Needs more cow bell.

Not sure if its just my old pc (unable to even watch any of the fishwrecked movies) or if this happens to all but whenever i click a link on the site it takes me away from fishwrecked, This doesnt happen on othersites like hotbite. Only thing i can think of that may help keep people were you want them (here).

the movies are .wmv, need windows media player upwards from version 7 or 8 from memory.

You need Codec's !, download Media Player Classic it has a ton of codec's with in the application it self.

Play's DVD and most video formats,
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/media_player_classic.html
will run on XP as well.

TT

lol if only you knew my computer (abacus i call it). I already have it running things its shouldnt be capable of (literaly) but the processor just cant keep up with video footage of any kind i must update one of these days lol

probably your video card drivers (things that tell the video card what to do)then as opposed to codecs

Hi L4M,

What links are taking you away from the site????

Other than the "Links" section everything else should keep you here.

Hey Andy Mac, Even the link Tommy has put on this page if i click it i get taken to that site and away from here. Mind you i am running a pentium 200mhz not even a pentium 1 for those who not aware with windows xp and as much ram as i do proccesor speed. Oh and im on 512k broardband.

Video/graphics card drivers yeah i have them. Thanx for trying to help but its the pc not anything i can do like i said i should update

I'm not trying to be a smart arse or anything but if you click on a hyperlink, I'm not sure where else you expect it to take you, other than the site it is linked to.

L4M are you suggesting Adam bans posting helpful links such as TT's????

G'Day Adam,

One area that would improve browsing for me and potentially increase the discussion on the forums is to separate the new image posts from the forum topics. The reason I say this is because I generally surf the site using the recent posts link and look at anything that has been posted and if it interests me I will post a comment, however when some of us (myself included) post a heap of pics after a trip it pushes all the forum topics off the front page and I think therefore out of my line of sight. I may have something more to add to a particular topic, but because it has drifted of to page 2 it evades my gaze and limits my contributions (some may say that's a good thing). So is there a way to maybe have a Forum collumn and an Images collumn under the recent posts section?

I would be interested if anyone else sees that as being beneficial. I think Terry F would, given his posts drift off the page pretty quickly after a weekend of good fishing.

i'm not trying to be a smart arse either L4M, but you are using the back arrow to take you from the links back into fishwrecked....

No i understand that you wish to be taken to the site and yes i am aware of using the back arrow and right click open in new window, However im not sure how but when im in hotbite if i ever click a link posted in the forum it automatically open the linked site in a new window leaving the hotbite site open also, Was just a thought of ease of use was all.

Ill check it out l4m and see what I can do, cheers for bringing it to my attention.

L4M I apologise for misinterpreting your first post. Yep a new window would be pretty good and would allow you to check info from the linked site and comment about it in your forum replies without having to reload each site as you swap between them.
"Good thinking 99"

I think the problem started with our initial response template, which used different formats for responses. Since then we managed to get the text and avatars looking good, but lost the effectiveness of signatures, smilies and links to new windows. I'll have a look through some of the options to see if it can't be changed.

Hi Adam,
Do you think we could start a Fishing Conservation forum. Nothing one-sided, just a place we can keep in touch with things going on etc - perhaps some people would be interested. Such as discussions on individual proposed management plans. I guess this all fits under the Political and Environmental issues heading, but is a focus area.

It would be cool if we could upload papers, Indicative Management Plans etc (though i guess you can get them from the DEC website?) etc as PDFs. Then everyone can have access to them. Lots of stuff isnt available on the net, or only abstracts are, etc, etc...

Ewan

"No i understand that you wish to be taken to the site and yes i am aware of using the back arrow and right click open in new window, However im not sure how but when im in hotbite if i ever click a link posted in the forum it automatically open the linked site in a new window leaving the hotbite site open also, Was just a thought of ease of use was all."

I think that is a feature of phpBB which is the forum software they are using. All links posted in the phpBB forum open up in a new window by default when they are clicked on. Adam uses Drupal which is different.

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Jay Burgess

" would be interested if anyone else sees that as being beneficial. I think Terry F would, given his posts drift off the page pretty quickly after a weekend of good fishing."

Yeah I agree with that Andy. I use the Latest Content feature for just about all my browsing on fishwrecked as I find it is the easiest way to keep up to date however, I find it frustrating when heaps of new images are posted and it pushes all the hot topics onto the next page and consequently miss quite a bit.

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Jay Burgess

I'm with Andy, split em up and it will sure be easier to get away from all those great fish piccies not to mention the wonderful landscapes AND all that gorgeous sunshine.

OOOOOOOOOOOOh NNNNNooooo - its still rainin in old blighty!

Nothing beats freebies, that always goes a long way to improving things.
;)

THE LAZY FISHERMAN

* Proud supporter of BAILEYS BAIT BOX *

MSN/

With my limited coverage of your site Adam I'd say photo's could be easier to put up (JMO) also agree with Andy re loosing a page when ppl post pics and last but not least......get smillies happening..... :0 :) ;) :( :] ;}

hehehe!

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Oceanside Tackle and Marine
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O'Connor, Perth WA
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Ok, heres a test with smileys etc, I'm not sure how it will go with some of the site coding, which is the main reason I took it off in the first place.  If it causes too many problems, then I will try and find another way to get them on. 

To enable these options, underneath the comment box there is a thing which says:

enable rich-text

If you are using firefox, goto Tools-> Options -> and click on the Block Popup Windows (allows the smiley box to appear)

Cool

just a thaught, a destination itinerary like if you were planning a trip to say derby, anyone with past experiance put forward sujestions of what to take etc.

Tackle Dangler

Good idea Nealez.


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jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

hey jay good luck to you and elvis in the upcomin comp mate

Tackle Dangler

interesting, but takes a bit longer to load the reply box now.

Alot more interactive. Nice improvement Adam

Only problem is the box with the emoticons isn't big enough to click on the icons further down and I can't seem to expand the box?

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

"hey jay good luck to you and elvis in the upcomin comp mate"

I assume you're talking about the Dampier Classic??

Unfortunately we're not competing this year. I can't take leave as I've got TAFE at the same time and Elvis is off to America not long after the comp.


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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

a dictanary you know one off those thingys to help me and spess spell big words hee hee he CHEERS SHAG

 yay

Good idea Nealez, I might look into doing something like that after we get the fishwreckapedia moving along a bit.  I like it!

As for the smileys, there are 16 to choose from, are you seeing all of those Jay?

Unfortunately theres not much I can do about the one line squid, I will try and suss it out, but it may need coding to change, which I'm not sure if I'm able to do.

Yeah I can now Adam. For some reason it wasn't loading the box properly before but it's sorted now

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Jay Burgess
jayburgess_14@hotmail.com

Alot of us have 4x4's to get to our favourite fishing spots etc, how about an offroad/camping section were people on big trips can blog their progress for all to see and comment but is stays in one area (for a specified time or something)? Keep 4X4 info there etc.

Ive got a traveling holiday coming up where I'll be on the road for maybe 2 months (I'd like to blog it on the site for my family and friends to see).


Cheers Jason

I'm a lazy bugger.......

any chance of putting one of the "latest content" buttons down at the end Adam....like here somewhere   ↔ or ↓↓↓. Just so we don't have to scroll all the way back up to the top when there are like 50 posts.





I do whatever the little voices tell me to do

werk is 4 ppl how dont know how 2 fish n play golf     :)

people also have trouble resizing etc, is there a better system for this photo upload, I never have problems uploading multiple photos on outlook, hotmail, facebook, yahoo etc.

Goooooone Fishin!

Maybe have a bitch board where people with short person syndrome or a superiority complex can carry on about how fantastic they are while running everyone else down.

Nah, on second thoughts lets keep this as a great forum where respect for the fish and one another is foremost in our minds.

John

I head a little FURTHER NORTH each year,

Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind, .......

Fishwrecked.com talks fishing and therefore members benefit so the site will just get better & better!!!!

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364 South St, O'Connor, Perth Ph 9337 5682

about the weather down here if so it will be improving the site as i will be able to post more fish pics cheers hehehe

Yeah maybe a a big death ray ran by fishwrecked members to control tides weather ect. Also somthing to let the fish know when Im coming so they'll get hungry   

Just one more cast

I like that idea Nealz. Would be booldy handy I reckon/

Putting some links to some of the other boating places eg Boatonline or Bias boating or whitworths for boating equiptment I know we have one boat sponsor but they dont have a webpage.

Life is short so live it fast

Nathan

Is there any way you can seperate peoples signatures from the main body of their reply? Makes people replies look so messy.

When people post links, can you make it so that a new window is opened rather than the current fishwrecked one you are viewing?

Hope that makes sense....

when items sold in sell/trade section, make it so whoever started title says sold or closed when item is sold so it may be removed to clear the clutter, another one is time limit like 3 weeks max life of sell thread then it is automatically deleted.

Hi Adam, everyone posts pictures of there fish on the site, I am pretty sure that they all know how long, wide, heavy and high the fish they caught are. How about a fish logging system where they guys can enter the catch type, size, weight etc. You already have a library section to identify fish. Having a brag bord would compliment that and you can also feed the info back to fisheries as to what the FW guys catch, How good will that go down with them. Just my thoughts.

Regards

Hi Adam,

Just putting it out there to see if there was any interest but i've been having a look through the forum and was thinking that a 'Fitout/re-build' section would be cool.

By this i mean a section where people could upload their threads about putting in floors in their tinnys, or replacing a floor in a fibreglass boat, or even how they've fitted out their new boat. Could also be a good place to post up about trailer re-builds etc.....

The only reason i mention this is because i've come across so many stray threads which have some really good pictures of boat fitouts or trailer re-builds which could be a wealth of knowledge and ideas for others (such as myself, hehe)

So yea, just a thought

Thanks, Steve

 Have an app! That would make it easier for mobile users like myself

 tapatalk compliant would be nice

 Topic reply notification? This is the only site i know of that DOESNT have the option?

and an option for premium buy and sell, where your item is "sticky"

There is a tapatalk module these days;

http://drupal.org/project/tapatalk

Topic reply, mark all as read would be great.

How about a classifieds module? Cuts down on the chit-chat in FS threads.

http://www.moneyscripts.net/tutorials/pay-publish/how-build-paid-classified-ads-site-drupal

Enable upload of pics by iPhone or iPad. It sucks not being able to post pics of my fish!

but on a long 3 paged foram etc, can the 1 2 3 page icons be up the top on the first page,cheers

page icon

I think having a seperate FS section rather than them pushing reports ect out of latest forums topics. 

  get a app made so i dont have to turn my computer on and if i'm fishing and see or do something stupid "Bang" photo uploaded 

Cheers RedNeck

Just the real good ones that no-one knows about where there are heaps of fish that are easy to get to or easy to find:) 

 How about a section on electronics e.g pics comments setups for all models 

And second the smart phone app easier to use the phone

$5K for an entry level app

1) an iphone freindly app (cost dependant) is a great idea...

2) not sure what happened to what happend tp reeltime (but can guess...), but resurrecting it would be a great idea. Am sure a fair few of us have enough literacy skills and photos/ stories to provide content to keep it afloat in some capacity... thats the ex english and IT teacher/ journo come FIFO worker in me speaking, would be happy to lend a hand, as Im sure many others would...

Create a iPhone app for fishwrecked

Cheers fellas, I will look into these.  The cost is the biggest factor with the Iphone app, but I have been putting some thought into it.  Anyone know any Iphone App developers?  I know android people, but not Iphone.  PM me if so.

How about some sticky's covering the often asked questions in each catagory like :-

latest size and bag limits/ links to the necessary sites

Any of the other questions that arise again and again ad nauseum , could be referred quickly

would be great to provide fellow FWers with easy access to a topic that I believe interests most boat fishers, be it experienced or the less experienced.

Just another suggestion ,after the Graffiti story i would like to see proven remedy's to things eg.removing marks from boat hull to get parts for reels & boats or Products of the month ,best products to use Tips tricks&Products.Could even be some sponsors in it ,but they must be PROVEN remedy's/tips & Tricks.Being out of work maybe a jobs board for people who would like to get into a boating or fishing career.

How about a section for boat reviews? Its a topic that seems to come up fairly regularly.

These could be sorted by make, model size etc, and people could enter a review of their boat, or boats they have been on.

Gues the same could be said for tackle reviews, electronic reviews etc...

http://fishwrecked.com/forums/fishing-essentials/boat-reviews

Done

OK to have an i-phone app but what about us non sheep that don't have an i-phone . Then you would have to do an andriod app as well to be fair.

I have an android phone and FW works fine on it, not sure what I'm missing, just bookmark it to your frontpage, press button and easy.  What difference does an app do?