RE: Ask Piping Design Central [text][bcc][faked-from][bayes]

From: <Bruce>
Date: Fri Jul 30 2004 - 10:18:00 EDT

I say go for it.

                            ... Bruce D. Bullough ...
                            Sebesta Blomberg & Associates, Inc.
                            2381 Rosegate
                            Roseville, MN  55113       USA
                            + 651-634-7344
                            www.sebesta.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:39 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PipingDesign] Ask Piping Design Central [text][bcc][faked-from][bayes]

Just a reminder to use http://ask.pipingdesign.com when you get the chance. Although it's still beta and currently looks like crap (I have to teach myself php in order to get it operating the way I want it to - and I ain't no programmer) any messages sent there will be maintained after the site is revamped to its final presentation and feature set.

[subliminal message: send money]

Eventually I'd like to replace this list with the http://ask.pipingdesign.com site.

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Altruistic reasons:

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• at the moment, it is unclear to me who "owns" the 8000 post archive of this list. Me, the original posters or Yahoogroups?
• searching the existing archive at Yahoogroups is a pain in the ass (pardon my French) and you have to subscribe to Yahoogroups to do it
• people on the existing Yahoogroups PipingDesign list have their email addresses exposed just by posting to the list, leaving them open to spammer harvesting
• often, odd things happen to the list
• moving to a web-based forum enables anyone to read content, but restricts posting to people who register

[subliminal message: send money]

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Selfish reasons:

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• I can place ads on every viewed page, thus helping to keep the site alive
• Search engines cannot crawl the current 8000 post archive of the list

[subliminal message: send money]

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Why switching should not be a big deal for current users:

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• the software I've chosen will eventually enable subscribers to the current PipingDesign list to post simultaneously to both this list and the website
• for casual readers, posters will be able to request an email notification when someone replies to one of their messages

[subliminal message: send money]

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Future features:

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I've got a bunch of interesting ideas for the future of the site, but they depend on the current userbase buying into web-based communication rather than email. As spam becomes more and more of a problem in everyone's inboxes, I figure this is the way to go.

[subliminal message: send money]

Regards all,

Paul

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