Getting there!

Posted On Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at at 5:30 AM by Stephen G. Barr  

I'm working as hard and fast as I can to the the Dudepit back up and fully functional and should have the forum back up within 24-48 hours. Hang in there guys and thanks for your patience! I've purchased a Rocket Themes template club membership and am in the process of installing the new Joomla 1.5 software and deciding what template to go with and will also be deciding to stay with the Fireboard forum software or switch to phBB III software or other forum software. It shouldn't be much longer but I'm learning as I go here and it's not easy so there will be bugs as we go. I'm doing everything that I can to get things running smoothly as fast as I can so just know that nobody wants this to get sorted out any more than I do ok? It won't be long and you'll like the end result.

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More Changes Underway - Hang On

Posted On Saturday, January 26, 2008 at at 4:41 PM by Stephen G. Barr  

Dosdawg and I are doing more changes here this weekend and getting rid of the current joomla template and will be flipping over to the "Populus" template which includes a community builder. This change should not affect the Fireboard forum but bear with us as we install and comfigure "Populus" as the outer shell. Here's a link to more info which will go over the features it will bring with it:http://www.rockettheme.com/Templates/Available_Templates/Populus_-_Dec_07_Joomla_Templates/

Joomla 1.0+ compatible
Joomla 1.5 Native version available
8 Preset Styles
Ability to flip sidebar from right to left
Fireboard forum integration
Community Builder Integration
GroupJive Integration
Incredible new RokSlide based tabbed module system
RocketLauncher enabled - Create your own site just like the demo site with only a few clicks
6 Hilite module variations for each color style
22 fully collapsible module positions for the most flexible layout options possible
3 built-in menu options - The exclusive RokMooMenu menu system, Suckerfish, SplitMenu, as well as a module position to use your own custom menu module (Module)
RokZoom Integration - custom slimbox variant built from the ground-up with cool zoom effect and a brand new look
Built-in IE6 PNG fix W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid
Fully compatible IE6, IE7, Safari 2, Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9, OmniWeb, Shira, Netscape.
Source Adobe Fireworks PNGs included

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Well the forum is up and building the rest.

Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at at 3:19 PM by Stephen G. Barr  

It's almost been 24 hours since I relaunched www.thedudepit.com and things are progressing nicely with the fireboard forum software integration into the joomla platform. The thing that I like about running joomla is that it is modular and I can pick and choose exactly what extension applications I want to add and for every type of extension I have many choices. For example, there are 47 available forum extensions. I just went with what appeared to be the most widely used.
A quick look at this menu of extensions will have any webmaster drooling so now I start the process of building the rest of the site around the core of the fireboard Dude Pit forum one extension at a time. We useed the joomla Pixel Perfect template available at Rocket Theme as part of their template club offerings and I can't be any happier with the products avauilable at Rocket Theme and highly reecommend anyone considering flipping over to Joomla shop there for great templates at dirt cheap pricing. You just join their club for one low price and have unlimited access to all their templates...how cool is that??
Anyway, the registrations are coming back in slowly but I'm sure that will pick up once people realize that I won't be changing software again and can now settle down and build the site and membership back up. Thanks for reading and thanks for sticking in there with me!

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Flipping the switch...go check it out now!

Posted On Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at at 7:34 PM by Stephen G. Barr  

Ok most bugs are worked out...go on over and check out the forum. I'll be working on all the news feeds etc on the other pages but go to the forum and post away.

www.thedudepit.com

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Almost done...

Posted On at at 3:44 PM by Stephen G. Barr  

Setting up as best I can with useable forum titles instead of "Goobers" style titles. I'm not setting up as many individual/specific forums as before but can add at a later date if anyone wants them. Will be live tonight with the forum at least and I'll build the rest of the site around it instead of the other way around.
There will not be any required fee for memebership but just as before there will be supporting and gold supporting memberships available to those who want to contribute with additional options available for those higher level memberships.
There will also be sponsored forums available at minimal costs to those manufacturers and or retailers who may want one. I am grandfathering in a few manufacturer sponsored forums with a 90 day grace period while we get things rolling but after that even those guys will need to pay to stay.

One last time I will also say that all are welcome to join even those who have been posting bullshit elsewhere or making mock dudepits on ezboard etc...Fresh board, fresh start and I mean that!
Ok, back to finish setting it up but we'll go live here very soon. Hope you like it!

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One more time....back up with forum asap

Posted On at at 12:18 PM by Stephen G. Barr  

Ok, I have given up with the Dolphin software and trying to get the forum section up and running as we want it to work so I've pulled down www.thedudepit.com and am in the process of loading up joomla software with a fireboard forum and will pop it back live once I have it setup the way I know you will like it. What you will see will be a forum as you all know similar to this demo.
The main portal page that will contain new feeds and such will look something like this. Too look at all the difdferent plug-ins and templates available go here.
Hang in there and I'll at least have the basic forum up and running later today as it loads on the server quite fast. Joomla is the way to go I feel and there are tons and tons of available additional features and plug-ins available. Look here and start writing a wish list of features you may want me to add.
Thanks for hanging in there. Doing this on my own server without the use of a 3rd party provider using a "canned" setup has been difficult and challenging to say the least but I believe I have now found the best situation and that you will all be very pleased with the results!
Steve

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No fix for Dolphin

Posted On Friday, December 28, 2007 at at 10:13 AM by Stephen G. Barr  

Well DosDawg and I are at a loss with the Dolphin Orca Forum portion of the application and will be pulling it down once again and loading up the joomla Populus platform over the weekend. Please wait until we announce it's ready for registraions before registering this time ok?
http://www.rockettheme.com/Templates/Available_Templates/Populus_-_Dec_07_Joomla_Templates/

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