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Birthday Club 2012 (Posted: 2011-11-11) Get a headstart on joining in on Birthday Club 2012 by signing up NOW! Read about it and [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?p=216879#216879]sign up here.[/url] |
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Theme Contest 16 - Jewellery Incorporating Beads Into the Weave (Posted: 2011-09-26) Entries for Theme Contest 16 - Jewellery Incorporating Beads Into the Weave will be accepted until Monday December 19, 2011. [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16734]Click here to enter![/url] |
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**Vote for the Theme of Contest 16*** (Posted: 2011-09-19) The vote for the Theme of Contest 16 is now up. You have until Monday September 26, 2011 to decide what it will be! [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16710]Go here to vote.[/url] |
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Winner of Theme Contest 15 - Geekdom! (Posted: 2011-09-12) It is now OFFICIAL! Daemon_Lotos is the most geekiest mailler EVERIST! Congratulations to DL for winning Theme Contest 15 - Geekdom. You can see his [url=http://www.lotos.ca/maille/inlays/batman-wip-forum.jpg]winning entry here[/url]. |
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VOTE Theme Contest 15 - GEEKDOM (Posted: 2011-09-05) Voting for Theme Contest 15 - GEEKDOM is open and awaiting your choice! [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16673]Click here to see the entries and to vote.[/url] |
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Like MAIL! (Posted: 2011-08-13) Yep, that's right, I finally got with the times... At the bottom of many of the pages around the site, you'll find a Facebook Like button... Click it, and Like us on Facebook... If you're lucky, maybe we'll put important updates, like contests and announcements into your news feed as well :D Sooo... Get Social! And... You Know... Like Us... We feel left out :( |
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IMPORTANT: MAIL Has Been Hacked (Posted: 2011-06-23) Hey Folks, Apologies for the abruptness of this, but I'm currently sweating a little bit... It's taken me two days to notice that this has happened, but now that I have I'm moving as fast as I can. MAIL has recently (June 20th) been the target of an SQL Injection Attack. (Not unlike what just happened to Sony, and about three billion other websites...) To put it in laymans terms, MAIL had a script designed to protect against such attacks, it proved to not be up to the task. [b]The problem has been isolated and fixed, but that doesn't change the current situation.[/b] What was stolen?: Email Addresses and (Encrypted) Password pairs. What does this mean?: Someone, somewhere (In China... I've traced the IP Address that performed the attack) has a text copy of your email address, and the password associated with it. "But my password was encrypted!" Yes, yes it was. However due to the age of the site, and parts of the core technology it is still built around, these passwords were stored using a fairly simple (by todays standards) encryption algorithm... There's a possibility that eventually the person who stole these passwords will be able to brute-force decrypt them. What should you do? You should immediately change your password on MAIL, and also on any other sites you may share that password with. Be sure to think of everywhere you may have used it: Email Accounts, Bank Accounts, PayPal, eBay, Other Forums, MSN, ICQ, etc. Dicussion regarding this will be located [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16461]here[/url]. You may also contact me directly. Thank You for your understanding in this situation. |
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Entries for Theme Contest 15 - Geekdom! (Posted: 2011-06-13) Theme Contest 15 - Geekdom is up and running! Entries will be accepted through Monday September 5, 2011. So go start mailling something geeky and then [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16437]click here to enter.[/url] |
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Gallery Submissions/Edits are BACK (With a Vengance) (Posted: 2011-06-12) Hey Folks, your friendly neighbourhood coder here! Gallery Submissions are back. Edits are also back. There's a few minor changes, and I'll give a brief version here. [list][*]Gallery Images now have "Titles"... Any existing Images are named "Untitled"... You can edit this at will. [*]Gallery Images now use BBCode [b]exclusively[/b] to bring them inline with the rest of the site. No more HTML. I'm working on editing existing submissions to convert it, and have 90ish left. [*]You can no longer select a 'Category' to put your image in... Images will be tagged by a Gallery Admin after submission. [/list] As always, bug reports are welcome, post [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16435]here[/url]. |
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VOTE for the theme of Contest 15 (Posted: 2011-06-06) Go vote in the poll to decide the Theme of Contest 15! [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16421]Click here to vote.[/url] This poll will be up until the end of the day, Monday June 13th. |
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Gallery Submissions/Edits are Down (Posted: 2011-06-01) This is by design. Apologies for any inconveniences... Hopefully the downtime will be shorter than the Weave DB Upgrade. Discussion [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16406]Here[/url] |
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Winner of Theme Contest 14 - Armor! (Posted: 2011-06-01) Congratulations to Aderamelech for his winning entry in Theme Contest 14 - Armor! You can see it [url=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/5748175735_b51f23ef50_z.jpg]here[/url]. |
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VOTE Theme Contest 14 - Armor (Posted: 2011-05-25) Voting for Theme Contest 14 - Armor is UP UP UUUUUUP!!!! [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16393]Click here to see the entries and to vote.[/url] |
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New Feature (Posted: 2011-04-24) Hey folks... Quick announcement... New top secret feature kicking around the site... Not unlike something a popular "BOOK" site has... I'm going to leave you guessing for now, though a few people will know what's going on, as I needed help testing it... In the spirit of Easter... And Easter Eggs... The feature is now an 'Easter Egg' around the site... If you stumble upon it, be sure to try it out! I'll make an official announcement in a day or two once I get some sleep... Until then, happy hunting! |
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Entries for Theme Contest 14 - Armor! (Posted: 2011-03-01) Theme Contest 14 - Armor is up and running! Entries will be accepted through Monday May 23, 2011. So go start mailling something armor-y and then [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16191]click here to enter.[/url] |
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Help Shape the Future of MAIL! (Posted: 2011-02-26) I'm about to start work on the Gallery section of the website, and there's possible changes afoot... Have your say! [url=http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=16185]Click here to read your options and vote![/url] |
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Vote for the theme of Contest 14 (Posted: 2011-02-22) Click here to vote for the theme of Contest 14. Voting ends on Monday February 28, 2011 so HURRY! |
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Winner of Theme Contest 13 - Inlays (Posted: 2011-02-14) Congratulations to Catweazle for his winning entry in Theme Contest 13 - Inlays! You can see it here. This is Catweazle's second contest win. |
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Voting for Theme Contest 13 - Inlays (Posted: 2011-02-07) Voting for theme contest 13 - Inlays is up and awaiting your input. Click here to vote! GOGOGO! Vote ends Monday February 14, 2011. |
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Birthday Club 2011 (Posted: 2011-01-05) Sign-ups for the 2011 Birthday Club are taking place in Chat. Have some fun exchanging maille gifts with other maillers by going here! |
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Entries for Theme Contest 13 - Inlays (Posted: 2010-11-15) Theme Contest 13 - Inlays is up and running! Click here to submit your entry! Entries will be accepted through Monday February 7, 2011. |
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Theme Contest #12 Winners! (Posted: 2010-11-01) It's a tie! Congratulations to ChainedReaction and BrassAnvil, winners of Theme Contest #12 - Belts. The winning pants-holding entries can be seen here and here. |
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Voting for Theme Contest 12 (Posted: 2010-11-01) Voting for theme contest 12 - Belts, is up and awaiting your input. Click here to vote! GOGOGO! Vote ends Monday, Novemner 1. |
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Theme Contest 12 - Belts (Posted: 2010-09-08) Theme Contest 12 - Belts is up and running! Click here to submit your entry! Entries will be accepted through Monday October 25, 2010. |
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Theme Contest #11 Winner! (Posted: 2010-08-11) Congratulations to David Austin, winner of Theme Contest #11 - Unconventional and/or Useful Maille. This is David's second contest win! His incredible entry can be seen here. |
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Weave Submissions/Edits Are Back Up! (Posted: 2010-07-17) Alright, it took me long enough, I know :P But it's all back... With bonus new fun features... (Or not...) As always, bug reports/comments to go here |
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Voting for Theme Contest 11 (Posted: 2010-07-12) Voting for theme contest 11 (Useful and/or unconventional maille) is up and awaiting your input. Click here to vote! GOGOGO! Vote ends Monday, July 19. |
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1000 Weave Milestone (Posted: 2010-06-03) The Weaves Library has now passed the 1000 weave mark. It was 8 years ago, March 30, 2002 that 100+ weaves was hit, an historic milestone, pushing the boundaries, and now, shattering the then percieved boundaries, with over 1000 weaves in the database....Hooraahh! This is a real landmark and all members should be proud of this achievement. Thanks to all weave submitters for sharing their inventions with the community, this is generous and praise worthy. As far as we can tell the 1000 weave is Capricorn by Legba3. |
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Weave Submissions/Edit Down (Posted: 2010-05-26) This is by design, apologies for inconveniences. Please see here for clarification. |
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Theme Contest #11 - Useful and/or Unconventionally (Posted: 2010-04-19) The new theme contest is up and it is Useful and/or Unconventionally Used Maille. Details can be found in this thread. Submissions will be accepted until July 12, 2010. |
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Voting for Theme Contest #11 (Posted: 2010-04-12) Voting for the theme of Contest #11 is up and awaiting your input! Click here to vote. Ends Monday! (April 19th) |
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Theme Contest 10 Winner (Posted: 2010-04-08) Congratulations to Catweazle, winner of theme contest #19 (One Ring Size Baskets) for his awesome Japanese 8-2 Basket. |
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Theme Contest 10: Vote (Posted: 2010-04-07) Voting for Theme Contest 10 (One Ring Size Baskets) is up and awaiting your input! Click here to vote! Ends Thursday! |
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Help Expand our Knowledge of History. (Posted: 2010-03-07) MAIL needs your help. What our site is most lacking is historical information. I would like to encourage all our members to look for period/antique items. You can post pictures to our gallery and copy down provenance for future articles. Remember to get close-ups or take notes. No matter where you live there is probably a bit of maille around, it crops up in the most unusual places. The best places to look are antique shops and museums because they usually have lots of information available if you just ask. And if you are going on a trip anywhere maybe even make a point of finding out beforehand if there are any good museums there. |
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Theme Contest #10 - One Ring Size Baskets (Posted: 2010-01-08) The new theme contest is up and it is baskets of one ring size. Details can be found in this thread. Submissions will be accepted until April 1, 2010. |
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Voting for Theme Contest #10 (Posted: 2009-12-30) Vote for the theme of contest #10! It's in the gallery forum, go cast your vote. |
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Winner of theme contest #9 (Posted: 2009-12-22) Congratulations to Femailler.com, winner of theme contest #9 (micro) for her beautiful micromaille flower sculpture. |
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Theme Contest #9 (Micro), Vote for the Winner (Posted: 2009-12-15) Go check it out! In the gallery forum, go vote for who you think should win the Micro theme contest. :) |
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Secret Santa 2009! (Posted: 2009-10-25) We have the Secret Santa up and running for 2009! Go in the Chat room, and click on the stickied thread. Join up ASAP. It'll be fun. :) |
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MAIL 2.5 (Posted: 2009-10-02) Okay, MAIL 2.5 is here! |
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Theme contest #9: Micro (Sept 14 - Dec 7, 2009) (Posted: 2009-09-15) Theme contest #9 is underway. The topic this time is Micro(maille). So get out your reading glasses and desktop magnifiers and lets see what you can come up with! Details can be found in the submission/discussion thread. |
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Theme Contest 9 (Posted: 2009-09-06) Voting is up for Theme Contest 9... Head over Here and vote for the topic.
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Voting for Fantasy Contest Winner (Posted: 2009-08-22) Go vote for the winner of the Fantasy theme contest! It's stickied in the Gallery forum. So vote! :) |
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Submissions Re-enabled (Posted: 2009-06-15) Due to unforeseen technical doofuses at our webhost, the submissions process was not functional for several days. If you tried to submit during this time, and got a "Bad File Descriptor" or "500" error, you should try again, as the problem has been fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience... |
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Voting for Theme Contest Winner #7 (Posted: 2009-04-20) The voting for the winner of Theme Contest #7 will end on the 25th of April, so go in the Gallery Forum, look at the sticky, and vote for what you think best embodies the theme! The theme is Hair Accessories, btw. |
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Birthday Club (Posted: 2009-01-06) The voting for the Birthday Club proposals is up in the Chat Forum. Go in, vote for the proposal you like, and join in the fun! |
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Combo: VOTE for Contest #6, and Chat is back (Posted: 2009-01-05) Voting for contest #6 "Hands", is now underway, with a record number of submissions (32!). See all entries and cast your vote in this thread here
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Theme Contest #6 (Sept. 29 - Dec. 15, 2008) (Posted: 2008-10-13) Theme contest #6 has begun. The theme is hands. More information can be found in this thread. |
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Voting for Theme Contest #5 (Posted: 2008-09-06) The voting thread for the Animal Armor contest is up in the Gallery forum. Go vote for your favorite submission! |
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Major Outage (Posted: 2008-09-04) Hey folks, I'm sure many of you noticed that the site was completely unavailable for about 8 hours this morning. Our server at Downtownhost had a critical hard drive failure, and had to be taken offline for rebuilding. During the course of the rebuilding, some data may have been corrupted, so please keep your eyes open for problems, and report them in the help forum if you see any. Thanks, The Management |
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804 WEAVES! (Posted: 2008-07-01) We now have over 800 weaves! The last weave announcement was 100+ weaves and I thought this deserves to be shouted about. Thanks to all the members who have submitted weaves and shared them with the rest of us. |
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Theme contest #5 (June 16 - September 1, 2008) (Posted: 2008-06-16) Theme contest #5 has just been launched. The theme this time around is animal armour. Rules and regulations & further information can be found in this thread. Can't wait to see your submissions! |
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Voting for the Dreamcatcher Contest! (Posted: 2008-05-16) You can vote for your favorite dreamcatcher in this thread: http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=11087 Thanks to all who submitted! :D |
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Theme contest #4 (February 21 - May 15, 2008) (Posted: 2008-02-22) The theme for the current contest is dreamcatchers. Rules and more information is available in this thread. |
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Welcome to our new home! (Posted: 2007-10-05) We've just completed the move to our new webhost! We've tried to test our scripts and things as best we can, but if you find anything that's broken or missing, please let Kithplana know. Thanks for your patience! |
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On the Move! (Posted: 2007-10-05) Hi folks! At long last, we have secured a new, more stable webhost, and are in the process of moving the site over to it. For the next few days, we ask that folks not submit any new additions to the site, as we will have trouble synchronizing them as files are copied over. Also, please forgive us if a few discussion board posts disappear during the process, as we get dozens of new posts a day, and at least some of them are going to hit while we're making the transition. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience! |
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Theme Contest #3 (July 7 - Sept. 29, 2007) (Posted: 2007-07-11) M.A.I.L. is running theme contest #3. The theme this time around is a chainmail quilt patch that would be for the Alpha Project. Please note that you don't necessarily have to physically submit your patch for the alpha project, you can simply submit a picture of it for the contest running on the discussion board. |
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Registration Verification Problems. (Posted: 2007-05-21) Please folks, if you try to sign up for this site, and have trouble with the verification code, remember that 'S' and '5' may look alike, and so might 'O' and '0'. Please reread the code, if you are having problems. In the past two months, 100% of all registration problems have been due to this issue! |
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Registration repaired (Posted: 2007-02-02) All apologies to those who have been trying to register for the last two weeks. Our database was corrupted by errors a few weeks ago on our webhost's servers, but it took some time before we were really aware of the problem, and more time before our staff figured it out! However, everything should be on-line now. Please let us know via email if problems persist... |
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Discussion Board Upgrades (Posted: 2006-08-28) The discussion boards have just undergone a major upgrade, which should help some things to run more smoothly. If you encounter any problems on any part of the site, please post in the "Forum upgraded" thread in the Knitting Circle. Thanks :) |
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Discussion Board Technical Issues (Posted: 2006-07-08) Are Over!
We had a rough patch there for a while, owing to a cracker attack on our bulletin board system, but we are again open for business... |
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TRADING ROOM IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS!! (Posted: 2006-04-09) Thank you patient members of M.A.I.L.
After much discussion and work, we have finally hammered out the guidelines and have posted them in a sticky thread. Please take the time to read through all of it before you start using the new room which can be found here :) |
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MAIL APPROVAL VOTE - trading room (Posted: 2006-02-12) New Trading Room vote is over.
Thank you to those who participated in this important vote. The Admins are now working to establish the Guidlines for the new Trading room. Be sure to check here for the announcement of when the new room will arrive. :)
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Getting started page, for beginners (Posted: 2006-01-05) Members of MAIL have been working on a page to help people get aquainted with maille & MAIL. So, if you're new here and would like a little explanation about where things are on our site, or where to get started mailling, this is for you. Beginners Page Enjoy! |
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M.A.I.L. Server Performance Problems (Posted: 2005-11-21) We recently experienced some major technical difficulties, for which a temporary fix is now in place. You should see significant increases in performance from here on out. We apologize for any delays while the problem was being looked into.
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Lessons in the Base Mailling Concepts (Posted: 2005-07-28) Inner Diameter also known as I.D. or ID.
Inner Diameter is the measurement from one inner side of the ring to the other, across the equator. |
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Lessons in the Base Mailling Concepts (Posted: 2005-04-03) GAUGE Also known as Wire Diameter
This is one of the 4 most important concepts in mailling. |
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Gallery submitters note! (Posted: 2005-03-19) If you've recently submitted something to the gallery, but haven't seen it approved yet, it is probably missing some data needed to comply with the gallery guidelines. If so, you can find it on the list posted at the top of the gallery discussion. |
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Chat Times (Posted: 2004-10-24) In order to get more use out of the chatroom, we've instituted 'Chat Dates,' pre-set times for people to meet up in the MAIL chat room (look in the header). The following times apply:
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Keeping the Peace (Posted: 2004-04-02) All members, new and old, please familiarise yourself with the M.A.I.L. Content Policy, and be mindful of it when you post in the forums. Thank you. |
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Gallery Submits Update (Posted: 2004-03-22) Wow! It's fantastic how many people are submitting their work. To all you newcomers, please visit the Gallery Submission Guidelines to familarise yourself on how to get your work on display ASAP! Also, all you old hands, take a peek and brush up! |
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Submissions Bug! (Posted: 2004-03-14) Hey folks, we've just discovered a bug in the submissions process for users submitting multiple items to the same area in the same session. A fix is on the way, but in the meantime, if you are submitting multiple items to the same area, please refresh the initial submit screen between submissions, otherwise some of your submissions will be overwritten... |
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M.A.I.L. Charter Approved! (Posted: 2003-12-01) The proposed charter, to officially define who we are, and how we run things, has finally been approved by the membership! A new age dawns... The charter can be found via the about us link in the navigation bar, or here. |
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Spread the word about M.A.I.L. and maille! (Posted: 2003-10-28) Go forth among the masses and let them know about M.A.I.L.! We have a brochure which can be downloaded and printed: M.A.I.L. brochure. It's in PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat. Print out a bunch, and drop them off at your local library, school, or any public place that allows the distribution of educational brochures. Even distribute them at your booth, if you are a chainmail vendor. |
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Rough Seas Behind Us (Posted: 2002-11-13) There's no doubt...our first year at www.mailartisans.org was a successful one. We set out to be the prima destination on the web for maille craftsmen, and that we did. Yet there was a problem: funding. At the end of the year our dns ran out, and our server subscription ran out. The management scrambled to fix the problem only to find some Hong Kong search engine snatched up our DNS. So now we find ourselves with a new name, perhaps one a little more appropriate: www.mailleartisans.org. Hopefully next year we'll be able to generate the funds to keep this from happening again ;). Welcome, All! |
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Success! (Posted: 2002-04-07) Well, with 20,000 hits, 150 weaves, 150 gallery images, 150 members, and 500 board posts in our first month, it's safe to say the new M.A.I.L. system is a success! Congratulations to all of you who've put so much blood, sweat, and tears into this artisan union! |
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100+ Weaves! (Posted: 2002-03-30) Well, thanks to everyone who has submitted their weaves to the library we have finally broken 100 weaves! There are a total of 130 in the library as of today and with the new system that makes it so much simpler to submit new weaves I expect many more.(Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou to Mari and Woody) I just wanted to take a minute to encourage everyone who has a new weave to submit it. If you know of any one else who has invented a new weave please encourage them to come submit as well, the more the better! :) |