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Bulletins and News / Crash

« on: August 12, 2016, 04:27:21 am »

Sorry for the downtime this week. Let me know if you run into any issues with the forum. I think I have it back to normal after the crash but time will tell.

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Bulletins and News / New Pattern Catalog BETA Test

« on: July 23, 2015, 08:38:43 pm »

I just sent out the address of the new Scrollsaw Workshop Catalog to those who signed up to help me test it. If any more of you want to take a look here is the email I sent out. Feel free to look around and comment if you wish.

Thanks for offering to BETA test the new Scrollsaw Workshop catalog. It's now ready for the test.
I have spent the last few days inputting all the categories and keywords. All the patterns have categories but they will probably require tweaking.

There is a new feature in this catalog that allows for search by keyword.

The landing page has the latest patterns. You can use the category selector to browse by category including  "New and All" categories.

Here is what I'm looking for:

When you send the email please put BETA in the subject so i see it right away.

1. Bugs. If something does not work or you have a crash try to repeat the problem and document the sequence of events leading up to the problem. If you can't duplicate just report the bug.

2. Usability Issues: If you see something that can work better I want to hear that also. Details are helpful.

I'm not too interested in things like duplicate patterns, dead links, Typos etc.  Those are being worked by a couple of editors and I will have a link for those issues once the catalog goes public.

The length of the BETA will be somewhat determined by how the BETA goes.

Thanks again for the help. This has been a big project and I'm thrilled to have any help I can get.

Catalog Address

You might need to copy and paste the link into your browser to get it to work.

http://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/

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Bulletins and News / New Pattern Catalog

« on: July 08, 2015, 02:08:33 am »

Hey guys, in the next few days I will be changing to a different catalog technology for my patterns. It is still in development but it's getting close to needing beta testers. If you would be interested in helping test the catalog drop me an email. I'll get back to as many as I can with details when we get the catalog installed. Thanks for any help.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Download issues on the blog.

« on: June 11, 2015, 11:40:34 pm »

Thanks Guys.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Download issues on the blog.

« on: June 11, 2015, 10:03:26 pm »

Hey guys, I'm having some server issues on the blog. Could a few of you try to download a pattern from the online catalog and post here if the download worked? 6/11/2015
Thanks for the help.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: HELP PLEASE "BANNED FROM THE FORUM"

« on: July 31, 2014, 06:15:21 pm »

thanks Russ, im working on it from this end also.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Steve Good's toy box......

« on: June 20, 2014, 11:49:24 am »

Thanks pddesertrat, I am feeling better. Whatever bug got hold of me just about kicked my butt. I've been pretty luck over the years and never had the flu. I get a flu shot every year but I guess I got the wrong one this year.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: To Steve Good----The new look

« on: June 18, 2014, 07:23:11 pm »

Hey Crabbyboater, you are not alone when it comes to Win 8. Many people are struggling with it. Microsoft is slowly making changes to make it more natural for users who are use to the desktop. I have gotten use to it but I only use it on a laptop with touch. It kind of works okay with a touch screen.


There are utilities out there that can make win 8 function just like win 7. Too bad most people don't know about them until they have given up. If you ever get back into a situation where you have to use win 8 let me know and I can make things go a lot easier for you with just a free utility.


I follow all the tech blogs pretty close and I think you will see some major changes in Win 9. Win 9 is not that far off. Sounds like we might see it early next year. Microsoft knows [size=78%]they went too far with win 8. Hopefully they will get it right this time. It's kind of like how vista was all screwed up but they fixed it with Win7.[/size]

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Steve Good's toy box......

« on: June 18, 2014, 07:04:05 pm »

You didn't miss it. I got lazy and never got the plans posted. I make those types of projects out of my head then I have to go back and make the plans. Kind of a backwards way to do it but just a bad habit. I have some vacation from work coming up. I'll put that on my todo luster.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: steve good how about more videos on inkscape

« on: June 01, 2014, 09:05:31 pm »

I know that a lot of people use Inkscape. The price is right for sure. I get a lot of email so I may be remembering our conversation a little different but I think I said I was not a big fan of Inkscape. You told me there were a lot of improvements and that it is worth another look. I have downloaded it and played with it again after a few years of not using it. For a free program it is wonderful. For me it's just not my cup of tea. I think I will spend some more time with it because it is a nice alternative if the commercial vector programs are out of peoples price range. It's kind of hard for me to put much priority into something I will never use so I won't make any promises about when I'll do any videos.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Help needed please

« on: June 01, 2014, 04:51:55 am »

I'm sure you and your dad are in the prayers of all your friends here.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: A New type of scroll saw blades?

« on: May 27, 2014, 08:58:57 pm »

I had not seen these before. They look interesting. I don't use many spiral blades but I might order a few just to see what they are like. They might be a good choice for coin cutting also.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: reply on your post Style Changes for the text

« on: May 27, 2014, 08:50:46 pm »

Thanks for the feedback. Our old eyeballs are tough to live with. I'm kind of with you guys on the black on silver but I had so many members ask that I not use black on white that I wanted to give it a try. I'm not a fan of bold type but maybe that will help. I'll keep experimenting. The best answer would be custom themes for each member but that feature seems to cause too many problems so I turned it off. I actually wish the old theme worked on this version. It was not as modern looking but it was easier to read.

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Bulletins and News / Style Changes for the text.

« on: May 26, 2014, 07:37:57 pm »

Hey guys I had several members mention that the Black on White text was hard on the eyes.  I'm lucky that my daughters boyfriend is a professional web designer. He was able to make some changes to the theme I use on the forum. When you open a topic to read the background is now a light grey with black text. I know I will never get the color scheme to every one's liking but I am going to experiment for a while longer until I get the best results I can. You can give me feedback here in the forum and I'll see what the consensus is. I hope this is better. The contrast is lower with these changes.

Next I am hoping to figure out why the old Avatar images are not converting right..... I hate that fuzzy look.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Hi all, this is Pedro, the creator of www.finescrollsaw.com

« on: May 24, 2014, 11:27:32 pm »

Welcome Pedro, you have a wonderful web site. I have visited there many times. Nice to have you in the forum.