Gene`s BMX.com Web Page Tools
Leading the internet's BMX community into its full potential.

The Usenet Newsgroup: The Usenet is an online bulletin board system
that began at Duke University in 1979. Usenet users can post messages
to newsgroups that can be read (and responded to) by anyone who has
access to the system through a newsreader. Over the years, the number
of newsgroups has grown into the thousands, hosted all over the world
and covering every conceivable topic. Today, Google Groups contains the
world's most comprehensive archive of Usenet postings, dating back to 1981.

The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland 1989-1990.
Where the web was born: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/About/Web-en.html
How the web began: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/About/WebStory-en.html
How the web works: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/About/WebWork-en.html
The first website: http://info.cern.ch

CERN Document Server (CDS)
Over 650,000 bibliographic records, including 320,000 fulltext documents,
of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas.
Covers preprints, articles, books, journals, photographs, and much more.

CERN's involvement in WWW -
A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN - ( Ben Segal / CERN PDP-NS )
http://wwwpdp.web.cern.ch/wwwpdp/ns/ben/TCPHIST.html

The CERN httpd (also known as W3C httpd) is a generic public domain
full-featured hypertext server which can be used as a regular HTTP server.
Status of the CERN httpd - http://www.w3.org/Daemon

The World Wide Web (known as "WWW', "Web" or "W3") is the universe
of network-accessible information, the embodiment of human knowledge.
The World Wide Web began as a networked information project at CERN,
where Tim Berners-Lee, now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium
[ W3C], developed a vision of the project. - About The World Wide Web

A Little History of the World Wide Web - From 1945 to 1995 ( Official Time Line )
-&-
History of the Web Beginning at CERN - by Cheryl Gribble
The History of Web Development Beginning at CERN (Centre Europen de Recherche
Nucleaire) is a short history explaining how Tim Berners-Lee and others brought
together the technologies needed to be able to share documents using Web browsers
in a multi-platform environment which evolved from those humble beginnings into
the World Wide Web as we know it today. A directory of related links about Web
development and the history of the Web follows the bibliography. See: - ( More )

The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
More advanced users can get technical information directly from the documents
on the World-Wide Web Consortium server http://www.w3.org
(W3C) is the official information about the World Wide Web.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies
(specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The publishing language used by the World Wide Web is HTML
( HyperText Markup Language). HTML gives authors the means to:
Publish online documents with headings, text, tables, lists, photos, etc.
Retrieve online information via hypertext links, at the click of a button.
Design forms for conducting transactions with remote services, for use in
searching for information, making reservations, ordering products, etc.
Includes spread-sheets, and other applications directly in their documents.
HTML 4.01 Specification - http://www.w3.org/TR/html401

*** The ( W3C ) WWW - World Wide Web Virtual Library + Usenet ***
WWW Virtual Library / Virtual Library of Sports / Cycling / Cycling BMX
( alt.bmx ) - Usenet Newsgroup Discussion Of All Aspects Of BMX.
( alt.bmx ) = Google Groups Usenet Newsgroup Thread Archive.
The alt.bmx Usenet Newsgroup Information ( Sources & FAQ )

The World Wide Web`s first BMX web site was established on 04/08/1995
to the home of New Jersey Bicycle Motocross ( BMX ) - Jeffrey Morgan.
The web site is still active today:- ( http://www.njbmx.org )

Genesbmx.com is the World Wide Webs most comprehensive BMX related
web site of BMX Links Listings and BMX Information Sources For BMX
Race and BMX Freestyle. Gene`s BMX was established in Spring of 1997
and is leading the World Wide Webs BMXing community into full potential.
A history of Gene`s BMX web site and bike stats can be found at: ( Geneb )


W3C Publishes HTML 5 Draft, Future of Web Content
01-22-2008: W3C today published an early draft of HTML 5,
a major revision of the markup language for the Web.

The HTML Working Group is creating HTML 5 to be the open, royalty-free
specification for rich Web content and Web applications. "HTML is of
course a very important standard," said Tim Berners-Lee, author of the
first version of HTML and W3C Director. "I am glad to see that the
community of developers, including browser vendors, is working together
to create the best possible path for the Web." New features include APIs
for drawing two-dimensional graphics and ways to embed and control audio
and video content.

HTML 5 helps to improve interoperability and reduce software costs by giving
precise rules not only about how to handle all correct HTML documents but also
how to recover from errors. Discover other new features, read the press release,
and learn more about the future of HTML. ( Permalink )

As said up above:
Making a great web site is also making your self a reputation. You need to be
successful at presenting your ideas in an interesting manner, whatever your
topic may be. Ignorance may be bliss for the one who writes the web site, but
thats rarely the case for the one who visits it. If your web site looks
unprofessional, so will your reputation.

If you don`t know HTML you can use a Page Wizard or Page Builder or Front Page
Builder that offers web page design tools that don't require any knowledge of
HTML, You just add in your stuff. You can create a somewhat ok looking web page
for your self in a few minutes. This is what I call a "lazy mans way" of a web site
or page design. Most of the fast page builders do show bad quality in a web site
and that a webmaster is in to big of a rush to make a web site-page. Fast pages are
not the best way to make a web site, But it does work to get your information on line.

Be Original:
Take some time and LEARN the HTML codes, put some TIME & QUALITY in to your work.
Build your own web site. Be your own Web-Master and Author of the content you list.
Lots of people around the world will see your work and also your reputation as well.
Here are some Link Sources that can help you learn the basics of HTML also some tips.
As listed up above in all of the links:

How To Make a Web Site? A good book for starting out is
" HTML for Dummies" by Deborah S. Ray & Eric J. Ray.

On The Web: step by step how to`s, HTML Tutorials & Tools
http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com | http://www.htmltutorials.ca
http://www.davesite.com/webstation | http://visualtutorials.com/html.html-tip
http://www.w3schools.com | http://www.webstyleguide.com
http://www.freewebmastertips.com/tips | http://www.webdeveloper.com
Yahoo! Geocities HTML Help | Yahoo`s HTML Guides and Tutorials Dir.

Once you learn the HTML codes and somewhat know what you are doing you are
going to need to find a web host. Gene`s BMX web site started off in the spring
of 1997 on free geocities.com and was found to be a grate place to learn and to
play around with HTML. For someone just starting out on learning HTML and also
building a new web site I would say learn it and host it on one of the free web
hosts till you get your self going and your web site gets to be bigger over time.
You can find other free web site hosts listed up above in all of the links listed.
Most of the free places do offer you to use your own name as part of the domain.
Learning it, Making it with the free web site hosts, the only thing it will cost
you is your time as they are free places to host for you. Use them at your will.

Once you get all of that going, take some time and play around with how to inline
your text, links, photos, logos, bump them around some, get to know your lay out.
In giving time you will have it mastered down. Have fun and take pride in your work
as you are learning it. Try new things with the HTML on your web site. Once you get
the basics down, Don`t give up, The biggest thing I see is someone will start and
then just give up as it does take a lot of time to learn it all and get it all going.
Gene`s BMX wishes you lots of luck, and Happy Web Building :-)

Some Other Stuff To Keep In Mind Is Accessibility Of Your Web Site.

Whenever someone introduces nontext elements to a web design such as java scrips
w/moving elements or animations w/moving elements or plug-ins that extend the
capabilities of a web site or pages even a web site page lay out with mass java
loading forms or a page that has big photos that are not thumb nailed, Are slow
loading and may not load in some peoples browsers or there computer is not formatted
with high speed internet for viewing. This does reduce the accessibility of your web
site and pages for your web site viewers/surfers. You also risk losing your audience
if you require them to jump through hoops w/downloads to view your web site contents.

Using off set files like .PDF is ok, that is, if your archiving contents.
A .PDF file think about it. A tool hoop that makes people has to jump hoops
to view it with its own browser. Using .PDF files does make your web surfers
have to jump hoops. It is a web file tool that can risk on losing your audience.

Also: Is your web site fitted for a 17" monitor?
A 17" monitor is the basic size of a monitor on the everyday web surfin person`s
PC. So, Do your web site viewers have to scroll in on your web site from left to
right at bottom of the screen to view the full web site page? If so, your web site is
not fitted for the basic every day web surfer to view your web site and its pages.
Alot of web sites seen out there that are making a person have to use a scroll
task bar on a web site page going left to right making it a pain to surf to see
the full web site page. - Fix your web site pages to fit the basic everyday 17"
monitor and your web site and pages will be a lot better for your web viewers
to surf, people will be back. You don`t risk losing your web site audience this way.

Closed Source "Register" To View Web Site Contents & Pay To View Web Sites.
Web sites are of high risk of losing a lot of web site audience if they do require
people to jump through hoops to view web site contents. IE: Closed/Pay Sources.

In the BMXing community the target audience is of youth and young people. So
it has been found that BMX web sites that are sat up as Closed/Pay Source, it does
block out a lot of the youth and young people. In all, it does more harm for BMX
on the world wide web as it scares people away from the sport of BMX. So think
twice if you are thinking of hosting a BMX web site that is a Closed/Pay Source.

The more a web site reduces the accessibility of a web site and pages for youth
and young people, The web site has more of a big high risk of losing the audience.
Don`t for get, you might want to be promoting BMX than is to be demoting BMX.
Open Source for all to view it, is the way to go if your web site is topic BMX.
Accessibility for all is the key if you want to present a successful BMX web site.

Some Commentary And Quotes About Some Closed/Pay Source BMX Web Sites.
02/09/2008 - Gene`s BMX Applauds UCI BMX Madrid Web Cast. - Quote.
12/27/2007 - Gene`s BMX Blasts Go211 Web Site, Web Cast. - Commentary.
10/21/2007 - Gene`s BMX Applauds To Pay BMX Site To Close.
06/21/2007 - NBL & BMX Direct Connect To Offer Webcasts - Commentary Quote.
11/17/2006 - ABA BMX Pay BMX Web Site Adding $Price Tag Commentary.
09/12/2006 - Gene`s BMX Quotes About Vintage BMX Pay Forum.
07/01/2006 - The Spin Of Pay BMX Web Sites In The Internet Commentary.
03/27/2005 - ISTV Pay BMX Site Web site - "Ya" Right, Give BMX a Brake!.

BMX Web Surfers, BMX Web Viewers Please Note:
If a BMX web site charges you money to view any of its BMX contents
on the world wide web, It is a Scam! as most BMX contents on the web
can be found for FREE! Just a nice heads up to help save your money.

Note:
Yahoo! Groups, Myspace, Forums Post Boards, Chat rooms, Guest Books, extra.
They are just WEB TOOLS, They are NOT a web site. Adding a web page
tool is grate for a web site add-on. Your viewers in all don`t have to register,
jump hoops to view your web site contents by adding a page tool, but they
will if they want to submit/post news or place comments in on your web tools.
Your keeping your web site open to all to view this way. On most of the web
tools said above the web tools does offer opts for the webmaster to have the
tool closed or open. If you want people to surf in and join your web tool,
you may want to have it open so people can see the contents. The more surfers
see the more chance you have at gaining a new member on to your web page tool.

Also Note: ( A Heads Up About The World Wide Web )
Once someone puts content information, like posts a web site/page or a post
in on a web page tool like a forums post board extra. on to the world wide web
even if the content information is deleted latter on, it can still be locked in to
the world wide web for ever and will always be on the web for people to see.

Web bots do craw in on the web and do archive the web`s contents. This is how
the world wide web works, The Web Does Archive Contents. So think hard before
you put your personal information or contents that you do not want others to
see or have out there. If you don`t want people to see or have it, don`t post it
on to the world wide web. Don`t be fooled, Even if some places say your content
is safe, it is not. Nothing is too safe on the world wide web as the web is a project
set of protocols and conventions. -- Be Safe and Have Fun Everyone.

Information Sources About Web Archive Wayback Machine:
It is a digital library that provides access to researchers.
Web Archive, Wayback Machine: http://www.archive.org
- Also: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php See: ( FAQ )

Gene`s BMX shows a public working draft of the web archive
workings using some of BMX Mania.com internet coverage links.
On: http://www.genesbmx.com/bmx-manias-coverage.html to show
information of a BMX document after close of a sub URL structure.
The web archive shows direction to an approache to help keep the dead
closed out URL BMX page documents existing on to the world wide web.

Geocities has been found to be one of the best places on the web to
host a FREE BMXing or Bicycling web site. It`s a good place to start.

You can Create a geocities.com web site/page. It is Free! (Ad supported)
Share family photos, or connect with others who share your interests.
Choose the point-and-click PageBuilder or step-by-step PageWizards
for easy web pages. Upload files from your computer or customize your
own HTML with File Manager. You get your own GeoCities web address:
www.geocities.com/your-Yahoo!-ID and much more See what it is all about!
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/learn2/HowItWorks4_Free.html

Yahoo! GeoCities Help
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities
Yahoo! GeoCities Help HTML
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/ghtml

You can find other free web site hosts listed up above in all of the links.

The best way to find BMX clip art is to run a search like on google.com
or yahoo.com and look in the photos area of the search is the eazyest way
to do it. Also a heads up, Alot of the web site places will charge for use.
Save your money and just keep huntting on the web for free clip art as there
are alot of free places. If it is not free for bmxers, it is not worth your time.

Here are a few places that has been found that has bmx clip art for use.
http://www.clipart.com/en/search/split?q=BMX&PID=1378525&nvc_cj=1&AID=10292438
http://members.fortunecity.com/agreeve/landbw.htm
http://www.clipartclipart.com/gifart_topics/topic_Objects/BMX_Bike_--0212-3023-3319.html

Photoed BMX Clip Art -
http://www.quicktrans.net/Images/ClipArt/T/T-22.GIF
http://classroomclipart.com/images/gallery/Sports/Bicycling_BMX/BMX.jpg

BMX Web Banners:
A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web.
This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into
a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking
them to the web site of the advertiser.

Most BMX web banners are sized to a 468 X 60 or a 251 X 210
A good source for BMX banners to add in to and on to your site
http://www.genesbmx.com/archived-bmx-banners.html
Or you can do a search like on Google.com or Yahoo.com to find more.

To find or make other web clip art and web banners,
check out some of the links listed up above on page.

Animated Emoticons, the smilies and emoticons in some forums.
They can be found on the web at: http://www.websmileys.com

Create Your Own Sign And Banner Generators:
http://www.bannergenerator.org - Make Free Banners.
http://www.signgeneratormaker.com - Big Index Brand Names Listed.
http://signgenerator.peta2.com/index.asp - Sign Generator KFC.
http://www.signgenerator.org - Big Index Listed.
www.google.com/search/(Banner Sign Generators)
www.google.com/search/(Sign Generators)

If you have a lot of photos, they can suck up your web site space fast.
To help save some space on your web site, You can think about using some
of the places listed as a sub host, link back to the photos to your web site.

You can Create a webshots.com photo album. It is Free! (Ad supported)
Share photos with friends around the world. Signing up is FREE and only takes
a few seconds. Download the latest versions of Webshots software. All of the
Webshots software is free and small too. The MyPhotos Assistant software makes
uploading and sharing your photos in the Webshots Community a snap! Upload
multiple photos to your albums quickly,and manage your albums more effectively.
http://www.webshots.com/support/help/softwareupdates.html

A Webmaster Hint Note Tip:
To save some space on your web site, use Webshots to host your photos.
Make yourself a free webshots account, post your photos in to webshots,
Then just use a the photo URL from webshots and link it back onto your
web site or web page. It does save lots of space on your web site. Here is
how Gene`s BMX has done this - http://www.genesbmx.com/Photos.html
*~This is also a KEY way to sending photo(s) in E-mail messages to people.
"Don`t send big e-mail attachments, E-mail photos with a webshots URL link!"
Just type in ( copy-past) a webshots photo "URL link" from your webshots
page in to your e-mail meassage(s). It is a much easer and a less rude way to
send your photo files with in a "url link" to someone in a e-mail message, than
it is to send a big e-mail attachment photo file to someone and making whom ever
it is getting your e-mail message spend lots of time in down loading your photo.
This save downloading time to whom ever your sending e-mail message(s) w/photos.
And it also speeds up the e-mailing systoms for everyone. Pass this on to eveyone.
You can also use some of the other free photos hosts for doing this trick aswell.

*** Other Free Photos Hosts

You can Create a www.Photobucket.com photo album. It is Free! (Ad supported)
Photobucket provides free video and photo sharing. Easily host and
link your images and videos to social networks, auction sites, blogs,
and message boards. Photobucket is reliable and very easy to use.
Give it a try! - http://photobucket.com

You can Create a www.imageshack.us photo album. It is Free! (Ad supported)
ImageShack® is an intuitive and easy-to-use free image hosting solution.
It can be used to Upload An Image With Out An Account and share pictures
with friends, as well as to post images on message boards and blogs. It
can also be used to direct link images on web sites and online fourms. -
This is one of the BEST places to use to post your photo(s) for free in on any
of the BMX forums boards listed. - Give it a try! - http://www.imageshack.us

Upload It - http://www.uploadit.org is a free image hosting that does
offers an online storage solution which allows users without webspace
of their own to upload images and other files to share with others.

Others:
http://www.postimage.org

*** If you are hosting photos on your own web site
Here are some places and tools that may help you out.

Coppermine Photo Gallery's - http://coppermine.sourceforge.net
Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture
gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick lib with a MySQL
backend. For more see - http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/manual.php

IrfanView is a very fast, small, http://www.irfanview.com compact FREEWARE
(non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple
(animated) GIF support. One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with
Multipage TIF support. The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with support.

Batch Thumbs v1.7 ( Free Ware )
Batch Thumbs can create high quality thumbnail sized images from
a list of image files you specify. Supports gif, bmp, jpg, wmf, and emf.
Can also do batch renames, conversions, and copies. Will optionally create
HTML with links back to original image. Fast operations, and an easy to
use wizard style interface. Batch Thumbs is great for fitting in photos
on to any web site page to save your viewers loading time. A Thumbs up!

What is Flash? - flash is animations, like a movie, but on a web site and
takes forever to load. Here are some links to online resources for Flash.
www.adobe.com | www.adobe.com/devnet/flash - Flash Tutorials and Samples
http://www.echoecho.com/flash.htm | Google.com/Search - What is Flash?

80% of Internet Users/Consumers Hate Flash Intros - Survey Says
Don't fool yourself into thinking it's slow Internet connections
that causes people to hate Flash. If people want a movie, They
will go to the theater, Time to face facts: people dislike Flash.
If your web site has a Flash intro, 'skip intro' shouldn't your
better judgment kick in? People will not surf your web site much.

~~ Free Web Video Files Hosts For BMX
Just like photos, Videos they can to suck up your web site space fast.
To help save some space on your web site, You can think about using some
of the places listed as a sub host, link back to the videos to your web site.

http://www.youtube.com | http://video.google.com
http://www.zippyvideos.com | http://www.putfile.com

Im shore that there are lots more out there to pick from. A good Source
to surf and look where other people host some of there BMX videos is at:
( http://www.genesbmx.com/videos-bmx.html ) A good way to find out.

On some web sites you can right click and `Save As' the BMX video files
on to your PC hard drive and some you can not like Streaming Videos. So,

How To Save As, Streaming BMX Video Files Like On YouTube,.
For those of you interested in saving these types of BMX videos:
1. Use Mozilla/Firefox Browser instead of Microsoft I.E. Browser.
2. Download the DowloadHelper extension for Mozilla/Firefox Browser.
3. Most streaming videos like on Youtube, etc are in the .flv format and
windows media player will not play them. But It has been found that the
VLC Media Player plays .flv files, So also install the VLC Media Player.
4. Save and watch your favorite BMX videos as often as you like this way.

~~ How To Produce A Live Video BMX Web Casts

I thought maybe people should know on how "easy" and "cheap" it really is to
do and to broadcast a live video BMX web casts feed on to the world wide web.
Actually it is all pretty simple, a laptop, web cam, and a internet connection.
See: ( http://www.genesbmx.com/quote-webcasts.html )

~~ Some Web Video File Viewing Players

Windows Media Player (Download Center)
Windows media player that provides the best experience for discovering,
playing, and taking your digital entertainment anywhere on Windows XP-
based PCs and the widest choice of portable devices. (IE: WMV format).

Quicktime Player 6.5+ works well for viewing .mov files.
A free down load http://www.apple.com/quicktime

DivX Play gives you everything you need to start watching high-quality
DivX videos including rented or purchased movies (Windows 2K/XP).
Down Load - http://www.divx.com/divx/play/download

~~ Web Video Information Sources

How can I put sound and video into my web pages?
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/webpack/factsheet24.shtml

http://www.w3counter.com W3Counter -
Free custom web tracker hit counter and web stats.
Get a free W3Counter hit counter for your web site
and get access to real-time stats about your web site!
All you have to do is insert a small piece of code on
your site and you'll be able to monitor and analyze
all your site visitor activity with the W3Counter.com

http://www.sparklit.com Sparklit Web page Tools
Web Polls, Surveys and Emails give a visitor to your
site more to do and provide them with a forum for
their comments and opinions. It is very positive.
Services are:
Counters | Guest Books | Web Polls | Survey Logix
Mail Forms | Ad Butlers | Ad Stores | and more....

For Other Counters & Page Tools, Check the links listed up above.

Free Search Engines that you can submit/add your web site address url in to.

Add your Web Site URL to Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.html
Add your Web Site URL to Yahoo! - http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html

A hint note about the Google & Yahoo! search engines,
Once a URL does get listed in on both of them, ( the 2 top Searchs on the web )
It seems that alot of others search engines will/may pick up your url, as other
search bots crawl the web looking for new url addresses and information to add.

Also something to keep in mind is " META Tags" for Search Engines in your web page(s)
headdings. "Keywords", Sneak in a few extra words into your web page meta tag for
other search engines to index. So search engines returns a cleaner description.

META Tags are used as part of your HTML code. Some "Spiders/Bots"
uses the information contained within META Tags to index your Web page.
In most cases a Spider will grab only the first few words, sentences or
paragraphs and use those words as the description and keywords for your
Web page. META Tags on the other hand tell the Spider what info to use.
A Free META Tag Builder - http://www.scrubtheweb.com/abs/builder.html

~~~~ Other Free submit/add your web site address url Places.

Add Me.com Search Submit | All Search Engines.com Submits
AltaVista.com Add URL Submits | Enhance.com Webcrawler URL Submits
Fore more see some of the links listed up above.

A News Clip with a reply quote, why a web site URL dont show in search engines.
01/31/2008 - Re: Wenatchee City Web Site Gets Lost In Online

Google.com Free Web search Code on to your Web Site
Google Free web search is as easy to implement as a simple copy and paste.
Just highlight the code , right-click to copy it, then paste it into the
HTML on your own site. Google Free is a search that's fast, easy and yes,
absolutely free! Treat your visitors to the same search service you use
yourself. With Google Free, it costs nothing to provide a Google search
results to users who want to search the web or just your website.
Google.com logo`s - documentation and source codes are available at:
http://news.google.com/searchcode.html

Forum Message Boards For Your Web Site

Yahoo! Groups A popular free service that lets you easily set up your own
mailing list message board "community". Yahoo! Groups boards are nice
and easy hosted. These message boards are fully customizable and offer a
dazzling array of helpful features and options. "Share photos & files, plan
events, send a newsletter" "Stay in touch with friends and family" "Discuss
sports", health, current events, and more - http://groups.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Groups Information & Help
Yahoo! Groups Home - http://groups.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Groups Help - http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups
Yahoo! Groups Moderator Central - http://moderators.groups.yahoo.com
An announcement only group to inform Yahoo! Groups users about
upcoming downtime and other potentially useful information about
Groups. - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/yg-alerts

Gene`s BMX News Note About Yahoo! Groups. 09/14/2007
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GenesBMX --- ( Technical Source )
As of fall 2007 Yahoo! Groups is experiencing some difficulties for lots of people.
It has been found that a big hand full of ISP`s world wide are blocking people from
sending email messages in to Yahoo! Groups. People can log in to the web bace of
a Yahoo! Group and post a message that way. But a mass amount of people can not
send email to post a message in to the Yahoo! Group. - Use Yahoo! Groups At Risk.

~~~~ Other places on the web to check out are:

http://www.phpbb88.com
phpbb88 is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable
Open Source bulletin forums board FREE. Phpbb88 user-friendly interface,
simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ.
Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of Mysql,
MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpbb88 is the
ideal free community solution for all web sites. Used by Gene`s BMX

http://www.phpbb.com
phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable
Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface,
simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ.
Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL,
MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the
ideal free community solution for all web sites.

http://www.sparklit.com Sparklit Webpage Tools
sparklit offers a Free web hosted Forums board to
add on to a web site or you can link up to it.....

http://www.vbulletin.com
vBulletin customizable forums package for your web site. ( Pay )
This is what Schwinnbike.com uses for there forums boards.
Schwinn seems to have lack of understanding human knowledgement
on running its forums to its fullest potentials. Ignorance may be bliss
for people running it. But vBulletin does list how to`s in its information.

~~~~ Other places on the web to check out are:

http://www.xsorbit.com/products.html
http://www.proboards.com / http://www.boards2go.com
http://www.delphiforums.com / http://www.xmbforum.com
http://www.messagebot.com / http://www.voy.com

For Other Bulletin Boards For Your Web Site See:
Google.com/Search/Open Source bulletin board package

What is RSS? -RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for distributing
web content ( such as bmx news headlines or new content on the world wide web exta. ).
Using a RSS feed, it displays the newest messages in your web log, otherwise known
as web blog or you can view them in an RSS reader and inbedded on web sites.

Need a Free RSS Reader? ( Pluck! RSS Reader is used by Gene`s BMX )
Pluck RSS Reader brings you continuous updates from your favorite web sites.
Pluck RSS Reader is like having an email inbox for the Internet, right in Internet
Explorer. Its Easy to use and its FREE! Download http://www.pluck.com

Other RSS News Readers and Info -
http://www.seekfreak.com/rss - ( A HTML Web-Base RSS Reader )
http://soapclient.com/rss/rss.html - ( A HTML Web-Base RSS Reader )
Or you can surf and search Yahoo! for other RSS Readers -
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=RSS+Readers

~~~ Displaying RSS news feeds on to your web site or pages?
Or Convert a RSS Feed to on to your web site or site pages.

Here is a Java script RSS feed maker that you can use FREE
that will feed like a Forums Groups first 5 message or more
posts. You just make a scrip source code, past the java scrip
on to your web site or web pages.

Free RSS to JavaScript.com Service ( Found to be the best )
http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/p/138.html - Convert Feed
http://www.rss-to-javascript.com
And Also: Add RSS News Feeds to Your Web Pages Free:
http://rssfeedreader.com | http://www.rss2java.com
RSS Specifications - Everything You Need To Know About RSS
http://www.rss-specifications.com/display-rss.htm

You just add any RSS URL that runs a RSS feed and you can use it that way.
Using RSS Feeds in your web pages is just a cut 'n paste away!............

But remember, what ever is displayed in the feed/posts will also be displayed
on your site, Its sorta scarry becouse you have no control on what gets posted.

Here is a link to what Gene`s BMX lists on site, and how it is set up,
http://www.genesbmx.com/breaking-bmx-news.html
Note the first 5 news links are set up useing the above
targeting in to my Forums Board Gene`s BMX News.

http://www.symantec.com / http://securityresponse.symantec.com
Symantec - a trusted security partner for individuals and
enterprises around the world. Founded in 1982. IPO June 23, 1989.

Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a range
of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals,
enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client,
gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual
private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content
and email filtering, and remote management technologies and security services to
enterprises and service providers around the world.

*** Symantec Security Response Bug Threats - Category 3 and up ***
~~~ HELP INFORMATION ~~~
Threat Assessments, Technical Details, Recommendations, Removal Instructions
[ Name of Threat ] - [ Date Discovered ]
See: http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/index.jsp

***** False Virus Warnings Floting About *****
As a general rule, acting on forwarded email warnings is not one of the best ways
to protect yourself from viruses — and not just because the majority of such warnings
are hoaxes. In a sense, all virus warnings are misleading because they lend the false
impression that as long we watch out for specific file attachments. List of hoaxes at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html and - Computer Virus Hoaxes

*** Reward To Stop Viruses, & Mimail Virus Spreads ***
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 11/05/2003
Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday it is creating a $5 million
reward program to help law enforcement identify and convict those
who illegally release worms, viruses and other types of malicious
programs on the Internet. ( More )

Yahoo`s Guide To Online Security http://security.yahoo.com
Protecting your privacy and information online is extremely important to Yahoo!.
We are constantly evaluating our security technologies to ensure we are taking
every reasonable step to protect your personal information. You can help too.

~~~~ Firewalls & Spyware

AVG Free Basic Protection
Free virus protection for private and non-commercial use only.
Free spyware protection for private and non-commercial use only.
Anti-Virus - Protects you against viruses, worms and trojans.
Anti-Spyware - Protects you against spyware, adware and identity-theft.
Anti-Spam - Filters out junk email.
Firewall - Protects you against hackers and network intrusions.

Comodo Free Protection - www.comodo.com
No renewal or update fees ever! FREE Firewall,
Free Anti Malware, Free Web Authentication,
Free Freeware AntiVirus Free Email Security
http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html

ZoneAlarm Firewall Protection OR - Zone Alarm Labs.com
A PC firewall that keeps your personal data and privacy safe from Internet hackers
and data thieves. ZoneAlarm doubles your protection with Cookie Control and Ad
Blocking for a faster, safer Internet experience. ZoneAlarm delivers easy, and
complete protection. Advanced MailSafe email attachment protection. Automatic
Intrusion Blocking, Improved Program Control, Enhanced Hacker Tracking,
Performance Ad Blocking, Cookie Control, Pop-up Ad Control : ZoneAlarm Firewall.

Lavasoftusa.com - Protect yourself from "Spyware" Or - www.lavasoft.de
with this handy free utility. (Spyware consists of sneaky software programs that
use your Net connection--usually to report data to advertisers--without your
approval or knowledge). Ad-aware removes spyware on your PC and scans
your memory, registry and hard drive for known spyware components.

Other -
AVG Anti-Virus Free.Grisoft.com / Black Ice Defender Firewall.
Safer-Networking.org Spybot-S&D / Security Focus.com Information.
McAfee Softwar.com / Privacy.net Analyze / Shields Up PC Port Probe.

Gene`s BMX Quotes:
It was the 13th day of February 1997 I was standing on my toilet hanging a clock,
then I fell, I hit my head on the sink and had a vision, It was the vision of this web
site and in that vision was a Flux Capacitor which makes this web site possible.
Gene`s BMX.com is Powerd by a 1000 gigawatt flux capacitor. That is a lot of gigawatts.
In all, I do not know why I called this Web Page Links 13. - I just did, - No reason, thats why.

Gene`s BMX Quotes: On How To Produce A Live Video BMX Web Casts
I thought maybe people should know on how "easy" and "cheap" it really is to
do and to broadcast a live video BMX web casts feed on to the world wide web.
Actually it is all pretty simple, a laptop, web cam, and a internet connection.
See: ( http://www.genesbmx.com/quote-webcasts.html )

Gene`s BMX Quotes: A Cost To Have A Web Site On The World Wide Web.
If you have an internet connection you can use one of the free web hosts and
then it does not cost you nothing but your hard work and your time. Its Free!

~ Using a ISP `internet connection' and having a domain name and the host to
put everything on, It costs me ( genesbmx.com ) about $280.00 a year to have
my web site out on the world wide web, year 2002-2008. There are some people
and places out there that do quote it costs a lot of money to have a great web
site on the web. I would say if anyone pays more than $500.00 a year to have
a web site on the web, that they are full of it and they are getting suckerd...

In Wenatchee, Washington the city of Wenatchee launched a new updated web site
in Dec./Jan. 2007-2008 and in news press releases they have quoted it has cost
them $75,000 to $100,000 to do so. -- Less get real this sounds and looks like
someone is suckering the city of Wenatchee out of money. - News Post Sources:
01/31/2008 - Re: Wenatchee City Web Site Gets Lost In Online
12/20/2007 - Re: City Launches New $75,000 Web Site
Dont get me wrong, there new web site lay out and URL looks nice but I say
that they are full of it and they are getting suckerd out of money big time.
If genesbmx.com can have a web site for about $280.00 a year, I ask why are
they, The city of Wenatchee, paying much! much! more? - Think about it...

A Fight Back Against Spam - Being on the Internet a lot I get Spam ( junk email )
messages. I am a active contributor to BMX/Bicycling email forums of various sorts.
It get me lots of Spam junk email because of spammers harvesting my email address
from newsgroups, email lists, chat groups, etc... This is a big problem in the USA.
and around the world. What can you do about it, Check out: Fight Back Against Spam
with Washington State Law - www.genesbmx.com/fightbackagainstspam-wa-law.html

http://www.mailwasher.net ( spam elimination tool ) FREE! [older exe 1.33 on hand?]
This is a way to check and manage your emails before you download them. MailWasher
is a powerful email checker with effective spam elimination. Discover the safe way
to stop unwanted viruses and emails before they get to your computer. Finding it
hard to be removed from mailing lists? Getting harassed by someone on your email?
Tired of getting junk email from unknown sources? Why not make them think you no
longer exist by bouncing back their email so it looks like your address has been
closed down. Not only this you can Blacklist junk email senders. The Mailwasher.net
Is works the best to get rid of junk email senders AKA Spamm! MailWasher is Free!!!,

MailWasher NOTE: Gene`s BMX News: - 09/21/2007
To all of the people in the North Central Washington area that are having problems
with the spam elimination tool, MailWasher. It has been found in the last few days
that people using the ISP NWI Northwest Internet, that you can not bounce back spam
email We have got a hold of NWI asking why and they have told us that they will not
support the MailWasher spam elimination tool. That is all we know. It is strange that
NWI is the only place on the globe over the last few days has blacked out people from
using this tool. So if your ISP is NWI please note that you can NOT now bounce back
spam emails using the MailWasher tool. -- How nice of (NWI) to black people out so
now the people will have to get all the spam emails and take a BIG risk of getting
unwanted viruses from spam. I do not know much more on why they have blacked people
out so Im going to say if your ISP is NWI, give them a phone call and ask them why.

~~ MailWasher Information Sources

Bouncing Spam with MailWasher.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=169

IDzap.com - http://fr0.idzap.com/index.php?uid=&sid=
Are you worried about your privacy on the Web? Here's a free,
anonymous Web surfing service that is easy to use. IDzap.com
removes sensitive information such as machine names, IP addresses
and cookies so that your Web surfing session can be conducted
anonymously and safely. There are also good FAQs here on cookies,
JavaScript and security issues. http://freeregister.idzap.com/register.php

Anonymizer - http://www.anonymizer.com
A very useful site that lets you surf the Web without leaving a trail of
personal information about yourself across cyberspace. Anonymizer offers
unlimited free trial access. You can either surf anonymously via the site's
online version or you can download the free version of Anonymizer's
"Privacy Button," a tool that downloads into Internet Explorer's toolbar.

Cache A Page - create a cached text version of a web site.
Dummiez Book Cover Maker - make a dummy book cover.
Free Subdomains - dns, static dns, subdomain and domain hosting.
Free Hit Counter - make a web visitor counter.
Foto Trix.com - upload photos, add effects.
Morse Code Maker - english to morse code translator.
Online Logo Generator - make a free logo online.
Online Note Pad - online application note pad.
Preview HTML.com - preview HTML codes live.
RSS/XML Feed Reader - type in a RSS feed URL "view RSS feed".
Scrap Book Generator.com - make a photo scrapbook online.
Web Generators Index - 10,000+ online generators links.
Web 2.0 Index - software/tools that run from a website.
What Is Your Ip Address? - look up your IP address.

http://www.filesend.net FileSend A free file delivery service.
They give a generous 120 MB of space for you to upload
your files and send to your friends! Unlimited downloads!
Gene`s BMX is giving the filesend.net a small test drive.
So fare so good. - They seem to work well hosting mp3`s.