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Blog entry by Don posted 225 days ago 769 reads 0 times favorited 48 comments Add to Favorites

A number of my LumberJock Mates have been sending me private messages inquiring where I’ve been.

Well it’s confession time.

I’ve made no secret about being a committed Christian. (That shouldn’t be confused with a Christian who has been committed. LOL)

I foolishly volunteered to build and manage our churches website. I say foolishly, because I knew nothing about doing so, other than I’ve been very impressed with Martin’s work here in building this great site.

I was given no money for this project, so I was forced to work with some very basic tools. After a lot of time consuming effort, the site was launched this week and though it doesn’t have any of the fancy pops & whistles of a well funded site, I’m fairly happy with the results.

So, that’s what I’ve been doing for the past few months.

NOW HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN DO ME A FAVOR.

Rather than click on the link above, would you please click on the web address next to my signature below this post. I need to boost the viewership of the site to raise its profile with search engines.

Doesn’t that beat all – a Christian trying to ‘cheat’ the system. LOL

ONE MORE THING

Is there any LumberJock out there that would be willing to write some HTML code? I would like to enable the header to refresh to a different image every time one clicks on a new page? I’ve been quoted $250 for this, but have no budget.

If you have the skill-set and are willing to help, please send me a private message and I’ll give you access to the site and send you the graphic files.

Thanks!

Martin, if you want to delete this post because it hardly fits a woodworking site – no worries Mate!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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Max

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posted 225 days ago

Done. I won’t shoot you Don….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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GaryK

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posted 225 days ago

Done – It’s not cheating, it’s advancing your cause.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Marco Cecala

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posted 225 days ago

Done, great looking web site, now you can get back in the shop.

-- Peoria, AZ where the wood is always dry...

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Russel

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posted 225 days ago

Done. And, a very good looking site. Something to be proud of.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Tomcat1066

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posted 225 days ago

Done. Looks pretty good to me.

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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rikkor

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posted 225 days ago

Done, sir.

-- Maplewood, MN

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Popintraining

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posted 225 days ago

Very Nice

-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://woodworkingtipsfrompop.com

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Obi

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posted 225 days ago

The best way to get your site up the chart is to click on it from here. That’s what pushed my website from page 23 or 35 to page 1. Using Lumberjocks as a launch pad for my site (although I didn’t know it at the time). What boosts your site up past the others is people hitting it from another site.

And is it really cheating if your friends love you and want to pimp your goodies?

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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CedarFreakCarl

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posted 225 days ago

Done webmaster….......nice site!

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

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Obi

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posted 225 days ago

I just typed in Canterbury Church and it took me til page 10 to find you… no problems mate, they’re all over the world. Give us a week and the jocks’ll have you on page one and it’ll be a pleasure.
G’day

Canterbury Baptist Church found you on page one, but we wanna type in “Church” and find Canterbury Baptist in Melbourne (or thereabouts) on page one… this should be fun (in a non woodworking way)

Oh, I forgot to tell you… “Not bad, Rookie!”

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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Don

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posted 225 days ago

Thanks for the suggestion, Obi. I’ve changed my request above to reflect your sound advice.

Unfortunately, Google has cashed the old site, so many of the links in the Google search results take viewers to the old web page. It will take some time for this to work its way out of the system. The current website is the one that the address below takes you to.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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Danette Smith

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posted 225 days ago

Hi Don!

Welcome back! Thanks for commenting on my boxes!

I went to your website…nice job! Websites can be time consuming so now we all know where you were.
I’ll click on your site daily to help boost your ratings and I’ve asked my friends to help out, too.
Take care…blessings…Dannie

-- Dangee's Pyrography by Artist Danette Smith

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mrtrim

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posted 225 days ago

cheatin for jesus ! im in . lol

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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Dusty

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posted 225 days ago

Don,

I’m glad to help a good friend.

Done.

btw…. Nice job on the web site.

-- Dusty

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gizmodyne

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posted 225 days ago

Don,

Why don’t you just put a different image on each page and then keep the frame on the left constant?

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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gene

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posted 225 days ago

Don, It’s done and welcome back! You did a nice job and, think about it, there is a carpenter in charge of your church!
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

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Karson

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posted 225 days ago

All taken care of Don. Nice to see you back.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Don

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posted 225 days ago

Quote: gizmodyne: ”Why don’t you just put a different image on each page and then keep the frame on the left constant?”

That would come close to what I want, and of course I could do that. But I want the site to look different each time someone comes to it and navigates through it.

Must be some tech-savvy person out there that could do this easily.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 225 days ago

Hi Don;

All done. What happens when google finds out a Christian cheated. Might ruin the reputation of the rest of us! LOL

Nice job;

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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lazyfiremaninTN

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posted 225 days ago

done

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

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Don

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posted 225 days ago

Quote: gizmodyne: ”Why don’t you just put a different image on each page and then keep the frame on the left constant?”

That would come close to what I want, and of course I could do that. But I want the site to look different ech time someone comes to it and navigates through it.

Must be some tech-savvy person out there that could do this easily.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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gizmodyne

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posted 225 days ago

http://www.web-source.net/web_development/random_images.htm

was found by google search of random image html

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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Thos. Angle

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posted 225 days ago

I looked at it as well. Nice site, Don.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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schroeder

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posted 225 days ago

Done = Glad to hear from you Don – Looking forward to your next project! – Great job on the web site!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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clieb91

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posted 225 days ago

Done. Good looking site Don.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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IowaWoodcrafter

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posted 225 days ago

Don,

You’ll likely have to use Javascript instead of plain HTML to display random pictures. Gizmodyne found a pretty good tutorial site. Do a google search of “javascript random picture display” and you’ll find lots of sample code.

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

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Greg3G

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posted 225 days ago

Don,

Done. The site looks very good. I’m impressed….better than anything I could accomplish.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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PanamaJack

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posted 225 days ago

Don, You have a nice picture of you and your wife on your church site! You don’t clean up too bad at all!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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sjdickey

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posted 225 days ago

Not saying I can do this but…..you send me the files and I will take a shot at it. I have done similar things on other websites before. But my method was very close to the method described in Gizmo’s link. If you want to try it then I would be willing to help you troubleshoot any problems with it.

The site looks nice, well composed easy to look at and pretty well behaved. Nice job.

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Blake

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posted 225 days ago

Done, Don!

-- Dust collectors suck.

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EdC

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posted 224 days ago

Don
For someone who NO web building background the Lor has Blessed you!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice job
I would like to sy I’ll join you at church, but Quantas does not fly into Seattle only empty’s when they pick up their new 747’s here at Boeing.They build them about 4 miles ( 8 kms) from where I live

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

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snowdog

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posted 224 days ago

Great site.. nice color scheme. I think the more places you post the link to your site the better it will score with the search engines.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

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posted 222 days ago

excellent job! !

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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posted 190 days ago

I guess I’m a little late, but I just looked at your website, Great job!!!

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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John in SD

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posted 190 days ago

Done…....looks good to me!

-- I'm not slowing down,everythings just going by faster!

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David Harms

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posted 190 days ago

done, good job.

-- David - Houston, Texas.

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davidtheboxmaker

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posted 189 days ago

And another.

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CoolDavion

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posted 189 days ago

Don,

Did you ever get the image to randomize?
It does not appear to be, have you given up on that?

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shaun

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posted 188 days ago

a couple of clicks for Don and back to the top ;)

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

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Don

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posted 188 days ago

I’m surprised to see that this post still has legs. Thanks everyone!

Quote CoolDavion:Did you ever get the image to randomize?
It does not appear to be, have you given up on that?

Davion, yes, with the help of a fellow Lumberjock, I did get it working. The reason for abandoning it is to complex to explain and probably outside the interest of a woodworking site, but I did get it working with Javascript.

Thanks for your interest.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

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PanamaJack

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posted 186 days ago

Never a problem if we can help.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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trifern

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posted 186 days ago

I would like to worship with you all the next time I get back to your neck of the woods. Check out our site for some ideas.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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juniorjock

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posted 186 days ago

Done. I’m more than happy to help out. I know every little bit helps. The site looks very nice and professional.
JJ

-- Make things with wood.

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john

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posted 186 days ago

It,s always good to see you here Don.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

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Dan M

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posted 51 days ago

Consider the link clicked and welcome back… sorry I didn’t see this until recently because I would’ve been happy to help .. my “day job” is that of a website designer / programmer so if you need any help in the future please don’t hesitate to ask

Dan

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

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tenontim

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posted 51 days ago

Nice site, Don. Melbourne is a nice city. Can’t say I made it out to Canterbury, though. Good luck with the site.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

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Chris

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posted 51 days ago

Done and Well Done…

-- Chris

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