Welcome to TDK Chat!

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9 September, 2007 at 12:32 pm #10767

Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
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Did you know that ‘chat’ is French for ‘cat’?

This is the new TDK chat area. Over the last year or so, the Daily Kitten has developed into a very lively community, and now handles more comments each day than is ideal for the â€˜blogâ€™ format the site has always used.

Conversations are hard to follow, pages can take a long time to load (which places a strain on the server we use to host the website), and many regular readers experience issues with comments overlapping.

We have tried to fix this by doing the following:

* There will be no change to the daily kitten posting. Each day, at 3.07GMT, a new kitten will appear, and you will be able to comment on it in exactly the same way as you do currently.

* We have added this area, where you can chat about other things: exchange recipes, talk about pet health, post links and stories etc. We will need to register, but this is a one-time-only process, and this will also give you your own page on the website, where you can tell people where youâ€™re from, list your interests etc. Assuming that all this works, we will also look at introducing further features.

So welcome! We hope you enjoy TDK chat!

9 September, 2007 at 2:47 pm #55581

kathyanne11/13
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this is great and really up town way to go kittenmaster

9 September, 2007 at 2:50 pm #55582

rainingwolf
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Thanks, KM! What a wonderful idea, and I’m amazed you completed it so quickly! 3 cheers for our Kittenmaster!

9 September, 2007 at 2:59 pm #55583

AnnF
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Yeah, King of Kittens! Thanks so much!

9 September, 2007 at 3:09 pm #55584

Bogman, Clark and Andy’s mama 2/27 Florida
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KM, What a great thing you did!!

Can I, please, as a member of the TDK Fund committee, request that there be a place that people can ask about the fund, make nominations, ask about donations and the such? Thanks for your help as always!

9 September, 2007 at 3:12 pm #55585

minstrelsmamma
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hi everyone, think i’ve got it all sussed out, will enjoy reading and posting sometimes!!! great job and very quick too!

9 September, 2007 at 3:20 pm #55586

feral
Participant

Kittenmaster,can you help with one small question? In registering my username,I neglected to include my birthdate after my name.When I went to edit,well,it wouldn’t allow me to edit the name,just the password. How come?

Thanks for the new format also. Your the greatest

9 September, 2007 at 3:24 pm #55587

Crazycatman – CA
Participant

Great job KM! You are sure fast.

9 September, 2007 at 3:33 pm #55588

Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
Keymaster

SusieinCA: I’m afraid you can’t edit your username after it’s been selected.

9 September, 2007 at 3:42 pm #55589

feral
Participant

I understand. Thanks KM

9 September, 2007 at 3:47 pm #55590

ILoveMyCats
Participant

Great job! Love the changes.

9 September, 2007 at 4:00 pm #55591

FondaHonda
Participant

Kittenmaster–I don’t know if this would be possible, but how about a section, divided by months, where we could all post our birthdays?

9 September, 2007 at 4:33 pm #55592

AngelaMotorman
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Kittenmaster,

So if someone starts a topic on the main comment thread, one of us needs to say, “please continue over on TDK chat”? That will take a while to get used to…I wish there were an easier way to move back and forth between the main page and this discussion.

But I’m glad you’re trying to deal with the volume and resulting confusion. This may not be the final answer, but it’s a good start.

9 September, 2007 at 4:36 pm #55593

AngelaMotorman
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Um, never mind. I just saw the button near the comment box on the main page.

Need caffeine. Sorry.

9 September, 2007 at 4:42 pm #55594

JeannetteinCO
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{Looking around in surprise} unh—Hi. Just stopped by on my way to awareness for a Sunday Morning. Glad to see the room is here, but is it empty?

9 September, 2007 at 4:44 pm #55595

Elene_YorkPA_7/21
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Getting on took me awhile – just not savvy enough. Is there a way to get from TDK to this site?

I wrote a post this morning but wouldn’t take it due to change over. If I have this right we have to tailor each conversation to the main topic heading. I guess like a paragraph change. What is the best method to make the transition from one to the other for the challenged user. 🙂

9 September, 2007 at 4:54 pm #55596

feral
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–Hi Elene–

Know what you mean by not saavy enuf. I had to put the ‘Chat Link’ that KM gave us into my favorites. For some reason I can’t log in any other way because it won’t accept my username. And it won’t accept emoticons either. I’m soooooocomputer illiterate.

9 September, 2007 at 4:54 pm #55597

MaxandCali’sMom
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Elene, good Sunday morning (or, rather afternoon) to you!

If you log on to TDK, just go down to the comment box at the end of the comments already posted, then click on TDK chat. It will bring up the menu of the different chat topics that are currently being used, and when the last post was made. Hope this helps!!

9 September, 2007 at 4:57 pm #55598

Elene_YorkPA_7/21
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I see the box next to comments with info and Use TDK Chat in pink, nothing happens when I click on. Is it supposed to bring me here and if not how.

9 September, 2007 at 4:58 pm #55599

Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
Keymaster

FondaHonda: We may introduce more features as time passes – to start off, we’re trying to keep things as simple as possible.

Elene: I’ll be adding a link from TDK homepage to the chat area. And yes, clicking on the link in the box next to the comments area will take you to the main chat homepage.

Susie: It won’t accept emoticons because we’re trying to make the site more efficient – and emoticons slow things down. We may re-introduce them as we see how things go.
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