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   <updated>2010-12-19T18:37:53Z</updated>
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   <title>CAPTCHA question</title>
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   <published>December 19, 2010  6:31 PM</published>
   <updated>2010-12-19T18:37:53Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Our PC was getting wicked slow and unrealiable, so we finally got a new one (a mac). After figuring out iPhoto, we now seem able to post new entries OK (although in blue color scheme that reminds me of what Lisa&apos;s site blog had soon after McKinney Tree roll out)....</summary>
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      <name>Riley McKinney</name>
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      Our PC was getting wicked slow and unrealiable, so we finally got a new one (a mac).
After figuring out iPhoto, we now seem able to post new entries OK (although in blue color scheme that reminds me of what Lisa&apos;s site blog had soon after McKinney Tree roll out).

Our comments window is no longer taking us to the CAPTCHA entry screen, however.
Thus, our text comments to others&apos; blogs seem to get rejected.

Perhaps we can debug (or train me up) in Des Moines?

Thanks, Jeff
      
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   <title>New Feature: Comment Subscriptions</title>
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   <published>October 15, 2010 10:51 AM</published>
   <updated>2010-10-15T10:55:38Z</updated>
   
   <summary>If you have been commenting, you may have noticed two new fields appear in the site&apos;s comment form. These two additions allow you to subscribe to someone&apos;s individual blog entry when posting your comment. What does this mean? Well, if you want to get email notifications when another user posts...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>If you have been commenting, you may have noticed two new fields appear in the site's comment form. These two additions allow you to subscribe to someone's individual blog entry when posting your comment.</p>
<p>What does this mean? Well, if you want to get email notifications when another user posts a new comment or responds to your comment on an entry - now you can!</p>
<p>Below, you will see the two new fields explained a little further. If you have any questions (or just want to try it out) post them below as a comment and subscribe.</p>
<p><center><img src="/help_desk/imagery/comment-subscribe.gif" width="450" border="0"></center></p>
<p><B>TAG 1</B> Input your email address, where you would like to be notified. For example, I have put in my McKinneyTree.info email address.</p>
<p><B>TAG 2</B> After you have typed in your email address, don't forget to check the 'Subscribe to this entry!' field. If you don't check this, you won't receive notifications.</p>
<p><a href="/help_desk/2009/07/posting_a_comment_1.shtml">Read this earlier post</a> for a refresher of how the rest of the commenting fields work.</p>]]>
      
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   <title>Posting A Comment</title>
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   <published>July 19, 2009  9:15 PM</published>
   <updated>2009-07-19T21:48:44Z</updated>
   
   <summary>To help limit the amount of spam that gets posted using the comments, you will notice a new addition to the commenting form on everyone&apos;s blogs. Essentially, it acts the same as before - but it has an additional item you need to enter before your comment will be submitted...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>To help limit the amount of spam that gets posted using the comments, you will notice a new addition to the commenting form on everyone's blogs. Essentially, it acts the same as before - but it has an additional item you need to enter before your comment will be submitted to the system.</p>
<p><center><img src="/help_desk/imagery/post-a-comment.gif" width="479" border="0"></center></p>
<p><B>TAG 1</B> <i>*same as before</i><BR>
Input your name.</p>
<p><B>TAG 2</B> <i>*same as before, optional</i><BR>
Put in a web address your name should link to. For example, I have put in 'http://www.mckinneytree.info/craig_mckinney' to make my name link to my blog page.</p>
<p><B>TAG 3</B> <i>*same as before</i><BR>
Enter your comment.</p>
<p><B>TAG 4a</B><BR>
Anti-spam graphic text.</p>
<p><B>TAG 4b</B><BR>
Enter the two words you see from 'TAG 4a' in this space. If you are unable to read the words, just click the <a href="http://api.recaptcha.net/img/white/refresh.gif" target="_blank">small refresh button</a> to the right that looks like two arrows in a circle to load a new image.</p>
<p><B>TAG 5</B><BR>
Click the submit button.</p>
<p><br>Go ahead and try it out on this blog and post any questions or issues you may have in getting the comment to go through.</p>]]>
      
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   <title>how do I add videos to my blog?!</title>
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   <published>March 17, 2009  2:18 AM</published>
   <updated>2009-03-17T02:35:25Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Easy. #1. Upload your home video to youtube. They spent a ton of money making this easy so just go to their website once you have a video to upload and click the easy to find yellow upload button. The site walks you through it. Note: the video upload to...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[Easy. 

#1.  Upload your home video to <a href= "www.youtube.com" target="_new">youtube.</a> They spent a ton of money making this easy so just go to their website once you have a video to upload and click the easy to find yellow upload button.  The site walks you through it.  Note: the video upload to youtube can take a long time, i just start the upload process and do other stuff.  also - after you upload it may take another few hours before it is actually processes by youtube and available for viewing.

#2.  On any youtube video you want to include in a mckinneytree blog (doesn't have to be a youtube you created) simply click on the "embed" box shown below (you'll see it next to your video). Once you click on the "embed" box the rest of the box shown in the image below becomes visible. 

Now .. you can chose to show a border and pick a color for that border or not (my bird video had an orange border, my shuttle video i opted to not have a border). Don't click the "include related videos" or "enable delayed cookies" check boxes.  You MUST now select the size .. click on the smallest box (340X285), it will fit within the mckinneytree structure best.

Now .. Simply copy the text exactly as it appears in the "Embed box".  Just highlight it and hit "CTL-C" to copy it.

<img alt="youtube1.JPG" src="http://www.mckinneytree.info/help_desk/youtube1.JPG" width="317" height="478" />

#3.  Make a blog, like normal.  You must now PASTE (CTL-V) the text you copied from the "Embed" box earlier.  Paste it into the "Entry Body" like I did below.  You can now add whatever commentary you want before the video.

<img alt="youtube2.JPG" src="http://www.mckinneytree.info/help_desk/youtube2.JPG" width="418" height="216" />

Easy Peasy ...  give it a whirl
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   <title>new homepage browse tabs</title>
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   <published>March 14, 2009  8:24 PM</published>
   <updated>2009-03-14T20:36:42Z</updated>
   
   <summary>If you haven&apos;t noticed yet, we have a new addition to the homepage of mckinneytree.info! Above the list of the latest (20) blogs, you should see tabs next to the text &quot;BROWSE RECENT BLOGS&quot;. If you click on these tabs, you can quickly browse the last 100 blogs across the...</summary>
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      <name>admin</name>
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      <![CDATA[If you haven't noticed yet, we have a new addition to the homepage of <a href="http://www.mckinneytree.info">mckinneytree.info</a>! Above the list of the latest (20) blogs, you should see tabs next to the text "BROWSE RECENT BLOGS".

<img src="/help_desk/imagery/homepage-tabs.jpg" border="0" width="450">

If you click on these tabs, you can quickly browse the last 100 blogs across the site without leaving the homepage. There has a been a few functionality issues if you use Internet Explorer as a browser. We are working to eliminate these problems but a general recommendation would be for everyone to download <a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla's Firefox</a> and use this browser exclusively. It's faster, more secure, and just an overall better browser. 

If you come across any issues using these new tabs, report them in the <a href="#comments">comments</a> below.

<a href="www.mozilla.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Click here to download and install Firefox</a>.

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   <title>New tree games!</title>
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   <published>July 20, 2008  9:59 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-07-23T11:01:46Z</updated>
   
   <summary>I found some great old-school free games (produced by neave.com) that you will find under the games nav item to the left. Brian had a good idea, when you play and enter in your name for a high score, enter your first name followed by &apos;mckinneytree&apos;. (for example: brian mckinneytree)...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<a href="/games"><img src="/help_desk/imagery/atari.jpg" width="300" border="0" align="right" style="margin-top:-25px;"></a>I found some great old-school free <a href="/games">games</a> (produced by <a href="http://www.neave.com/games/" target="_blank">neave.com</a>) that you will find under the <a href="/games">games</a> nav item to the left.

Brian had a good idea, when you play and enter in your name for a high score, enter your first name followed by 'mckinneytree'. (for example: brian mckinneytree) Then we can show other players what site the really good players belong too. :) 

I'll keep my eyes open for additional one's to add as I may find them, too. Enjoy!]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>tree updates</title>
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   <published>June 30, 2008  1:25 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-07-23T11:49:43Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The homepage and everyone&apos;s own blog landing page layouts have changed a bit. The new homepage shows the 15 latest blog entries throughout the whole site, featuring the most recent at the top and showing a few more lines of text from the blog as well. This means if someone...</summary>
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      <name>admin</name>
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      <![CDATA[<img src="/help_desk/imagery/construction.jpg" width="200" align="right" style="margin-top:-20px;">The homepage and everyone's own blog landing page layouts have changed a bit. The new homepage shows the 15 latest blog entries throughout the whole site, featuring the most recent at the top and showing a few more lines of text from the blog as well. This means if someone hasn't posted in a while their blog will most likely not make the homepage. At the same time, if someone posts a lot in a short amount of time they could easily have 2 or 3 (or more, yes it is possible to take the whole page Brian) featured blogs. The entry linking has changed a bit too. If you click on the entry title or the read more/comments links it will link you directly to that specific entry, but if you'd like to view all blogs from a person you can click on the 'view all' text next to the title or just click their name found in the navagation to the left.

In addition, everyone's individual blog landing page has also been updated. It mirrors the homepage structure more by featuring 15 of your last blogs and only a small portion (without images) of your last blog. If you would like to see more of a certain entry or leave a comment, just click on the entry title or the read more/comments links found under each entry.

These updates should help to speed up connections a bit and help our site advance into a more successful archive of all our posts as they increase.

Any questions or comments? Let's hear 'em below.
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   <title>going, going ... </title>
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   <published>May 21, 2008  7:50 PM</published>
   <updated>2008-05-21T20:00:12Z</updated>
   
   <summary>You may have noticed Matt&apos;s blog is looking a little, well - a little different. Every once in a while - for the health of the tree, dead branches need to be pruned....</summary>
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      You may have noticed Matt&apos;s blog is looking a little, well - a little different.  Every once in a while - for the health of the tree, dead branches need to be pruned.  
      
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   <title>Log jam?</title>
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   <id>tag:www.mckinneytree.info,2008:/help_desk//23.298</id>
   
   <published>April 10, 2008  5:19 PM</published>
   <updated>2008-04-10T17:24:54Z</updated>
   
   <summary>None of my comments have been urgent (and some may have been just plain lame), but I&apos;ve noticed no final posting (yet) of comments we&apos;ve made from St.L. to Lisa, Adam and Steven&apos;s respective blogs. If this is just normal delay - no problem (after all, Craig&apos;s getting married and...</summary>
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   <author>
      <name>Jeff McKinney</name>
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      None of my comments have been urgent (and some may have been just plain lame), but I&apos;ve noticed no final posting (yet) of comments we&apos;ve made from St.L. to Lisa, Adam and Steven&apos;s respective blogs. If this is just normal delay - no problem (after all, Craig&apos;s getting married and Brian is overseas). If it represents something more significant, please tell me if I need to correct standard operating procedures here.  Best wishes.... -J
      
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   <title>family slide show</title>
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   <published>March 12, 2008  6:11 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-03-12T06:24:14Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Click here and install piclens ... This will allow you to scan all the mckinneytree family photos (that appear in the slideshow at top) at once by simply clicking the blue arrow that will appear on the tree at the left. I tried to build this in on the...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<img alt="osageorangetree.jpg" src="http://www.mckinneytree.info/help_desk/pl_images/osageorangetree.jpg" width="84" height="85" align="left"> <a href= "http://www.piclens.com/" target="_new">Click here and install piclens</a>  ...  This will allow you to scan all the mckinneytree family photos (that appear in the slideshow at top) at once by simply clicking the blue arrow that will appear on the tree at the left.  I tried to build this in on the home page but will have to wait till Craig has more time to help with that.
<link id="gallery" rel="alternate" href="famphotos.rss" type="application/rss+xml">
Pretty cool I think ... hope you enjoy!
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<entry>
   <title>febuary leaderboard</title>
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   <published>March  2, 2008  7:22 PM</published>
   <updated>2008-03-02T19:33:58Z</updated>
   
   <summary> Big Shake-up this month .. Congrats to Team J (Jeff, Holly, Riley, Claire) and Team Pat (Mom/Gerry) for sharing the title this month (both beat Team H&apos;s high score of 50 from Jan)! Steven also put in a solid month and was just off the top spot. I&apos;ve added...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<img alt="FebChamp.JPG" src="http://www.mckinneytree.info/help_desk/FebChamp.JPG" width="323" height="331" align="center">

Big Shake-up this month .. Congrats to Team J (Jeff, Holly, Riley, Claire) and Team Pat (Mom/Gerry) for sharing the title this month (both beat Team H's high score of 50 from Jan)! Steven also put in a solid month and was just off the top spot.

I've added a cumulative 2008 YTD Leaderboard .. which will keep a tally of scores for the year.  Mostly I added this because I am on top! (I Rule!)]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>january leaderboard</title>
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   <published>February  2, 2008 11:02 PM</published>
   <updated>2008-02-03T02:51:48Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The stats are in for January! Team Heather took the crown this month with an impressive 50 points. We&apos;re trying out a new leaderboard point system this month - I think it better identifies the top mckinneytree users. Each comment posted by a team to another blog gets 1 point...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<img alt="JanLB.JPG" src="http://www.mckinneytree.info/help_desk/JanLB.JPG" width="167" height="320" align="right">The stats are in for January! 

Team Heather took the crown this month with an impressive 50 points.  We're trying out a new leaderboard point system this month - I think it better identifies the top mckinneytree users.  Each comment posted by a team to another blog gets 1 point and each blog entry gets 5 points.  So - for Team Heather - they commented (C) 25 times on someone else's blog (for 25 pts) and had 5 total blog entries for 5X5=25 (P) more points.

<strong>Congrats Heather/Kris </strong>... nice to see someone new on top!

<u>Other Site Statistics for January:</u>
Heaviest Day of week: Wednesdays (humpday boredom?)
Lightest Day of week: Saturdays
Average Hits/Day: 51 (up from 43 last month)
Funny Google Searches that took people to our site:
- fatter girlfriend,  - hair color dominance
- king Leonidas family tree,  - Matt getting fat
- portraits using fruits,  - bulldozer down the driveway]]>
      
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   <title>multiple photo module</title>
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   <id>tag:www.mckinneytree.info,2008:/help_desk//23.241</id>
   
   <published>January 19, 2008  4:32 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-01-20T02:23:54Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The new multiple photo flash module is here! There are still some extra steps you&apos;ll have to take in order to use it - and in no way is it required or anything - but it is easier to implement then the first css/code version we were using. I&apos;ll go...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>The new multiple photo flash module is here! There are still some extra steps you'll have to take in order to use it - and in no way is it required or anything - but it is easier to implement then the first css/code version we were using. I'll go through some instructions on how to drop the images into the module and set the module into your post using and example from <a href="/heather_hartz">Heather's blog</a> titled <a href="/heather_hartz/2008/01/ceramic_projects_1.shtml">Ceramic Projects</a>.
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<p><b>-- EXAMPLE MODULE WITH PHOTOS LOADED ------------------------------------------</B><br>
<!--#include virtual="/includes/multipicsHEAD.shtml" -->/heather_hartz/Ceramic_Projects.txt<!--#include virtual="/includes/multipicsFOOT.shtml" -->
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<p><b>-- STEP 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><br>
-- Name your photos something unique that goes with this specific blog, so you won't later overwrite these images (for example if you were to call your first image "image1.jpg" on every blog).<br>
-- Please note, while naming photos that generally spaces are a bad thing.. so instead of naming your photo "craig is so rad.jpg" try adding underscores or dashes in place of those spaces like this: "craig_is_so_rad.jpg".<br>
-- After you have finished naming your files, make note (write them down) exactly what they are called.
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<p><b>-- STEP 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><br>
-- Open up a text editor (notepad, microsoft word, or whatever) and start a new document.<br>
-- Type out the following text (in full) into the document. The items in yellow are what we will be editing, but lets get them all in the document first.<br>&nbsp;<br>
<img src="/help_desk/imagery/multipicflash_instructions_a.gif" width="450" style="border-left: 2px solid #576F20;"><br>&nbsp;<br>
-- Now save this document as a "text" file (should result in a '.txt' formatted document) and title it the same as you will be titling your blog. Again please avoid using spaces in your name sequence. For example, the text file with Heather's 'Ceramic Projects' blog is named "Ceramic_Projects.txt".<br>
-- Now it is time to edit the items in highlighted in yellow in the above image.<br>
-- First, change the value of "7" to the total number of images you will be displaying (current max allowed is 20 images per blog).<br>
-- Next, change every instance of Heather's name "heather_hartz" to your own name. You must use an underscore in this field instead of a space. For example, mine would be "craig_mckinney" and Lisa's would be "lisa_smith". Kris, your's will be under heather's name because that is where your blog is. If anyone is unsure what there name is just ask ;)<br>
-- Finally, change the image names to your image names. Here the first image is titled "clay1.JPG". It is important that these be exactly what you named your image(s).<br>
-- Please note, the rest of the text (& signs and all) should not change.<br>
-- Once you are finished editing, save your txt file again and close the file.
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<p><b>-- STEP 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><br>
-- Start your blog... remember to title it (similar at least) to what you named your .txt file.<br>
-- Upload your images using the "UPLOAD FILE" button in the left navagation.<br>
-- Select the "Show me the HTML" option.<br>
-- Note, there is no need to create an image thumbnail anymore so skip that step.<br>
-- Click the "Embedded Image" button.<br>
-- You can view this code (for fun, yay!) and double check the name of your image... or click on the "Upload Another" button to do just that. To upload another image, repeat this step as many times as needed.<br>
-- When you are finished uploading your images, you need to upload your .txt file, "Ceramic_Projects.txt" in this example. Click the "Upload Another" button again and repeat this step one more time, only select your .txt file this time instead of your image(s).<br>
-- Once that file is finished uploading you can now click the "Close" button,  you are done uploading.
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<p><b>-- STEP 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><br>
-- Type out your opening paragraph in your new blog. Describe the photos, the weather, your socks... whatever.<br>
-- When you are ready to display your images you'll need to type the following code (exactly) into your blog. Again, we will be editing the parts highlighted in yellow, but first lets type out the code. Please note, disregard any/all visual returns within lines of code here.. it just forced a line break due to size restraints.<br>&nbsp;<br>
<img src="/help_desk/imagery/multipicflash_instructions_b.gif" width="450" style="border-left: 2px solid #576F20;"><br>&nbsp;<br>
-- Now it's time to edit the parts highlighted in yellow.<br>
-- First, change Heather's name to yours. This is the same name you have already edited in the .txt file from before. Again for example, Steven's would be "steven_mckinney".<br>
-- Finally, change the text file name featured in this example ("Ceramic_Projects.txt") to your text file name. Leave the rest of the code here untouched.
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<p><b>-- STEP 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><br>
-- You are done with your multiple photos module.<br>
-- Now you can either be totally done, or type additional text below the module.<br>
-- Final note, when/if you try to preview your blog (by clicking the "Preview" button in your blog editor) you will not see any images. Don't worry, if you followed the instructions closely it will show up when you finally save/publish your blog entry.
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<p>Should anyone have any trouble at all, ask questions in the comments below - or e-mail Brian or Craig for help. We've got the editing part down so even if we need to quickly edit your post, it's easy for us to do after you do all the uploading leg work. SO, don't be afraid of it - keep posting.</p>
<p><b>ENJOY!</b></p>]]>
      
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   <title>december stats</title>
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   <published>January 12, 2008  1:35 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-01-12T03:11:25Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The stats are in for the month of December! Craig takes over the leader spot from me this month with over 500 views! Dad showed the biggest improvement climbing the leader-board from a 13th position in November to 5th this month (Nice improvement!). I can see already that the month...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<img src="/help_desk/stats_dec2007.jpg" width="151" height="284"border="0" align="right">The stats are in for the month of December! 

Craig takes over the leader spot from me this month with over 500 views!  Dad showed the biggest improvement climbing the leader-board from a 13th position in November to 5th this month (Nice improvement!).  

I can see already that the month of January will have quite a few leaderboard changes with the recent heavy activity from heather/lisa/adam .. keep it up!

<strong><u>Other interesting facts:</u></strong>
Unique Visitors (IPs) in December:  502
Heaviest Day of week:  Tuesdays 
Lightest Day of week:  Fridays 
Average Hits/Day:  43
Lightest Day: December 25th (go figure) .. only 8 hits
Heaviest Hour:  3-4pm (pacific time)
Lightest Hour:  1-2am (pacific time)
Top 5 Countries:  USA, Japan, Poland, Great Britain, China








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   <title>mckinney tree chat</title>
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   <published>January  9, 2008  4:02 AM</published>
   <updated>2008-01-10T05:00:35Z</updated>
   
   <summary>NEW! Now we can chat on the mckinney tree - just look for the cbox chat box below the nav on every page. You can also go into the mckinney tree chat room at mckinneytree.info/tree_chat by clicking on &quot;tree chat&quot; in the site navagation to the left to see the...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[NEW! Now we can chat on the <a href="http://www.mckinneytree.info">mckinney tree</a> - just look for the <a href="http://cbox.ws/?r=5-72049" target="_blank">cbox</a> chat box below the nav on every page. You can also go into the mckinney tree chat room at <a href="/tree_chat">mckinneytree.info/tree_chat</a> by clicking on "tree chat" in the site navagation to the left to see the chat at a bigger scale.

So, set up your profile and get chatting! Need help? Post your questions in the comments. Brian, Craig and Adam are already pros - so they all can help. ]]>
      
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