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Guestbook and Contact - new members

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davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2006-01-23 15:15:00    Quite a number of us try to ensure that new members get a welcome pretty early. However at the moment there are three new members shown on my 'since last visit' screen and two seem to have neither guestbook nor contact boxes above their websites. They are offline. Am I missing something obvious or is there an error? David --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx   andreas Joined: May 02 Points: 8309 Posts: 808 Posted: 2006-01-23 15:45:00    Hi David, this is a feature. You can deactivate those settings inside the "modify account" module. Some members preffer not to be contacted or to have a guest book. Best regards, Andy Reply    Reply with quote    Contact andreas   davidx Premium account Joined: Dec 04 Points: 34719 Posts: 440 Posted: 2006-01-23 16:25:00    Thanks Andy That's a complete answer, though I must say I think that anybody making this choice is missing a lot. However I respect their freedom to decide. David --- Grieve not for that which you cannot do but rejoice in that which you can. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact davidx   rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2006-01-23 16:53:00    I think welcoming new members is very important so that they can test all the features. If the guestbook and/or contact function is/are deactivated, it is their own private choice and we should respect it. Sometimes though, when a member uploads really great stuff I contact him/her somehow and explain the usefullness of these features and most importantly how SECURE they are. I often got members to activate their "guestbook" and once even, when also "contact" was deactivated, via a note in the comment to a Report. The member reacted quicky and activated everything, he was one of our award winners!!! :-) RR --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   mortimer Premium account Joined: Jun 04 Points: 15075 Posts: 528 Posted: 2006-01-23 17:22:00    The new picture comment possibility is great for members that are not reachable elseways... :-) Just to give some more ideas Martin --- Today is the first day of the rest of your life, enjoy it! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mortimer