Public Speaking Singapore Toastmasters

Finally it’s up for the year 2008 – A theme I could really called it my own.

I took 2 weeks to design ToaPayoh 2.o – a 3 column layout for the blog and when it was done, it just didn’t looked right.

I took another few days to build another … this time I want it to be identical to the main site. It’s not completely done. I just want it up by 1st Jan 2008.

Now it looks the same as the main site though not quite right for a blog. But at least I could claim – tis my creation.

In case you’d tried contacting us through the Contact-Us Form, you should received a reply from me by now.

If you had not, kindly send me another.

I had just went to the admin area to fix the mail pointing error.

Apparently, the MX was being reset after the hosting fixed the server. (See earlier posting)

I am still trying to restore it bit by bit ….. looks like the affected area is wider than I had expected.

I suspected the older files had overwritten the newer and the emails are delivered to the wrong inboxes.

Again, another apology, kindly send us another, please go to:

http://tpctmc.org/contact-us.html

The web was down for a few hours yesterday.

It was back at about 7.00pm.

If you are reading this, now you know the reason. But hundred others may not.

There’s nothing I could do about it. The hosting were trying to put it back the best they could. This is a non-profit organization. We couldn’t afford a dedicated server.

My numerous calls to them during that period may be annoying but that’s the most I could do.

While they’re trying very hard to fix it, all I got was “We’re compiling the Apache.”

I couldn’t understand, I couldn’t help. So we just wait …. until 7.00pm.

My sincere apologies. Please come back again.

I’ve signed up a new blog at Wordpress. It’s available at http://tpctmc.wordpress.com/

Not that I need another blog. Signing up with wordpress is the only way to obtain the API key to activate the plugin – Akismet.

Akismet it the plugin for Wordpress to stop comment spam which I am getting more this days.

Members who are interested to administer or blog at tpctmc.wordpress.com, let me know.

Wow, at last this theme’s done.

While some parts still need tweaking, the layout should be final.

The most difficult decision was perhaps the right bar:Â Should it be float right or absolute?

Let me put this down so that other members serving as webmasters would know why I made this decision.

If I position it float right, the navigation would have to come before the posting. That’s not very wise SEO. The search engines might even miss the content, though it’s unlikely.

I’ve set it to position absolute. Being absolute, I am able to place the navigation right at bottom. That guarantee fresh contest at each crawl.

The only setback is, if posting is too short, or as I continue to expand the sidebar, it will be longer than the posting. thereby creating an ugly sight: The sidebar overlapping the footer.

Way to get around:

1. Increase the height of the comment box.
2. Add another sidebar.

When the time comes, I shall change width to 1024px and add another sidebar.
That settles it.

The Toa Payoh Central Toastmasters Club Website is now at tpctmc.org.

This site will serve as the club’s blog.

The transfer of data is almost done.

This domain was down when the nation celebrates its National Day.

2pm to 4pm – totally down. I was caught offguard.

4pm to 6 pm the main domain was up.

7.30 pm this subdomain – TPCTMC was finally up.

There could be some missing links. Some images may fail to appear.

They will be fixed gradually.

There’s only one concern.

Those who had registered before. I do not know if the system will reject your login. If that happens, write to me and let me know.

Several default settings were beyond my control. I could turn it back, but I need to be notified.

Thanks to Gerald Kong of Pixeldot and Benny Huang of W3Hub. They were there answering my queries, providing the support despite the holiday.

We are in the process of switching host.

I do not know what to expect. there might be an interruption.

If you are unable surf our site, kindly send me a mail to: eskayng@singnet.com.sg

I’ll write to you once things are in order.

A few pages have been added since the beginning of the new term (Jul2005-Jun2006):

• Area D3 Governor’s Install EXCO.
  • Speech given by Area D3 Governor Yeo Chai Tun ATMS, CL on EXCO installation night before discharging the old team and installing the new team.
• The Next Leap by the Club President.
  • CTM Lim Poh Pian’s maiden speech on Installaion night.
• To Lead is To Serve.
  • An Advanced Leader project by Division D Governor Tay Yiang Ping, ATMB,CL on the making of the Achiever’s Day.
• Acing your manual.
  • Albert Lim, ATMG,CL on the Achiever’s Day II.

Don’t miss those great speeches.

If you have noticed, I’ve added a book cover to the navigation bar. It’s a timeless classis “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen.

This classic needs no introduction.

This book now belongs to the Public Domain, so you may download freely.

It’s compiled in PDF format, so Acrobat Reader is required to read this file.

It’s compressed with Winzip so you’ll need to download one to unzip.

For plain text version , visit Project Gutenberg to download.

VPPR