Posts by happygeek

Yep, the process has changed a little with our newly revamped tutorial section. It has become, in essence, an invitation only thing.

You need to PM me in the first instance to discuss what you have in mind, and I can then point you in the right direction for how and where to submit the tutorial copy - assuming it gets as far as asking for a draft submission. That then goes into a holding area where it is checked over and, if passing the necessary quality control checks and undergoing any required editing, then ultimately published.

Have a look around the tutorials section to get a feel of the kind of thing we are looking for, both in terms of subject matter and writing quality, before submitting any ideas though.

Sorry to sound off-putting, but I am sure that everyone would agree that it is in the best interests of both DaniWeb as a resource and the mebership as a whole, for tutorial content to be of the highest quality. Essentially we are aiming for tutorials that would be good enough to be published in a print magazine or book.

The really good news is that those tutorials that do make the grade will attract a small publication fee from DaniWeb.

British chavs with a million, returning babies ate the cake while conquering a starving county.

minstrels

Eve of destruction \\ Barry McGuire

World shut your mouth \\ Julian Cope

Celtic -> Irish

You get a hobby.

I put in a leaking pink highlighter pen.

debonair -> Ryanair

Best album in the world. Ever \\ various artists

You get a bigger waistline.

I put my whole self in, my whole self out, I do the hokey cokey and I turn around, that's what it's all about

My Way \\ Sid Vicious

You get three dead Internet flies.

I put in a huge foot.

Loverboy -> Romeo

You get 1000 cheap rings.

I put in the banner advert on the right.

Styx -> crap

Hi Tins, welcome to DaniWeb. Here's hoping you continue finding what you seek with us.

You get a small buttercup flower.

I put in a dead genius.

dire -> straits

Hey Moose, welcome to DaniWeb...

research -> Google

ioniser

Greek soldiers with a dozen RABID mechs killed heretics while incarcerating a hostile temple.

You get bored very quickly.

I put in a supermarket loyalty card.

Users are using DaniWeb even if they are not posting here. There is a difference between using the resource and contributing to it. It would be unrealistic to demand that people contribute postings and still expect the quality of the postings to remain at a certain level. I would rather people said nothing if they have nothing to say, than feel obliged to say anything.

Hi Patrick, welcome aboard the DaniWeb express.

French soldiers and a fleet of battleships followed RABBITS while incarcerating a hostile daffodil.

demons -> dreams

You get hayfever.

I put in Dolly Parton.

Welcome to DaniWeb.

Welcome indeed, Barcelona is one of my favourite cities on the planet. Perfect mix of great architecture, great people and great atmosphere.

Which is why we have the welcome guide, and point people to it in the welcome message every new member gets. The guide could not be any simpler, big pictures with big arrows saying do this :)

As to the general join but not post thing, a lot of this can be put down to the lurker effect whereby people come to read rather than post. Not uncommon, and with a resource the size and nature of DaniWeb rather to be expected I guess.

What makes you think this? Serious question. I wouldn't have thought it was that difficult to post a new thread, and if they read the welcome guide it's even got a screenshot with a flaming big arrow pointing out which button to press.

I made a stir-fry with some fresh spinach, baby sweetcorn, fresh coriander leaves, courgette, spring onion and smoked tofu.

Does that count?

Oh, and welcome to DaniWeb my weird friend :)

Hello there, and welcome to DaniWeb.

My advice has always been, and will continue to be, that for any business facing, mission critical machine that requires Windows to wait until after the SP1 release before upgrading. That advice tends to hold good for home users as well, after all why put yourself through hassle when you don't need to. It's not as if XP is totally broken...

Get a room :)

Oh, and welcome to DaniWeb, Miss Christina.

Hello and welcome to DaniWeb, where you can get a lot out if you are prepared to put a little in :)

- how about subscription on the blog entries? I'd like to be notified when someone else comments on the blog that I've commented.

Agreed. Also it would be nice to be notified when someone comments to a blog posting of your own, especially helpful when you have a volume of postings stretching back many months.

-Davey appears to strive for quality, not just filler material to poof up the site.

Thankee kindly sir, you have summed up my goal for DaniWeb succinctly.

Hi Yerbol, welcome to DaniWeb.

You get no carrier.

I put in a 20 year old Rolex wristwatch.

shucks -> Shrek

You get a can of worms.

I put in George Orwell.

You get no guarantees.

I put in my pinkie finger.

chicken -> coward

Melting, garbage layers CUDDLED desolated, pink panthers, ruthlessly.

Hi Tom, welcome to DaniWeb. Here's hoping you find what you are looking for...

It's not just numbers of ads, it is placement. Which is where you pull ahead of the pack, Dani. Your ad placement is such that it feels like there are less of them.

At 17 I was cleaning toilets in a large London hospital, because it was better than being on the dole (unemployed.) Within 6 months I had moved to the warehouse at the hospital, and within another 3 months I was the surgical supplies buyer.

Which just goes to show that if you have the enthusiasm and work ethic, you can start at the bottom and progress upwards pretty quickly.

None of the above was what I wanted to be doing, but seeing as I didn't know what I wanted to be doing at 17 it didn't really matter. At least I was doing something, rather than have a CV with a large 'unemployed' marker on it.