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Subject:	A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
Newsgroups:	lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce
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Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:18:09 GMT
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All, Today was a landmark day for the Building Instructions Portal...today we surpassed 100,000 click thrus! http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions On more than 100,000 occasions, a user of the B.I. Portal has searched for an instruction, clicked the link to that instruction, and then visited YOUR sites! Since it's launch, the top 5 Instructions (based on click thru) are: #1 - Eric Sophie's Build-a-Bot http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/displayAuthor.cfm?AuthorID=14 #2 - Steve Batch's Microfig Star Wars Speeder Bike http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/main.cfm?cat=32&review=77&revOn=true #3 - Dirk Meier's Deutsche Reichsbahn E30 passenger car http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/main.cfm?cat=1&review=70&revOn=true #4 - Ross Crawford's 2-speed gearbox for Silver Champion http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/main.cfm?cat=41&review=151&revOn=true #5 - Huw Millington's AquaZone Crab http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/main.cfm?cat=60&review=119&revOn=true Congrats to all 5 designers! And don't forget, there's still time to get your name in the running for that free Model Team set... it's MISB! Check out the details here: http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/contest.cfm Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster B.I. Portal http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions

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		Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
Yay! Glad to hear it :-) I still haven't uploaded something either! Keep bugging me - the Harrier LDraw file is now 2yrs in the waiting, I know! :P -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst)

		Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
You almost make it sound like the Portal is working. Ever since it was the Site of the Week, the link to the B.I. Portal has forwarded to (URL) and given a "page cannot be found" error. What's up? (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst)

		Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
(...) Jake - this is great news, but can I suggest something that may up it even more? I think to casual viewers, it's not always obvious that there are sub-categories. The list on the right-hand-side isn't particularly prominent, particularly if (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst)

		Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:HB74q9.7tv@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) incredible, for such a humble model, too! Thanks to everyone who looked! Huw (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst)

		Re: A big day for the Building Instructions Portal
A big ME TOO !!! Thanks to everyone who looked! And thanks to Jake for making this great web-site! e (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst)

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