Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

hmmm weird to come into the forum and find my name in/on a bunch of
posts... :D Anyway...

I do still offer to host the site, the forum and/or whatever the group
wants to use. I have a phorum up already here:

http://www.dtxpressions.com/messages.htm

And I can customize it anyway the group wants. In fact the Drum Center
forum (mentioned as a good example of a forum earlier) seems to also be
running PHPBB so our site could look very simular.

Don't like the way it looks? Thats ok, casue PHPBB is "themeable" (like
WINAMP Skins) so we can use any of a bunch of very snazy looking themes
to make it look unique. Look here for details:

http://www.phpthemes.com

or this site that lets you preview the templates in real time:

http://www.phpbbhacks.com/templatesdemo/

Also, try this link to see another PHPBB site I host for players of the
MMPG Asherons Call:

http://www.holtsouth.com/phpbb2/

I would be happy to delegate the operation of the site to active members
or do it myself if the group doesn't have time. I have a desk jop
(netowkr support engineer) that allows me to work with the site a bit
each day if I need to. :)

As for the message board I'm using (PHPBB), though I think it's pretty
neat, thats not set in stone either. We could go to a WIKI format (see
another group I host at http://www.robotgroup.net to see if you like the
WIKI format better).I can pretty much run whatever forum you like as long
as it runs under LINUX. :)

For file uploads, I could make it possible for some of our members to
place files, but this is a bit tricky since the placing of the files to a
server is a security risk in most cases, so I'd have to see what options
we would have. I could set aside a limited amount of space and

Personally I would greatly prefer to have the group run through the
dtxpressions.com since I think it makes us look more professional and we
are not subject to Yahoo's rules and limits and we'd be much easier to
find! :)

Comments?

Vern

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underneathheaven said:
> Maybe Vern could just host a file holding site??  This way we could
> keep the site where it is but continue to add optional photos and
> songs to an alternative site.  I think the more important files
> should stay here, such as manuals and people to contact and such.
> We could keep a text file named the web address to verns place in
> the files section so people would immediatly see where to go for
> more files.  Or maybe in big bold letters we could place it on the
> front page introducing the group...I don't know, help!
>
> -UN.H
>
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
> <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
>> UHH reported a while ago that he couldn't add a file because we'd
>> almost reached our limit. I've tried to contact Chris Thackston,
> who
>> founded this group, and Rolf Baehr, who must have become the
>> moderator through Chris, to deal with the situation, but both of
>> their given addresses came up empty. They do not appear to be
>> involved anymore. Yahoo tells me that its privacy policy prevents
> it
>> from appointing a new moderator with the power to manage the
> files.
>> Our options are (1) to ask individuals to delete their own files
>> after a certain period of time, (2) to set up another site
> somewhere
>> to add more files as necessary, (3) to have someone start a new
>> group altogether, with new moderators, on Yahoo or elsewhere.
>>
>> Vern Graner offered to host the group outside Yahoo some time ago.
> A
>> few of us exchanged views about it; a search of the archives
>> under "Yahoo" will probably locate the thread. There are pros and
>> cons; how strong they are should be a matter of consensus, or at
>> least as democratic as possible. To his everlasting credit, Vern
> is
>> already hosting the DTXpressions site formerly handled by Giles
>> Hearn. We could certainly keep going as currently constituted on
>> Yahoo; the only drawback is that files will accumulate unless we
>> periodically delete our own and recommend that others do so as
> well
>> to make more room. Thoughts?
>
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