
gone. I remember there was a way to restrain bots but I forgot about the details
completely. Since I never have used or visited a blog I have no idea about their
possibilities. Can they give us all the goodies of a "real" web site? Updating
images, voting for the next topic and can we avoid the disadvantages? Thai or
Russian girls are quite pretty, but I'm not in need of one.

Regards,
Michael

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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 7:00 PM, nemesis wrote:
> >> >Hmmm... an idea I need to think about... In first instance I am not very
> >> >blog-minded, but who knows...
> > you could create a dummy account just to feel the hang of it.  You could have a
> > main blog topic about the current competition, a WIP topic to let people post
> > their images and a poll topic later to decide winners.
> >
> > The good thing about blogs really is that administration is a breeze (you
> > basically do nothing besides posting new blog topics when you have to).
> >
> >
> I think that the Tena Chep forum could be used for this.

certainly.  Aside from a text-only presentation, I'm all for forums.

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Thai or
> Russian girls are quite pretty, but I'm not in need of one.
>
> Regards,
> Michael

Forunately, the girls appear as adds in the forum only.

Regards,
Michael

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On 06/08/2012 8:26 PM, TawnyOwl wrote:
> Forunately, the girls appear as adds in the forum only.

They seem to have disappeared ATM and when they were there they were of 
older ladies. o_O

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Regards
     Stephen

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