Grind Plate Tutorial on unicycle.2ya.com

A bit more of a suggestion than a tip but it wouldn't hurt to add a few
pictures.

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Worminton said:

*A bit more of a suggestion than a tip but it wouldn't hurt to add a
few pictures. *

Yeah I realise it is looking a bit bare, I could put up the pics (which
are in the word document you can dowload) but the only thing stopping me
is we really want the pages with the tips on them to dowload quickly for
all those people with slow internet connections, and putting pics on
might make it too slow. But I'll ask Andrew about it, thanks for the
suggestion.

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Yeah I realise it is looking a bit bare, I could put up the pics (which
are in the word document you can dowload) but the only thing stopping me
is we really want the pages with the tips on them to dowload quickly for
all those people with slow internet connections, and putting pics on
might make it too slow. But I'll ask Andrew about it, thanks for the
suggestion.

That's a very good point. More people are on dial-up than most
internet aficionados realise.

On the other hand, it is possible to make pics quite fast-loading.
Reduce the picture size (resolution) and then resave using a low JPG
quality number. Experiment to find the best compromise, depends also
on picture content. Be aware that in many programs, you have to close
and reopen a jpg to see the compression artifacts.

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I guess what we really need is more people to express their opinion on
the issue of pictures. I personally really like, as Peter said, have
the pictures linked to so the pages load really quickly if you don't
want to see pics. I'll get those KH vids up soon. Kris sent us another
muni video too...I'll sort that out as well.

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I think you should make a note that if you download the full copy it
includes pictures.

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Robbie said:

*I think you should make a note that if you download the full copy it
includes pictures. *

From the site:
"To download a full set of instructions on building grind plates, *with
pictures* , to your computer Right Click the above link and select
'Save Target As' "

So yeah it does say it has pictures.

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the link to the document w/ pictures dosent work

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Can everyone please use my new email address (see signature) now for all
emails to me. Thanks.

Peter,
Can you please update my email address on the site? That won't result
in me getting any spam will it? (because it's displayed on a public
site?) Gmail is absolutely brilliant!

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Can everyone please use my new email address (see signature) now for all
emails to me. Thanks.

Peter,
Can you please update my email address on the site? That won't result
in me getting any spam will it? (because it's displayed on a public
site?) Gmail is absolutely brilliant!

Thanks,
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Sorry bout that one Pete :P

Hey andrew how did you get GMail.. I can't see where to sign up. Also
will you be using that for msn now?

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TheBadger587 said:

*the link to the document w/ pictures dosent work *

THANKS A LOT FOR THAT!
Lucky you noticed, I have fixed the link now so it is working (or it
should be anway) so the grind plate tutorial is free to download now.
Please anybody if you notice any other broken links or similar problems
PLEASE let me know and i'll get them fixed, the last thing we want is a
website that doesn't work!

Andrew:
I have updated your email address on the site, and no it shouldn't
result in you getting spam (did you notice any on you old email after
the site was made?) oh and check you old email because i sent you a
letter yesterday.

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munimanpete said:

*Andrew:
I have updated your email address on the site, and no it shouldn't
result in you getting spam (did you notice any on you old email after
the site was made?) oh and check you old email because i sent you a
letter yesterday. *

I would suggest hiding the email address by encoding them with hex codes
or Unicode codes rather than leaving the mailto link as plain text. A
plain text email link is toooo easy for a spam bot to find and pick
up.

There are a bunch of email address encoders on the web. I'd avoid the
ones that use JavaScript because not everyone enables JavaScript in
their browser.

Some encoders are:
http://mypage.direct.ca/s/schinke/encode/
http://tinyurl.com/5cuvq
http://la-samhna.de/library/encoder.html

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andrew_carter said:

I guess what we really need is more people to express their opinion on
the issue of pictures. I personally really like, as Peter said, have
the pictures linked to so the pages load really quickly if you don't
want to see pics.

Even while I'm still on dial-up, I generally like it if pictures are
loaded together with the text so that it's less of a hassle to see all
intended content. Provided the pictures are web-optimised and
therefore small.

Someone like Andrew can set up Internet Explorer to not download and
display pictures, so that the page loads much quicker. In my version
of IE, that's set under Tools - Internet Options - Advanced -
Multimedia - Show Pictures.

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Peter,
No I didn't notice an increase in spam when you made the site...I'm just
paranoid about spam as I have a spiffy new email account now and don't
want a single item of spam to get through (wishful thinking probably).
What do you think about what John said?

John,
Thanks for yet another handy set of links and info. 🙂

Klaas,
You make a good point about it being nice to get the images and text all
together in one step.

Peter (again),
What do you think about adding the images in in a lower size and
resolution with the text and have the full version that you can download
with the higher-res stuff? I'll leave it up to you. I'll be happy
either way.

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Andrew,
Yeah I suppose in the Grind Plate tutorial it has a lot of references to
the pictures so i'll resize them etc and put them on.

About the spam thing, its up to you really, if your really worried about
getting spam i'll do what John suggested, but like you said you and i
both haven't recieved any spam since the sites creation, and i have had
a load of sites before and NEVER recieved spam as a result of them. Its
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munimanpete said:

*i'll resize them etc and put them on.*

Make sure that your "etc" includes playing with jpg compression setting.
It can make -a lot- of difference to filesize without being overly
noticeable on picture quality!

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I think I would like you to do what John said if it's not too much
trouble. It's just that I was really lucky to get this Gmail account
and I don't want anything to go wrong. If it involves too much work
though it's okay to leave it as it is.

Also, I agree with what Klaas said. Image compression makes a big
difference.

Thanks,
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Right, due to popular demand resized, smaller filesize pictures to go
with the grind plate tutorial are now up.
Go there and enjoy!

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Excellent! You got that done quickly. I was just thinking, what about
adding a link to Klaas' coker wheel rollout thing (see recent thread) in
the Miscellaneous section? That section needs filling out. Just a
thought.

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