Bethany got a package today

[bethany54]

I know who you are and you know who you are so if you want to remain nameless it's cool with me but I wanted to publically thank you for the oils. You have made this alien happy today. Thank you so very much.

[Michael]

Ew, a Christmas package from someone special. Aw, that was nice! Go Bethany! *nods*

[lhw]

I'm glad ya like 'em, my alien friend. I hope you enjoy them.

[Ifrit]

AWWW! bethany gots a package *does a dance*

[bethany54]

Rich,

Is that website you are building going to be used to sell these products? If your answer is yes then I have a few suggestions. If not, I will keep my mouth shut.

Thank you so much for these oils. I was watching an infomercial about a similar product and drooling with wanting. But I never would have told anyone anything about it. I think it was just God looking out for me and He used you. Thank you

Psalms 37:4 - Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

[lhw]

LOL Suggestions are always welcome, Bethany.

Technically, no: I will not be selling anything at this site. Promoting, yes. Although, not too heavily. This site's main purpose is going be a resource center for those that are within my organization. Since I have people in different countries talking to me about them (the UK and AU so far), I figured that I aught to do this now, while I had the time.

Once the site's layout is done, I plan to create some history pages on Essential Oils, the quality of the Young Living EOs, as well as some audio tracks. When that's done, I'll be adding a restricted forum for all EKs (the web host I'm going with provides a free installation script for the SMF software). I figure to register the domain name early in January, and hopefully have it 80% up and running by the end of January.

So, as you can see, there's more than enough time for suggestions. LOL I currently have it uploaded on my personal site, and spent this morning setting up the basic layout. If you're interested, you can see it here:

home.comcast.net/~lordhighwarlock/ek/index.html

My big accomplishment was actually remembering how to map out linkable sections in images, and adding them to the banner and copyright images. lol

I am truly amazed how God has been using me since I started using EOs, and your story really touches my heart. It's similar to what happened just a few weeks ago.

About a month or two ago, I attended an EO weekend workshop. During one of the days, I won an Oil Blend called Gentle Baby. Now, this oil is used primarily for pregnant women, new mothers, as well as new babies. My first thought was "what the bloody heck am I going to do with this!?"

Well, just the other week, Lady Wench (at CFoT) let us all know that she's expecting number 4. Shortly after that, she asked if I had anything that could help calm her nerves. Guess what. Gentle Baby was on its way to NC the next morning.

I'm glad you were looking at this, and glad that The Lord used me to help you get them. I really hope they're able to help you in some way, Bethany.

God Bless!

[bethany54]

Rich,

The fact that my hungry soul was fed has already helped me!

I don't know what EKs are but I do know about SMF and it isn't even as customizable as proboards seem to be. It is open source so you aren't really getting some great deal. I advise you to stick with what you know or if you really want a change, try Exco. Look at this test board of mine s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=12759 The forum wouldn't have to be embedded into your website but could be linked as I believe it would be with SMF.

I love Exco because they are so easy to customize. Here are some links to some other boards of mine. This board was set up knowing that in 6 weeks or so I would kill it off (on purpose) s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=15472 Here is my resources board. I just did some house cleaning there and deleted 70 members and a bunch of posts. excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=5838 This is another test board excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=4042 that is more graphically based as far as the template is concerned.

I know several people who were extremely unhappy with SMF and when I looked into it for one of my friends it was so darned complicate to change something as simple as a smilie that I told her I not only didn't understand it but that I wasn't willing to try even. I give you my other thoughts later. I got a fire to put out now.

[Michael]

lol... Bethany, you crack me up sometimes. It seems as if your an ongoing fountain of knowledge. KUDOS! lol...

[lhw]

Thanks, Bethany. Before Eezer, Essex, Wench, and I created CFoT, we were at an SMF board for a number of years, so I'm quite familiar with it.

While it may not be as customizable as PB or Exco, it doesn't need to be...as long as I get the colors to match my template, I'll be happy.

I'm also trying to stay away from 3rd party forums, as I'd like something that I can host on my own server. And, in all honesty, I'm getting a little fed up with PB Support, but that's another story.

Oh..."EK" = Essential Knights.

[bethany54]

deathvalleyroseh2o said:

lol... Bethany, you crack me up sometimes. It seems as if your an ongoing fountain of knowledge. KUDOS! lol...

Mikey I am more than twice as old as you. I darn well better know at least twice as much as you. And you make me howl with laughter! Yesterday my aide came running into my bedroom to see if I was ok because when I was laughing at you and Lost I lost my ability to answer her and all she could hear was coughing and whezing at one point.

[Ellie]

Wow, that was nice of you, LHW.

Bethany, enjoy your package! Getting mail is wonderful. Except bills. lol

[Michael]

bethany54 said:

Mikey I am more than twice as old as you. I darn well better know at least twice as much as you. And you make me howl with laughter! Yesterday my aide came running into my bedroom to see if I was ok because when I was laughing at you and Lost I lost my ability to answer her and all she could hear was coughing and whezing at one point.

lol... Ya, I think you're probably more than that. *curious* What about us were you laughing at?

[bethany54]

deathvalleyroseh2o said:

bethany54 said:

Mikey I am more than twice as old as you. I darn well better know at least twice as much as you. And you make me howl with laughter! Yesterday my aide came running into my bedroom to see if I was ok because when I was laughing at you and Lost I lost my ability to answer her and all she could hear was coughing and whezing at one point.

lol... Ya, I think you're probably more than that. *curious* What about us were you laughing at?

Poor Lost couldn't figure out how we found him and even when you told him how several times he was too whatever to see what you were saying. That's why I made the screenshot. But I also laugh at your enthusiasm. When I envision you two in my minds eye, I see Lost as a big eared kitten and you as one of those super balls that bounces everywhere like Tigger does.

[Michael]

Rofl, man, you know how to make a bouncy ball laugh. lol... That is hilarious! I know what you mean though. Often I find myself envisioning people as animals because of their expressions or personality. lol...

[Ellie]

When I envision you two in my minds eye, I see Lost as a big eared kitten and you as one of those super balls that bounces everywhere like Tigger does.

LOL

[bethany54]

lasher said:

When I envision you two in my minds eye, I see Lost as a big eared kitten and you as one of those super balls that bounces everywhere like Tigger does.

LOL

Lash is feeling better I think!

[bethany54]

Pressies are girl talk for gifts Michael and these are some that Lash made for me. And dang it I am on the wrong thread but I am staying here anyway and while I am on the wrong thread I will answer another of your questions here.

To make a bumper sticker isn't that much different than making any other graphic. You can draw it on paper or in your sketchbook but it needs to be printshop ready with no smudges or obvious paper grains so it is best to do it on your pc I think. Make a blank at whatever size you want your sticker to be. We are talking in inches now. Mine are usually anywhere from 8-10" wide and 2 1/2- 4" tall. Keep the design simple enough that it can be read from 6 ft away. A white background is cheaper to produce and seems to add greater visibility. You can get bumper sticker paper to print it out on yourself if your printer ink isn't water based but a better option for most people is to take the template on a cd or floppy to a professional printer where they already usually have the right kind of stuff to print it on and use oil based inks that wont run when wet. You can do the same thing for T shirts too although the iron transfer papers that come from the computer paper store seems to work just as well as the ones from the printers. And when I say print shops I am not talking about Kinko's. I mean the kind of place where your dad might get his business card printed up.

[Michael]

OH! Thank you! I have learned quite a lot on this wrong thread. lol... But another off-topic question: What is Kinko's? A store, I know but ... what?! lol...

[admin]

Isn't Kinko's like Staples... an office kinda store where you buy all your office supplies and stuff? We don't have Kinko's in Canada, but I believe that is what it is.

And those pressies that Ellie made you are beautiful! She is sure talented And just to let you know.... I have heard guys use the term pressies before, tooo

[bethany54]

Kinko's I thought was nation wide so I thought for sure that you would have heard of it. It is one of those places where you go in to make large numbers of photocopies for about 3 cents a copy in multiples of a hundred or so. A single copy is often about a dime but they also do things like print up and put spiral binding on chyrch cookbooks or business reports and some will type up and print off a term paper for a student perhaps. The one here even kinda doubles as a cyber cafe but it is something like $10.00 for an hour of internet time and no food or beverages are allowed.