http://seedcrackers.org "Advance and encourage the knowledge, protection, care and propagation of all birds in captivity. To preserve and protect avian species in their natural ecosystems. To preserve, protect and propagate those species that are threatened or endangered in their natural habitat." Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:39:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning and afternoon! On behalf of the club board, I'd like to wish all our members, and non-members visiting this site, a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day. Don't eat too much! http://seedcrackers.org/2007/11/22/happy-thanksgiving-2007/ I have wanted to install this in ASCS' site for a while now. I may have thought that it was going to be more of a pain-in-the-butt that what it really was! Just click on the picture of Thommen and I to see what I mean. This is the perfect solution ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/11/17/the-ascs-site-now-with-lightbox/ Hello to all from the moderator! I'm terribly sorry for not being available lately, and also for the lack of updates. Last month was a very hectic month for us, hence our absence from the last meeting. So, going forward, hopefully I can catch up with the club here and post ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/11/17/general-site-update-111607/ A big hello to all members and visitors! Just wanted to give a quick update and keep things fresh around here. We have a new post, in our Site Updates section, detailing some things you should know about minor and upcoming changes to the site. Also, there's a new article, ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/08/14/general-site-update-81407/ Hello to all the club members and board members! Just wanted to detail some of the things I changed recently to the site. First, there may have been some confusion for a few members who came to the site and saw the "Login" tab in the top menu bar. This was ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/08/14/minor-site-tweaks-and-other-web-thingies/ ... Or the friend of a bird owner in need is a friend indeed. Becoming a member of the ASCS Emergency Response Program or ERP can be rewarding and reciprocal. We are setting the program up by ZIP Code. I would also like to see friends or groups of ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/08/14/ascs-emergency-response-program/ As all of you can see, I've made quite a few changes to the site since last week. I guess writing that walkthrough was a wee bit premature, dont'cha think? First, I'm sure you all have noticed what is now the Main page of the site. I did this because I ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/07/23/i-got-yer-site-tweaks-right-here/ I was very successful today in getting the ASCS Forum to look like the rest of the site does, for the most part. There's only so much I can do with someone else's code, with what little knowledge I have of Phorum's special templates. I think I did an admirable ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/07/21/im-dreaming-of-a-not-white-forum/ Hello, all you members and guests and visitors! I'm happy to report that, so far, the changes I made to the site are coming along smoothly and we should see some improvements in the way everything looks and feels. Just to let you know, there were many reasons to abandon ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/07/15/ascs-site-30-intro-and-walkthrough/ Well, this last meeting was a good time to be had by all. Actually, all of the meetings are great to attend, but this one was special due to the main activity. Before we get to that, though, we'll lead off with the meeting's guest. After the usual social portion ... http://seedcrackers.org/2007/07/15/july-2007-ascs-meeting/