Difference between revisions of "User talk:Dypsisdean"

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Caption missing?

Hey I added a photo on Christian's User Page but I couldn't get the caption to show. Am I doing something wrong? MattyB 15:15, 9 May 2007 (PDT)

• Fixed it. Up to you to find out the "secret." Dypsisdean 15:18, 9 May 2007 (PDT)

'Hey Christian'

Hey, do you guys want me to do a writeup on something like remote vs adjacent germination? I would like to contribute more.

• "Contribute???" Did I hear the word contribute? I like the sound of that word. :) It took me awhile to figure out who said it though. :) Christian, if you type 4 'tildes' (that wavy line that goes above an 'N' in Spanish), after your post, it will 'sign' your name and a date stamp. Yes, an article on remote/adjacent germination would be great. I'm thinking it could be a part of a larger detailed on going article on germination in general with pics of germination "tips and tricks." MattyB is a king germinator these days. Perhaps we could all collaborate on it. What do you think Matty?
• Christian, try editing your user page and maybe one of the palm pages you know something about. Maybe a little spiel on that dwarf D. lutescens that I know nothing about. It would give you a feel before you start on the germination thing. You will see how the pics and stuff are handled. Dypsisdean 22:52, 9 May 2007 (PDT)
• OK, you know I'm up for it. Although my experience is very limited. I'm trying a lot of germination but I'm very fresh (unlike my seed it seems).MattyB 08:34, 10 May 2007 (PDT)
• OK, I just figured out that I had forgot to put "thumb" in the code and that's why Christian's caption wasn't showing. Is that right? Is it called code? What's the term for the stuff we do in the edit tab?MattyB 08:40, 10 May 2007 (PDT)
• It's called 'wiki markup' or 'markup' for short. Dypsisdean 11:48, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

Table of Contents

Hey, I just noticed that on my user talk page theres now a table of contents. When I opened the edit tab I couldn't see anything obvious that had been done to do that.MattyB 08:36, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

• That's automatic. It seems after about four 'topics' being created, the software automatically makes that table of contents. Notice it has a hide feature on it if you don't like it.
• Something else I was playing around with yesterday. 'Special Pages/Preferences' I put in my email and now I get notified with a nicely laid out email when someone adds or responds in my talk page. Haven't figured it all out. It's probably time for a phone call to discuss a lot of the stuff. I'm glad you guys had a good tour and the place looks OK. Dypsisdean 11:47, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

I'll call you next week sometime. We're moving this weekend and hopefull we'll close escrow tomorrow so we can do so. (3 days late) ahhhhhh stresssssfulllllllllMattyB 15:15, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

Buretiokentia koghiensis flower

Did you see your flowering koghiensis?MattyB 15:13, 10 May 2007 (PDT)

• Cool, hopefully it will set seed this time. Third time's the charm??? Dypsisdean 00:40, 11 May 2007 (PDT)

SZS

I plugged in a couple of species. Is this the format you were thinking of, a bunch of species listed w/ dashes in between?MattyB 14:56, 11 May 2007 (PDT)

• Not exactly --- I thought it would go more like #1A is now. Click on #1A to get to that zone page. I've put in a few for a sample. I put the COLD RATING DATA BASE temps in for reference. The page where you put in your entries was more for a rough high and low boundary for each zone. You would then click on the link to get to that specific zone. Otherwise all the palms would be on that one page. According to the data base C. radicalis is hardy to 20.3 which makes it hardier than than a Queen. What did you think it's hardy to. And they have Parajubaea spp varying between 22.4-28.4. But you you/ve got the general idea. I'm still working on the layout. I'm thinking it will be hard to get rid of temps entirely. At least until we get alot of things in order. That's why I put in the COLD RATING DATA in parenthesis. If you've got the temps from the SoCal guide, maybe you could put those temps in brackets after the parenthesis. That way we could see the disparities between the two. It would help decide where to eventually place things.Then we can use the Forum data too. And hopefully people will eventually use the discussion pages for the subcategories to add their experiences. Of course there is no right or wrong here, and there will be much disagreement, but the way all the different data is available now , it is really not very useful. Once we get it a little more set up with a few of the common palms in there, I'll let Geoff and Steve in SoCal know about it. Maybe they will like it and get involved. Then Geoff might think about uploading some pics as well.
• Have you checked out the test forum site yet? I'm really curious to know what you think, and if it is working and asking for your new password, etc.
• What do you think about the new addition to the main page? I could make one that cycled through 2 or three times and then stopped.

organization

So, a shuffled about the site a bit... not sure how things are organized yet. Are you eventually going to have an alphabetical listing of palms where one can upload palm photos to?... or is there one already. I see a list of downloaded palms, but not obvious rhyme or reason to it.

• Hey Geoff, at least you made it here. I don't know how you missed the main Encyclopedia though. Go to the main page and click right after the green revolving arrow that says 'click here.' Also, remember that communications need to be signed or nobody can guess who they are from. I sent you an emai explaining more. Dypsisdean 16:49, 18 May 2007 (PDT)

Undo?

So...let's say you upload the wrong file and want to remove it. I've clicked a lot of pages, but haven't found much in the way of instrux. Clue? And where do you place the codes for thumbs or pixels? Kim 17:56, 21 May 2007 (PDT)

• Check out the 'special pages' section. In there you will see a selection for 'Gallery of new files,' 'File list,' and many other useful items including personal preferrences. However, you can always click on 'recent changes" on the left of every page for everything new that's been done, including uploads. If you make a mistake, and upload the wrong file, any file given the same name when uploading will overwrite the existing one. For any page there will be an edit tab which takes you to where you can edit text as well as the image tags, such as pixels, and thumb location and size. If you click edit on any page with photos, you will be able to see where you place the code for tweaking the options for photos. They come after the [[Image:'filename'| command. If you don't see it let me know, I'll try and be more specific.
• Also, in order to see responses to your queries when they are somewhere else than your user page, you will need to check "watch this page" Otherwise, it is to easy to forget where you have written things. If you do that you can click on 'my watchlist' at the top to see recent additions to pages you are watching. Dypsisdean 18:07, 21 May 2007 (PDT)

Hey Dean and Matt-

I have been getting your PMs and emails, I am sorry I have been busy. I think I have some more pictures and whatnot to add. I will have to find the link again where you mentioned how to add articles. Wow I am disorganized!