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    Post Welcome to the Wings of War Aerodrome

    I would like to take the time to welcome all the pilots to the Wings of War Aerodrome. It is my hope that this site will turn into your first sources when looking for the latest news, custom cards, scenarios and campaign rules for Wings of War.

    I have broken the site down into sections for both WWI and WWII. I know there are many of you out there that play both versions of the game, but this separation will help keep things organized and make things easier to find. And to make things easier for you to keep track of, please have a quick read of this thread as it will point out some features that that could make life here for you simpler.

    Below is a list of areas on the site you might find very useful.


    Files

    Each of you will find that you are able to upload files to the site to share with others. Files can be uploaded via the Files link in the top navigation bar. The file size limit is 2MB per file, but you can upload as many files as you like. I have placed some categories there that I think most files should fall in to. If you find you need a new category added, please just let me know via Private Message (click on my user name). You have the option of uploading an image to be used as a thumbnail for you file. You will have to an image editor to create the file and then you can upload it into one of your albums. From there you can look at the properties of the image and get the url to the image for use in the file upload section. It sounds much harder then what it really is, trust me! If you need a good, free online image editor, try Pixlr. If you upload any files, a link will show up in your user area of each of your posts. This makes it very easy for others to find all of your files.

    Valid file extensions are:

    • zip
    • rar
    • tar
    • gz
    • ppt
    • xls
    • doc
    • jpeg
    • jpg
    • gif
    • pdf


    If you need another extension added, please let me know.

    Photos

    Each of you can create your own photo albums and upload images to them. Images are limited to 2MB each, but you can have up to 100 in each album and as many albums as you like! Photos are limited to 800x800 pixels, but should automatically re-size if they are larger then that. Your albums can be set to Public, Private or Profile. When you add images to an album, an icon will show up in your user area of each of your posts. This makes it very easy for others to find photos that you have uploaded.

    Your Profile

    Your Profile is where others can find out more about you, see what photos you have in your albums and what files you have uploaded or downloaded. They can also request to be come your friend, leave you comments, and see what Social Groups you belong to. You can also customize your profile to become your very own space! Oh, don't for get to upload a Profile Picture of your self so other know what you look like!

    Medals

    Right now, Medals are going to be used for the world wide campaign of Knights of the Air that I will be running when the web site of things are ready (yep, I did say world wide campaign!). I also plan to use Medals to give out as rewards for members that really support the community by helping others find needed information (try the great search feature first!), sharing their custom made cards, scenarios and other files. These medals will show up under your user name in posts for all to see!

    Groups

    The Groups section will allow you to join or create a public group. I've started a few already to get you connected to others that probably like the same aspects of this wonderful game as your self. You will find each group has its own discussion area and photo albums. The easiest way to get to the Groups section is the navigation bar up top, so go have a look and join a group today!

    That covers the major sections of the site and should get you fixed up with others on this site pretty quickly. If you are new to the whole forums concept, just take a quick look through the FAQ at the top of every page. you will find all kinds of helpful information in there.

    Thanks for taking the time to join this community and to read this long post! If there is any thing I can do to make this place more user friendly, please let me know!

    Fly Safe,

    Keith
    Last edited by Oberst Hajj; 08-18-2009 at 13:15.

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    Default How to make this site work similar to Yahoo Groups

    I know many of you like Yahoo Groups and I've put together this thread just for you. While this site will never run exactly like YG, I hope that doing these simple things will get it close enough to your liking.

    Images

    If you find the images people use for their Avatars or signatures to be a h***le, or even the images they may post in a thread, there is a simple way to turn them all off. Simply go to:

    User CP> Edit Options> Thread Display Options

    There you will see some check boxes that will allow you to turn off any or all images posted by other users. Don't worry if you decide that you want to see images posted in a thread if you have them setup to not show. You can simply click on the link to the image.

    Subscriptions

    You can setup in your Options how you want to subscribe to threads that you have posted in. You can get an instant email, or a daily or weekly digest. When you make a post, you can also select how you want to be notified of a post. What if you only want to watch a thread and don't have any thing to contribute at the moment? Well, you can use the Thread Tools menu at the top of the tread to subscribe to it as well with out ever making a post.

    For those of you that like to see and read just about every thing that is posted, you can use the Forum Tools menu at the top of any forum to subscribe to that forum. Again, you can get instant updates, or daily or even weekly digests.

    With all these options you never miss a thing and only receive what you want to get!

    When you subscribe to a Category, you will receive an email that looks like the following....

    HTML Code:
        Dear Col. Hajj,
     
      You are subscribed to the forum Report for Duty, there have been 3 new thread(s) and 0 updated thread(s).
      http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
     
      The following threads are new:
      ************
      Count Dieter von Schpladtt
      http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27
      In forum: Report for Duty
      Started by: Thrafgig
      Last post: 08-14-2009 07:35
      ************
      The_Brown_Bomber
      http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29
      In forum: Report for Duty
      Started by: The_Brown_Bomber
      Last post: 08-14-2009 12:27
      ************
      Hello from Kentucky
      http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31
      In forum: Report for Duty
      Started by: Davot
      Last post: 08-14-2009 08:29
     
     
      The following threads have been updated:
     
     
      All the best,
      Wings of War Aerodrome
    The web address are actual links you can follow. You would get one of these emails for each Category you sign up for. If there is enough interest, I could create a single Category that would give you updates on the entire site.

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    How to add a table to your post.

    Click on the button in the text editor. This will place the "{table}" and "{/table}" code into your post. Add ="head" to the first table bracket. Then just replace the "Column 1 Title" with the Title for your column and the "Row 1 Column 1 Data" entries with your tables data. You can add or remove rows and columns by adding more numbers or deleting them. Columns need the | between them.

    HTML Code:
    [table="head"]Column 1 Title|Column 2 Title|Column 3 Title
    Row 1 Column 1 Data| Row 1 Column 2 Data| Row 1 Column 3 Data
     Row 2 Column 1 Data| Row 2 Column 2 Data| Row 2 Column 3 Data
    [/table]


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    Adding images to your post

    Here at the Aerodrome, there is no need for you to find some place to host your images before sharing them in your thread with us. Simply use the attachment function (found towards the bottom of the text editor)

    When you attach an image, it will show up and function just like the one I placed in this post.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails GV_670.jpg  

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    Locate Players

    In an attempt to make it easier for our members to find other players in their area, I have added a Locate Players link in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

    Following this link will open up a list of countries where we currently have members signed up from. Clicking on one of the countries will open up that Country's group page.

    The group page will allow you to do several things. First, if you look all the way to the right, you will see all the members that are part of this group. It shows their username and avatar (ignore the zMaint guy... it's the account I used to create the groups). Next, look towards the bottom center of the page and you will see where it will let you join this group. By joining the group, your name and avatar appear to the right. Finally, after joining the group, you can start discussion in that group just like you would in a regular forum. You can find the link for this in the bottom left.

    Discussion could be on any thing related to your group, like announcing or setting up a game in your area.

    How to join the Player Locator Video.

    YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AND SIGNED IN TO USE THE LOCATE PLAYERS FUNCTION

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    Smile news from OZ

    Thank you all for the Welcome. Here in Brisbane I only have a small group of flying daredevils. We play the first Saturday of the month at a store called Ace Comics. Once again thanks for the welcome. Roger and out.

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    GreyONE
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    Default Welcome From Canada

    Welcome from Vancouver, Canada. I have been invited by a small local group to play. Hope to see how the game plays, and to have some up there in the blue yonder! Looks like a fun game ;-)

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    I am having trouble uploading pictures to my photo album.
    I get this message:

    Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator, cgiadmin@yourhostingaccount.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

    I noticed that there is a limitation of 2 meg per picture? Well, Houston, we have a problem. Since the majority of my pics are taken with a 12 MP digital camera and the average image size is 4.5 Meg file size. I will not be able to upload any pics to this site.
    This limitation in effect only allows for 5 mp camera pics to be uploaded.
    Unless someone knows how to convert a 4.5 meg picture to only 2 meg.
    Last edited by Captain Knowitall; 09-26-2010 at 17:26.

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    All sites have limits on file sizes, we are no exception. You will need to re-size the images for posting. There are all kinds of free image editing programs out there and MS Paint will do it as well.

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    Default Knight Commander

    Thanks for the welcome to the site. I recently purchased the rules and several miniatures and look forward to playing my first game with the brothers this week!! After review of the rules it looks like fun. I've miniature wargamed World War One figures but never from the air, nothing like another dimension!

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    Heya Carl!

    You should take a second and post a thread in the "Report for Duty" section of the Forums. Introduce yourself there and you will be amazed at how many members you will end up meeting!
    Ken Head - "The Cowman"
    “You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.” Robin Williams

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    Default Reporting for Duty

    Welcome aboard Carl and Russel. The Cowman hit a good note there. Check out Reporting for Duty and say hi to everyone. Talk at ya all later.

    Tom

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    Glad to be "winging" it with you all! Didn't realize the extent of the gamers on board here, this is great. I've been checking out the site since this week when I discovered it and am impressed! I'll be reporting for duty next.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yancey5 View Post
    Glad to be "winging" it with you all! Didn't realize the extent of the gamers on board here, this is great. I've been checking out the site since this week when I discovered it and am impressed! I'll be reporting for duty next.
    Also check out the File section, its like Christmas .

    Tom

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    Tom, Thanks for the direction to the files, just went there, awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yancey5 View Post
    Tom, Thanks for the direction to the files, just went there, awesome.
    Your welcome buddy.

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    When you pull up your pics click on edit and go down to size and make them 800 by, it should automatically make the other size as to be proportionate, 600. They will down load just fine at that size.

    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Knowitall View Post
    I am having trouble uploading pictures to my photo album.
    I get this message:

    Internal Server Error

    The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

    Please contact the server administrator, cgiadmin@yourhostingaccount.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

    More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

    I noticed that there is a limitation of 2 meg per picture? Well, Houston, we have a problem. Since the majority of my pics are taken with a 12 MP digital camera and the average image size is 4.5 Meg file size. I will not be able to upload any pics to this site.
    This limitation in effect only allows for 5 mp camera pics to be uploaded.
    Unless someone knows how to convert a 4.5 meg picture to only 2 meg.

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    Thanks Keith! great idea that page for newcomers to get the lie of the land!
    Regards Barry H.

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    Glad you found it useful. I just upgraded the software, so some of those might be a little off these days.

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    Hobbit
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    Can someone tell me how you get those country-type signature images and how you fit it to your profile please.

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    Those are applied by myself and are on hold while we finalize how we are going to revamp the Locate Players here on the new site.

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    COLBATMAN's Avatar May you forever fly in blue skies



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    Quote Originally Posted by gully_raker View Post
    Thanks Keith! great idea that page for newcomers to get the lie of the land!
    Regards Barry H.

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    Keith I meet you at Origins and your Zepplin run was great. Thank you for telling about the site it looks great.

    Brian from Pittsburgh.

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    Hey Brian, glad you made it to the site!

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    Ellehammer
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    Default Locating players

    I got contacted by another player from Denmark, but I can't find players by nationality.
    Is this possible?
    There is no flight anywhere in Denmark, so there is no place to find other players (probably because there is only a few of us spread around the country).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ellehammer View Post
    I got contacted by another player from Denmark, but I can't find players by nationality.
    Is this possible?
    There is no flight anywhere in Denmark, so there is no place to find other players (probably because there is only a few of us spread around the country).
    Here's a link to Denmark members. Does this help?


    Tom

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    Ellehammer
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    Yes, it sure does, thanks Tom!
    I had not noticed the advanced search:embarass:
    So much for 20/20 eyesight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ellehammer View Post
    I got contacted by another player from Denmark, but I can't find players by nationality.
    Is this possible?
    There is no flight anywhere in Denmark, so there is no place to find other players (probably because there is only a few of us spread around the country).
    Ian, get in contact with Lost Commander. He is the Wing Commander for Denmark.

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    Ellehammer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Ian, get in contact with Lost Commander. He is the Wing Commander for Denmark.
    He is actually the guy who contacted me, I was just trying to find out who else in the forums were from Denmark.

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    Thanks for the welcome!

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    Max, report yourself in the Report for Duty section and you will get a truly warm welcome
    <img src=http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=2554&dateline=1409073309 border=0 alt= />
    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    Greetings all
    P.O.Armitage Shanks reporting for duty...
    Long standing wargamer and I was introduced to the Game during last year and thoroughly enjoyed it.Good,robust set of rules that is nice and straightforward.Gives a good game in a reasonable period of time and just right for an evening after work game.
    Will start looking round the site which looks very comprehensive.
    Regards
    Martin

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    Quote Originally Posted by armitage shanks View Post
    Greetings all
    P.O.Armitage Shanks reporting for duty...
    Long standing wargamer and I was introduced to the Game during last year and thoroughly enjoyed it.Good,robust set of rules that is nice and straightforward.Gives a good game in a reasonable period of time and just right for an evening after work game.
    Will start looking round the site which looks very comprehensive.
    Regards
    Martin
    Welcome aboard Martin, glad to have you here. This is a great forum, so jump right in.

    Thomas

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    Thumbs up

    G'day Martin & welcome to the 'drome!
    May I suggest you post your details down in the "Report for Duty" section of the Forum as more Pilots will see it there.

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    gunnerace22
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    I DONT KNOW WHAT SORTIES MEANS

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    It means how many posts you have made in the forum.


    Quote Originally Posted by gunnerace22 View Post
    I DONT KNOW WHAT SORTIES MEANS

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    skyboy928
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    greeting to all, i'm from Medford, MA, i still haven't learn to fly yet, since my plane won't arrive till weekend.
    but i'm definitely looking forward for my first dog fight

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    Hi, Skyboy
    You should repeat this post in the Report for Duty section. There the newbies are welcome and being invited to the Officer's Mess.
    For now: Welcome from Poland. Check your six and fly safe, chap.
    <img src=http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=2554&dateline=1409073309 border=0 alt= />
    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    Hi Greetings from Germany....
    I am just new to WoG so I will look around and will write some words about me in the "Report for Duty" sections.....
    Very exciting if I find someone in my area

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    Glad to have you here on the site Fabian! I already see you have flown 10 sorties with us... good going!

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    Is the first posting by you the official opening of the Aerodrome?
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Hi to both of you
    @ Karl
    I hope I get the question right, so yes, my first post was the post No41 in that thread.
    Was it right or did I misunderstand something wrong concerning "...training Sortie (post) before you receive active flying status..."?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    Is the first posting by you the official opening of the Aerodrome?
    Karl
    Yes Karl, that is officially the first post on the site. It actually has a post ID number of 17, but numbers 1-16 must have been test posts that I removed before making the site live. So the site has an official birth date of Aug 10th, at 14:24 in the afternoon.

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    And my first post on the forum was about transporting planes and foam trays... how fitting. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jolly Roger View Post
    Hi Greetings from Germany....
    I am just new to WoG so I will look around and will write some words about me in the "Report for Duty" sections.....
    Very exciting if I find someone in my area
    Welcome to the Aerodrome Fabian!

    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Yes Karl, that is officially the first post on the site. It actually has a post ID number of 17, but numbers 1-16 must have been test posts that I removed before making the site live. So the site has an official birth date of Aug 10th, at 14:24 in the afternoon.
    Now THAT is a date we need to make a note of. It's well worth remembering.

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    It's actually just four days before my own birthday. I recall at the time thinking about holding off on bringing the site live until my birthday, but was to excited to wait. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    Yes Karl, that is officially the first post on the site. It actually has a post ID number of 17, but numbers 1-16 must have been test posts that I removed before making the site live. So the site has an official birth date of Aug 10th, at 14:24 in the afternoon.
    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    It's actually just four days before my own birthday. I recall at the time thinking about holding off on bringing the site live until my birthday, but was to excited to wait. lol
    I'm glad you didn't wait, because that makes the forum's birthday MINE!!!
    So cheers to our mutual day of birth:

    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jager View Post
    I'm glad you didn't wait, because that makes the forum's birthday MINE!!!
    So cheers to our mutual day of birth:

    Karl
    Your birthday is August, 10, Karl?

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