I often see a post on here and think I could help in some way. I look up the person's profile and find that there is no location entered. I know some people may be a bit wary about giving their particulars, but surely the nearest town or even the county would not be giving personal information away. :-\
Sometimes there are posts about weather and someone will say that it is snowing where they are. I look at their profile and there is no mention of their location. They could be anywhere in the world!! ::)
So come on folks! Please put something in the location box shown on your profile. It doesn't take a minute and makes a lot of sense. :D
Put it below your avatar even better. ;D ;D ;D
done ;D
Totally agree Pauline, and Kev your right, under your avatar is the perfect place, added mine some years back when this was last discussed.
Calendula where abouts in Saddleworth are you? We are always in Uppermill indulging in pub grub ;D
I'd add mine to my avatar but I can't get at my settings to change, says my password is wrong and I can't find how to change it.....help.......
Small - you shouldn't need to do a password, so try this
Click on profile (underneath the A4A banner)
A new screen is opened, on the left hand side of the screen (in the section Modify Profile) click on Modify Profile Information, this will open up another page and you can enter your details either under Personal Text or Location
I hope this works.....
1066 :)
Quote from: honeybee on July 16, 2010, 21:40:36
Calendula where abouts in Saddleworth are you? We are always in Uppermill indulging in pub grub ;D
in Diggle, just down the road ;D nearly always indulging in home grown grub ;D
My niece has just started a job in Youth Work in Diggle- I'd never heard o it until then, even though I grew up in Cheshire (Cheadle Hulme, so not that close!)
Thanks, 1066 - job done......I've always been inclined to over-complicate things!
Quote from: caroline7758 on July 17, 2010, 13:21:40
My niece has just started a job in Youth Work in Diggle- I'd never heard o it until then, even though I grew up in Cheshire (Cheadle Hulme, so not that close!)
'tis but a village but fame at last 8)
Wow can't believe you are so close Calendula, we are in Stalybridge, just a few minutes drive :)
;D have to thank paulines7 and corny for that - could bring many together - do you have a favourite pub, will look out for you :)
done!
Its nice to know who your neighbours are
I often think the same as you Pauline. I've always had my location with my signature, but I've just added it under my avatar as Kev suggested.
We spend many a happy hour in the cross keys ;D
i have managed to put in my location but then everything went wrong, put in my DOB and must have overloaded the computer! it wanted passwords and got too complicated, it has my location but not my DOB. obviously due to my incompetence with computers i am not in my twenties and was born in the sixties. i am thinking of a signature, which my PA (son) will have to put on.
Nobody near me Boo Hoo XX Jeannine
When I first go on to any site my initial personal security care kicks in so I give minimal information.
I have tried to add more over the years but I can not manage to change my info no matter how hard I try on this site.
May be it is me being useless.
So, if the area seems needed I include it in my replies.
Or can we have advice on how to alter the initial registration from an expert
Most people are in the UK on this forum. Rare because a lot of sites on the internet are in the Americas, USA and Canada.
I like this forum because it is mostly UK and reasonably local. Nothing personal to our colonial cousins, commonwealth brethren or EEC member states but being British our biggest handicap is the weather . OUR WEATHER. No one else in the world has WEATHER like we do.
It would be nice if we could add to our user names the country we currently live in .
Quote from: PurpleHeather on July 18, 2010, 00:16:18
When I first go on to any site my initial personal security care kicks in so I give minimal information.
I have tried to add more over the years but I can not manage to change my info no matter how hard I try on this site.
May be it is me being useless.
So, if the area seems needed I include it in my replies.
Or can we have advice on how to alter the initial registration from an expert
It would be nice if we could add to our user names the country we currently live in .
Purple Heather. There is a quote from poster 1066 showing how to add your location. I have printed it out below:
Click on profile (underneath the A4A banner)
A new screen is opened, on the left hand side of the screen (in the section Modify Profile) click on Modify Profile Information, this will open up another page and you can enter your details either under Personal Text or Location
Simples ;D ;D
Sorry Purple Heather but the weather in my part of Canada is absolutely identical to the UK, some extra days here then Hull but that is the same as Hull to the South Coast anyway.
XX Jeannine
Pauline. I have never had a problem before to change profile info but yesterday thought I would put my location, entered as necessary, clicked change profile but it hasn't appeared under my avatar but for some strange reason it now show Hay Lorna!!!! Any ideas?
Well, would you believe it the Hay Lorna has now disappeared!! Going to try again to put location. Done!
Well done, Pauline7!
So many folks want answers to questions such as - When do I sow? When do I plant out? When do I harvest? Is this hardy? The answers to this sort of query almost always depend on whereabouts in the UK the questioner lives. Certainly, if I advised on the basis of what works for me - (right on the south coast) - my advice could be worse than useles to someone living in the far north or east of the country.
Where a questioner's location is not given - (to have any chance of being helpful) - any reply should begin with 'That depends on where yoiu are.'
So much easier if this information is instantly available!
Current weather info is also completely irrelevant unless a location is given.
An additional bonus, as has already been seen, is finding out who are your near A4A neighbours! The opportunity for all sorts of lovely meetings is too good to miss!
Giving a location - preferably under the avatar - should be obligatory.
Quote from: Grandma on July 18, 2010, 08:26:20
Giving a location - preferably under the avatar - should be obligatory.
Apart that is if ya live on the Isle of wight...then make some where up ;D ;D
That'll be ACE then. ;D
Should be interesting to see what he comes up with! ::)
After having written how to add your details to your Avatar etc, I remembered to get round to doing it for mine! LOL ;D