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[new members] Guidelines on mega threads

by HB » Mar 15, 2012, 9:24 am

I have noticed "XYZ owner" threads are popular on CoffeeGeek (e.g., the three year old and the more recent , , , etc.). On one hand, such threads collect a lot of information in one place. On the other hand, it also means a...

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[new members] Having trouble activating your account?

by HB » Jan 10, 2011, 3:21 pm

Having trouble activating your account? If so, please .

Note: To discourage spammers, this board requires an e-mail activation. Several recent registrants mistyped their e-mails and therefore didn't received the activation link. Please...

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Jan 10, 2011, 3:21 pm View the latest post
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[new members] Guidelines for productive online discussion

by HB » Jan 10, 2011, 3:21 pm

To-date there's been no need to formally publish forum rules, however I would like to share Team HB's guidelines for fruitful online discussion:

Be respectful. Treat others as you would have them treat you.

Be patient. Everyone is at...

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[new members] Links in forum signatures and profiles

by HB » Nov 12, 2010, 10:39 pm

Regrettably spammers are motivated to join sites that allow liberal rules on forum signatures. To reduce this incentive, effective immediately, the board will enforce new signature restrictions for members until they have established a...

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Nov 12, 2010, 10:39 pm View the latest post
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[new members] Why is cross-posting strongly discouraged?

by HB » May 03, 2010, 5:29 pm

This post elaborates on the recommendation "Avoid cross-posting" . Cross-posts are not strictly forbidden, however they should be used sparingly. For example, if a topic posted on another site is given time to develop and yet...

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[new members] Tips for color correcting photos

by HB » Jan 29, 2017, 7:15 pm

Most photos are ruined because they're under unnatural light. There are plenty of online tools for correcting images, but in this example, I used the Preview app that comes with MacOS. Below is a before/after photo borrowed from the...

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[new members] Vendor participation in the forums

by HB » Jul 14, 2013, 2:41 pm

We greatly appreciate those vendors who share their knowledge with the site's membership. However, for someone who sells coffee or coffee-related equipment, there may be a fine line between sharing one's enthusiasm and (unintentionally)...

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Jul 15, 2013, 5:57 pm View the latest post
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[new members] PMs stuck in Outbox

by HB » Dec 05, 2012, 7:09 am

This board provides a simple personal messaging (PM) system for contacting other members. When you're logged in, an "" link is show in the navigation bar where you can check for PMs. Some members have been confused because...

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Dec 05, 2012, 7:09 am View the latest post
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[new members] Forum search tips

by HB » Dec 23, 2009, 9:28 pm

As noted in the site's , long-time members are more likely to offer thoughtful responses to newcomers if some initial research is done beforehand. The tips below can help your searches be more fruitful:

FAQs and Favorites - Open the...

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Dec 23, 2009, 9:28 pm View the latest post
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[new members] Posting images on HB

by HB » Dec 04, 2009, 3:52 pm

Step-by-step instructions:

Look for the Images tab in the edit window near the bottom (see screenshot below)
Click the Add files button (see below)
Select one or more images from your computer to copy it to HB's server
Or you can...

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Dec 04, 2009, 3:52 pm View the latest post
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[new members] Posting videos on HB

by HB » Jul 04, 2006, 3:31 pm

The board supports videos from YouTube. To embed your video, surrounding the URL with tags as shown below:

[youtube]
This will be displayed as:

Please note 1: You must use the long format URL for youtube with "www"...

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Sep 27, 2009, 11:36 am View the latest post
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by mattwells » May 29, 2006, 1:02 am

Well, I was sitting here surfing the forums and had an epiphany: this is the best forum I have been on. Then I said to myself, "What makes it that way?":

(in no particular order)

Minimal side banter: We talk about espresso or...
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Sep 10, 2017, 4:45 pm View the latest post
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Reduce quotes

by HB » Sep 05, 2017, 11:31 pm

One of my pet peeves is excessive quoting, i.e., a lengthy quote of a post + a short reply. It's especially irksome on mobile phones. So, I wrote some code to (lightly) suppress such replies. It will hide the quoted text of the post...

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Sep 06, 2017, 11:55 pm View the latest post
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Secure HTTPS is now the default

by HB » Aug 18, 2017, 4:37 pm

For the last couple years, HB has supported either http or https. I've noticed that if the connection is http (unencrypted), which is clearly a reminder from Google that they strongly encourage sites to only use encrypted connections....

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Aug 19, 2017, 6:52 pm View the latest post
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by Tonefish » Aug 03, 2017, 11:58 am

When replying to a post it is sometimes desirable to quote multiple other posts, but I haven't figured out how to do that here. Do you know how?
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