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Re: Twenty years here
jakob wrote #341315:
Oh yes, you were a true pioneer. Of the regulars still around, I think only bici, giz, phiw13, mistersugar, saccade, TheEric, laszlo, michaelpate and Destry signed up before you, with bici and phiw13 joining in the first couple of weeks of the forum!
I am here too ;)
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Re: Twenty years here
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Re: Twenty years here
Go Textpattern (aka the old codgers club :)
Thanks to all.
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Re: Twenty years here
Curious: Who were the two that signed up after Dean Allen, whom I presume was the first?
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Re: Twenty years here
bici wrote #341336:
Curious: Who were the two that signed up after Dean Allen, whom I presume was the first?
Drew is Drew McLellan of All In The Head and a bunch of other web projects.
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Re: Twenty years here
Here are the first eight (table formatting courtesy of ChatGPT)
| Username | Title | Posts | Registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean | Founder (Gone, but not forgotten) | 235 | 2004-02-14 |
| Drew | Plugin Author | 53 | 2004-02-15 |
| Hiram | Member | 35 | 2004-02-16 |
| mamash | Member | 128 | 2004-02-21 |
| pospel | Member | 40 | 2004-02-23 |
| sben | New Member | 2 | 2004-02-23 |
| Andrew | Plugin Author | 730 | 2004-02-23 |
| january | New Member | 9 | 2004-02-23 |
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Re: Twenty years here
I recall mamash, he was also on the Textdrive forums.
Here’s to Dean, for starting all this! Good times! Cheers, you old bastard! Who’s gonna textdrive you home tonight?
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Re: Twenty years here
jakob wrote #315015:
Jonathan passed over the reigns of Textpattern Tips a couple of weeks ago and txpbuilders now host it
So even after twenty years I discover that I really don’t know custom fields at all … to riff on a Joni song .
Via pursuing TxpTips (still a jewel of a resource) I came across this utube Nora Brown presentation. What a great presentation. Videos like these would greatly enhance promotng Textpattern.
Just in time for my current project. ;-)
TxPBuilders: Thanks for ensuring TxpTips remains available
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Re: Twenty years here
So. I did a a thing. I revived the old version of textpattern that I remember from 2003 to work with current version of PHP/MYSQL

The wooly mammoth lives again.
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Re: Twenty years here
It has a certain appealing simplicity to it and your screenshot shows off nicely how screen sizes have changed since then. But I’m loth to say “those were the days”. I’d say we’ve come a long way since then, but that Textpattern is still recognisable.
TXP Builders – finely-crafted code, design and txp
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Re: Twenty years here
Oh definitely. That was back in 1024×768 days. I was curious to see where everything came from because I had a bit of nostalgia. In any event, that old working version is available for download now because why not? Things have definitely changed for the better. We have improved.
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Re: Twenty years here
TheEric wrote #342761:
Oh definitely. Things have definitely changed for the better. We have improved.
and yet the pure simplicity of the UI is soothing. I bet a wizard could pop that UI to modern standards. Why? Well just because of the cool factor. Meaningful labor.
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