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Barefoot Andrew
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That link is merely a forum section header. We can change the wording in an instant but not what it actually does (without work).
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gythagirl



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

IMHO...the info given in the 'About Us' section (top right!) sets the right tone and says exactly what we need it to say.

BUT that link is not available on the Home page...and surely it should be?

Liz in Ireland



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have a memory of clicking on something like that, which also told me about paying a subscription (which I haven't )....or was that not this site maybe
But maybe new members should be directed to somewhere with info such as when and if you can offer things for sale....just a thought....

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We're going to change the activation email that people receive.

Liz in Ireland



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

And I've just found the bit about subscriptions

Pilsbury



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 11 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

just clicked on the read first but to me it looks like im being asked to read 3517 topics or 32998 posts, i wouldnt bother to be honest....

gythagirl



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you DO click on this forum - Site Guidelines etc - which a newcomer might reasonably do - the very first post is a sticky for the Naughty Corner - I wonder what messages THAT sends...

Brownbear



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gythagirl wrote:
the very first post is a sticky for the Naughty Corner - I wonder what messages THAT sends...


I don't know, but we'd better have an agonised, 10-page circular discussion about it that overheats and gets locked, just to be on the safe side.

Midland Spinner



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Could we change the title of this thread so that it doesn't confuse new members - at the moment it's at the top of the list so they'll read this thinking it's the actual 'Introduction / Read this first' and be very confused when it's actually a discussion about whether or not a link works.

Barefoot Andrew
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gythagirl wrote:
If you DO click on this forum - Site Guidelines etc - which a newcomer might reasonably do - the very first post is a sticky for the Naughty Corner - I wonder what messages THAT sends...


Not true for a newcomer, as they wouldn't be signed up to the Naughty Corner.
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gythagirl



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm not signed up either - but if I click on it I get all the info on the Naughty Corner and its rules and regs.

Barefoot Andrew
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oops, apologies - I mis-read your post.

We can work around the ordering of the stickies by (a) updating the older stickies so they're shunted to the top, or (b) by de-stickying certain items and referring to them in an overall index.

Clearly some overall tidying up is needed. We're on to it, and will report back.

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gythagirl



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't envy the Moderators their tasks...

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