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    Before you read this, please be aware that it is a humorous attempt to point out some basics here in VodaLand - nothing more and nothing less.





    There are some elements of truth to it, but the idea is to give you a laugh and that's all.
    1. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it, and must use the PUBLISH function within Blue Voda!
    2. Downloading Blue Voda, opening it and staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built. Posting here after staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built.
    3. Posting questions on the forum is a good idea, but POSTING IN ALL CAPS or starting your thread with the not so original title of "Please Help Me!!!!" will not get you any extra attention.
    4. A continuation of #3: Posting your question and then posting it again because you didn't receive an answer inside of two minutes is not necessary. Posting multiple threads on the same subject is also not necessary and should, in my opinion, be punishable by multiple wet willies and swirlies. (For any of our foreign visitors not familiar with those phrases, you don't want to be familiar with those phrases.)
    5. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it, and must use the PUBLISH function within Blue Voda!
    6. When posting your question, please take the time to make sure those of us who don't live inside your head understand what the hell you're talking about. Questions such as "Please help, I have a site and there are lines but no squigglies" are not questions - they are statements. When someone asks you to be more specific, responding with "well, I can't see the squigglies and I need this fixed" isn't going to help much.
    7. When you've posted a question and people have posted back and forth with you to help you find the answer, it is perfectly acceptable to say, THANK YOU! Most of us don't get paid to be here, we just stop by to try to help if we can.
    8. Please read #7 again.
    9. There is a search feature on this forum, please give it a try sometime. Likewise, there is a well kept secret known as Google, which is a search engine where you can type in certain words or phrases and it will find you all kinds of things about those words and phrases from all over the internet. It's a secret, so don't tell anyone, but you can find it here: http://www.google.com/. They are rewriting the Old Testament to add an 11th Commandment of "Thou Shalt Run a Google Search". (Or words to that effect, they're still working out the details.)
    10. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it, and must use the PUBLISH function within Blue Voda!
    11. General VodaHost, Brad, Sarah and George are good people who work for and run Voda Host and try their best to help. Likewise, we have qualified Moderators who have tons of expertise to share and who bear the brunt of the burden of managing the Forums. If the answer they provide to your question isn't to your satisfaction, it is not necessary to pick a fight with them. Doing so will not get you any extra help, and you'll anger those of us who have the common sense to appreciate and respect them.
    12. Watching the tutorials is a good thing!
    13. Expecting us to walk you step by step through building your pages is a bad thing!
    14. Putting together a simple "Coming Soon" page on your new domain is a good thing!
    15. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it, and must use the PUBLISH function within Blue Voda!
    16. Asking "how-to" questions about forms, search engines and eCommerce (etc) before you've even attempted to put together a simple "Coming Soon" page is a bad thing!
    17. When a function you've put on your site (link, form, whatever else) doesn't work properly, there is NOTHING wrong with deleting it and trying again rather than first posting here and asking why it doesn't work.
    18. If someone asks you if you have the latest version of Blue Voda and you say, "I think so", you don't.
    19. Emailing me and asking me for help does not help other people on the forum with the same problem.
    20. Last, but not least: Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it, and must use the PUBLISH function within Blue Voda!
    21. You are only allowed to make bald guy jokes if you are a two star general or above.
    For anyone reading this, I'm very much just joking around. Of course your questions are welcome here and the collective group WILL do our best to help you. But, we don't mind one little bit if you do your homework first.

    Your homework starts on the following pages:

    http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/showthread.php?t=665
    http://www.vodahost.com/tut1.htm
    http://www.vodahost.com/order.htm
    http://www.vodahost.com/help.htm


    Happy web building, everyone!

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    Ladies & Gentlemen .... please start your engines .... lmao

    racefan if i hadn't read and re-read the part about it being a joke i'd swear you are having pms ..... :)

    lmao

    lol ... going back to re-read #7 to try and figure out who doesn't belong in the "Most" lol

    lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by racefan20
    Before you read this, please be aware that it is a JOKE - nothing more and nothing less.
    There are some elements of truth to it, but the idea is to give you a laugh and that's all.
    1. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    2. Downloading Blue Voda, opening it and staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built. Posting here after staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built.
    3. Posting questions on the forum is a good idea, but POSTING IN ALL CAPS or starting your thread with the not so original title of "Please Help Me!!!!" will not get you any extra attention.
    4. A continuation of #3: Posting your question and then posting it again because you didn't receive an answer inside of two minutes is not necessary. Posting multiple threads on the same subject is also not necessary and should, in my opinion, be punishable by multiple wet willies and swirlies. (For any of our foreign visitors not familiar with those phrases, you don't want to be familiar with those phrases.)
    5. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    6. When posting your question, please take the time to make sure those of us who don't live inside your head understand what the hell you're talking about. Questions such as "Please help, I have a site and there are lines but no squigglies" are not questions - they are statements. When someone asks you to be more specific, responding with "well, I can't see the squigglies and I need this fixed" isn't going to help much.
    7. When you've posted a question and people have posted back and forth with you to help you find the answer, it is perfectly acceptable to say, THANK YOU! Most of us don't get paid to be here, we just stop by to try to help if we can.
    8. Please read #7 again.
    9. There is a search feature on this forum, please give it a try sometime. Likewise, there is a well kept secret known as Google, which is a search engine where you can type in certain words or phrases and it will find you all kinds of things about those words and phrases from all over the internet. It's a secret, so don't tell anyone, but you can find it here: http://www.google.com/. They are rewriting the Old Testament to add an 11th Commandment of "Thou Shalt Run a Google Search". (Or words to that effect, they're still working out the details.)
    10. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    11. *****, Brad, Sarah and George are good people who work for and run Voda Host and try their best to help. If the answer they provide to your question isn't to your satisfaction, it is not necessary to pick a fight with them. Doing so will not get you any extra help, and you'll anger those of us who have the common sense to appreciate and respect them.
    12. Watching the tutorials is a good thing!
    13. Expecting us to walk you step by step through building your pages is a bad thing!
    14. Putting together a simple "Coming Soon" page on your new domain is a good thing!
    15. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    16. Asking "how-to" questions about forms, search engines and eCommerce (etc) before you've even attempted to put together a simple "Coming Soon" page is a bad thing!
    17. When a function you've put on your site (link, form, whatever else) doesn't work properly, there is NOTHING wrong with deleting it and trying again rather than first posting here and asking why it doesn't work.
    18. If someone asks you if you have the latest version of Blue Voda and you say, "I think so", you don't.
    19. Emailing me and asking me for help does not help other people on the forum with the same problem.
    20. Last, but not least: Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    21. You are only allowed to make bald guy jokes if you are a two star general or above.
    For anyone reading this, I'm very much just joking around. Of course your questions are welcome here and the collective group WILL do our best to help you. But, we don't mind one little bit if you do your homework first.

    Your homework starts on the following pages:

    http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/showthread.php?t=665
    http://www.vodahost.com/tut1.htm
    http://www.vodahost.com/order.htm
    http://www.vodahost.com/help.htm


    Happy web building, everyone!
    THANK YOU! for making me smile!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidundalicia
    But race does have PMS

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    lol David .... good one!!!

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    It's OK Race i understand fully !!

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    Wtg !

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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyEye
    Ladies & Gentlemen .... please start your engines .... lmao

    racefan if i hadn't read and re-read the part about it being a joke i'd swear you are having pms ..... :)

    lmao

    lol ... going back to re-read #7 to try and figure out who doesn't belong in the "Most" lol

    lmao
    LOL That was originally written in late '05 and when I wrote it, this forum was much, much different. There was a very small handful of people on here trying to help others and it became very frustrating at times seeing the same questions posted over and over and over when the answers were all out there.

    It was always meant as a joke and still is, but because of a couple misunderstandings regarding its intent, it faded away. I still think it's a relevant source of a good laugh, so I revived and revised it. No one should take it seriously and thankfully, no one does. LOL

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    lol race ... it is pretty funny .and I chuckled with David's analogy of PMS ... where do our minds come from eh! ..

    but I could think of one more revision ... lol

    It really should be titled

    An Open Letter to All Users .... lmao

    (They don't even have to be new!!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyEye
    lol race ... it is pretty funny .and I chuckled with David's analogy of PMS ... where do our minds come from eh! ..

    but I could think of one more revision ... lol

    It really should be titled

    An Open Letter to All Users .... lmao

    (They don't even have to be new!!)
    lol You make a good point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by racefan20
    LOL That was originally written in late '05 and when I wrote it, this forum was much, much different. There was a very small handful of people on here trying to help others and it became very frustrating at times seeing the same questions posted over and over and over when the answers were all out there.
    I remember when it first came out....I was still poking around deciding to come into VodaLand.
    Back then it seemed that there truly were only a handful of "resources": you, *****, Pablo, Brad, Tomisan, and a couple others. And you all blew me away with your "technical expertise" so much so I was actually intimidated! LOL
    (I wonder how many can see how much of an influence you have been to me, and how your "perspective" echos in my posts?)

    You still blow me away. And, I am priviledged to enjoy your friendship as well. Keep things real with your presence and "steerage" General.
    Besides....there are few left to appreciate my sense of humor!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasili
    I remember when it first came out....I was still poking around deciding to come into VodaLand.
    Back then it seemed that there truly were only a handful of "resources": you, *****, Pablo, Brad, Tomisan, and a couple others. And you all blew me away with your "technical expertise" so much so I was actually intimidated! LOL
    (I wonder how many can see how much of an influence you have been to me, and how your "perspective" echos in my posts?)

    You still blow me away. And, I am priviledged to enjoy your friendship as well. Keep things real with your presence and "steerage" General.
    Besides....there are few left to appreciate my sense of humor!
    Thanks for that, my friend, but don't leave Naval off that list - he and I coexisted at that point in time. If I didn't have the answer, he did and if he didn't have the answer, I did.

    I'm honored that you've characterized me in the fashion that you have, it shows that my efforts here weren't wasted. All I ever did was offer a little help along with a heaping helping of sarcasm, but it seemed to go over well most of the time.

    My presence is right where it belongs - an occasional post here and there. Us retired guys need our rest.

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    Hey racefan

    I have built a webpage but can't seem to publish it. I thought this was a free website builder??

    Ha Ha, only kidding!!!! You should of added Hijacking another thread in there somewhere. Although I've probably been guilty of that myself in the past.

    But I like your list. Its an interesting way of presenting a tutorial about the forum. Well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by racefan20
    Thanks for that, my friend, but don't leave Naval off that list - he and I coexisted at that point in time. If I didn't have the answer, he did and if he didn't have the answer, I did.
    You're right...I didn't intend to leave Girogio off the list whatsoever (the double-edge of making lists at all).

    It is pretty amazing though, when you really stop to look at it: VodaTalk has grown so huge that most cannot imagine what it used to be like. For me, the best comparison would be that VodaTalk used to be like what the Soholaunch forum is today. Only VodaTalk is friendlier, and has the VodaLounge to keep me in stitches while I massage my webbing frustrations!


    >> You might even recall my old name "TheDiamondPro"?? I was the one who kept trying to find a way to publish using BV outside of VH....you might have even written this to shut me up, who knows??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasili
    You're right...I didn't intend to leave Girogio off the list whatsoever (the double-edge of making lists at all).

    It is pretty amazing though, when you really stop to look at it: VodaTalk has grown so huge that most cannot imagine what it used to be like. For me, the best comparison would be that VodaTalk used to be like what the Soholaunch forum is today. Only VodaTalk is friendlier, and has the VodaLounge to keep me in stitches while I massage my webbing frustrations!


    >> You might even recall my old name "TheDiamondPro"?? I was the one who kept trying to find a way to publish using BV outside of VH....you might have even written this to shut me up, who knows??
    LOL

    It really is a different world than it was then. When I got home from work, I could open just about any forum on here and see several posts needing replies. Thankfully, it's grown to the point where I'm no longer needed here - that's a very good thing. lol

    I do not recall that name, but it wouldn't surprise me one little bit if I left you a nice note or two.

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    LOLOLOL



    Will have things ready Wednesday, General....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasili
    LOLOLOL



    Will have things ready Wednesday, General....
    Very cool. My other project is complete and I'm ready to go.

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    I want to get something perfectly clear, there have been a few violations of the above clause 21, from this point forward clause 21 will be strictly enforced...violators will be forced to don the punishment avatar for a period of no less than 7 days.

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    Just to make it clear to a lot of people including myself that have a problem understanding the written word ......So from my understanding of the previous post Under section 21 Clause A we are not allowed to do this are we...
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    Just to make it clear to a lot of people including myself that have a problem understanding the written word ......So from my understanding of the previous post Under section 21 Clause A we are not allowed to do this are we...
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    Just thought Id throw this one in as Ive dug such a big hole for myself
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    oh my .... oh my ....

    I am not laughing .... but look out "bobble head" I think I see it in your future Glomania .... nope I am not laughing .....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glomania
    Just thought Id throw this one in as Ive dug such a big hole for myself
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    Sir...You have gone too far, you have defaced three serving generals,
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    Now that's Rank!!!!!

    P.S.
    I am not laughing!!

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    Oh masterful generals, this has got to be the best punishment given to worthless mortal.. You don't know how close you are to the real me .Now thats IMPRESSIVE Please can I keep it . I have not been able to load my own picture so for you all to who I really am Name:  DSCN0199.jpg
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    Please please...do not give our generals HAIR! It does not become them...Bald jokes or not...(no...i'm not laughing either) nope not goin to do it. hehehehe

    Glomania: Nice picture, hope you are in punishment to long and allowed to post it...someday
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    Glomania .... Nice to see you ... no not as "boppy head" but as your real pic must be your two boys, nice!!... you will want to post that in your avatar as soon as your time is up. I think there may be a twin of your boppy head on the way, very soon, so don't feel all alone ... that "boppy head" does not become you ... so be good ... lol

    To post your pic in your avatar, at the top of the forum you will go to quick links, find your profile and change avatar and post your pic there, the maximum size is 100 x 100 .... hope that helps when you are unleased ... until then ... keep bopping!! lol

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    Default Re: An Open Letter to All New Users (Revised)

    I feel as if Ladyeye was referring to me as this soon-to-be "twin" boppy-head. A shiver ran dine my spine for a moment..

    Just to be safe, I'd like to retract my outburst of laughter in response to Glomania's challenge to Rule 21 as a show of my personal respect for the generals and Rule 21.

    Although I still fall out of my chair thinking about reading it for the first time!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert
    I feel as if Ladyeye was referring to me as this soon-to-be "twin" boppy-head. A shiver ran dine my spine for a moment..

    Just to be safe, I'd like to retract my outburst of laughter in response to Glomania's challenge to Rule 21 as a show of my personal respect for the generals and Rule 21.

    Although I still fall out of my chair thinking about reading it for the first time!
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    Lest we forget the wisdom that has long been hallowed....

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    Mind you, Sadain, this is still here to support you in your angst!

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    Racefan's original post should be required reading. I am constantly surprised by the many reactions, among other things...

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    I don't know about anyone else... but I think bald guys that are secure enough to show it and DON'T don a combover are just plain Sexy!

    Thanks for the laugh... and all the help and support that the BV Team has given!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dori
    I don't know about anyone else... but I think bald guys that are secure enough to show it and DON'T don a combover are just plain Sexy!

    Thanks for the laugh... and all the help and support that the BV Team has given!

    lol Dori ......... you've just made their day ....... such an abundance too!!!

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    LOL I suck up pretty well... don't I? It is all true though... really... it is!
    If it helps gain me points... so be it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill2006
    Racefan's original post should be required reading. I am constantly surprised by the many reactions, among other things...
    Really? Come on, Bill......you've been in retail long enough to know that there will always be a certain percentage of those who never cease to amaze you with the perspectives they hold, right???
    LOL

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    Glomania:

    I think the generals have seen Song of the South, and are familar with Bur Rabbit. Those pics were crule..........ROFL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasili
    Really? Come on, Bill......you've been in retail long enough to know that there will always be a certain percentage of those who never cease to amaze you with the perspectives they hold, right???
    LOL

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    Back to the top, just because... lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by racefan20
    Before you read this, please be aware that it is a JOKE - nothing more and nothing less.
    There are some elements of truth to it, but the idea is to give you a laugh and that's all.
    1. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    2. Downloading Blue Voda, opening it and staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built. Posting here after staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built.
    3. Posting questions on the forum is a good idea, but POSTING IN ALL CAPS or starting your thread with the not so original title of "Please Help Me!!!!" will not get you any extra attention.
    4. A continuation of #3: Posting your question and then posting it again because you didn't receive an answer inside of two minutes is not necessary. Posting multiple threads on the same subject is also not necessary and should, in my opinion, be punishable by multiple wet willies and swirlies. (For any of our foreign visitors not familiar with those phrases, you don't want to be familiar with those phrases.)
    5. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    6. When posting your question, please take the time to make sure those of us who don't live inside your head understand what the hell you're talking about. Questions such as "Please help, I have a site and there are lines but no squigglies" are not questions - they are statements. When someone asks you to be more specific, responding with "well, I can't see the squigglies and I need this fixed" isn't going to help much.
    7. When you've posted a question and people have posted back and forth with you to help you find the answer, it is perfectly acceptable to say, THANK YOU! Most of us don't get paid to be here, we just stop by to try to help if we can.
    8. Please read #7 again.
    9. There is a search feature on this forum, please give it a try sometime. Likewise, there is a well kept secret known as Google, which is a search engine where you can type in certain words or phrases and it will find you all kinds of things about those words and phrases from all over the internet. It's a secret, so don't tell anyone, but you can find it here: http://www.google.com/. They are rewriting the Old Testament to add an 11th Commandment of "Thou Shalt Run a Google Search". (Or words to that effect, they're still working out the details.)
    10. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    11. *****, Brad, Sarah and George are good people who work for and run Voda Host and try their best to help. If the answer they provide to your question isn't to your satisfaction, it is not necessary to pick a fight with them. Doing so will not get you any extra help, and you'll anger those of us who have the common sense to appreciate and respect them.
    12. Watching the tutorials is a good thing!
    13. Expecting us to walk you step by step through building your pages is a bad thing!
    14. Putting together a simple "Coming Soon" page on your new domain is a good thing!
    15. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    16. Asking "how-to" questions about forms, search engines and eCommerce (etc) before you've even attempted to put together a simple "Coming Soon" page is a bad thing!
    17. When a function you've put on your site (link, form, whatever else) doesn't work properly, there is NOTHING wrong with deleting it and trying again rather than first posting here and asking why it doesn't work.
    18. If someone asks you if you have the latest version of Blue Voda and you say, "I think so", you don't.
    19. Emailing me and asking me for help does not help other people on the forum with the same problem.
    20. Last, but not least: Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    21. You are only allowed to make bald guy jokes if you are a two star general or above.
    For anyone reading this, I'm very much just joking around. Of course your questions are welcome here and the collective group WILL do our best to help you. But, we don't mind one little bit if you do your homework first.

    Your homework starts on the following pages:

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    Bump again today..just because!
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    Default Re: An Open Letter to All New Users (Revised)

    Any eggs in here .... ????

    Must not be eggactly right in here for eggs .....

    I'll try later ...



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    shooo.........!!!! hiding some eggs........
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    Dwat! I keep finding dese eggs but wheere's dat pesky, no good, wabbit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elmer_Fudd
    Dwat! I keep finding dese eggs but wheere's dat pesky, no good, wabbit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by racefan20 View Post
    Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    1. Downloading Blue Voda, opening it and staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built. Posting here after staring blankly at the screen for an hour will NOT get your site built.
    2. Posting questions on the forum is a good idea, but POSTING IN ALL CAPS or starting your thread with the not so original title of "Please Help Me!!!!" will not get you any extra attention.
    3. A continuation of #3: Posting your question and then posting it again because you didn't receive an answer inside of two minutes is not necessary. Posting multiple threads on the same subject is also not necessary and should, in my opinion, be punishable by multiple wet willies and swirlies. (For any of our foreign visitors not familiar with those phrases, you don't want to be familiar with those phrases.)
    4. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    5. When posting your question, please take the time to make sure those of us who don't live inside your head understand what the hell you're talking about. Questions such as "Please help, I have a site and there are lines but no squigglies" are not questions - they are statements. When someone asks you to be more specific, responding with "well, I can't see the squigglies and I need this fixed" isn't going to help much.
    6. When you've posted a question and people have posted back and forth with you to help you find the answer, it is perfectly acceptable to say, THANK YOU! Most of us don't get paid to be here, we just stop by to try to help if we can.
    7. Please read #7 again.
    8. There is a search feature on this forum, please give it a try sometime. Likewise, there is a well kept secret known as Google, which is a search engine where you can type in certain words or phrases and it will find you all kinds of things about those words and phrases from all over the internet. It's a secret, so don't tell anyone, but you can find it here: http://www.google.com/. They are rewriting the Old Testament to add an 11th Commandment of "Thou Shalt Run a Google Search". (Or words to that effect, they're still working out the details.)
    9. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    10. M ario, Brad, Sarah and George are good people who work for and run Voda Host and try their best to help. If the answer they provide to your question isn't to your satisfaction, it is not necessary to pick a fight with them. Doing so will not get you any extra help, and you'll anger those of us who have the common sense to appreciate and respect them.
    11. Watching the tutorials is a good thing!
    12. Expecting us to walk you step by step through building your pages is a bad thing!
    13. Putting together a simple "Coming Soon" page on your new domain is a good thing!
    14. Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    15. Asking "how-to" questions about forms, search engines and eCommerce (etc) before you've even attempted to put together a simple "Coming Soon" page is a bad thing!
    16. When a function you've put on your site (link, form, whatever else) doesn't work properly, there is NOTHING wrong with deleting it and trying again rather than first posting here and asking why it doesn't work.
    17. If someone asks you if you have the latest version of Blue Voda and you say, "I think so", you don't.
    18. Emailing me and asking me for help does not help other people on the forum with the same problem.
    19. Last, but not least: Blue Voda is a free website builder, but you must have a PAID Voda Host account to publish with it.
    20. You are only allowed to make bald guy jokes if you are a two star general or above.
    For anyone reading this, I'm very much just joking around. Of course your questions are welcome here and the collective group WILL do our best to help you. But, we don't mind one little bit if you do your homework first.

    Your homework starts on the following pages:

    http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/showthread.php?t=665
    http://www.vodahost.com/tut1.htm
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    Now you've done it, General! A worthy post that bears repeating, true, but surely the 'bald generals' thing will be reopened as well. Do we still have the boppy head?
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    Default Re: An Open Letter to All New Users (Revised)

    Well, that says it all.



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    What a thought !!

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    Vasili and garfunkel ..... What a thought !!
    Been there, done that > http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/260690-post369.html

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