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Hi all Cpner'sIt looks like we are finally going to get the site upgrade we need to improve security and other features. Last time this happened we found that not all the modules transfered over. The one that was the biggest problem for people was the Bookmarks module-- this is the feature that allows you to keep a list of links within the site on your home page. I don't know any great way to do this except manually: click 'manage bookmarks' and go to each page, saving the url to your browser or to a text page. It's possible that other things like messages could be affected. So you might also save important messages that you've kept in your inbox just in case. Keep your fingers crossed! We should have some improvement to spam and other accumulating problems soon.

An important new finding of Cpn in a "subset" of MS patients just out. Note the phrase "predominantly detected" in the title. This is big news. You can find it in our Research pages at http://www.cpnhelp.org/chlamydia_pneumoniaespeci  "Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific intrathecal oligoclonal antibody response is predominantly detected in a subset of multiple sclerosis patients with progressive forms." 

Red has organized his on-going look at the wide ranging impact of Vitamin D into book form for us. His posts had grown so numerous on the subject that I didn't want them scattered and lost in the huge inventory of posts Cpnhelp has become! We will have it instantly available in a top menu link (when I get to connecting it). Since book pages are organized so as to exclude comments (unless they have been attached from prior forums with pre-existing comments) you can note your comments here.

Some of you may have noticed that certain posts following others turn a whole thread into italics, or strike through or some other odd formating. The culprit turns out to be the signature: if the end of your signature includes any formating other than plain text, it applies it to all following comments. The solution:Please don't include any special formating in the final words of your signature. That's all.

Well, we finally are upgraded to the newest software, better security and a cleaned up database so page loading should be much faster. And the TinyMCE rich text editor is working too! Phase Two is a complete redesign to render a much more usable and less confusing site for newbies. Since the switchover lost a lot of the work I had done to get a head start on this, it will be a while until you can test out the new design.

In the mean time, use this page to post any problems, missing pages, etc. that have come up from the upgrade.

Trying to sort out what reactions might be due to for Daisy's husband in a recent thread made me think: "We've never gathered any data for reactions from time of dosing."So I threw together a quick survey to see if we get any patterns.Click on the Reactions By Hour survey. It asks that you have observed for two days, so take a look at what's being asked but don't fill out the survey until you have your 2 days of observations! Yes, yes, I know that there will be things wrong with it, and some questions missing, etc., etc.. Just do it to the best of your ability.

Thanks to Red (Dan) we have a PDF file of the TWAR slide show by Dr. Stratton. Good intro to Cpn. You'll find the link at: http://www.cpnhelp.org/slides