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Saigon Kid Frederika Dean asks

Admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:56:19 +0000

Frederika asked about how to do the following. So, I thought I’d answer her questions with a post in case others of you are wondering about the same things.

- How do I access my profile page? (I’m fairly new at this.)

- Also, I would like to make a [...]

NOTICE – Please READ – You have a choice to make

Admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:50:03 +0000

BE FOREWARNED

As I’m sure you all have noticed, I reformatted our Blog and associated sites a couple months ago. Some of the reasons for doing so were to provide enhanced privacy and security for the Password protected areas of our sites.

On an average day we get around 400 Spammers/Hackers attempting to [...]

How To Make Your Avatar and Gravatar

Admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:21:52 +0000

Some of you may have noticed whenever I leave Comments on the Blog a little picture of a Gecko shows up next to my Comment. Or, that recently Bruce added his ACS Class picture to show next to his Comments. And, if you visit many blogs on the Internet, you’ve probably noticed many of [...]

Social Bookmarks Added To Blog

Admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:04:54 +0000

For those of you who are into Social Bookmarking and Networking – you know … Face Book, Tweeter, Digg It, Buzz Up, My Space, etc. – I’ve added a new feature to our Blog. Now below each Post you’ll see Icons for all the most popular Social Bookmarking and Networking sites.

If you [...]

locked out

George Baggett — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:34:25 +0000

Bob, I am not sure what I did, but my saved password for the gallery did not work, and when I attempted a few times it banned me.

George

[Admin Note: Please see the email I sent you yesterday which included a new password for you to access the photo gallery.

[...]

Blog Tips: The ‘Secret Code’ of Internet Slang Revealed

Admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:11:49 +0000

While communicating with other Saigon Kids some have asked me what different Internet slang terms and abbreviation mean (not that I tend to overly use them or anything like that! ). Hence, the thought occurred to me that we all have different levels of ‘computerese’ … some of us have been on the computer [...]

Blog Tips: Quick way to view most recent Posts and Comments

Admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Awhile back Mimi asked if there was a way to view the most recent Posts and Comments on the Blog without having to look through all the different and many Categories. The answer is yes, there are a couple of different ways to view the most recent Post and Comments.

Normal methods:

1. View [...]

Photo Gallery – Is Now Open

Admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:17:45 +0000

Our Saigon Kids Photo Gallery is now open and functional. I’ve posted a few pictures and albums of American Community School to start things off. I’ll be posting additional albums and pictures of common interests later. In the mean time you can create your own albums and post your own pictures, if you want [...]

Blog Tips: Comments

Admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:08:55 +0000

Mimi asked this question:

Is there a way to know when a new “Comment” is added to a Post, even in an Archived Post?

Good question, Mimi. I’m going to answer it here, as I think it will be of interest to others on our Blog.

The answer is: Yes — If you are [...]

Blogging Tips – How To Post Pictures To Blog

Admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:05:17 +0000

Including pictures in your blog post is very easy. Just follow these steps. (This may be a little basic for some of you more experienced computer users.)

1. You CAN NOT post pictures directly from your computer. Pictures you want to post MUST BE stored on the Internet. Why you ask? Because in order [...]

Site Upgrade, Maintenance and New Text Editor

Admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:51:47 +0000

Just a quick note to everyone. Some of you who have been on the site for awhile (Old Timers) … lol will notice when you Login that things look a little different in the ‘back office’ of the site. Over the weekend I performed some maintenance upgrading my servers and the site. Everything still [...]

Blogging Tips: How to have your “Comments” go live immediately

Admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:57:44 +0000

Once you’ve Registered on the Blog, you are classified as a ‘Contributor’. Contributors are authorized to make Posts and Comments to the Blog. The reason for the ‘authorization’ process is to keep the ‘Blog Spammers’ from being able to make Posts or Comments to the Blog. I’ve installed a number of filters to block [...]