Users Rides / Mustangs of the Internet

StangFlyer · 07-13-1999, 03:04 AM

I am almost finished with the Users Rides section. I know you're all jumping up and down now! It's been a long wait, but it's almost over. I'm shooting to get this thing online by the end of the week. Hopefully I can meet that goal so its up before I leave for Norwalk.

Any Ways, I will need some hands to test this thing in the next couple days. I would like about 6 people to help in this regard. So, who wants to be the first to post their Stang and test out the system, look for bugs, give reports and feedback, etc..? This things a little more complex then the classifieds application I wrote, so I want several test entries and some private usuage before I put it out to the masses.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

12secAOD · 07-13-1999, 12:44 PM

Just e-mail me when you want it tested. I will be glad to test. I will be gone at Norwalk friday-sunday so I wont check my e-mail then.

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Brent White, Moderator
The Mustang Works Online
90LX>> 12.87@104.6 @ 3300#'s
Naturally Aspirated AOD car

brooksgnm · 07-13-1999, 01:03 PM

Tell me when you want me. brooksgnm@hotmail.com I have waited for a while to get it on this site!

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mark brooks. '85 gt hatch,ssm bars,draglites,msd ignition,dual quad setup,8.8 rear3.73,electric fuel pump,supertrapp exhaust,motorsport trans,many many more...
Go to http://www.tealnet.com/mustang1/mark_brooks/index.asp to see it!

Luvmi93 · 07-13-1999, 01:56 PM

I do! I do!

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Blk. 93LX 5.0 Hatch. 5spd. K&N, Dynomax cat-back.
Stock and Speedy!
Web site: http://www.angelfire.com/on2/mustangnet

Jett · 07-13-1999, 02:53 PM

Just say when.

silly34@nettally.com

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Brad
88lx 2.3T soon to have 350hp
www.turboford.org

StangFlyer · 07-13-1999, 04:16 PM

Great. I'm trying to get it complete enough to go up in another day or so. It won't be fully what I am envisioning yet, but there will be continual improvements and features as I continue to work on it.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

StangFlyer · 07-14-1999, 07:18 PM

Thanks to everyone that I Emailed and ask to post their Stang to help me test the new Users Rides programming. Mostly everything went well. I chased out a couple bugs, and things seem in order thus far. Of course, any continued feedback, especially on finding any bugs, will be greatly appreciated.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

SlowGT · 07-14-1999, 09:17 PM

Awesome stable. I know I wasn't one of the volunteers. I hope you don't mind me posting so soon. I made a typo in the post and had to fix it and I found that when you edit the listing, you have to reselect any info that's in a drop down menu. Sorry I've got all those "stock" descriptions. I hope to remedy that soon.

[This message has been edited by SlowGT (edited 07-14-1999).]

Mr 5 0 · 07-14-1999, 10:10 PM

Dan:

Uploaded my pics per your instructions and all went well. This looks like a winner to me. Nice job, as usual. You da man!

StangFlyer · 07-14-1999, 11:09 PM

SlowGT, I know. You do have to reset the the drop down menus at this time. I plan to change that next week, but for now I just wanted to get it up and running. Plus, honestly, I got lazy. It's a pain making the drop downs come up on what variable read from you're existing specs is equal to. I could go into why, but I'd start getting technical and spitting out Perl code at you..

Mr 5.0, Yes, I see you did! Although, when I was talking about uploading your pictures, I meant the bigger versions. If you go into your BIO and left click on each picture it will display the bigger version. That's the one you need to save and then upload to your listing. If you want to, you can overwrite the ones you already uploaded with the bigger ones..

Thanks for the positive feedback though, I was definitely burning the midnight oil all week to get this thing done, as you could probably tell by the time stamps on my Emails to you I sent at 4 AM. UGH! I'm wiped, but I know how long everyones been waiting for this to open back up and I wanted to make everyone happy... Plus, I've got a good role going on and I like to keep those a' rol'n!

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

Luvmi93 · 07-15-1999, 08:32 PM

Dan all went well! I experienced no problems. although scrolling through all those mods lists was long.

Kat.

StangFlyer · 07-15-1999, 08:48 PM

Yeah, it takes a little bit to fill out that form, now doesn't it..

I call it the "form from hell"...

The good thing is that you only have to do it once, and then just update here and there as you do things to your car. It really breaks things down though and lets everyone see exactly what mods you've done to your car.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

Mr 5 0 · 07-16-1999, 04:01 PM

Dan:

The system (Users Rides) wouldn't accept the bigger versions of my car photos, so I'll leave it alone, for now.

I went back to change some file info and that worked fine, so I think you've got another success here.

StangFlyer · 07-16-1999, 08:20 PM

They must have been over the size limit then after all.. That's ok. Maybe I'll put them up for you after I get back from Norwalk. I can compress them a bit more or down size them just a bit.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

Bob · 07-17-1999, 06:06 PM

Dan,
Great job with the new layout, AND the users rides section. I've been wanting to get my car on here for a while now. Best Mustang site on the net!!
By the way, what happened to the sound file when the page loads? I thought that was a nice touch.

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'85 GT / '72 Mach1
Long list...check website!!
members.xoom.com/Bobstail

StangFlyer · 07-18-1999, 05:39 PM

Yeah, it is a real nice touch having the killer sound on the main page. However, it is 60K and I have struggled with the having it on or not because of the extra download time to initially load the site. Once your browser has cached the layout graphics and stuff it loads fast, but when a user first hits the site the extra 60k to download on a modem isn't needed on top of everything else..

I was thinking of adding a little sound icon onto the LX logo. If you click it the sound would play.. Would that be cool?

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

Bob · 07-18-1999, 09:18 PM

That would work!

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'85 GT / '72 Mach1
Long list...check website!!
members.xoom.com/Bobstail

cad614 · 07-19-1999, 05:23 PM

The new section looks great! This is the perfect way to see everyone's ride and to showcase your own. I was wondering if you plan to link it off of the message boards like you did with our profiles and e-mail addresses.

Also I have a question... GT Convertable... where does it go? There is no category specificly listed for it but since there is only one other convertable posted so far I placed my car in it. I will get some pictures posted as soon as I can, what file type and size limits are there?

I must agree on the sound file while loading the page. I am constantly on different computers; school, work, home, or a friends.. so having the added wait of a sound file is definately not something I need (especially at work!!).

Keep up the terrific work.

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'95 GT convertable
K&N, 14° advanced,
2nd Place 94-99 at the `99 Mustang Roundup

[This message has been edited by cad614 (edited 07-19-1999).]

StangFlyer · 07-19-1999, 06:26 PM

Yeah, I guess I didn't really break down the convertibles to much on the list, eh? Well, I'll tell you what, I'll do that just for you cad, so just go in and edit your specs and change it. I'll have it changed by tomorrow.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

cad614 · 07-19-1999, 10:17 PM

Wow! didn't expect that... just further reinforces my opinion that this is the BEST site on the net!

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'95 GT Convertable
K&N, 14° advanced,
2nd Place 94-99 at the `99 Mustang Roundup

07-13-1999, 03:04 AM	#1
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Users Rides / Mustangs of the Internet I am almost finished with the Users Rides section. I know you're all jumping up and down now! It's been a long wait, but it's almost over. I'm shooting to get this thing online by the end of the week. Hopefully I can meet that goal so its up before I leave for Norwalk. Any Ways, I will need some hands to test this thing in the next couple days. I would like about 6 people to help in this regard. So, who wants to be the first to post their Stang and test out the system, look for bugs, give reports and feedback, etc..? This things a little more complex then the classifieds application I wrote, so I want several test entries and some private usuage before I put it out to the masses. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

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07-13-1999, 12:44 PM	#2
12secAOD Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: NW INDIANA Posts: 9	Just e-mail me when you want it tested. I will be glad to test. I will be gone at Norwalk friday-sunday so I wont check my e-mail then. ------------------ Brent White, Moderator The Mustang Works Online 90LX>> 12.87@104.6 @ 3300#'s Naturally Aspirated AOD car

07-13-1999, 01:03 PM	#3
brooksgnm Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Union, Ohio, USA Posts: 582	Tell me when you want me. brooksgnm@hotmail.com I have waited for a while to get it on this site! ------------------ mark brooks. '85 gt hatch,ssm bars,draglites,msd ignition,dual quad setup,8.8 rear3.73,electric fuel pump,supertrapp exhaust,motorsport trans,many many more... Go to http://www.tealnet.com/mustang1/mark_brooks/index.asp to see it!

07-13-1999, 01:56 PM	#4
Luvmi93 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ocean City, NJ. My car: 1993 5.0 LX Posts: 419	I do! I do! ------------------ Blk. 93LX 5.0 Hatch. 5spd. K&N, Dynomax cat-back. Stock and Speedy! Web site: http://www.angelfire.com/on2/mustangnet

07-13-1999, 02:53 PM	#5
Jett Registered Member Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Tallahassee, Fl., US Posts: 130	Just say when. silly34@nettally.com ------------------ Brad 88lx 2.3T soon to have 350hp www.turboford.org

07-13-1999, 04:16 PM	#6
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Great. I'm trying to get it complete enough to go up in another day or so. It won't be fully what I am envisioning yet, but there will be continual improvements and features as I continue to work on it. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-14-1999, 07:18 PM	#7
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Thanks to everyone that I Emailed and ask to post their Stang to help me test the new Users Rides programming. Mostly everything went well. I chased out a couple bugs, and things seem in order thus far. Of course, any continued feedback, especially on finding any bugs, will be greatly appreciated. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-14-1999, 09:17 PM	#8
SlowGT Registered Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: Columbia Co, PA Posts: 303	Awesome stable. I know I wasn't one of the volunteers. I hope you don't mind me posting so soon. I made a typo in the post and had to fix it and I found that when you edit the listing, you have to reselect any info that's in a drop down menu. Sorry I've got all those "stock" descriptions. I hope to remedy that soon. [This message has been edited by SlowGT (edited 07-14-1999).]

07-14-1999, 10:10 PM	#9
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Dan: Uploaded my pics per your instructions and all went well. This looks like a winner to me. Nice job, as usual. You da man!

07-14-1999, 11:09 PM	#10
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	SlowGT, I know. You do have to reset the the drop down menus at this time. I plan to change that next week, but for now I just wanted to get it up and running. Plus, honestly, I got lazy. It's a pain making the drop downs come up on what variable read from you're existing specs is equal to. I could go into why, but I'd start getting technical and spitting out Perl code at you.. Mr 5.0, Yes, I see you did! Although, when I was talking about uploading your pictures, I meant the bigger versions. If you go into your BIO and left click on each picture it will display the bigger version. That's the one you need to save and then upload to your listing. If you want to, you can overwrite the ones you already uploaded with the bigger ones.. Thanks for the positive feedback though, I was definitely burning the midnight oil all week to get this thing done, as you could probably tell by the time stamps on my Emails to you I sent at 4 AM. UGH! I'm wiped, but I know how long everyones been waiting for this to open back up and I wanted to make everyone happy... Plus, I've got a good role going on and I like to keep those a' rol'n! ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-15-1999, 08:32 PM	#11
Luvmi93 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ocean City, NJ. My car: 1993 5.0 LX Posts: 419	Dan all went well! I experienced no problems. although scrolling through all those mods lists was long. Kat.

07-15-1999, 08:48 PM	#12
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Yeah, it takes a little bit to fill out that form, now doesn't it.. I call it the "form from hell"... The good thing is that you only have to do it once, and then just update here and there as you do things to your car. It really breaks things down though and lets everyone see exactly what mods you've done to your car. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-16-1999, 04:01 PM	#13
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Dan: The system (Users Rides) wouldn't accept the bigger versions of my car photos, so I'll leave it alone, for now. I went back to change some file info and that worked fine, so I think you've got another success here.

07-16-1999, 08:20 PM	#14
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	They must have been over the size limit then after all.. That's ok. Maybe I'll put them up for you after I get back from Norwalk. I can compress them a bit more or down size them just a bit. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-17-1999, 06:06 PM	#15
Bob "Old School Gearhead" Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Peru, Illinois Posts: 617	Dan, Great job with the new layout, AND the users rides section. I've been wanting to get my car on here for a while now. Best Mustang site on the net!! By the way, what happened to the sound file when the page loads? I thought that was a nice touch. ------------------ '85 GT / '72 Mach1 Long list...check website!! members.xoom.com/Bobstail

07-18-1999, 05:39 PM	#16
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Yeah, it is a real nice touch having the killer sound on the main page. However, it is 60K and I have struggled with the having it on or not because of the extra download time to initially load the site. Once your browser has cached the layout graphics and stuff it loads fast, but when a user first hits the site the extra 60k to download on a modem isn't needed on top of everything else.. I was thinking of adding a little sound icon onto the LX logo. If you click it the sound would play.. Would that be cool? ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-18-1999, 09:18 PM	#17
Bob "Old School Gearhead" Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Peru, Illinois Posts: 617	That would work! ------------------ '85 GT / '72 Mach1 Long list...check website!! members.xoom.com/Bobstail

07-19-1999, 05:23 PM	#18
cad614 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: San Angelo, TX Posts: 377	The new section looks great! This is the perfect way to see everyone's ride and to showcase your own. I was wondering if you plan to link it off of the message boards like you did with our profiles and e-mail addresses. Also I have a question... GT Convertable... where does it go? There is no category specificly listed for it but since there is only one other convertable posted so far I placed my car in it. I will get some pictures posted as soon as I can, what file type and size limits are there? I must agree on the sound file while loading the page. I am constantly on different computers; school, work, home, or a friends.. so having the added wait of a sound file is definately not something I need (especially at work!!). Keep up the terrific work. ------------------ '95 GT convertable K&N, 14° advanced, 2nd Place 94-99 at the `99 Mustang Roundup [This message has been edited by cad614 (edited 07-19-1999).]

07-19-1999, 06:26 PM	#19
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	Yeah, I guess I didn't really break down the convertibles to much on the list, eh? Well, I'll tell you what, I'll do that just for you cad, so just go in and edit your specs and change it. I'll have it changed by tomorrow. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

07-19-1999, 10:17 PM	#20
cad614 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: San Angelo, TX Posts: 377	Wow! didn't expect that... just further reinforces my opinion that this is the BEST site on the net! ------------------ '95 GT Convertable K&N, 14° advanced, 2nd Place 94-99 at the `99 Mustang Roundup