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Become a Yamaha Musicians VIP

Last post by Saul « Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:52 pm
Posted in Become A YM VIP And Remove Adverts

by Saul » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:52 pm » in Become A YM VIP And Remove Adverts

As some of you will know, the costs of running this site have increased over the years and up until recently, I have been able to cover these costs...

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Last post by Saul
Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:52 pm
Re: A quick Word About Advertising and Links On The Forum

Last post by Quietly « Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:19 pm
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by Saul » Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:37 pm

If you are posting links to your personal website or forum we do want a link back. YamahaMusicians.com is a high traffic site and I think it's fair...

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Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:19 pm

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PMs - (Private Messages) - A reminder to ALL members . . . .

Last post by Buzzard « Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:54 pm
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by parametric » Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:58 pm

Please remember . . .

When you get involved in an often lengthy exchange - trying to sort out a faulty Synth or most any other problem ,

Those...

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Last post by Buzzard
Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:54 pm
AMAZON AD interferes with QuickLink AND Forums Dropdown

Last post by Saul « Fri May 15, 2020 10:06 am
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by parametric » Thu May 14, 2020 12:45 am

The Amazon AD seems to be masking out the phpBB menus at the top of the Page . . . .

Advert interferes with dropdown.jpg

It interferes with...

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Last post by Saul
Fri May 15, 2020 10:06 am
Site Maintenance

Last post by parametric « Tue May 05, 2020 2:22 pm
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by Saul » Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:25 am
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I will be doing some site maintenance over the weekend. Possibly Sunday.

This means I will put the forum into offline mode. Hopefully, it won't...
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Last post by parametric
Tue May 05, 2020 2:22 pm
Site Maintenance Christmas Day

Last post by Buzzard « Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:22 pm
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by Saul » Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:07 pm

Just to let you all know I will be doing some maintenance on the forum on Christmas day. Forum will be unavailable for around 30 minutes, maybe a...

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Last post by Buzzard
Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:22 pm
Media Extension Added - You can now post normal Youtube Links

Last post by Saul « Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:39 am
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by Saul » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:17 pm

I have just added a media embed extension to the forum.

You should now be able to post normal links to youtube videos etc without needing to use...

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Last post by Saul
Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:39 am
New Anti Spam Registration Measures

Last post by Saul « Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:51 am
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by Saul » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:23 pm

Due to the increasing number of spam registrations to the site (60 today so far) I have had to tighten up the anti-spam measures on the registration...

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Last post by Saul
Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:51 am
13000 Members and counting . . . .

Last post by Saul « Fri May 17, 2019 4:20 pm
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by parametric » Fri May 17, 2019 3:55 pm

That's right . . . We just went over 13k members. ((i)) ((i)) ((i))

Onwards and Upwards . . .

parametric

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Last post by Saul
Fri May 17, 2019 4:20 pm
Added "Similar topics" to forum

Last post by Saul « Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:05 pm
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by Saul » Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:59 pm

I have added a new feature to the forum called Similar Topics and as the name suggests it will show a list of similar/related topics at the bottom of...

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Last post by Saul
Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:05 pm
Default Avatar

Last post by Miks « Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:44 pm
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by Saul » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:52 pm

Some of you eagle eyed types out there may have noticed a new user avatar sprouting up all over the place?

forum avatar.png

This is a default...

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Last post by Miks
Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:44 pm
Some new smilies added!

Last post by Saul « Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:55 pm
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by Saul » Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:29 pm

Smilies...or emoticons as some people call them, loved and loathed in equal measure they are non the less a good way to let people know the emotion...

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Last post by Saul
Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:55 pm
Reciprocal Links

Last post by Saul « Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:23 pm
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by Saul » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:04 pm

Just wanted to let you all know that Sasha is currently going through the forum checking that people linking out to their own websites are linking...

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Last post by Saul
Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:23 pm
Forum Menu addition

Last post by SysExJohn « Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:23 am
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by Saul » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:23 pm

Just wanted to mention that I have added an additional function to the forum menu. If you hover your mouse pointer over the 'Board Index' link as in...

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Last post by SysExJohn
Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:23 am
Yamaha UK Contact Details

Last post by parametric « Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:18 am
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by Saul » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:10 pm

Technical Support is available by telephone on 0844 811 1116 from the UK or 01526 2449 from the Republic of Ireland - Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm...

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Last post by parametric
Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:18 am
New Themes Added To The Forum

Last post by Saul « Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:01 pm
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by Saul » Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:51 pm

I have added a few new themes to the forum. Elegance, Elegance Soft Green and Elegance Steel Blue.

Also enabled user preference for styles because...

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Last post by Saul
Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:01 pm
forum no longer lets my browser save my password

Last post by Saul « Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:23 pm
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by tux » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:56 pm

Since the move to the yamahamusicians.com my browser (Seamonkey) no longer saves my username and password which means that every time after I restart...

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Last post by Saul
Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:23 pm
Thanks button added

Last post by Saul « Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:39 am
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by Saul » Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:15 pm
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I have added the ability to thank someone for their post as a way of showing appreciation even if you have no reply to make.

You will see the...
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Last post by Saul
Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:39 am
SERVER MOVE!

Last post by Saul « Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:43 am

by Saul » Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:43 am

Just wanted to let you all know that I will be migrating the site to a new server over the next 24hrs. At some point, just before I move the database...

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Last post by Saul
Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:43 am
Language Translator Testing

Last post by Saul « Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:19 pm
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by Saul » Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:29 pm

Just added a translator plugin to the front of the site and as we have many members from around the world here I wonder if some of you could quickly...

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Views: 2769

Last post by Saul
Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:19 pm
Collapsible Categories Now Available

Last post by Saul « Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:33 am

by Saul » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:33 am

Since the forum is getting so large and I know that not all of the categories are of interest to everyone I have added a function to collapse...

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Last post by Saul
Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:33 am
Registrations using disposable email addresses!

Last post by Saul « Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:25 pm

by Saul » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:25 pm

I have noticed recently a rise in the number of forum registration using disposable email addresses.

For anyone not familiar with such things a...

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Last post by Saul
Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:25 pm
Sharing On Social Media etc

Last post by Derek « Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:04 pm
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by Saul » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:37 pm

As some of you will have noticed I have added an option to share posts to your social media...if you use such things of course ;)

There are a number...

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Last post by Derek
Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:04 pm
Added Scroll up/down buttons

Last post by Saul « Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:11 pm

by Saul » Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:11 pm

Seeing as the forum is now getting quite large I thought it might be easier to have quick scroll buttons to enable visitors to quickly jump to the...

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Last post by Saul
Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:11 pm
Topic Preview Function

Last post by Saul « Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:38 pm

by Saul » Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:38 pm

Have added a topic preview function so that when you hover over a topic it will give you a short preview of the topic text. Not sure how helpful it...

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Last post by Saul
Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:38 pm
Link back to Yamaha Forums

Last post by Saul « Thu May 08, 2014 9:13 am

by Saul » Thu May 08, 2014 9:13 am

If you post a link on the forum for your own web site please make sure you link back to us. It's only fair really and helps both sites in search...

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Views: 3131

Last post by Saul
Thu May 08, 2014 9:13 am
Where To Find The Downloads Section

Last post by monsterjazzlicks « Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:44 pm
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by Saul » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:20 pm

The Downloads section can be found on the front of the web site here

If you want to upload any files please contact me as you will need to be...

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Last post by monsterjazzlicks
Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:44 pm
Uploading Files To The Downloads Section

Last post by monsterjazzlicks « Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:42 pm
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by Saul » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:52 pm

If anyone wants to add files to our downloads section on the front of the site please contact me. You need to be added as a registered user...

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Views: 13069

Last post by monsterjazzlicks
Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:42 pm
Web Site Changes

Last post by monsterjazzlicks « Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:59 pm
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by Saul » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:58 am

Just to let you all know that from tomorrow the forum will sporting a new look. As with many things in life, people often don't like change but bear...

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Last post by monsterjazzlicks
Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:59 pm
Forum Registration - Answer The Questions!

Last post by Derek « Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:40 pm
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by Saul » Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:37 pm

Just wanted to re-emphasize the importance of answering the questions on the registration form when signing up to this forum.

Apart from the normal...

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Last post by Derek
Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:40 pm
If your only purpose is to advertise you are not welcome!

Last post by Saul « Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:42 am
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by Saul » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:49 am
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Noticed recently a trend with people signing up to the site and then simply posting a load of meaningless drivel but with an advert in their...
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Last post by Saul
Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:42 am
Have Implemented Anti Spam Measures

Last post by Saul « Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:12 am
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by Saul » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:06 pm

I have implemented a question/answer function on the user registration page in order to stop the muppets who keep trying to access our forum and...

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Last post by Saul
Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:12 am
New Front End To The Site

Last post by Saul « Thu May 05, 2011 11:44 pm
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by Saul » Thu May 05, 2011 4:31 pm

Well I finally got around to giving the front end of the site a bit of a makeover. It's still a work in progress but now it's actually online it...

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Last post by Saul
Thu May 05, 2011 11:44 pm
New Forum

Last post by Saul « Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:26 pm

by Saul » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:26 pm

As you will definitely have noticed, we now have a new forum. All posts and members from the old forum have been retained however there may be the...

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Last post by Saul
Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:26 pm
Watch out for misleading links!

Last post by Saul « Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:37 am

by Saul » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:37 am

Until very recently we have never had a problem with people posting malware links on the web site but yesterday, unfortunately one slipped through...

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Last post by Saul
Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:37 am
printing

Last post by Clyde « Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:05 pm
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by davey27 » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:05 pm

enquiry: how do i get prints off the scores shown on display window on tyros 1? i have misplaced software for keyboard.

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Last post by Clyde
Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:05 pm
Spamming and Advertising - Please Read Before Posting!

Last post by Saul « Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:33 am

by Saul » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:33 am

Please refrain from posting the same post in more than one section. If your not sure what the most suitable section is, please ask in the chill out...

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Last post by Saul
Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:33 am

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