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ulTRAX

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Thu Jan-13-05 10:53 PM
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DU THIS MASS FORUM!!!!!!

Nah... seriously... I don't want hordes of evil DUers storming the gates like others ask to "DU this poll".

But if you're from Mass and looking for another place to discuss politics.... then check this place out...
http://www.masslive.com/forums/politics/
it could use a few more Progressive voices.

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Sydnie

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:10 PM
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1. I can't stand the set up of that forum.

All those frames give me a rash. LOL

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ulTRAX

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:52 PM
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2. I know....... I hate the frames

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 11:59 PM by ulTRAX

One of the first things I did there was experiment with the page code to create my own version of that forum. I wanted to eliminate the ads... and have the threads on the left and the posts on the right. I'm close.... but no cigar.

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TaleWgnDg

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Fri Jan-14-05 02:42 AM
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3. Uuummmm . . . when you get the recipe, would you post it here? thanks.

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ulTRAX

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Fri Jan-14-05 11:35 AM
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4. this is where I left off

Edited on Fri Jan-14-05 11:49 AM by ulTRAX

Cut and paste the code below to a TEXT program like WordPad (not Word). I had to change the three URLs because DU doesn't show long URLs. So remove the spaces between the w's in http://w ww and make sure each URL begins with http://www.

Save the file in a place you can find as an .html file. It should open with your default browser. Don't forget it won't work off-line.

The code eliminates the ad column on the right... and makes the center bar movable. It gets the current thread frame to load on the left. I moved the response frame to the right but posts are not loading there. A new window opens for reading posts and for posting new topics. If anyone else wants to try... feel free. It may not be possible for responses and new posts to open on the right side. Time and experimentation will tell.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>MassLive.com: Politics Forum</TITLE>
<frameset framespacing=0 border=1 frameborder=1 rows=100,*>
<frame name=banner scrolling=no noresize border=1 src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/banner.ssf?zzDoNotCount>

<frameset framespacing=0 border=1 frameborder=1 cols=550,*>



<frame name=outlineFrame scrolling=auto border=1 src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?zzIndexDONOTCOUNT>

<frame name=name=responseFrame scrolling=auto border=1 src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?zzBlankDONOTCOUNT>

</frameset>
</frameset>
</head>
<noframes>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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ulTRAX

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Fri Jan-14-05 09:10 PM
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5. HERE'S THE CODE!

I found my mistake.... now the right window will respond to posts you want to read and post you want to make:

Cut and paste the code below to a TEXT program like WordPad (not Word). I had to change the three URLs because DU doesn't show long URLs. So remove the spaces between the w's in http://w ww and make sure each URL begins with http://www .

Save the file in a place you can find as an .html file. It should open with your default browser. Don't forget it won't work off-line.

The code eliminates the ad column on the right... and makes the center bar movable. It gets the current thread frame to load on the left. I moved the response frame to the right but posts are not loading there. A new window opens for reading posts and for posting new topics. If anyone else wants to try... feel free. It may not be possible for responses and new posts to open on the right side. Time and experimentation will tell.

Note... if you move to another forum, this code will not work.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>MassLive.com: Politics Forum</TITLE>
<frameset framespacing=0 border=1 frameborder=1 rows=100,*>
<frame name=banner scrolling=no noresize border=1

src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/banner.ssf?zzDoNotCount>

<frameset framespacing=0 border=1 frameborder=1 cols=550,*>

<frame name=outlineFrame scrolling=auto border=1
src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?zzIndexDONOTCOUNT>

<frame name=responseFrame scrolling=auto border=1

src=http://w ww.masslive.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?zzBlankDONOTCOUNT>
</frameset>
</frameset>
</head>
<noframes>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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TaleWgnDg

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Sat Jan-15-05 12:22 AM
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6. Ummmmm. Well, I'll be darned . . .

Ummmmm. Well, I'll be darned . . . no kidding! I'll try it out. Thanks.

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ulTRAX

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Sat Jan-15-05 12:41 AM
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7. Let me know......

Edited on Sat Jan-15-05 12:46 AM by ulTRAX

Let me know if it works.... at least for the MassLive Politics forum.

It may be possible for someone better at HTML than I to devise code to access ANY forum using the same page structure... I haven't looked into that yet. But is should be easy to change a bit of the code to access other forums... one at a time.. creating a page for each.

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TaleWgnDg

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Sat Jan-15-05 01:53 AM
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8. What can I say? Other than "thanks?" . . . Hhhmmmm . . .

What can I say? Other than "thanks?" . . . Hhhmmmm . . . and "shall do!" Lemme say this though, I know I'm spending too damn much time on my computer when I start to UNDERSTAND this puter-speak stuff! LOL . . .

.

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ulTRAX

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Sat Jan-15-05 11:32 PM
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9. even with a better interface the MassLive forums suck

Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 12:00 AM by ulTRAX

I've never been to a forum that didn't push up active threads. The only redeemable feature about these forums is that they deal with MASS issues and have plenty of traffic. Maybe I'll just post my code and force MassLive to get better forum software.

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ulTRAX

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Sun Jan-16-05 12:10 AM
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10. declaring war on MassLive.........

I posted the code to the politics forum.... http://www.masslive.com/forums/politics/index.ssf?artid=152834

One can only guess how long the post will remain up... and how long it will be before I'm banned. Ho hum.

I hope this pushes MassLive to get better forum software.

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