Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [More than solved] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread John C Nash
One of the folk dancers turned out to have developed more than just the tool requested. SOmething that actually tries to do the formatting. I also put in Darcy's suggestion on a description, with the link to the dance formatter. All on http://macnash.telfer.uottawa.ca/playford/index.php/Dance_Ins

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread Darcy Whyte
I bet they can understand then. :) On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM, John C Nash wrote: > The wiki has been around for 5 years and has >1000 pages. All built by > simple volunteer > effort, no money at all. > > Thanks for volunteering to convert everything to WordPress! We expect it > all

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread John C Nash
The wiki has been around for 5 years and has >1000 pages. All built by simple volunteer effort, no money at all. Thanks for volunteering to convert everything to WordPress! We expect it all up and running by tonight, of course, as there are folk going to use the instructions tomorrow in Iroquoi

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread Darcy Whyte
Not sure I'd want them in a wiki then personally. I bet you'd get better mileage out of wordpress. There is probably a plugin where they could highlight text and mark it for pre formatting. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, John C Nash wrote: > HTML is a 4 letter word for my users. And I try t

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread John C Nash
HTML is a 4 letter word for my users. And I try to avoid mixing HTML with the Mediawiki formatting. These are folk dancers, and computers are VERY foreign to them. But they can understand the way typewriters work -- some of them still have typewriters! JN On 10/07/2011 01:55 PM, Darcy Whyte wr

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread Darcy Whyte
html pre? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, John C Nash wrote: > I have a wiki that has instructions for several hundreds of folk dances. > The simplest way > for folk to put these in is as plain text, then use the "grey box" wiki > feature to > maintain a monospaced font, as it helps to g

[OCLUG-Tech] need a website built

2011-10-07 Thread Bruce
I've got a looking around for quotes on a basic website. My lowest quote is $5500 and my highest is $10,600. Those prices are way over my buget. I don't need anything fancy not flash etc. Does anyone know someone reliable that could to it? Please don't say I can do it myself for free or che

[OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

2011-10-07 Thread John C Nash
I have a wiki that has instructions for several hundreds of folk dances. The simplest way for folk to put these in is as plain text, then use the "grey box" wiki feature to maintain a monospaced font, as it helps to give the A, B and C parts of the music and the bar counts for each figure -- a v

[OCLUG-Tech] Embedded Software Developer Position

2011-10-07 Thread Pedro Sanchez
Hello, Benbria Corporation is a young company located in Kanata, Ottawa. A brief summary of the position follows my signature. For further details please visit the careers page of Benbria's web site at: http://www.benbria.com/company/careers -- Pedro Responsibilities * Des