Yakass website FAQ

Q: Who is behind this website?

A: yakass.net was founded by Josh Holmes, who built it as a rebuild of his old website, yakabout.com.au, which was originally created as an online journal for a solo 8-month east coast kayak fishing odyssey. Yakabout evolved to Yakass, which continued to evolve into what it is today. Josh is the chief editor at Yakass.net, website administrator and creator of Yakass Coastal kayak Fishing Show. Jay Penfold recently joined forces with Yakass as assistant editor.

Yakass.net is heavily community driven with many regular contributors that produce articles, videos and all members have access to tool that allow them to contribute to the site in numerous ways. 

Q: What is the purpose of this website?

A: Yakass.net is a digital shrine to the sport of kayak fishing - an archive of content, media and information related to coastal kayak fishing that is updated regularly. With a mandate to appeal to all manner of kayak fishos, yakass aims to entertain, educate and inspire. Yakass is Australian based and as such maintains a uniquely Aussie flavour. 

Q: Dare I ask... what is a yakass?

A: Josh coined the phrase 'yakass' as a compound word to have a couple of meanings, most obvious of which is it's relation to the phrase 'jackass'. In this sense, yakass refers to someone who does crazy things from a kayak... such as paddling off shore and catching big fish from it. It's other meaning is more simplistic - a kayak fisho spends a lot of time sitting in the 'yak' - on their 'ass' no less. In that sense, we're all yakass's!

Q: What is 'Yakbook?'

A: Yakbook is a community themed application that provides significant social networking capabilities for Yakass members. Fully integrated with all site features, Yakbook allows users to create personalized profiles from which they can share information, photos, videos, join discussions & groups as well as earn 'mojo' points. Mojo points is a user-ranking system that is scored based upon user activity. Mojo points will factor into numerous site features such as user privileges, competitions and discounts.

Q: What is YCKFS?

Yakass Coastal Kayak Fishing Show (YCKFS) is the spirtual successor to War on Fish, which was an episodic video journal covering Josh's kayak fishing adventures on the east coast of Australia, from Nov 2009 to Nov 2010. YCKFS follows a similar format, but is recorded with better cameras (and more of them) and audio equipment, and published by way of superior editing software. A lot like the yakass website itself, YCKFS aims to entertain, educate and inspire.

Q: What web browser is yakass.net optimized for?

A: Firefox, Chrome, handheld devices and just about any browser that isn't IE7.

Q: How do I register as a member?

A: Click on the 'Create an account' option under the 'TackleBox' module (upper right) on the main page, or click on the 'Yakbook' tab in the main menu and click on the big green 'Join us' button, or select the 'create an account' option through the main forum page. You also have the option to sign in using your Facebook login details.   

Q: How do I log in?

A: Same options as above

Q: How do I post a new message in the forum?

A: Click on the forum tab in the main menu and click on the 'New Post' tab. 

Q: How do I post an image in the forum?

A: if it's an image located on the web, copy the image's web location. Click the 'image link' icon (hover mouse over icons to find it) and paste in the URL. Then click the insert tab. Otherwise, just copy the URL straight into the main text area and surround it with img tags. ex: [img]http://yoururl.net/image.jpg[/img]

If it is a photo you have taken yourself, you can upload the image yourself (max width 640, max filesize 180kb) from your PC. Click the 'add file' tab next to attachements (below main text box). Browse to the image you want to upload and follow the prompts. Your image will show as an attachement, which opens up in a lightbox style picture viewer. If it doesn't work, check the image (max width 640 remember) and file size (180kb).

if you don't have a program that can resize images on your PC, you can easily use an online tool to do it. try here, here or here and follow their respective instructions.  

Q: How do I post a youtube clip in a forum post?

A: Just paste the youtube clip URL straight into a forum post and it will appear. No porn...mmkay?

Q: How do I send and receive private messages?

A: Sending and receiving messages is simple. You will find your private message access in the main Yakbook menu, or at the top of the forum page as well.