Martin Cracauer Homepage Forum

[Martin Cracauer]

So why did I choose to implement my homepage as a forum? Mainly because I don't have the time to do things in the control-freak way anymore and this allows me to put stuff on the web much quicker than my previous combo (m4, CVS, Makefile, rsync).

This forum doesn't allow you do post anything, but there are still advantages for the user.

What do you gain from it?

• You will always see things in the order I wrote them. If I add something that topic will move up, so the last touched topics are always on top
  
• You can get email everytime I change a topic (thread) you are interested in
  
• You can send me quick PM's (private messages)
  
• In the future I might allow people to post
  

I think the most interesting feature is getting email notification when I add something, and you can narrow it down to the individual topics you are interested in

Here is how you get notifications where I add something to a topic. Let us say you want notification when I add something to the thread about my program cstream, e.g. when I make a new release.

Easy steps:

• You need to register and provide a valid email address(*)
  
• You visit the thread you like
  
• You click "Watch this topic for replies" on the bottom of this page
  
• Done. Everytime I add something to the thread you'll get a notification
  

(*) I will never share that address with anybody.

As I said, right now nobody but me can post here. However, I am considering opening parts of the board to people who sent enough reasonable remarks by PM or email. No promises, lets see how this works out.

One more thing about PMs (private messages) and emails: unless you say otherwise, I will feel free to post valid concerns and remarks on my pages and answer your remarks publically. I will give your name but never your email. If you don't want this, or want it done anonymously, please indicate so in the PM or email.

[Martin Cracauer]

More about what you can do here:

You can only send PM to me, not to any other user.

If you register your username will show up in the "member's list", but neither your real name nor your email. And as I said, nobody but me can PM you.