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    Welcome To The New Bench 

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    Published on 09-04-2012 04:51 AM

    Welcome to The Bench. Sports card trading and talk community.

    For all the established members that have been with us for the past 10 years, things are
    going to look a little different around here. Might take some time to get used to your surroundings, but rest assured all of our features are still present. Quite a bit of work has gone into keeping the site just like it used to be, but with a breath of fresh new features for you to enjoy.

    The old BLUE Navigation bar is no longer here. The links are now condensed in some drop down menus. The ...
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    State of the HOBBY 

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    Published on 01-15-2013 08:40 AM

    Is card collecting dead?

    The site's activity is way down and it seems like more and more people are getting out of the hobby these days. There are many things to consider why this is happening. Lots of negatives driving down the fun hobby

    #1 The economy being what it is most people are either out of work or just don't have the extra money to spend on a box/pack of cards.

    #2 Lack of competition - Collectors use to complain about too many sets being produced by 5+ brands. Now it seems with just 2 major players, things are lacking ...
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    Blog Ideas...Start yours TODAY 

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    Published on 09-08-2012 12:47 PM

    I see members have begun to use the blog system. So I thought I would take some time to outline a few thoughts I had on how to utilize the BLOGS.

    First this your should do is create a catchy BLOG name. It will default to your screen name, but naming it something that revolves around what your blog is about will help other decide if they will visit or keep surfing. The idea is to attract members to visit so think it out before moving forward.

    I have created categories that your blog post can be associated with. This can be done from a drop ...
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    Finding our old Links 

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    Published on 09-04-2012 02:29 PM
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    Arrow #1 is for the Forum Tab
    Arrow #2 is the Community Drop Down
    Arrow #3 is the list of links within the Community Drop Down ...
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    So the User Pages are gone...now what 

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    Published on 09-04-2012 02:36 PM
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    We don't need no stinking user pages!!!!

    You now have a blog baby!

    Create a Blog page, go to your blog settings and there is an option to create a custom page (actually 10 pages if you wish).
    You can have the links display at the top or on the right side.

    Check out my Blog for an example.

    Click on Blogs in the Nav Bar and the Blog Settings



    Here you have multiple options to edit the look and feel of your Blog. Including creating custom pages



    To have them display at the top of your blog, make sure to choose ...
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    Long Island National 

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    Published on 10-17-2012 01:19 PM

    To all the members:

    If you are planning on attending the Long Island National (http://nyshows.org/Hofstra_Shows_LI_National.html) please stop by The Bench booth and say hello.

    This is our first attempt setting up at a show. We will not be selling anything, just plugging the site and hopefully drum up some new members.

    I'll post more details as to where we are located the day of the show. We will be in attendance both day Oct 20 & 21st.


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