Fish Profiles

I'd like to see something on the site (Similar to the Aquahobby site) that gives a profile of different fish given by people who have kept them.

People give their good/bad experiences with the fish, conditions they kept them in etc etc

i think that is a great idea

very good idea.
i know ill be using any info to get my latest project ( excel/access cross) up and running.
any ideas lads (m/f) for a volumn converter ( simple program) that i can copy to add to excel project??or can i just copy one from a competitors site!!!!

This was suggested about 18 months ago by myself and Anto but it never happened.

The LFKS are currently compiling an extensive list with excellent photographs of members fish.Anyone who feels they would like to submit an entry mail me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I can forward on the template.

Also I am currently trying to gain copyright access (just waiting for the go ahead really) to an amazing library of photos so we hope to have a visual feast.

Fair play for adding the WIKI on the site.

Any chance of a Dummies guide to creating a New Fish Profile on the WIKI bit of the site.

I've pressed the edit, copied and pasted but i'm not sure if this is going to save a new profile or edit the template etc

Also how do you name your profile?

Cheers,

Peter

Hey Peter,

If you want I could put up a brief \"how to\" guide on how to add to the WIKI section. Its farily straight forward and only requires a small amount of \"Html\" esque codeing to get it to work. If you like you can always send me the profile information you have written in a PM and I can post it for you?

Regards

Denis

I added a profile in the African cichlid- Malawai section already to see if I could do it myself and it seems to work well.

Dennis

Would you mind telling us how you got that for, I tired a few times and thought installation was not finished, I can not see where you go to add a new fish.

Cheers

Hey Daragh,

The best way to briefly explain how to add to the WIKI section is that it is like a door system. In order for you to make an \"entry\" you firstly need to create a door. The codeing to do this is very similar to that used to embed images in the main section of the forum.

Here is an example on how to add a profile for an Otocinclus catfish.

1. Go to the WIKI section and select \"Fish Species List\" on the right hand side. When clicked you will see the following list.

................................................

Fish Template)

Tetras

Discus

Angelfish

African Cichlids

Livebearers

..................................................

Because the catfish subheading has not yet been created, this must be done first.

>Click Edit on the above tabs

The list above will appear again but will have .... around them, this means that they are links \"doors\" to the sub-sub heading behind them. So to create the catfish subheading you type in;

>Catfish
> Then click save at the bottom of the page. This will have created the \"catfish\" Profile area.

The next step is to add the door for the selected profile.

>Go to the Wiki Section

>Click on Fish Species List

>Click on Catfish

>Click \"edit\" on the above tabs.

>Type in \"Otocinclus catfish\"

>Click Save

This has now created the full path to the profile of Otocinclus catfish, the Template in the first sub heading of the \"Fish Species List\" can be added.

>Go to the WIKI section

>Click on Fish Species List

>Click on Fish Template

>Click Edit on the top of the page (this will allow you to select all the \"bold and Italic\" formatting of the Fish Template. Select the Fish Template and copy.

> Do not select \"save\" when leaving the Fish Template, instead use your Internet browser to go back to the fish profiles.

Now its time to add the entry

Go the the \"Otocinclus catfish\" catfish profile and select edit

> Then past the template onto the blank page and press save.

This will not have set it up for everyone to edit.


I hope this sort of explains.

If you need any help just send me a PM, that goes for other users too.

Regards

Denis