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C A U L D R O N A N D C A N D L E #67.5 -- Mid-February 2006 SPECIAL "NEW MESSAGE BOARD" ISSUE A Publication of The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum website: http://www.ecauldron.com/ message board: http://www.ecauldron.net/mb/ newsletter: http://www.ecauldron.com/cnc/ shopping: http://www.ecauldron.com/mall.php http://www.ecauldron.com/doxysbazaar.php In this Issue: [00] Editorial Notes [01] The Cauldron's New and Expanded Message Board [02] Annual February Donation Drive Info For 2006 * Update * General Information * How To Donate * Donor Bonuses for Individuals and for Pagan Businesses [03.1] Article: Conjure up Romance [03.2] Article: An In-depth Look at Understanding Your Dreams [04] Software Gadgets: The Column * Performancing Extension - Blog Directly from Firefox * First Page 2006 - Free HTML Editor [05] Support The Cauldron [06] Newsletter Information (Including How To Subscribe/Unsubscribe) [00] ========= ========= EDITORIAL NOTES ========= This is a special second February 2006 issue of Cauldron and Candle. You are receiving this issue because you subscribed. To learn how to unsubscribe, see the last section of this newsletter. It's been almost two years since we published a special issue of Cauldron and Candle. This issue was published to provide information on our new message board. I've also tossed in a couple of articles and the first installment of our new Software Gadgets column. We hope to see you on our expanded and MUCH Faster new message board: http://www.ecauldron.net/mb/ Randall Sapphire Editor and Publisher, Cauldron and Candle Co-Host, The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ Please support our sponsor +++ PAGAN-FRIENDLY WEB HOSTING * * Now with 20 GB Web Space & 1000 GB Bandwidth * * * * AND MySQL 5 * * http://www.ecauldron.com/web/zdreamhost.php Dreamhost offers high-quality, low cost web hosting with a dedication to free speech. 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Our original board will hopefully re-appear in a read-only format in a week or two so the 180,000+ messages now there will be available for reference. This means everyone will have to create a new account (if you had an account on our old board, please see "Important Re- Registration Information" below for important instructions), recreate their sig and profile, etc. We apologize, but there was no way to avoid it. However, we have taken advantage of having to restart to reorganize the board. The Cauldron now has two separate forums (TCMAIN and TCSOCIAL) and our folders are split between them. This gives us room for more folders with less confusion. The social side of TC has benefited from this the most as we now have a number of folders to be social in instead of having to cram everything not a religious discussion into 3-4 folders. You can move between the two forums either via the link to the "other" forum in the top (white) bar or via the "Forums" item in the top menu bar. Note that the numbers listed for messages and last visits in the "Forums" item are not always accurate (nor are the numbers the "Stats" panel in the second forum -- found at the bottom of the message pain) due to bugs in the 0.5 branch code that were never fixed by the Beehive team. ===== ===== NEW FOLDERS ===== As mentioned above, the new version of The Cauldron's message board splits TC into two forums. Here is a list of the names of folders the new board will have and which forum they will be in: === === MAIN FORUM === Discussions here will be mainly oriented on Religion or at least be viewed from a religious POV. Folders whose names start with "S:" have special rules in effect for that folder. Folder List: Board Announcements Chat, MUX and Forum Support Introduce Yourself! Pagan Religions Eclectic Paganism Non-Pagan Religions/Interfaith S: New to Pagan Religions History, Mythology and the Gods Worship and Ritual Magic and Divination Philosophy and Metaphysics Faith in Everyday Life S: Pagan Teens S: Prayer and Healing Requests S: Special Topics and Tutorials Religion in the News Miscellaneous Discussions === === SOCIAL FORUM === Discussions here will be less about religion and more about "off- topic" discussions between friends. Folders whose names start with "M:" are NOT visible to GUESTS, but only to members who are logged in -- providing a place to post semi-personal stuff that you really don't want everyone on the Internet to have immediate access to. Folder List: TC: Social Forum Announcements Home and Garden Family Life Pets Food and Recipes Books, Music and Media Computers and the Internet Games and Gaming Art, Poetry and Writing Crafts and Hobbies Humor and Quizzes Miscellaneous Social Chatter Pagan Webcrafting Science and Technology General News and World Events Political Discussions M: Cauldron Community One Request: Messages cannot be moved between forums like they can between folders, so it is important to put discussions in the proper forum. The message board staff does not want to be thread nazis, but they will be enforcing this. ===== ===== OTHER MAJOR CHANGES ===== "Settings" (in the top menu) is where you go to modify your personal settings (nickname, email address, forum options, etc.). This was called "My Controls" in the original board. "PMs" in the top menu will take you to your PM Inbox where you can read and send personal messages. "Chat" in the top menu will bring up our Flash Chat area, log in with your message board User ID and password. Note that's your user id, not your nickname. "Rules" on the top menu will bring up a section with all of our forum and chat rules and some FAQs that might prove helpful "Extras" on the top menu will bring up a lot of "extra" features, some examples: a links section, information on our MUX (CauldronMUX), etc. More features will be added here in the future. ===== ===== IMPORTANT RE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION ===== IMPORTANT NOTE: If you had an account on our old board, you will need to follow this procedure to successfully log in to our new board: 1) Close your browser -- all copies of your browser; then reopen it. 2) Go to the New Board: (http://www.ecauldron.net/mb/). Note that your username and password will probably be in the logon box. If they are, ignore them as you are not really "there" until you register. Click on the Register link and register -- using the same username and password you use on this board. (Or a completely different username, although this will confuse people -- just don't use the same username as the old board with a different password). Be sure to use a working email address that you get email from. 3) When you finish, you should be logged in (You'll see a top menu with "Logout" instead of "Login" if you are). Log out completely. Try to log back in. You should be able to. If you get some type of "Session" or other weird error, close your browser down, go directly to the new board and try again. ===== ===== NEW BOARD ADDRESS ===== Again, The Cauldron's new message board is located at: http://www.ecauldron.net/mb/ [02] ========= ========= ANNUAL FEBRUARY DONATION DRIVE INFO FOR 2006 ========= ---------------------------------------------------- UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE Since this article was originally published in the normal February issue, we have received about 80% of our goal. There are still 10 days left in February, so with your help we can still reach our goal. UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE -- UPDATE ---------------------------------------------------- ===== ===== General Information ===== It's February and our annual web hosting bill for ecauldron.com (the main web site with our articles, reviews, newsletters, etc.) is due this month, so it is time for our annual Cauldron Donation Drive. This year, we are hoping to raise some extra money for expansion (as we have grown a lot in the last year). If those of our members who can afford to contribute $5, $10, $20 or more in the next few weeks would do so, we'd probably have all the money needed. The Hosts are donating $80 toward the fund, so they are not just asking for others to help out while they sit back and plan a trip to Greece on the money donated. Don't worry, if we don't get enough donations, the main web site will not disappear. The Hosts will scrape up the money needed somehow, so there's no "if you don't donate the web site will disappear" nonsense some other sites have been known to do. We just appreciate all the help we can get as the Hosts are not rolling in money any more than you are and a large bill in one month would really work havoc. We would really like to see more money donated than we need to pay the hosting bill this year as with our growth, we really need to do some expanding and sometimes paid software just works better than free software (like the Flash Chatrooms we added last year to replace the troublesome Java Chatroom). While we will not say "Dig deep and give tell it hurts" like the TV preachers do, but we will say that every little bit helps. Donations can be accepted via PayPal or the Amazon Honor System (or even by money order). Paypal is slightly better than Amazon as they take a slightly smaller fee out of what is donated. If you want to be personally credited and thanked for your donation, be sure to use PayPal and mention your message board login name in the Comments box (if one appears). (Amazon donations are anonymous so we can't email you our thanks). Note that donations to TC are not tax-deductible in the US and probably aren't elsewhere either. ===== ===== HOW TO DONATE ===== You'll find a large white box near the top of The Cauldron's main web page with donation links or you can use these: Donate Via PayPal http://www.ecauldron.com/donatepaypal.php Donate Via Amazon Honor System http://www.amazon.com/paypage/P3903JRFVQVDN Donate Via Money Order (No personal checks, please) Email donations2006@ecauldron.com for a mailing address (Note this email address will not work after early March) ===== ===== DONOR "BONUSES" -- INDIVIDUAL DONORS ===== We have a few bonuses for individual donors (at least, for those who do not donate anonymously). All Donors The hosts have a selection of used Pagan books (many are review copies and are very close to "new"). Three donors will be selected at random and given their choice of one book from the available books. These books will be sent book rate (in the US, surface mail overseas). Any person who donates (provided they do not donate anonymously) has a chance to win. No minimum donation is required. Contributor Level Donation (US$25.00 or more) 1. Message Board User Name listed as a Contributor for 2006 on our Sponsors page. 2. 2006 Contributor Button for your signature (or Web Page) that will not count against your graphic file size total for your signature. Sponsor Level Donation (more than US$50.00) 1. Message Board User Name listed as a Sponsor for 2006 on our Sponsors page. 2. 2006 Sponsor Button for your signature (or Web Page) that will not count against your graphic file size total for your signature. 3. The possibility of extra bonuses during 2006 -- depending on how our expansion plans go. ===== ===== DONOR "BONUSES" -- BUSINESS DONORS ===== If you run a Pagan-related business and wish to make a large donation, we have some special business donor bonuses as well. These bonuses are new this year and were a suggestion from one of our members afyer the 2005 donation drive. Silver Pagan Business Sponsor (US$75.00 or more) 1. A link to your Pagan-related business (with a short description) on our 2006 Sponsors page. 2. A link to your Pagan-related business (with a short description) in the March issue of the Cauldron and Candle newsletter in a special 2006 Sponsors section at the start of the newsletter. (Current circulation: about 2500 addresses -- if by some chance there is no March issue, this listing will appear in the next issue published thereafter) Note: These bonuses are only for businesses that are truly Pagan-related. Gambling, adult, multi-level marketing, and the like will not receive these benefits. The opinion of The Cauldron as to whether or not a business is Pagan related is final, if in any doubt, please email donations2006@ecauldron.com and ask before you donate. Gold Pagan Business Sponsor (US$250.00 or more) 1. A link to your Pagan-related business (with a short description) on our 2006 Sponsors page 2. A link to your Pagan-related business (with a short description) in the March issue of the Cauldron and Candle newsletter in a special 2006 Sponsors section at the start of the newsletter. (Current circulation: about 2500 addresses -- if by some chance there is no March issue, this listing will appear in the next issue published thereafter). 3. A link to your Pagan-related business (no description) in a Sponsors box in the right column of the main page of our web site (www.ecauldron.com) during the rest of 2006. 4. A link to your Pagan-related business (with a short description) in issues of the Cauldron and Candle newsletter published from April to December 2006 in a special 2006 Gold Sponsors ad in the body of the newsletter. Note: These bonuses are only for businesses that are truly Pagan-related. Gambling, adult, multi-level marketing, and the like will not receive these benefits. The opinion of The Cauldron as to whether or not a business is Pagan related is final, if in any doubt, please email donations2006@ecauldron.com and ask before you donate. [03.2] ========= ========= FEATURE ARTICLE: ========= Conjure up Romance: Basic Steps in Love Spell Casting ========= Copyright 2006 by Terri Lewis ========= The casting of a love spell is a powerful thing. The combination of words and action can lead to magic and change your life forever. Spell casting has been used for centuries by love struck individuals wanting to take charge of their destiny and alter the course of their lives. The power of a love spell is not to be taken lightly. Before attempting to cast a spell on the one you love, learn the basics of spell casting. The first step in spell casting is to think about what it is that you would like to see happen. It is crucial that you be very clear about what changes you would like to create. It is reckless behavior to cast a spell on an innocent person for the wrong reasons, and your harmful actions can in turn bring about bad karma. To avoid this, examine your reasons for wanting to cast a spell and know exactly what outcome it is you are looking for. The second stage in spell casting involves eliminating what it is that is blocking you from your love. Perhaps the one you love has been hurt before and is wary of falling in love again? Or perhaps the person you have always adored is simply blind to your affection and needs to be given the chance to see you in a different light. The elimination stage allows you to proceed with your spell casting, but be aware that it is not always easy to move past this stage. In order to discover your barriers, you can use one of two techniques: meditation or pendulum work. Both techniques involve quieting your mind and accessing a means of communication with your inner self. To achieve either of these states, practice a simple meditation technique by sitting calmly with your legs crossed and concentrate on one small part of your body. As you concentrate on the tip of your nose, for instance, your mind will drift away from the immediate and conscious world and will move beyond, to your subconscious mind. Whether you meditate quietly in this fashion or use a pendulum to will yourself into a state of near hypnosis, your aim is to delve into your subconscious to find the true cause of what is preventing you from being with your great love. Before deciding on which basic love spell to use in your quest for love, go through the necessary cleansing process. This involves finding a room that can symbolically serve as your special place, and with only candlelight to guide you, rinse your hands clean of any potential negative energy and residue. To prepare a cleansing mixture, simply mix warm water with salt. As you learn more about how to cast a powerful love spell, know that there are many spells that may be the perfect way to change your life. As mentioned, do not attempt to cast a spell without first taking these few measures. Also know that a spell is given its strength through the sheer power of your mind. You must believe in the spell you are casting and you must concentrate in order to successfully find love. Good luck and may you find true and everlasting love! === === About the Author === Terri Lewis is a relationship advisor specializing in alternate therapy and is an authority on Wicca and Pagan culture and tradition. Terri provides content for the website Free Love Spells and Information (http://www.love-spells-pheromones.com/). [03.1] ========= ========= FEATURE ARTICLE: ========= An In-depth Look at Understanding Your Dreams ========= Copyright 2006 by Dave Lappin ========= Understanding your dreams can be far easier when you know how to approach them. After interpreting dreams over that last 15 years, I've found it important to keep in mind the importance of 3 main ingredients in making dreams more understandable and therefore, more useful to the dreamer. What the point of interpreting a dream if you do not relate it you to, the dreamer? That is what these three main aspects will aid you in accomplishing. The first aspect is the universal dream symbology. It has been said that no one can interpret a dream except you. In many ways this is true. No one symbol will mean a specific thing for each and every dreamer. For example, in this universal dream symbology, animals represent habitual thought patterns. Again, keep in mind we are taking about dreams on a universal level. The reason you can interpret dreams on a universal level is because we view things in a universal way. You have probably heard the saying, "Bob is a creature of habit." Why do we say "creature of habit?" It is because we view creatures, or animals as acting in habitual ways. Your pet cat, for example, likes to eat at a certain times of day, likes to sleep at certain times of day, and may want to go outside at certain times of day. This is just one example. But it is a universal perception that creatures act out their lives in an habitual way. Our inner subconscious mind is wiser than we know. It uses this universal symbology to communicate how we are creating our lives, through our dreams. The universal dream language is a language of function. Look at how we view the working of things in our society and this will give you a clue as to the workings of this language. Once you have identified the meaning of the symbol, it is important to identity what the action of the dream is in relation to the symbol. For example, if you dream of a cat, we know that this represents some type of habitual thought pattern in the dreamer. But, if you are petting a cat versus killing a cat in your dream will mean two entirely different things to the dreamer. If you are petting a cat in your dream, this means you are very much indentifying with this habitual thought pattern in your waking life. It could be over eating, smoking, or how you relate to other people on an habitual level. On the other hand, if you kill a cat in a dream, this means you have caused a change in yourself in regard to this habit. Death, or the act of the killing, represents change in this universal dream symbology. So, as you can see, it is important to recognize the action taking place in regard to the universal dream symbology. The dreamer will ultimately need to make the connection between the symbol and his or her waking consciousness. Our dreams are a reflection of our consciousness. The more aware we are of this, the easier it will be to identify what your dream is trying to communicate to you. The third and last ingredient in making your dreams more understandable is the emotion in the dream. Take note of how you felt while your dream was happening. Were you happy or sad? Calm or excited? The emotion you experience in your dreams will reflect how you were expressing your emotions in your waking state. Take note the next time you are excited or sad during your day and whether or not this shows up in your dream as well. To review, recognize that our subconscious mind does communicate to us using universal dream symbology. Look at the function of the symbol. How does it function in your waking state? This will clue you in at to what the dream is telling you. Determine what the action is in the dream as it relates to the symbol. As you do this, you will come closer to accurately identifying what the dream is saying. And thirdly, identify what your emotion is in the dream. as it relates to the symbol and the action. As you feel in your dreams, you feel in your waking state. There is an intimate connection between the inner and outer self as they will always mirror each other. The subconscious mind really does make it simple to understand your dreams. Use these three aspects to dream interpretation and you'll be a dream master before you know it. === === About the Author === Dave Lappin has been interpreting and teaching about dreams for over 15 years. He has appeared on radio and TV across the Midwest. As well, he has given talks to a wide variety of groups across the Midwest regarding dreams and other metaphysical topics. Dave is also a Reiki Master, artist, and writer. You can visit Dave's website at: http://www.understand-your-dreams.com/ or by e-mail at: dave@understand-your-dreams.com [04] ========= ========= SOFTWARE GADGETS: THE COLUMN ========= Interesting Items From The Software Gadgets Blog ========= http://softwaregadgets.gridspace.net/ ========= The Software Gadgets Blog aims to present a different "software gadget" every weekday. A software gadget is a program or addon that is both interesting and useful -- and often free. You'll find more gadgets like this added every week at the Software Gadgets Blog at http://softwaregadgets.gridspace.net/ ===== ===== PERFORMANCING EXTENSION - BLOG DIRECTLY FROM FIREFOX ===== A new version of Performancing, a blog editor in a FireFox extension that works with Wordpress, MovableType, Blogger, and many similar blogs, is now available. With Performancing, you can just hit F8 (or click the little pencil icon in the Firefox status bar) to bring up the blog editor and easily post to your Wordpress, MovableType, Blogger, and other similar blogs. Performancing for Firefox is a full featured blog editor. You can drag and drop formatted text from the page you happen to be browsing, and take notes as well as post to your blog -- all from within Firefox. New with version 1.1 are the following: * Additional Technorati Support * Delicious integration * Trackback support (including auto-discovery) * Draft support (and default to draft option) * Ping support * Statusbar Icon Enhancments (drag and drop) * Full metaWeblog API implementation, Performancing is now working in Roller, blogharbor, and many more * Lots of Bug Fixes * New handbook explaining how to use Performancing's features. Rating: 4.5 Stars Operating System: Windows, Mac OS, Linux Special Requirement: FireFox 1.5 or higher License: Open Source/Freeware Price: Free Version Reviewed: 1.1 Web Site: http://performancing.com/firefox/ ===== ===== FIRST PAGE 2006 - FREE HTML EDITOR ===== I've used one version or another of Homesite as my HTML editor of choice since about 1997. While I've tried many other editors, none could win my heart. Not even Dreamweaver, which many web designers consider the gem of HTML editors. Unfortunately, Homesite hasn't received a major update in several years and with Macromedia now part of Adobe, I don't expect to see much in the way of updates. The second version of Evrsoft's free HTML editor, First Page 2000, really tempted me when it appeared a few years ago, but it fell short of what I was used to with Homesite. However, the third edition, First Page 2006, was released a few days ago and so far I'm very impressed. First Page 2006 includes many new features, including full support for HTML, XHTML, PHP, ASP, Cold Fusion, Javascript, CSS, SSI and Perl. CSS is fully supported, not only does First Page 2006 let you edit CSS, it tracks what CSS classes are available to a page and presents them in a popup list when you need to select one. One no longer has to remember 20 or 30 class names. It even has a WYSIWYG page design mode that does a fairly good job of generating clean HTML. Here is a feature list copied from the First Page 2006 web site: * Tag Insight with SmartHistory * CSS Insight with SmartHistory * CSS Class Support & Auto Detection * Advanced Syntax Highlighting * Tag Document Selection Tool * Dual Preview Engine * Online Webmaster Tools * Tag Property Sheet Inspector with SmartHistory * Tag Auto Completion * Design View Engine, Powered by Microsoft * Anti-Intrusive Real-Time Visual Source Rendering Engine * Dual Edit System * One Click Html Reference Guides * Asset Management * Extensive Web Language Support * Tidy HTML Power Tools (updated) * Document Checking Tools * iScripts (1000+ Javascript and DHTML scripts) * Page color themes * Popupmaker Deluxe * Image Mapper * CSS Style Sheet Designer * Scrollbar Designer * Powerful Server Side Includes Support * Sitetree/ Link Checking Tool * Analyze Document/Page Estimation Tool * Extendable Toolbars and Interface * Interface Designed for All * File Management Tools * Image Thumbnails * Rollover Images * Internet explorer preview integration * Netscape Mozilla preview integration * Powerful, Enhanced IDE Interface * Powerful FTP client * Extended Find & Replace In Files * Photo Album Gallery Generator I'll have to use First Page 2006 a while to find out if I really can replace Homesite after all these years (it can be really hard to change editors), but I've used it enough to know that is is one of the best HTML editors I've tried. Its price can't be beat: free. Rating: 5 Stars Operating System: Windows 2000 or later License: Freeware Price: Free Version Reviewed: 3.0 Web Site: http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage3.shtml [05] ========= ========= Cauldron Info ========= SUPPORT THE CAULDRON BY VOLUNTEERING TO HELP ========= The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum was founded in December 1997 to provide a friendly but serious discussion area for Pagans on the Internet. We've grown a bit over the years. We now have an active message area, a large web site with around 700 pages of information (including over 300 book and divination deck reviews), and a monthly email newsletter. To continue to provide and expand these services, The Cauldron needs lots of volunteer help from our members and supporters. Here are some of the things members and supporters can do to help The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum thrive: ===== ===== Actively Participate In Our Message Board ===== While our new message board welcomes readers, we encourage members to actively participate by posting their comments and views in our discussions. One of the easiest ways to help The Cauldron is to actively participate in our message board. The staff especially appreciates members who start new topics for discussion based on their own questions, opinions, or interests. http://www.ecauldron.net/mb/ ===== ===== Articles! Essays! Tutorials! ===== We are in constant need of original, well-written and accurate articles, essays, tutorials, and other written items for both our web site and for our Cauldron and Candle newsletter. There's no real limit on length for web site articles. Here are a few areas in which we always need articles: * information on the beliefs and theology of the various Pagan religions, especially non-Wiccan religions * information on holidays and festivals of the various Pagan religions, especially non-Wiccan religions * recipes for oils, incenses, and food for the various Pagan holidays * magick, spells, and ritual information * herbal information * positive articles on dealing with other faiths * information on historical pagan cultures * editorial/opinion pieces Non-Wiccan material is stressed not because we don't want Wiccan material but because good non-Wiccan material has been hard to find. We have a web form you can use to submit an article for consideration: http://www.ecauldron.com/bnbarticleform.php ===== ===== Book Reviews ===== While The Cauldron receives some review copies from a couple of Pagan publishers, there are many books that can only be reviewed on our web site if a member has a copy and writes a good, objective review. The Cauldron is interested in reviews on the more academic books used by reconstructionist Pagan religions as well as on the books one finds on the Pagan/New Age shelf in the bookstore. We have a web form you can use to submit a book review for consideration: http://www.ecauldron.com/bnbbkreviewform.php ===== ===== Graphic Assistance ===== The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum is purposely a low graphics site as we value page download speed over flashy graphics. 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Our Link to this Site page explains how you can do this if you need help or want some simple graphic buttons to use: http://www.ecauldron.com/linktous.php ===== ===== Donations ===== As The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum uses as many free services as possible, our need for money to operate our site is currently lower than our need for the many items we list above. However, if you have a few dollars to spare, we would be honored to have your help in paying for our web site. You can donate by using either PayPal or the Amazon Honor System links below (we get about 85% of what you donate). Donate via PayPal http://www.ecauldron.com/donatepaypal.php Donate via Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/paypage/P3903JRFVQVDN ===== ===== Amazon Purchases ===== The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum also receives a small percentage (usually 5%) from most items purchased from Amazon.com when you go to Amazon.com from one of the links to Amazon on our web site. If you purchase a lot of books, CDs, and other items from Amazon.com as many members do, going to Amazon.com through one of our links when you are going to make a purchase there is a painless way to help fund this web site. http://www.ecauldron.com/zamazon.php If you are a regular user of the US version of Amazon, you can help The Cauldron by replacing the URL of your ebay bookmark in your browser with the above link so that TC gets credit every time you visit Amazon.com. To do this in Internet Explorer or Firefox, find Amazon in your bookmark list. RIGHT click on it and select Properties from the popup menu which will appear. A dialog box describing your bookmark will appear. You'll see the standard Amazon url -- probably http://www.amazon.com/ -- in an edit box (labeled "Location" in FireFox and "URL" in IE). Erase that url completely and replace with one listed above, then click on OK. If you use Amazon UK, you can use this address http://www.ecauldron.com/zamazonuk.php If you use Amazon Canada, you can use this addess: http://www.ecauldron.com/zamazonca.php ===== ===== Ebay Purchases ===== Are you an Ebay user? Ebay has a new program that pays affiliates a small percent of the winning bid if the winning bidder enters ebay from an affiliate link (some like how our Amazon.com affiliate program works). So if you visit the US version ebay via the following link, the Cauldron will get credit for your bids: http://www.ecauldron.com/zebay.php If you are a regular user of the US version of ebay, you can help The Cauldron by replacing the URL of your ebay bookmark in your browser with the above link so that TC gets credit every time you visit ebay. To do this in Internet Explorer or Firefox, find ebay in your bookmark list. RIGHT click on it and select Properties from the popup menu which will appear. A dialog box describing your bookmark will appear. 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