I have created a Coppermine photo gallery. It's a work in progress but I think the bugs are worked out and as a registered user of the Colt Vista Message Board, you can log in with the same information and use the gallery. Categories are set up for 6 different kinds of pictures, for specific models and then a Miscellaneous category. These public categories require admin approval (that's me) to add to them. As a registered forum member, you can create your OWN gallery inside where you can upload all the pictures you want, I think. I can increase quotas or whatever if you have many images to upload. Just let me know if you need more space and I'll set you up. I have all the space in the world available to me but if it slows down I can always upgrade the hosting plan.

If you're having any trouble with the gallery, please let me know at occupantiliedindustries [at] yahoo [dot] com

Merry Christmas to Colt Vista and sibling owners worldwide! You've got a real message board now. I'm sure there will be bugs and kinks as we get started but I believe I have everything configured pretty decent. Avoiding spammers and bots is going to be my primary concern so you guys don't worry about all that and just post threads, ask questions, and enjoy yourselves!

I'm trying to archive up some tech and how-to content over the next few days so I can create articles and troubleshooting information on the main part of the site here. The home page will change a bit while I do that but it'll always be up if I can help it. My next major forum project is adding smileys and emoticons and offering additional themes for those of you not keen on plain white and blue. And yes, there will be low-fi themes, at least two so far, and some will be primarily white and some primarily black.

If you're having any trouble registering, please let me know at occupantiliedindustries [at] yahoo [dot] com

I have phpBB forum software installed and I was having quite a bit of trouble getting it to run but now it's up and moving. I will post an update on this homepage as soon as it's ready for new user registrations!

It cost me about $12 to get the domain for a year and about $9 to get the hosting for a month. These costs will come down once I sign onto longer hosting packages, and I'm expecting ongoing costs of less than $7 a month until it gets too big. By then I'm sure we can sell some bumper stickers. Or I'll just pay for it. My penance for not being a Vista owner for the last 9 years!

I plan to create a gallery for your photos. I plan to create a news area where other small utility wagon news can be had along with new product announcements when new parts are developed. I plan to create a tech archive where you can look up good info either from past Yahoo Group postings, from the web, from other sources, or from how-to articles written by forum members. So keep that good information coming. More to come soon. I just hope I can keep this going like I did the Yahoo group for so long. Not killing that either but I'm hoping this board will get most of the traffic from here on out.

Please submit any comments, complaints, suggestions, or wishlist items to me using occupantiliedindustries [at] yahoo [dot] com