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by messydesk
Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: NEW DC pages
Replies: 6
Views: 4010

Re: NEW DC pages

I've used this process a couple of times. It really cleans up the page. Here's an example: http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1903-P_VAM-5 Once the pics are uploaded, the rest it typing in the info and updating the photo names for the corresponding VAM. If the main pickups...
by messydesk
Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:21 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: NEW DC pages
Replies: 6
Views: 4010

Re: NEW DC pages

My "to do" list includes adding a template for new listings to the new wiki. Until then, this is the best way to add a page: 1. Go to the 1878 VAM 9 page. It defines lots of sections and uses more Mediawiki features than the other pages. 2. Go into edit mode and copy all of the markup for the page t...
by messydesk
Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:56 am
Forum: Test Feedback
Topic: email notification of PMs???
Replies: 4
Views: 3682

Re: email notification of PMs???

I will look into this Wednesday. I changed the "from" address for notifications from my personal one to a "no reply" address, and the AWS mail server might have choked on that.
by messydesk
Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:04 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates
Replies: 40
Views: 19985

Re: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates

78-S did marriage charts seem to be missing http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1878-S_Die_Marriage_Chart Custom objects, widgets, doo-dads, and such like the one that was there didn't get transferred. Likewise for the VAMs by date, which is one reason you see a simple tabl...
by messydesk
Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: VAMWorld wiki is back up
Replies: 6
Views: 4506

Re: VAMWorld wiki is back up

So what did you determine to be the problem? Logically, I wouldn't think the external linking parser would cause a problem as it was on at the old VW and all worked fine with that platform. This platform seems to be better and more than capable to have this option turned on. Thoughts?.......Andrew ...
by messydesk
Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates
Replies: 40
Views: 19985

Re: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates

CascadeChris wrote:
Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:39 pm
Attriburion pages are now dead on my end. Something wrong?
Back up and running.
by messydesk
Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:43 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: VAMWorld wiki is back up
Replies: 6
Views: 4506

Re: VAMWorld wiki is back up

Back up as of 4:45 CDT.
by messydesk
Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: VAMWorld wiki is back up
Replies: 6
Views: 4506

Re: VAMWorld is down!

I'll have to fix it tonight (probably by 5:00 CDT). This might have to do with my attempt at enabling inlining external image links last night.
by messydesk
Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:54 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: 1878-S Vam 26 EDS, Vam 60, Vam 57’s Vam 26 LDS Long Nocks B-1 Rev
Replies: 23
Views: 11021

Re: 1878-S Vam 26 EDS, Vam 60, Vam 57’s Vam 26 LDS Long Nocks B-1 Rev

I had an interesting conversation with David McCarthy (numismatist at Kagin's, ANA Numismatist of the Year for 2018) on Saturday about this and other interesting long nock stuff that's been in the news.
by messydesk
Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: 1878-S Vam 26 EDS, Vam 60, Vam 57’s Vam 26 LDS Long Nocks B-1 Rev
Replies: 23
Views: 11021

Re: 1878-S Vam 26 EDS, Vam 60, Vam 57’s Vam 26 LDS Long Nocks B-1 Rev

Here's the crude diagram I ended up drawing for myself at a late night hotel coin-lookin'-at session with John R and Ash that finally put me in the "26 EDS was first" camp.
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by messydesk
Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:06 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: 1874 Morgan medal
Replies: 3
Views: 2330

Re: 1874 Morgan medal

Yeah, that's a mighty nice medal. JK had people asking him for it on Saturday, still. It's hard for pictures to do the relief and detail justice.
by messydesk
Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:26 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: ANA VAM Meat-n-Greet
Replies: 10
Views: 5319

Re: ANA VAM Meat-n-Greet

It was a really good meat-n-greet. We were sitting far enough in the back of the restaurant that we were probably where they dumped the ash from the furnaces at the mint.
by messydesk
Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:33 pm
Forum: Test Feedback
Topic: Private Messages Stuck in Outbox?
Replies: 2
Views: 2615

Re: Private Messages Stuck in Outbox?

This is a feature of the framework. It gives you a chance to edit message or delete one you realize you'll regret having sent.
by messydesk
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:02 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: 1884CC
Replies: 9
Views: 4667

Re: 1884CC

4B
by messydesk
Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:08 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Has anyone seen this Before 1886 O
Replies: 6
Views: 3707

Re: Has anyone seen this Before 1886 O

I haven't seen that before.
by messydesk
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates
Replies: 40
Views: 19985

Re: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates

Il turn it on layer this weekend after I'm home from the ANA show.
by messydesk
Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:48 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates
Replies: 40
Views: 19985

Re: Pre-ANA VAMWorld Migration Updates

For external images, I will turn these on provided the inline external images on any given VAM page is not a full resolution image. A 4Kx4K inline image will significantly slow down page loads, which we want to be fast. Have a smaller image that you click through to get to the high resolution image.
by messydesk
Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:37 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: New URLs
Replies: 16
Views: 8334

Re: New URLs

I imagine so. Google spider bots have been crawling the old VAMWorld for a long time. They have to learn the new wiki. Meanwhile, there is a search tool within the new wiki that should work as well as Wikipedia's.
by messydesk
Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:34 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: GPS Photo Tagging
Replies: 3
Views: 2360

GPS Photo Tagging

For those posting images, be sure that the GPS tagging of your photos is disabled on your cameras unless you want people to be able to tell where you were when taking the picture. It was always possible to download an image and look for this in the file, but the new wiki makes it easier to access th...
by messydesk
Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:14 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Looks like SPAM
Replies: 5
Views: 3217

Re: Looks like SPAM

New accounts now have to be admin-approved. This might help.