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Hey Nitro - Thanks for the headsup! Funny you mention that cause one of our "top secret" projects now for a while (since May of this year) has been working on code name "MOBILE LOU". This is basically a slimmed down version of the LOU site that only displays if the user is trying to access the site via a mobile device (such as the WinMobile device you described). The idea I had here was to allow for instant fishing reports while live on the water! I have put it up for those with phones to try out and see how they like it. If you could, respond to this message FROM YOUR PHONE using the new LOU Mobile site. You should see the little "mobile live" icon that it displays. Instant Live fishing reports is available to anyone who has a phone. By default the system will recognize that you are browsing the website from a mobile device and display the proper format allowing for instant fishing reports. Thanks again Nitro! Chad

Doug - GREAT fish! Thank you for sharing...... you really take some amazing photos! I can't wait to use some in the LOU slideshow. Keep up the great work. Chad

Happy Birthday Buddy! You can take the day off from your normal moderator duties on the site

Glad we could help

Try that

Hahaha - I love it!

You found the right place Dan! Welcome to the site. Chad

I enjoyed this video...

Take care of yourself Bob

Great Pics Stan - thanks for sharing!

Welcome to the site Arnaldo! Sweet boat! Chad

You want to share your videos you took from your digital camera or camcorder with the community huh? No problem - its EASY! This step by step tutorial will walk you through exactly how to post your own videos on Lake Ontario United. Lets assume that you have taken the video from your camera and downloaded it onto your hard drive. After that, we will use a video hosting service called YOUTUBE to optimize and make sharing your videos a breeze! Setting up YouTube Account We need to make our videos available on the Internet. Having them on your personal computer is not good enough so what we are going to do is setup an account with YouTube that will host our videos ONLINE for us! 1.) Visit YouTube.com 2.) Click on Sign Up 3.) Registration Step 1: Fill in a username and password. 4.) Registration Step 2: Fill in your other personal information. Don't worry - none of it will ever be shared. Uploading Your Video to YouTube Ok, so that's all for creating an account. Lets now go ahead and try uploading a video. 1.) Visit YouTube.com 2.) Log in if you are not already. 3.) Click on Account > My Videos link at the top right of the site. 4.) You are now ready to upload your video. Select the yellow "UPLOAD" button. 5.) Fill out the information about your video (Step 1) and then Select the video you wish to upload (Step 2). Once the video from your computer has been uploaded you are ready to share it with the rest of the LOU Community! Sharing Your Video with LOU! 1.) Under "Your Videos" select the PLAY button of the video you want to share. This will take you to the main youtube page of that video. 2.) Copy the URL of that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXBSu6uI and put that into the poast. Thats it! Your video will display entirely optimized and hosted by YouTube. So I leave you with this........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXBSu6uI See you on the water (and don't forget to bring your video camera!) Chad

Guys - Thanks for the heads up! I got this message from several other members as well. I have banned this user by IP address, email address and username! Hopefully this will no longer be an issue but I will be keeping a close eye on it. Thanks again for letting me know - this is definitely a new kind of spam we have not seen before. Kind regards - Chad

Hey guys - Just wanted to give you a heads up that the new board has a "Birthday" feature (see the bottom of the page) that will display your username when it is your birthday. This information was never available before on the old board, so there is nothing in there for any member yet. If you want your name to display when it is your birthday, then you need to simply visit your profile and be sure to fill in your birthday information. Here is the link so save ya some time searching: ucp.php?i=profile&mode=profile_info Again, this is optional, but a fun little new feature. Just an FYI - Thanks, Chad

Stan - There is a link I added to the home page called "Mark ALL Forums Read". It is located just above the main forum on the right side there. This is a temp fix for the issue you mentioned. I am not sure what direction I am going to go with this yet but for the time being, this is a suitable alternative until we decide if we want to automate this or not. Thanks - Chad

How's that look Bob

Matt - I found the information below on the some reasoning behind the changes to "Read Tracking" from phpBB2 to phpBB3. While I am not myself sure whether or not I agree the following yet, it does offer more insight. I (like yourself) was accustomed to having all the topics be marked as "read" after I logged out each time. Let me think about this more and I will be interested to hear your (and other's) opinion on the issue. ========

There should be one there at the bottom (right under the quick reply). Go to page Previous 1, 2 (or however many other pages are associated with the current topic. Do you see that Matt on your computer? If not, what browser and OS are you running? Thanks buddy - Chad

Hey Matt - How many posts per page doesn't seem to be a setting that the members can control on their end. I can control that setting on the admin side. For the time issue - I am seeing the correct time on my end. Maybe its a daylight savings issue you are having with yours. There is also a way to customize your time display (and location I think) under your profile > board preferences section. Check that out - it might fix your issue. Thanks again! Chad

Hey guys - Thanks for all the great feedback! Stan and Ray - I am looking into both those issues. We did our best in the Alpha and Beta testing to find all the issues but I expected a couple more things would come once you let the masses in. Thanks for bringing this to my attention as I am can not by myself catch 100% of everything. I'll look into both those issues and get back to you with what I find. Thanks again! Chad

Try it now Bob - Good Catch!

Take some time to get use to some of the new features and enjoy your stay You should notice a HUGE speed increase for the site as well. Post any questions or comments you may have reguarding the upgraded forum here and I will be more than happy to help. Enjoy your weekend and enjoy the new LOU! Thanks again to the Pro Members and moderators who made this possible. Kind regards - Chad

Hahah - that is GREAT Mick!

Welcome to the site Dennis! We have a great Finger Lakes section and lots of guys from that region on this site. Enjoy! Chad

Hey LOU members! Sorry to bug you again but I just wanted to give each of you a fair warning that this Saturday (November 1st, 2008) will be the official launch of the new LOU backend software. We have struggled through months of the Alpha testing and this week will be dedicated to Beta testing with the help of our great moderator staff. They have already found one BIG "opps" on the beta site........ leave it to Bob to test out all the "word censoring" filters and letting me know that I missed a couple catch phrases if you will Anyways, the main LOU site will need to be temporarily shutdown on Saturday morning as we attempt the massive database conversion. Typically in this kind of situation you don't want people writing to the DB while it is trying to transfer everything as it runs the risk of corrupting the data. Everything as you see it on the live site up until Friday night will be preserved (posts, usernames, passwords, etc.). I will keep this message short as to not bore you. Just know that this coming Saturday the site will be shut down in the morning hours as we begin the conversion to phpBB 3.0.2 (the latest and greatest). Everything on the new site will still look and feel the exact same except there will be several new features and we will be running a much more powerful board that should help us stay stable and secure for years to come. If you are interested in seeing the new upgrades that available please click on the image below. I think you will be rather impressed at how big this upgrade really is........ Enjoy the final week on the OLD....... and get ready for the NEW..... Upgrades Included in phpBB 3.0.2 More Info on the Upgrade Coming State of the LOU - Oct. 2008