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That would be really nice.

What format?

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please reply with a number between 1 and 200

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FIRST 200 folks are in. Locking CONTEST page now. Will post a winner by end of business today! Thanks!

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It's no more. GDF is free.

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Does LIVE CHAT work for most folks?

JAVA only works for me in some browsers and not others. If we need a "real" solution, I can see if there is BUDGET for it... -- ROB

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Sure. I don't mind UNDOING something if it messes folks up!

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From an AKC/AF perspective much of the traffic here is either GSP or Britt stuff, where the trial is either a dual-sanctioned AKC/AF event or is a combo AKC/AF event (AKC weekend trial, AF trial during week, AKC weekend trial). There usually is one event thread that covers both the AKC and AF trial...

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Only 20 or so more entries to go! Why do I have an ad and post from the contest in my inbox? I used PMs instead of hitting the mailing list because I wasn't sure if folks wanted to get updates via EMAIL (edited). BTW, I bumped the PM count from 50 up to 500 because my mailbox was 90% full in less th...

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I agree. Once I get the fonts fixed, I think the majority of major FORUM changes are done. I need to dive into GDD and PP as well as figure out what to do with the albums, web pages and other GRANT functionality. Some stuff is broken (like articles) and I need to figure out, if anyone else is using ...

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Hello all, I am a new guy from NJ. I have been hunting for 4 years, and got my first lab last year. We go after Pheasant and are starting Duck and Goose. Looking forward to reading some posts and learning from all of you. Welcome to GDF. There as so many helpful folks on here who are VERY knowledge...

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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? Rob, FWIW from an advertising/design standpoint this new font is not easy to read. When the posts get lengthy and you try to skim through them, the "standard" sans serif (arial/helvetica) is much easier on the eyes. Minor point I know, just an observation. I like what yo...

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thanks. good idea.

Ditch__Parrot wrote:How about subsections in the EVENTS forum.
EVENTS
---General Event Discussion
--- AKC Pointing
--------------- Hunt Tests
--------------- Field Trials
--- AKC Retrieving
--------------- Hunt Tests
----------------Field Trials
---American Field
--- NAVHDA
--- NSTRA

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Welcome to GDF!

We might want to move this to CHAT to get a response? MODS?

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2282 NON members visited the site 175 members logged in of those, 22 members posted new TOPICS. ---------------------------------- YESTERDAY we picked up a dozen new, real members! WELCOME TO GDF: buckyd, BirdDawgin, nickspur, hunterr, PhillipC, robolamb, AlecS, t-setter, redd, kelseycooke, rolawson...

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I know, and I'm TERRIBLE at waiting before implementing something, and I apologize! Good news is, we're almost done with what I need to do to be confident we're not being bled to death by spammers, or that the site has unlocked doors everywhere. Now when something blows up, I know my around the PHPB...

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So, I'm OBAMA now? ;) Gee, thanks, Ezzy... I'm not into change for the sake of change, I promise! > most of the posts are being read by a majority of the members when they log in. Actually, I respectfully disagree. We put Google Analytics on the site in August, to track what types of visitors are re...

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thanks. that helps. You think there's enough volume on "training with birds" for it to be its own subsection? just care, maintenance and for sale unless you wanted it to read some thing like this birds -care and maintenance -training with/questions (to me this would go in training sub forum) -birds ...

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I liked the previous simple titles to categories. ... but putting "Gun dog" in front of hunting, training, etc is a little redundant and takes my computer weary eyes a little longer to sort out what it is I wanted. Same with "Canine" Health & Nutrition. ... I just think there is value in simplicity...

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Thanks, Dave. You have some VERY valid points. I'm getting lots more positive feedback than negative, BUT if you don't like what I'm doing (or that I'm doing anything at all) please post and let me know, or PM me. If you're logged in on your blackberry, you should be able to see the link at the top ...

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Great idea for pigeons/gamebirds subsection...

Would you include training in that or just care and maintenance?

Jester wrote:add a bird section where we can talk about rising and care. with maybe a sale sub section.

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Howdy! Need some input, please. How do y'all want FORUMS organized? Most TOPICS that get replies and views are in 3 or 4 places: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8500 topics in CHAT -- 99,800 replies 4000 topics in TRAINING -- 41,100 replies 2000 topics in ...

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Thanks. New member's first 4 posts just go into a queue and have to get a mod to check them before going live... We've caught a ton of link spammers already, and even some dog supply retailers not participating in the forums, but "just advertising..." I deleted 1500+ Chinese and Russian spam account...

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Thanks for your note. Sounds to me like it's HOTMAIL blocking emails from GDF's domain. Can you contact someone there? We don't have any input there... Also I would like to know how come GDF doesn't work as far as sending email notices of PM's and new topic posts to my Hotmail account but it works f...

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Great ideas! Wouldn't want to slice it TOO thin, but I think some subcategories would be helpful.

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Welcome to GDF!

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dudleysmith wrote:what does this mean???

Most TOPICS (threads) have less than 50, and really less than 25 POSTS (replies).

So I changed the # of POSTS that appear on a single from 100 back down to 50 based on several comments and PMs that I got.

Make sense. Sometimes I do NOT.

-- ROB

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Took the 3700 TOPICS in training. Ran the TOPIC TITLES through the http://wordle.net keyword cloud and got this: The more times a word was used in a POST TITLE, the larger it appears: Screen shot 2010-12-13 at 4.34.51 PM.png I use tools like this to help visualize the topics in a given subject matte...

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... just exported the TOPICS database from since the dawn of time 15 posts or less 16,821 topics 25 posts or less 18,844 topics 50 posts or less 19,866 topics <<<<< this works 100 posts or less 20,104 topics <<<<< less than 250 "lost" pages :) I can easily get what I want with 50 posts to a topic, s...

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Even when there is an unread post, the link is in white... you cant see it... I had to "ctrl A" to find it... Just change the font color and we should be good... doh! thanks. fixed it I think. (does it have yellow highlighting? and smaller now?) must have been a browser thing. I'm on chrome on a ma...

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proudag08 wrote:Well now its gone... Rob, is this just a glitch?

Nope. If there aren't any #UNREAD posts in a TOPIC, the link is hidden. I put <h1> around it to make it HUGE for a day or so...

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Please tell me what GDF board features you want to see. Off the top of my head, here's a recap of week 1 * New members have first 10 posts moderated * Added several custom fields to PROFILES (# dogs, hunter, competitor, etc.) to reduce SPAM * Added "PLEASE ADD LOCATION" link for members without loc...

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Glad to hear it. Would love your input on what you think the best TOPICS or POSTS are.

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One other inprovement to the forum I think would be helpful would be to somehow identify the OP on a thread. ... A possible identifier could be a different color font for the OP's username throughout the thread, similar to the GM and Admins Good idea. I'll look into that as well... Maybe I need to ...

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Thanks for the feedback! PAGE LENGTH -- Posts per topic was set to 15 then 25. Then I bumped it up again to 100 after noticing that Google was not really indexing any second or third pages in any given topic. I wanted to see what would happen, but also because of my personal experience with reading ...

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This is an experiment. Please indulge me for a bit... 1) Folks can post a new TOPIC but NOT reply. 2) The SUBJECT or TITLE of a post needs to be in the form of a question. For example: "How early is too early to start training my new lab puppy?" 3) We'll get an expert or two to answer your question....

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Networking is the big appeal of any forum. However, with the association between this forum and GDS, I'm looking forward to promotions between the two. Maybe a special coupon code on GDF that enables a GDS to get a bonus offer, like a life sized laminated cutout of Steve Snell in a bathing suit. Wo...

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Ryman Gun Dog wrote: Thanks much for the update, hope your ownership pays big dividends for for your business.

Thanks. I think most of the dividends will be from supporting the folks who support us. And I'm learning a lot!

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To argue points! Some may think that is bad, but I tell ya that when ya argue things you learn things. To argue you learn from both sides of the table! There is some real good dog people that argue one thing or another. As long as the "arguments" are civil discussions and don't violate the terms of...

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Steve is probably going to charge y'all extra because of all the time I'm spending over here.

Dog Training Digital LLC is a separate entity from GDS, but I'm sure I can walk across the parking lot and strike up a special deal from time to time...

CONTESTS are easy, though.

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It's an opportunity to add to the maketing data & demographics for the new owners. :wink: BTW I am a very satisfied GDS customer. :lol: Thanks! Glad to hear it. I'll try to get Steve over here some, but his wagon is loaded this time of year. He's got a great team! The main thing I've learned so far...

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this is great! keep 'em coming. -- r

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Do y'all mind telling me what you think the benefits of being a REGISTERED MEMBER to GDF are? I'm trying to make the REGISTER page a little bit less ominous. Right now it looks pretty scary! By accessing “Gun Dog Forum” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Gun Dog Forum”, “http://gundogforum.com/forum”...

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OK. So I'm bored at work...Steve's out in the field doing "research & development," (which means he's hunting AGAIN) so I want to do something FUN! CONTEST: Win a FREE copy of PERFECT START / PERFECT FINISH DVD ($129.90) PSPF.jpeg Sponsored by http://www.GUNDOGSUPPLY.com Why this DVD SET? I saw a fe...

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click REPLY to enter the contest! Only 1 reply per REGISTERED MEMBER. Reply more than once, and you're out. :( Contest is open ONLY to registered members with 10 or more posts. These folks are NOT eligible for obvious reasons: Employees of DTD/GDS, and GDF MODS and ADMINS. Contest ends when the 200...

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BigShooter wrote:Rob,
You're having too much fun with your new toy!!!

You have NO IDEA.

I promise the regulars that I'll quit futzing around pretty soon once I get my nest made. And I'll leave things better than I found it.

And I like your mantra...

BigShooter wrote: if your gun dog isn't "broke" then fix it.

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I really like GDF and believe it is set up correctly (or has been to this point) and I hope it continues. Unlike other forums, GDF has a good level of security, moderator involvement (90% of the time the correct amount), let's the members drive the content and answers Good info. One good thing abou...

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he changed for what people requested..That is why it is hands down the most popular Forum going. My goal for GDF is to stay true to the Founder's vision while making sure regular members get what they need. PLEASE tell us if we do something you don't like OR if we don't do something you WOULD like....

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OK. Editing is now set to "0" which means no limit.

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thanks. I'll dive in and see what I did.

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I set a 2 minute editing window. Is that not long enough for TYPOS? I'm making some minor tweaks to the settings, and WHEN (not if) I do something with unintended consequences, and y'all don't like it, PLEASE HOLLER! PM me. Email me at rob snell at gmail dot com. Do folks need a longer editing window?

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