sb56637, thanks for all the work you put into this. Having just opened my forum to the public I know at a small level how much work is involved. Took me building my forum using 3 different forum apps before I found one that worked. Then having to go through and lock everything down and close all the security gaps (fingers crossed). Thenā¦finding a nice level of registration that keeps bots and spam out while allowing real registrations in. Still working on that one. And I still have hardly any ārealā membersā¦lolā¦most are fake accounts generated by me to at least get some content in there. Most of my threads are just me talking to myself. Got in a couple of arguments too.
Anyway, thanks for all the time, work, and $ invested so we can blow all our time, work, and $ on this hobby.
You guys have put up with plenty too, I really do appreciate everyoneās patience and understanding thus far; itās been considerably less stressful for me thanks to that.
Wow, this feature is fantastic! I canāt begin to count the number of times Iāve sorta halfway remembered reading something in a thread but canāt find it again. Then the needle-in-a-haystack search begins loading pages of the thread one at a time and Ctrl-Fāing my way through it. This is great!
SB have you ever considered setting up a ātip jarā or any other way to donate to you and/or blf? I know you have ads and I hope they pay well, but I bet some of us would contribute directly, especially when you give us awesome stuff like that!
Iām sure a lot of you would, and I really do appreciate the generosity and good will. But I personally never feel comfortable on websites with a donation button staring me in the face, so I donāt want to do that to BLF visitors. I just request that those who want to help to please disable their ad blockers for BLF, thatās all.
Iāve already used it several times nowā¦ Like, I heard wight made a new driver, and this let me find the thread. It also showed me the story behind a veteran member retiring. And itās handy for checking what people are interested in or what contributions theyāve made (or if they only post to enter give-aways). Also handy for finding that one picture Dale posted somewhere, or finding the previous time I answered the same question so I can paste it or link to it. Etcetera.