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Post by mary_beaton on Sept 30, 2013 19:25:06 GMT
Since IDF has been down so long - and I miss the conversation and news, I created this forum as an alternate until IDF is back up.
If you do think it's a good idea, please spread the word to other IDF members you have contact info for. I've tried to DM a few (Dr. Deb, Craig, Dawn, DonnaM so far), but I know I can't reach everyone since they aren't all followers on Twitter (Can't reach Holly). I don't know if tweeting the link will bring trolls or not, so I was a little reluctant to do that.
Please let other IDF members you know would like to participate to register here. It's an easy sign up. It will help if we use our IDF name here.
It seems like a pretty easy forum to use. You should be able to create a thread once you've registered by going to the General Board and clicking the Create Thread button on the top right.
If you don't think it's worth it, that's fine, but thought it might be something others wanted.
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lexien
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Post by lexien on Sept 30, 2013 20:52:23 GMT
Thanks for creating this forum!
I started wondering if, when IDF gets back up, we should each claim a thread and save at least part of the past on our own hard drives. I really enjoy being able to go back/know that the info. is there. What do y'all think?
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Post by Admin on Sept 30, 2013 21:01:03 GMT
Just saw this tweet exchange, so IDF may be up tonight.
Betty @tloubee 9m @mmmtx1 From istersay -IDF He (Tom) said maybe by tonight, now I can stop refreshing the page for a while, lol
Mary Grace @mmmtx1 7m @tloubee Thanks! I just kept trying bout every hour. So now can relax for a bit!
Even when IDF is back, it might be good to have an alternative to go to when we need it. Any ideas on spreading the word? Do we want to keep it invitation only or send out a general tweet? I don't have many followers, so it's hard for me to reach many people.
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Post by mary_beaton on Sept 30, 2013 21:06:56 GMT
BTW, I am also the Admin since I set this up, so posts by "Admin" are also posts by marybeaton.
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Post by mary_beaton on Sept 30, 2013 21:28:46 GMT
IDF is back!!! If it goes down again, we have this already set up.
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Post by mary_beaton on Dec 22, 2013 20:50:34 GMT
I set this up back in September when IDF went down for several days. It's just meant as an alternative to share information when IDF goes down for long periods.
It seems a shame to miss celebrating Top 20 or other news just because we can't access IDF.
Please spread the word. I have a limited number of Twitter followers and I am a bit reluctant to just post the URL because I don't want to attract trolls. I figured we could get as many regulars notified as possible by networking through our respective Twitter lists.
Any other ideas for spreading the URL are welcome.
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mmmtx
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Post by mmmtx on Dec 22, 2013 21:57:15 GMT
Hi! Not sure how I signed in in September but it took my twitter name(mmmtx) so I don't want to confuse it by trying to go back to my IDF name-Grace2000 Will check back here later. I was able to access this via an email but on IE server. Chrome had been telling me it was a spam site. But now I will try on Chrome thru the email to see if I can get to the site.
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Post by mary_beaton on Dec 22, 2013 22:00:37 GMT
I'm glad you were able to get on. Hope we can figure out the kinks. I don't think it will be too hard to get used to this format, it seems to run somewhat like IDF.
BTW, I'm running mine on Firefox without trouble. I just tried Chrome and it's o.k. there too for me.
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Post by drdeb on Dec 23, 2013 0:30:57 GMT
I'm in packing mode tonight, but wanted to check in and say 'hey'! . . . Will check in periodically throughout the night!
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Post by mary_beaton on Dec 23, 2013 1:10:28 GMT
Well, again, IDF goes back up before this is really needed much. Anyone who wants can still set up an account so next time we're ready!!
Glad regular IDF is up!!
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Post by Jonathan on Mar 1, 2015 0:29:59 GMT
IDF has been down now for 3 days, so I figured I'd bring this site back. Too bad I didn't think of it before the Strawberry Festival but if anyone wants to create a recap thread or anything else, we may as well cause IDF looks like it'll be gone for awhile.
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Post by arw1950 on Mar 1, 2015 1:28:18 GMT
Hi everyone this is the first time i have ever heard about this site!
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Post by Jonathan on May 7, 2015 18:14:26 GMT
Well here we are again. IDF is down. It's been getting worse by the day. Tom the owner is blocking people who even complain to him. He doesn't care about the site anymore. He doesn't care about fixing or financing it. We need to be prepared incase it gets gone for good.
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Post by grandmadot on May 7, 2015 20:42:17 GMT
THANK YOU for the tweet getting me here. I hope this posts because it says my validation key was incorrect. Let me see if this posts and then I will continue posting!
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2015 20:42:23 GMT
This is Mary Beaton. I created this a couple of years ago when IDF was down for a long time, so I am the Admin. I'm trying to re-learn how the threads and posts work and right now I can't remember my Mary Beaton account log in . I'm going to poke around awhile to see what I can remember. I hope people will be able to learn to navigate on this forum fairly easily.
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Post by Jonathan on May 7, 2015 20:45:31 GMT
THANK YOU for the tweet getting me here. I hope this posts because it says my validation key was incorrect. Let me see if this posts and then I will continue posting!
Yes! I'm glad you made it! We need to tweet this forum link to all the regulars on IDF! Mike and Ashley too! I don't know who all from IDF I follow and who I don't and who follows me, but we got to spread the news to as many people as possible. We need to make this our home until IDF gets itself together and God forbid it goes away for good!
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Post by grandmadot on May 7, 2015 20:49:16 GMT
Okay this worked!! I am soooo excited to post and not see that error message! If I can be of any help by emailing this site to IDF members via Sharon's directory let me know. We have several members not on twitter. First, I will have to check her list against my current distribution list. I have a busy night ahead of me and may have to complete this tomorrow. Let me know what you want done!!
I have this site bookmarked! I am now going to see if I can bring a tweet over and post it in twitter updates!
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Post by grandmadot on May 7, 2015 20:54:01 GMT
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Post by Jonathan on May 7, 2015 20:54:52 GMT
Yes getting it out to the mail list would be wonderful! Thanks for doing it if/when you can. I posted it on 2 popular Facebook groups where we have members and lurkers. I also tweeted it so whoever follows me from IDF can see that.
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Post by grandmadot on May 7, 2015 21:07:37 GMT
Good to get the word out. I have notified the family. I will proceed with refining my distribution list and with emailing the URL for this forum!! But first I am anxious to try bringing a tweet over. Mary bless you for having done this for all of us!!
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Post by Jonathan on May 7, 2015 21:46:23 GMT
I love the option that you can "like" posts here by touching the thumbs up. This forum is set up like the Proboards Pulse Forums are. Very easy to manage and don't crash!
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Post by ptebwwong on May 7, 2015 22:01:06 GMT
Well here we are again. IDF is down. It's been getting worse by the day. Tom the owner is blocking people who even complain to him. He doesn't care about the site anymore. He doesn't care about fixing or financing it. We need to be prepared incase it gets gone for good. I thought he didn't care about the site either. That's just rude starting to block people. If he's not going to fix the continuous server problem, he should just be upfront with people. I always liked the Pro Boards format & find this setup easier.
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Post by beckers1982 on May 7, 2015 22:11:17 GMT
Thank you for this bringing this back Jonathan! Idf has been driving me crazy lately!
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Post by lizziemat on May 7, 2015 22:30:06 GMT
I hope I did everything right....I'm here.....haha
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mjhsaa
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Post by mjhsaa on May 7, 2015 22:46:55 GMT
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Post by AussieSonya on May 7, 2015 22:56:02 GMT
G'day I'm here too and managed to stay AussieSonya. Amazed that I remembered my password - it's been awhile since I was here.
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Post by grandmadot on May 7, 2015 23:27:57 GMT
Glad to see so many have already arrived here! I have updated the mailing list. Will do an email as soon as I can - have to be out for a while tonight!
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Post by tfortexas on May 7, 2015 23:54:23 GMT
IDF has been up for a while. Perhaps any important info we want to save should be brought over here for safekeeping.
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Post by Jonathan on May 8, 2015 0:28:12 GMT
It just went down again. It's coming and going with no warning.
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Post by tfortexas on May 8, 2015 2:07:01 GMT
If Deb has not saved her schedule post from page one of IDF page, let me know. I copied it today to a Word Document.
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