Combine TheLincolnForum.Net & the LCOC's Continental Corner?

[2sasilverbullet]

After reading these posts I think this site should be kept "separate" from LCOC. If LCOC wants to dump their corner and replace it with a link to this site, great, but please leave this out from under their control. I don't want to have to pay $100 a year to access this site.

my .02...

[Suicidekid63]

If LCOC wants to dump their corner and replace it please leave this out from under their control. I don't want to have to pay $100 a year to access this site. my .02...

Agreed. That was my first thought about that. I think TLF.net works great as it is. It seems to be geared more for the regular guy who has an interest in all things Lincoln. I dont get the "family" vibe or camaraderie feel from the LCOC, as I do here on this site. I was a member of the LCOC, but I felt it was of no help or interest to me. I live in a rural area and all the meets were too far from where I lived to attend any. The publication they put out was interesting, but for the fees, that was all I was getting out of the LCOC. I have since let my membership lapse.

[linc64]

I don't want to have to pay $100 a year to access this site.

That was never suggested. I'm sure Dan wouldn't make the proposal if that were going to be the case.

[2sasilverbullet]

What I've heard in the past is clubs saying "no access fees", then a year later they miraculously get put in place.

[Dan Szwarc]

This forum is and always will be free. Donations are welcome, though.

[Bob Hubbard]

Well, I think the best thing to do is to take a poll of the members of this forum, and go with the results.
Bob.

[John Mc]

Dan,

By all means, do it.

[Dan Szwarc]

I think the final result will be that the LCOC links to this forum and our logos change a little. We'll go back to being the "official forum" of the LCOC.

[jsanford]

That would be nice as the phpBB logo is kind of lame

Jeremy

[Dan Szwarc]

Get me a web designer to fix it. Volunteers?

[Highlander64]

Combine them.

[autostick]

Get me a web designer to fix it. Volunteers?

Dan, this is easy to do. I run a vBulletin PHP bulletin board and the first thing I do is replace the stock logo. On your server there is a file at this location
http://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb3/s ... e_logo.gif
So just replace site_logo.gif with the logo of your choice. It should be about the same dimensions, must be named site_logo.gif in Graphics Interchange Format. The only downside is each major update in software may overwrite your logo with stock, and you just need to repeat the procedure.

Run a logo contest if you want.

[Ken Stevens]

Run a logo contest if you want.

Didn't we already do that?

[linc64]

Run a logo contest if you want.

Didn't we already do that?

Yes, here's the thread:
http://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb3/v ... go+contest

And I like this idea of combining the forums.

[Dan Szwarc]

We did. But I don't really have the skills to coordinate a decent makeover. Nor the time or motivation to make it look the way I want. I prefer using a templet. But templates get screwed up when there is an update of the phpBB software.

Combining the forums is the way to do it. I have to research if I can merge the databases of posts and users. I want to continue using this forums servers due to traffic, but the LCOC's web host gives much more space because it is on a shared server.