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Everything seems to work except auto thumbnail creation and IOS mobile uploads. Little more time, and after I get the configuration/format done, Ill do a short how too, it really is simple just have to do it once or twice.

It's always great to see you and Jayd stop by for a visit and a chat.

The GreyForums is the truth behind the care and raising if not only the African Grey parrot but also all parrots who grace these pages and enrich our lives so much. Truth is found here. We will try to post weekly.

God bless you! May the Lord go with you. Jayd and Maggie

Haahaa...iOS...I avoid them like the damn plague. GreycieMae runs an Android. We will soon see a video of her, I'm sure of it.

It's great to hear from you Ray P. Sorry to hear of so much going on and the loss of your wife.

I was wondering where you've been, Ray. I'm so sorry to hear about all your tragic losses in such a short period of time no less. I look forward to reading your posts again. Welcome back!

I think it's time that I give you and the members of this great forum an explanation of my absence over the last two years or so. It started with a very ill wife who passed away on Valentines day 2018 and than her younger sister in Dec. of 2018 followed by her older sister in May this year. We lost Willie our cockatiel at age believe it or not at age 27 followed by 5 very good friends and two of our dachshund one of old age and one unexpected.. I have a 44 year old special needs child that still lives with me that we adopted when he was 14 months old. I have not had much time to post but I check in to see what's going on. And than there is Corky my awesome Grey that has kept me going who will be 19 in Dec. of this year. I will make every effort to start posting again to keep this forum alive. KevinD you are doing a great job with this forum and I will do my best to step up as a member to support this Grey Forum.

To watch a Grey live and react to life as things happen and change around them is something very awesome. They seam to understand life at our level when it comes to life changing events with in their circle of life. They are so much like us when it comes to who they like and who they dislike. Can they read our minds ? I believe they read our body language and know out thoughts as Corky will like and dislike the same people I do, and that was true with the wife and son. How does your grey react in your circle of life ?

I agree with you, Ray. One of my greys took a dislike to my eldest son who used to speak negatively about him. Then, one day, Maalik dive bombed him when his back was turned towards him. The anger and dislike from my son towards Maalik continued to escalate the situation. Even after a few years of my son trying to repair the damage, Maalik wouldn't have any of it. Maalik likes everyone else as we do him.

For the most part, Timber surprises me with his likes and dislikes. My youngest son is his favorite, and he has little interest in Timber. My husband, who messes with him all the time, is tolerated but also most likely to be bitten. I will say that my son's friend, that isn't a favorite of mine, is probably Timber's most disliked person. When he comes in, Timber will go to his seed bowl and start tossing seed on the floor. I only see this behavior when Josh is in the room.

Here are a list of all the features and once I figure out all the internal modules the full extent of the plugin. There is a demo site the developer setup that shows what a fully configured setup can do. One of the more interesting avenues I want to explore is the live stream portion. Just like online gamers, you can live stream your buddies should you feel the need lol This example obviously uses movie trailers, but you get the idea. Live demo: http://demo.ipsviet.com/video/ Features: 2 display modes: Grid view & List view. Categories/subcategories. Custom fields for video's informations. Protected custom fields that only display for logged members, or who liked the video. Search videos by custom fields. Video Collections: create/edit/remove the collections for your videos. Widgets: top poster, top videos, random videos, featured videos in a slider, collections in a carousel, quick search by custom fields,... Pages system: easy to create a new page with custom content. Uploading or using external video url (supports: mp4, m4v, webm, flv, rmtp, youtube, vimeo, dailymotion). Using VideoJS to play video formats: mp4, m4v, webm, flv. Support VTT captions, preroll video for advertising purpose *New* Watermark on the video player. Media Tags system to define your custom player embedded from any video services (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion...). Live Streams from Twitch.tv, Mixer.com, Youtube.com, and Smashcast.tv. Friendly URL. Comment system. Rating system. Following system. Clubs (IPS 4.2.x) *New* Reactions (IPS 4.2.x) *New* Supports Nexus (Commerce) to sell and buy videos. *New* Supports all Points systems. *New* Lazyload *New* Tags. Latest Videos RSS feed.

If Talon wants to set up a donation account, thats fine. Thanks for asking.

Ok, I'm putting it in now, may take a bit to configure it properly.

Meant to add- is there a way members could contribute towards any costs if they chose to? This forum has been absolutely invaluable to me in the years I have been a member so I would happily contribute. I don't ever think it should be a mandatory thing and I probably wouldn't be able to donate much but if there are costs involved in making these kind of improvements (as I'm sure there are) then I would be willing to chip in as and when I am able to. Heck, even if I could buy KevinD and Talon a beer (or drink of choice), I would- just for all their hard work! (and anyone else who works behind the scenes of course!)

I appreciate how tough this is. I have just been through a rough spell with my 16 year old AG Alfie. He didn't want to know me and wouldn't even come to me or sit on my knee when out of the cage. He was starting to show some signs of aggression if I put my hands in his cage (he never used to do that) and if I asked him to step up to my hand I'd more often or not get ignored or bitten. So I have given him lots of time and space to figure things out. He seems to be coming back around. Yesterday he came and sat with me on the sofa for ages. Whilst I didn't get to give him scritches this was a big step forward seeing as he would actively ignore/avoid me before that. On the other hand- he LOVES my housemate and will let him give him scritches every day. It's very difficult not to feel a little bit jealous and upset about the change in dynamic but I just had to roll with it. They can be contrary little buggers at time but we love them anyway. 😂 Just stay calm and patient with him. He might come around eventually or he might favour someone else in your household. You can't predict it and often can't change it. they do seem to go through a lot of changes around that age where behaviours and temperament can change. Just keep going. Don't force the issue- let him lead. He'll let you know what he wants and when!

I'd happily use it and will enjoy seeing other peoples videos! I think a mix of mobile and desktop functionality is best. I use both to view the forums.

I'm in...I'll invest..but of course you already know that...right? I think most people grab video with their phone..or ipad..that would be the best & give us a boost in members posting.

Great! Thanks Kevin. Looking forward to giving it a whirl.

It’s a good thread......

Thank you soo much for the reply. Cant wait for him to be back to his playful self. I really loved taking him out in the garden and spending quality time with him. I really hope this is all due to the age bracket. Although he is quite attached to another member of my family as he plays along really well with them (though i was the one he was most attached to before). You mentioned that parrots dont feel emotions as we humans do then why is the anger only with me among all the family members at home? For some members he is quite playful. For others, he is neutral. But for me, he shows aggressiveness. Although now there have been quite a lot of progress that he allows me to pet him outside the cage 1 out of 5 times. Im letting him adjust on his own pace. He lovee scratchiesss from me through the cage. Trying all the positive gestures. Hoping for the best.

It has been a long time since I have been able to focus on this forum. What hasn't changed is my devotion to Miss Gilbert. She is with me always, she travels more miles than my entire hometown of people have accumulated in their lifetime. There have been days that I wondered if I am "enough" for her. I know for sure that bringing her into my life was the right thing to do and I haven't regretted it even when it turned out to be a longer adjustment than I expected.