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Author Topic: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!  (Read 187 times)

Online Rob DiStefano

The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« on: February 02, 2026, 06:45:43 PM »
Currently there is one TMA person to webmaster admin the TMA website and forum - me.

The TMA requires at least two persons to maintain website and forum software.

The only requirement is having at least a very minimum basic understanding of HTML. 

Our forum software is SMF (Simple Machines Forums) which is relatively easy to understand, make changes, maintain. 

For the extreme most part, the forum software pretty much runs itself.  Making changes to the forum is on an as-need-be basis, which isn't very often, if at all for months at a time.

But IF software changes/issues arise with the website software (HTML) or forum (SMF) someone has to pick up the ball and tend to issues resolutions.

The TMA is a non-profit organization.  Any and all help is strictly on a volunteer basis.

Please PM or email me directly if you are interested or just want to know more about the TMA Webmaster Admin position.

Rob@TradMLA.org

Thank you!

 :*:

Online Winter Hawk

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2026, 07:17:38 PM »
Unfortunately my confuser skills have been dwindling at a rapid rate, the older I get.  Heck, I'm just lucky to find the on/off switch some days!  Otherwise I would be very willing to help out.  I hope someone else will pick up the ball and run with it here!
   :bl th up :hairy :bl th up

~Kees~
NMLRA Life
"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good wife." - D. Boone
USN June 1962-Nov. 65, USS Philip, DD-498

Dues paid to 02 Jan. 2027

Offline Darren Haverstick

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Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2026, 03:15:41 PM »
I can help out, Rob.

Darren

Online Bigsmoke

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2026, 07:23:52 PM »
Unfortunately my confuser skills have been dwindling at a rapid rate, the older I get.  Heck, I'm just lucky to find the on/off switch some days!  Otherwise I would be very willing to help out.  I hope someone else will pick up the ball and run with it here!
   :bl th up :hairy :bl th up

~Kees~

I feel you pain, Kees.  I kinda recollect times 50 years ago or so when I worked at a fair sized farming operation.  I did their payroll, data processing, developed programs and such.  A few years later, I got my own little computer and wrote an entire accounting system including sales, shipping, inventory, etc.  As the world of personal computers has advanced, my skill and understanding has retreated.  Now, making sure I know which button to press to turn the darn thing on  is about the top of my computer skills.  And you know what?  I don't really give a fat rat's derriere.  Stupidly, I updated my computer to Windows 11 and I am totally lost.  To my mind, it sucks swamp water.  Fortunately, I do have my own inhouse guru that helps me out from time to time.  I don't know how she got so darned smart. :applaud
Last year, I bought a data base program which updated one I used to use all the time.  I still haven't figured that out. ;banghead; ;banghead; ;banghead;
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BigSmoke - John Shorb
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Online Rob DiStefano

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2026, 07:40:37 PM »
... Stupidly, I updated my computer to Windows 11 and I am totally lost.  To my mind, it sucks swamp water.  ...

Load, or have some kid load the Linux Mint OS beside yer Win crap as a dual boot and enjoy the simplicity and speed and no nonsense.  It looks and feels lots like Win, is free, comes with a full suite of software that's compatible with Win apps.  Though I need to have a Win machine handy for customers, my other 3 machines are all Linux Mint.

www.linuxmint.com

Online Winter Hawk

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2026, 03:54:07 PM »
I've heard and thought about Linux for quite a few years.  I may just try it this go-around, thanks Rob!

~Kees~
NMLRA Life
"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good wife." - D. Boone
USN June 1962-Nov. 65, USS Philip, DD-498

Dues paid to 02 Jan. 2027

Online Rob DiStefano

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2026, 03:56:40 PM »
I've heard and thought about Linux for quite a few years.  I may just try it this go-around, thanks Rob!

~Kees~


If you've been a Win user for any length of time Linux Mint will set you free.

Online Winter Hawk

Re: The TMA is looking for Webmaster Admin assistance!
« Reply #7 on: Today at 03:59:14 PM »
I was perfectly happy with DOS, thank you very much.  Windows is just an attempt to make a DOS computer run like an Apple.  Plus of course, to force people to buy upgrades to their programs so they will run on the latest, greatest issue of Windows, or to buy the latest, greatest edition of W so they can keep running programs which are not supported by the older software.

~Kees~
NMLRA Life
"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse and a good wife." - D. Boone
USN June 1962-Nov. 65, USS Philip, DD-498

Dues paid to 02 Jan. 2027