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BREWERFAN.NET USABILITY FAQ Contents Why does Brewerfan.net have two logins? How do I gain access to post in Brewerfan's forums? How do I create a Yuku account? How do I obtain approval to post? What do references to "unconverted" and "converted" profiles mean? How do I access my Yuku account controls? How do I view or adjust my Yuku profile? How do I change the way I view the forums? What are the RSS icons for throughout the site? How can I receive Brewerfan.net e-mail notifications? How can I receive message board e-mail notifications? What am I allowed to post on the message boards? How do I format a message? How do I quote other posts? What guidelines should I follow when I quote other posts? How do I find an individual message's direct URL? How do I post an image? How do I avoid funky results when I resize fonts in my posts? How do I post using the Quick Reply box? How do I link or unlink a Photobucket account? How do I create and manage photo albums? How do I add a signature? How do I make my signature conform to site guidelines? How do I put an icon/picture/avatar next to my name? How do I send a private message? How do I send a private message to group of members? How do I know if I've received a private message? What's up with the WYSIWYG post editor in Safari and Chrome? How much does the Fan Forum cost? What else should I know about Yuku? Where can I ask questions? Why does Brewerfan.net have two logins? The Brewerfan.net portion of this site is hosted on its own server space under the www.brewerfan.net domain. The forum portion of this site is hosted by a third-party service (Yuku) under the brewersfandemonium.yuku.com domain. The login link at the very top of each www.brewerfan.net page is for the Brewerfan.net portion of the site. The Brewerfan login allows you to set preferences for e-mail notifications. http://images.yuku.com/image/png/60d253e956cfd5751f51c41fb0efcd48aba311e.png The Yuku login allows you to post in the forums. Log in via the text fields at the top left of any Yuku page. You may use either your forum username or e-mail address. http://images.yuku.com/image/png/6b715a9dcd5d1f18481e0b943b812820c785e0e.png How do I gain access to post in Brewerfan's forums? To be allowed to post, you need to do two things: Create a Yuku account. Obtain approval from Brewerfan staff to be able to post. How do I create a Yuku account? You may sign up for a Yuku account by hitting the "SIGN UP" button at the top of any board page or the "Join now" link on Yuku's home page. Keep in mind that there are two types of Yuku accounts: global and local. Both account types allow members to post on any Yuku forum. However, members with local accounts will have the name of the board from which they signed up appended to their usernames. Example: if Doug Melvin signs up via this board, his full username would be Doug Melvin.brewersfandemonium. "brewersfandemonium" will only be displayed behind a member's username if s/he posts at boards other than this one. To obtain a global account, register through Yuku's home page. If you'd like to have more flexibility in choosing a username, sign up via any Brewerfan.net Yuku page. If you're logged out and you hit a Reply button in a message, you'll be offered the opportunity to create an account using credentials from among twelve different services, including Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Twitter, Google, AOL, Windows Live, Blogger, Linkedin, Flickr, WordPress, and OpenID: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/ea3359039d05cb2754ad12d21a1eddba713973b.png Because of privacy and security concerns, it's not recommended that you use those options. Most importantly, your real name or e-mail address may become your Yuku username. If you wish to create an account via that page, it's recommend that you hit the "Join Now" link to create a Yuku account in the traditional fashion. How do I obtain approval to post? Submit a membership application. Please note that the application form asks applicants to provide a comprehensive and reflective message. Brewerfan strives for intelligent, quality posting. The application message is where prospective members can demonstrate that they can contribute in this way. In addition to the link in the paragraph above, the membership application is available to logged in Yuku members when hitting the Reply button in any message on the board. What do references to "unconverted" and "converted" profiles mean? Yuku is currently in the process of phasing in member profiles based on the Facebook Open Platform. These profiles are currently in beta, and their features aren't complete. Brewerfan doesn't recommend converting at this time. In the navigation bar at the top of board and profile pages, members with unconverted profiles will see a gift box icon along with a "Just for you!" link: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/c5d25239afc1c5cd11b1ca1ff437d5edffd4f3e.png This link converts profiles to the new format. The conversion process is irreversible. Just say no! Eventually, all profiles will be converted to the new format. Members who've created profiles after May 12, 2010, will have converted profiles by default. Because of this, information pertaining to the Facebook Open Platform profiles is being phased into this FAQ. How do I access my Yuku account controls? While logged in, your Yuku account controls can be accessed via the navigation bar that appears at the top of any Yuku page. Hit the Account link or the "Navigation" button on any Yuku page that has the old navigation bar. Hit the wrench icon on any Yuku page that has the new navigation bar. Navigation button: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/af715f92c658171e52d7004d92889961623885f.png Wrench icon: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/5a5357da91bec1375652191e10c5c6bfd87276c.png How do I view or adjust my Yuku profile? Clicking on your username anywhere it might appear on the forums will take you to your profile. Within your profile, you'll see "Edit" links in various places. They take you to pages where you can change specific parts of your profile. You may change the layout of your profile by using the "Edit Layout" link in the member controls. You may change your profile's skin by following the "Edit Skins" link. How do I change the way I view the forums? Brewerfan's Yuku forum font sizes are set render according to your browser's default. If you feel the forum fonts are too large or too small, adjust the font size in your browser's preferences (options) panel. The width of the forums is set to use 95% of your browser window. Simply widen or narrow your window if you feel more comfortable reading posts at a different width. What are the RSS icons for throughout the site? Brewerfan.net and Yuku offer the ability to use Really Simple Syndication (RSS) formatted information to integrate with your feed reader of choice. RSS offers the ability to collect news information from various sites and aggregate it into one central location for you to read. Google Reader is one of the more popular examples of a feed reader. Brewerfan.net feeds are available for News, Features, and the Daily Brew. They're denoted by this icon: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/03315093c65e1c1d459d363aed5d8884ea7afbe.png Message board feeds are available at the community, forum, and individual thread level. They're denoted by this icon: http://static.yuku.com/common/bypass/icons/feeds/rss/16x16/rss_orange.gif How can I receive Brewerfan.net e-mail notifications? Brewerfan.net offers e-mail notifications of Site Updates, News, Features, Daily Brews, Power 50s, and Team Transactions (Brewers and all farm clubs.) To subscribe or adjust your notifications: From any page in the brewerfan.net portion of the site, follow the Login link in the top navigation bar. http://images.yuku.com/image/png/60d253e956cfd5751f51c41fb0efcd48aba311e.png Log in with your username or create a new account. One you've logged in, the navigation area at top of page will contain "Logout" and "Profile" links in place of "Login". Click on Profile. http://images.yuku.com/image/png/72c35dc69c42cc7f5f0517b51bbb2b75384103c.png You'll be given choices to change your password or change your notifications. Follow notifications link and check the boxes that interest you. Click the Submit button. How can I receive message board e-mail notifications? Like the RSS feeds, message board e-mail notifications are available at the community, forum, and individual thread level. To be informed of new posts, click on this icon: http://static.yuku.com/common/bypass/icons/feeds/email/16x16/email_orange.gif E-mail notifications can be set in your member controls to come individually or in 'Daily Digest' form. To manage your subscriptions, follow these links: Settings » Notifications » Options. On the subscription page, you may also opt to receive e-mails notifying you of private messages, friend requests, and new image comments. By following the Subscriptions link from that page, you can remove individual subscriptions. What am I allowed to post on the message boards? Reading Brewerfan.net's Fan Forum Etiquette is required before posting on the message boards. Also, several forums have FAQs with additional guidelines. How do I format a message? ChrisW has provided a tutorial for using Yuku's WYSIWYG post editor. If you know HTML, you may directly paste or edit code by clicking on the "html-view" button: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/728354749611c7c3597e1fcd17661df24b61297.png Note that HTML entered or pasted in the WYSIWYG view won't render: it'll display the actual code. For those who prefer this route, BBCode can be entered directly into the post editor. Yuku provides a list of supported BBCodes. How do I quote other posts? Hit the Quote link in the post you'd like to quote. In the now segmented portion containing the quote, delete whichever lines that aren't going to direct your response to. -or- Before hitting the Quote link, have your shortened quote copied and ready to paste over the material in the quotation box. Type your response below the quote window. Preview your response (if you'd like). Hit Post. If you prefer to quote messages another way, that's fine. Simply offset your quotation with italics or bold so it stands out from the rest of the message. What guidelines should I follow when I quote other posts? Quoting multi-paragraph blocks is not reader friendly. Neither is quoting a string of a multiple nested replies. Editing quotes is simple and easy, so please try and make an attempt to better illustrate your point. Try to limit your quote to the specific line that you want to quote. If you choose the part of the message that best leads into your topic sentence, you're likely to make sense. Quoting entire paragraphs is redundant and cumbersome for a reader and may muddle the point you are trying to make. If, within your message, you feel you need to refer to more than one part of a post, quote small sections, then respond underneath each one. There is generally no need to nest quotes deeper than two replies. There is no need to quote a picture or any other media file. A simple reference will do just fine. We've all seen the picture (or whatever) and we all know what you're talking about. There is no need to quote it eight more times on the same page. Again, it's not reader friendly. Remember that Yuku places a number on each reply. This can be used in addition to the quote feature. The two work hand in hand quite well. Also, each reply has its own URL available if you'd like to create a link. Please remember that the quote is actually part of your message. Choosing what to quote and how to present it should require the same thought and care as composing the message itself. How do I find an individual message's direct URL? Hit the http:// link at at the top right corner of any reply. http://images.yuku.com/image/png/275354a0906dc325583216fe1ccc4feb3bc2ce9.png A box with two links will pop up: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/4f025069a2c7d5641ae1a14153b4bedb9356c67.png Choose "Single post view" to show only a single reply in a window. Choose "Link to reply in the thread" to link to the reply and offer easy access to messages above and below it. Choose the URL you'd like and create a link. How do I post an image? See ChrisW's Adding images to posts tutorial for adding images from Yuku albums, your Photobucket account, or from URLs. The image you use must be available on the Internet (not just your own computer). In other words, it must have a web address. If there's a graphic on your computer that you'd like to share, Yuku, Photobucket, and ImageShack all offer free online image hosting. As Chris mentions, images stored in your Photobucket and Yuku accounts may be added directly from Yuku's post editor. See the section below (How do I link or unlink a Photobucket account?) for instructions for linking your Photobucket account. When posting an image, keep its file size in mind. While it isn't a hard cap, 100 K is probably a good threshold for deciding to put an image behind a link rather than posting it inline. Consider that there may be more than one image posted on a page and that even 100 K makes a difference to dial-up users. If you're going to be posting several images in the same message, definitely use links instead. Of course, there are occasional message board threads whose main purpose is to "feature" images. In those cases, post away. Finally, please keep in the site rules regarding images in mind: How do I avoid funky results when I resize fonts in my posts? Simply put, this feature needs improvement, so you probably won't completely avoid unexpected results. Brewerfan has made Yuku aware if its concerns about this. The most practical advice is to use the font resize feature sparingly. It works best if you type your post in the default font first, then go back and selectively resize the fonts you'd like to have larger or smaller. (Actually, you can type a character or two ahead, then go back and resize. The issue is that returning to the default font size is very difficult.) How do I post using the Quick Reply box? Type away, then click on the "QUICK REPLY" button. Plain text, HTML, and supported BBCodes can be mixed and matched. If you begin a message in the Quick Reply box, then decide you want to continue your work in the WYSIWYG post editor, check the "Preview" box, then click on "QUICK REPLY". How do I link or unlink a Photobucket account? In the post editor, click on the Photobucket icon: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/7d33517895acce205b2813f3104f0631928142f.png If you haven't yet linked to a Photobucket account, a message with instructions on how to proceed will pop up: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/85535e489f22c26957001ae91f4a0732d9d1566.png To unlink your Photobucket account, go to Settings » Photobucket in your member controls. If you haven't yet linked a Photobucket account, you may also link one on this page. How do I create and manage photo albums? See ChrisWs albums tutorial. How do I add a signature? Yuku allows members to have five signatures. To create a signature or change signature preferences in an unconverted profile: Click on the Navigation button at upper right of corner of any Yuku page. Click on the Edit Signature link on the left-hand side of the controls that appear. On the page that loads, you may: [li]Edit or delete current signatures by hitting buttons in the Action column. Choose a Default signature by hitting the appropriate radio button in the Default column. Add a signature by hitting the add signature » button underneath the signature list. [/li] Click the "SAVE" button when you're done. To create a signature or change signature preferences in a converted profile, see ChrisW's signature tutorial. How do I make my signature conform to site guidelines? Please note Brewerfan's signature rules: How do I put an icon/picture/avatar next to my name? To set avatars in unconverted profiles: Load your profile. You can get there quickly by clicking on your username at the top of any forum page or in any of your posts. Click the edit button in the 'mini-profile': that's where you see your username, gender, location, etc. You'll be taken to the "Edit Miniprofile" page. Click on the actual avatar (or avatar placeholder) in the "Change Avatar" area. You'll be taken to a page showing any avatars you might have uploaded. If your preferred avatar isn't there, an interface to upload your avatar from your hard drive is provided. Choose your preferred avatar by clicking on it. You'll be brought back to the "Edit Miniprofile" page. While you're on the Edit page, if you'd like, you may make other profile adjustments. When you're done, make sure you hit the save button at the bottom To set avatars in converted profiles, please see ChrisW's avatar tutorial. The maximum displayable size of your photo when used on our forum is 100x100. Try to select a photo that's roughly that size, as the larger your photo is, the longer it will take people to download it. How do I send a private message? There are several ways members can send private messages: Click on the Inbox link in the Yuku navigation bar, then click the Compose New Message button. Type the username of the member you with to contact in the To field. Click on the Navigation button, then click on the Write Message link on the left-hand side of the controls that appear. Type the username of the member you wish to contact in the To field. Click on a member's name from wherever it might appear on the forum. In his/her profile, click on the Message button. The To field will be filled in for you. Left or right-click on Message Me in the Interact menu in the member information next to any of his/her posts. The To field will be filled in for you. How do I send a private message to group of members? See ChrisW's tutorial: Private messaging: groups. How do I know if I've received a private message? Yuku's new message notification isn't very clear. A Yuku staff member is working on a better alternative, but no rollout timetable seems to be set. Here's what to look for... If you have no new messages, your navigation button remains gray: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/af715f92c658171e52d7004d92889961623885f.png If you have new messages, the button turns bright pale blue: http://images.yuku.com/image/png/ea115194cd5a131577a2f14f8929854ef97623f.png As an option, you may wish to receive e-mail notifications for private messages. This preference can be toggled in your member controls by following the Settings » Notifications » Options links. What's up with the WYSIWYG post editor in Safari and Chrome? In Webkit-based browsers, only some of Yuku's WYSIWYG editor tools are available. The result is that some of the buttons, including those for adding images, are missing. Among the affected browsers are Safari and Google Chrome for Mac and Windows. Dealing with post editor issues in Safari and Chrome offers workarounds. How much does the Fan Forum cost? Brewerfan's Yuku costs are based on ad-free page views. Between April 28 and May 3 2009, $710 was collected from 29 members. As of May 3, 2009, we had 3,365,631 page views at our disposal. As of May 21, 2010, we had about 500,000 ad-free views available. Between May 21, 2010 and June 27, 2010, $824 was collected from 38 members. As of July 4, 2010, we had 5,210,324 ad-free views on hand. What else should I know about Yuku? Yuku is pronounced "You coo." It comes from the aboriginal word for "tree." Where can I ask questions? Feel free to ask questions about usability issues in the Brewerfan.net Issues & Events forum. If you can't find an existing thread on your question, feel free to start a new one. Some existing threads: Avatar Help Signature Help Quoting a message Adding a link to a message Embedding a video Creating "pretty charts" ("code" bbcode or "pre" HTML tag) New login page -- handle with care; there's a security issue Dealing with post editor issues in Safari and Chrome

I haven't looked at that thread since this morning, but at that point, I thought it was apparent that that particular group know what they were talking about.

Credit cards will work immediately (as fast as the computers can connect to check).

If the Yuku migration happens, the quote feature will be much more user-friendly. If more specific discussion means longer thread titles, Yuku offers that option, too. Right now, we're stuck with 60 characters. My vote is for 200.

I believe revenue for merchandise sold outside of stadium premises is shared equally among the 30 teams and players' association. I also believe the NFL has a similar policy.

May as well keep this going in the existing Sheets thread. Feel free to copy/paste your posts. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Additionally, during the winter, Sal Bando was blaming fans for not showing up for games and blaming them for the team's 'inability' to re-sign Paul Molitor. I would hope that most fans would know to always double-check start times. As far as fans on this site, we've had threads about game time changes.

Grant's out of options. He spent the winter on the 40-man roster and went through waivers to be outrighted at the end of Spring Training. I think it's safe to say he's upped his value since then. Re the board dynamics discussion, I agree with both Geno's post and Russ' subsequent response. The staff and mods are basically looking to avoid thread-starters whose sole purpose is to vent/rant. In a thread like this, some emotion and venting is natural. If venting and ranting were to 'take over', there'd probably also be some other issues (e.g. condescension) to go along with it.

Rickie's last game was on July 24, 2006. He was placed on the DL on July 29, three days after the team acquired Tony Graffanino. David Bell replaced Rickie on the roster. References: MLB.com transactions: July, 2006 ESPN Rickie Weeks Game Log, 2006

Given the list of injuries, I guess I can live with the 'injury prone' designation. However, given the nature of the injuries, I'd hesitate to predict future injuries because of them.

22,930. You can see the Brewers' year to year attendance here: Milwaukee Brewers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors Keep in mind that 2 million a couple decades ago is probably the equivalent of 3 million today.

Since I haven't seen your username before, welcome, loghome44. We try to keep discussion pertaining to individual games in the in-game thread forum or in a more general thread. You might want to copy and paste your post to this thread: Brewers pass 2.4 million in ticket sales http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I'd think that between Gallardo, Parra, and Villanueva, there'd be plenty of innings to spread around. They just have to be distributed properly.

I have no clue how many SRO tickets can be sold, but I'd guess the fire department probably has some kind of involvement in setting the limit.

I believe both baseball-reference.com and thebaseballcube.com show draft positions and schools on the individual player pages.

I wasn't trying to discredit anybody. He's right. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Locke's Eye Scar: What has Ryan Braun done to make you think he's full of himself? Transmogrified Tiger: I don't know, but I'm angry enough at him overperforming that I'm going to believe it whether it's true or not. and TruffleShuffle: Don't be mad at the brewers for knowing how to scout and develop position players. Some organizations actually are into that sort of thing.

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Craig Coshun murdering hispanic names.

I think you'll find that the penicillin gives you almost immediate relief. That was the case when I had an abscessed tooth. Permanently take care of the issue ASAP. Moral of the story: never underestimate dental pain.

Refusing to talk to the media isn't a huge deal. Heck, Ted Simmons spent the entire 1982 season not talking to the media; nobody really cared.

If there was any confusion while I spent 15 minutes locking the other Sheets/Parra/Balfour/Spurling thread, I apologize. However, I can't see such a thread going 15 minutes without a post. ezBoard slowness must have been affecting everyone.

Extremely ridiculous ezBoard slowness.

Let's get this into one thread. Feel free to copy/paste. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif