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[MSwan]

Can you please move my post to selling, can't get it to work 'MacBook Pro Core i5 2GHz 8GB 256GB SSD 13 Inch'

Thanks

[Johanne]

Hi,

I wish to ask for a commercial kitchen, I would like to rent one. Can you advice me where to post it ? Not sure which category is fitting ?

Many thanks,

Johanne

[Administrator]

Hi

It'll be the items wanted section

[intexasatthe moment]

Could you indicate where you've edited a title ?

Though I'm not sure how you'd do so - maybe with an asterisk ,two capital As ?

I keep wondering if these are your additions ?

(in local shops )

(what can we do about it ? )

( do they exist ? )

where are they ?

(asking for money )

( after my car was rear ended by a bus )

( it has a "veneer" )

[intexasatthe moment]

I should add ,in the interests of pedantry ,that adding to the title runs the risk of imposing someone else's view of the point of the thread .

Which may not reflect the OP's point . I thought Sue's thread about the guy on the pavement was asking whether anyone knew about him/could provide some explanation . Not really whether he said he was alright or not .

And mine about the jogger was about how kind it was to offer help ,break his pace etc .The fact that it involved carrying my shopping wasn't the main point and the title ( IMV ) made it seem as though it was .

[Administrator]

I'm not sure which ones have been edited and to be honest it'll be time consuming to find out (dome by different people), plus I'm not sure what benefit it' will give to the forum us spending time doing it.

I understand what you're saying though, and it is noted and with 50,000+ messages it's hard to get them all clear so people know what they're clicking, and the authors are happy.

It is something we've done for 12 years but I sense you're wishing we hadn't edited your title in particular, feel free to change the title back we're really not that precious about it.

[intexasatthe moment]

Thanks for the reply .

Sorry ,I didn't mean to imply that I wanted someone to identify all ammended posts retrospectively ,particularly if there is a large number .

I have started viewing titles differently now ,wondering if their usabilty has been tweaked ,those I listed stood out for me but agree no point in wasting your time verifying my thoughts ! But I do think it would be good to indicate those that are altered when it is done .

TBH I was surprised that with a large nos of posts someone was actually attempting to read them all with a view to enhancing their userbility .

[Administrator]

It's usually titles like "cats" or "dustbins" we add (too many in ED) or (not being collected) to make them more descriptive. I'll have a word backstage and perhaps ask people to lay off the longer titles.

[PeckhamRose]

Dear Ask Admin, could you please give thought to and reply to my separate post about applying for jobs when the poster says nothing about themselves, in the About This Forum area please? Ta x

[dbboy]

What can be done to prevent fake businesses and self recommendations from advertising on the forum?

[ed_pete]

Hi - I'm trying to contact a new forum user about a car they are selling. I've posted on their thread and sent them two PM's but so far no response - it doesn't look like they've accessed the forum since posting the advert. Is it possible to have their email address so that I could mail them directly - I was wondering if the EDF notifications are going to spam.

User is tlawless and this is their post.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,1959788,1959788#msg-1959788

[KalamityKel]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Hi - I'm trying to contact a new forum user about

> a car they are selling. I've posted on their

> thread and sent them two PM's but so far no

> response - it doesn't look like they've accessed

> the forum since posting the advert. Is it

> possible to have their email address so that I

> could mail them directly - I was wondering if the

> EDF notifications are going to spam.

> User is tlawless and this is their post.

>

> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9

> ,1959788,1959788#msg-1959788

I think you might already know the answer to the request for their email address Q... Giving personal info like that from one user to another without their knowledge/agreement is a no no.

Looks like the person you are after has posting yesterday so maybe you've already had a response? If not be patient. Not everyone is online all the time to pic up messages/notifications.

[ed_pete]

Thanks to another forum member, I've been sent a link to the same car advertised on Gumtree (with mobile number) so no longer an issue.

[Administrator]

Hi, KalamityKel's correct, we cannot give out users' details. I could give them a nudge for you but it looks like it has been sorted anyway.

[japseylarue]

Hi admin,

Can you please let me know whether people are allowed to sell and give away animals on this forum? I wondered if the new government guidelines about buying from pet shops and unlicensed pet breeders will affect buying and selling them on edf?

Many thanks,

Jackie

[evilmanic]

Hey Admin,

As you use Cloudflare, might it be a good idea to force SSL?

Especially as SSL works, but when we click login we get redirected to the un-encrypted page?

[Administrator]

Test

[Administrator]

Hi japseylarue

Selling animals is not allowed, rehousing is as long as it's a legit reason which is beneficial to the animal.

evilmanic, you're a genius. I didn't think of that as an option. I've turned it on and it seems to work however the "Attach a file or photo" section appears by default now rather than being hidden.

[Administrator]

Ah, fixed it. I had turned on "Rocket Loader?", I've turned that off and it's back to normal.

If anyone has any problems on the site please let me know, I've made some changes and probably won't know unless you tell me.

[japseylarue]

Thanks admin re selling animals. Someone's advertising kittens for sale today. I'll report it. Thanks. Jackie

[ianr]

Administrator wrote:

> evilmanic Wrote:

> ----------

>> As you use Cloudflare, might it be a good idea to

>> to force SSL?

>

>> Especially as SSL works, but when we click login

>> we get redirected to the un-encrypted page?

> evilmanic, you're a genius. I didn't think of that as an option.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?12,27350,1827275#msg-1827275 ;-)

[japseylarue]

Please could admin set out the rules regarding the selling/offering of animals on here as people don't know them. Thank you

[Callie]

Hello Admin, the forum website is showing as unsafe, it says it's not encrypted? Its been like that for a few days now.Please can you fix it? Thank you

[evilmanic]

I'm still seeing it as http, rather than https.

In the crypto tab in cloudflare:

setting SSL to flexible

Always use https to On

Automatic HTTPS rewrites to on

- should do the right thing.

One thing to watch out for would be if any external ad servers to make sure they can do SSL, but it looks like it's a self run one so it should be fine.

[Administrator]

Thank you evilmaniac, Tech Admin is on holiday at the moment and will make the changes next week.