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  1. Ian

    3D Printer Thread

    Do we have many members with 3D printers here? I've had a Wanhao Duplicator i3 for a while now, and I've found it a huge amount of fun... even if about many of the things I print are for further tweaking the printer! I've seen the occasional mention of 3D printing on the forums, but it would be...
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    Replacement of VIP membership tags

    We've had the VIP membership awards for many years, but now that we've grown and changed forum software, there are better ways we can implement rewarding members for sharing their knowledge. Behind the scenes we're working on the replacement :). Over the coming days, I'll be removing the...
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    How can we Improve EP in 2017?

    Happy New Year to you all :D. I wanted to make this thread to gather feedback on what we can do at EP to improve the site and experience for members. We've got a great community here and I want to make sure that we do everything that we can to make it a great place to be a member. I'd be very...
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    Peenemünde Document Translation (German)

    At a recent space related event, there was a stall selling space-race artefacts, including documents relating to the weapons testing site of Peenemünde in Germany, from WWII. I'm aware of the history of the site and the developments from it - primarily the V2 rocket. I couldn't resist buying a...
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    Considering a design change

    I knocked up a more modern layout for EP a few weeks ago, which I stumbled across this morning when making some minor tweaks. It's a fixed width layout, which collapses nicely on mobile devices - the overall colour scheme is very similar too. There are fewer images which makes for a faster...
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    Project Logs and Resources

    This post is just a quick reminder about two sections on our site that new members may not be aware of. They've been relatively quiet for a few months now, so I wanted to give them a bit of a bump as I'm sure there are lots of interesting projects that people are working on and I'm sure that...
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    Attachments not working for past 48 hours - now fixed

    It looks like a recent backend update prevented the upload of attachments for the past day or two - so I'm very sorry to anyone that tried to upload a file and got an error! The problem has now been fixed and should work as normal now :). Thanks to @davenn for the heads up!
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    Rest in Peace, Kris

    It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform all of the members here that KrisBlueNZ sadly passed away in recent weeks. His recent absence has concerned many of us and @Arouse1973 did some searching to see if there was any news. Sadly we found out why, but we don't know any more details. Kris...
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    Quake on an oscilloscope

    Why not have a game of Quake if you're bored in the lab? ;)
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    Quick Server Move

    The current server is running low on disk space, so I'm making a quick jump to a replacement server with plenty in reserve :). As the site is quiet this morning, I'll do the move right now, as it should only take a couple of minutes. The only potential problem is that for the next day or so...
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    Project Logs

    At the moment, we've got a project log section which allows a member to create a project thread and update it with followup posts, however it blocks replies from other members so that the project thread flows properly. At the moment, there's a separate project log discussion sub-forum where...
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    A tip if the "upload a file" button does nothing

    If you click the "upload a file" button and the image upload box doesn't appear, try minimising your browser to see if the upload window is behind the browser. @KrisBlueNZ reported this to me a few days ago and I passed it on to the developers of the forum software. It looks like it's related to...
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    XenForo 1.4 Upgrade

    I've just given the site a quick upgrade to XenForo 1.4, which brings along some extra stability plus quite a few new features. Some of the features are for mods only (for example, being able to send a member a reason if a thread is moved/deleted), but there are some things that you will quite...
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    Resource Submissions

    We've made some improvements on how the Resource section works, based on feedback from users and the way the system was used. Previously, resources could be submitted to any existing section and would appear in the moderation queue until approved (meaning you could work on an article as a draft...
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    DIY Forum link test

    A long, long time ago when I set up the Electronics Point domain, I set up a DIY site too. I've just given that site a bit of a makeover, so thought it may be of interest to people here - so I'm testing out adding a link from the main EP homepage (for members only). I'm sure there of DIY...
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    New Resource Section

    As you may have noticed, we've got a shiny new resource section on the forums! You'll see the link at the top of the page, even though it's currently empty. It won't be this way for long, but I needed to make it live so that we can get some proper beta testing done :). Over the coming day or...
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    Forum Upgraded!

    We've now completed the upgrade to the new forum software! :D Everything went very smoothly and all of the data has been moved over to the new system. We've still got loads of tweaking to do, so it may take a few days to have everything as we'd like - but we're 95% there and the site should...
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    Forum Upgrade Next Week

    This is just a heads up to let you know that we'll be upgrading the forums sometime next week (I'll post the day and time in advance!). The current forum software works quite well, but is soon going to be unsupported, which means we'll no longer be able to get patches and fixes as the backend...
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    Thoughts on Forum Sections

    As you may be aware, we're planning an upgrade for Electronics Point sometime fairly soon (around Easter). The main part of the upgrade is changing the forum software to something a little more user friendly (and newer), but it also gives us the chance to have a play with forum categories...
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    Splicing HDMI Cable?

    Has anyone here tried splicing an HDMI cable? From what I've read, this could be a fruitless exercise - however I'm going to give it a try, as the alternative is even worse! We've got an HDMI cable which is channelled into the wall (not in a conduit, it's fixed in place :() and some of the...
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