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04-May-2009 16:30
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18-Feb-2009 16:40
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23-Feb-2009 17:03
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VenessaP »
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17-Sep-2009 04:47
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docbrown »
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21-Nov-2009 04:35
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TRRK »
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24-Nov-2009 16:24
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Irene_Adler »
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The FAQs for various countries and regions are meant to be there to stop people from asking the same old questions over and over again but the problem is a lot of them are very out of date (several years old). Some contain links that don't work, visa information that is totally out of date, posts that shouldn't be there at all (i.e. those that don't give information) and totally out of date prices. This doesn't encourage people to use the FAQs to get the information they are looking for and just makes you fustrated after going through the initial posts (which are the most out of date).
Perhaps experts in each area/regular users could be nominated to go through them and delete all the out of date info (with a voucher or something as an incentive?)
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19-Nov-2009 17:33
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Captain_Courage... »
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20-Nov-2009 16:41
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Irene_Adler »
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If you have an avatar next to your username can other people see it or only yourself?
Thanks.
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12-Nov-2009 15:41
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blade66 »
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18-Nov-2009 13:45
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madlep »
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Wasn't sure how to reply back to the Community Annoucement posted by VenessaP, so I thought I might post this.
Basically, the sign-in is not working for me at all using Firefox 3.5.5. It just sits there for ages not doing much. I note that our internet policy blocks certain sites like Facebook and this may be the issue.
However, I have been able to sign-in using IE7 using the same proxy server here at work. My preferred browser is Firefox, so would appreciate if the issue can be resolved shortly.
Cheers
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08-Nov-2009 04:18
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trebor78 »
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24-Nov-2009 16:31
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Irene_Adler »
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It would be very useful to access directly to trip reports written by travellers on the TT forum on a specific country. Is it possible to do that?
Thanks
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06-Nov-2009 06:39
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ecocord1 »
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06-Nov-2009 08:56
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ecocord1 »
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Hello,
New on this site...I wonder where I could post info about the accommodation we offer in Budapest, Hungary. Could anybody answer? Thank you in advance!
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05-Nov-2009 19:53
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Laszlo »
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06-Nov-2009 07:15
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Laszlo »
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Shouldn't these be changed at some reasonable frequency?
Maybe weekly?
I think at least those on the branches I frequent have been unchanged for something like 3 months! Not really interesting that way - if changing them for something new every now and then is too hard, wouldn't it be better to simply get rid of them altogether?
Nor are the threads featured so interesting that they would deserve to be highlighted forever.
This also makes me wonder what use there is for that heart icon.
I used to think it is there for us to recommend threads interesting enough to become "featured", but although I used it a few times, it had no effect on the seemingly fossilized Featured Threads.
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25-Oct-2009 19:17
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lennii »
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26-Oct-2009 11:08
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VenessaP »
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i cant load picture on my profile and i dont know why??
i tried few times already and always the same:
Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html
500 Internal Server Error
what should i do?
posted
21-Oct-2009 12:25
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Captain_Courage... »
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18-Nov-2009 07:53
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VenessaP »
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Look, the issue of "Your recent threads" is beyond a joke. It shows seven and four of them are threads I no longer particitpate in, haven't posted on for yonks (try like - over a year)! and its seriously pithing me off. I don't want to see them - I don't want to know that someone has posted on them and I don't see why something can't be done about it.
If you haven't posted on a thread for (say) three months surely there must be some way to see that they don't keep coming up on your screen like a bad smell from a sewerage pipe.
Thanks.
Edited to add - The thing is, they are not my recent threads. There are threads which I've posted on yesterday, today, two days ago, and they don't show because of all the old crapola of months ago.
posted
10-Oct-2009 23:24
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Bora_Horza »
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12-Oct-2009 09:45
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VenessaP »
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So how do I reduce the font size of my signature? I've had a look at the text mark up link in the 'edit profile' page, and had a bit of a mess around with my sig, but with no luck so far.. Cheers for any help.
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24-Sep-2009 08:43
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Jeraboa »
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01-Nov-2009 17:03
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Laszlo »
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When I click on my profile why does the little sumary box list "Country Ethiopia". When I click on the full profile it states (correctly) that I'm from the UK.
I don't particularly mind being Ethiopian but was wondering how it came about, is it because I post fairly regularly on the Ethiopia branch?
Jeraboa
posted
22-Sep-2009 16:43
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EmpressJo »
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22-Sep-2009 20:36
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VenessaP »
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Hi guys
The quick reply function has thrown me a bit and I wouldn't mind a bit of practice on posting messages using some of your short cuts, particularly hyperlinking words to a URL. I know I can use the Advanced Editor, but would like to use the quick version properly without my messages having a funny format!
Cheers
Jo
posted
19-Sep-2009 03:44
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BobDillon »
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18-Nov-2009 14:13
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BigBrosMo »
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It seems crazy to me but I can not find a way to search only within one country (other then providing the country name in my seach list but this is far from perfect). It is very inefficient to not have this feature.
Does anyone know a way to do this?
thanks
posted
14-Sep-2009 07:15
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hitchhiker_fp »
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14-Sep-2009 10:34
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hitchhiker_fp »
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The Message Toolbar haven't been working for a few days already
bold - italics - underline - spell chek
any news ..... ?
tks : )
posted
07-Sep-2009 19:47
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ellen2601 »
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18-Oct-2009 23:43
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AAY »
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Is it possible to get a notification by e-mail when someone sends a private message to you?
posted
27-Aug-2009 02:21
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Aribo »
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27-Aug-2009 06:07
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alan1972 »
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(Inspired by a thread on the Western Europe branch)
According to the summary of their profiles there are a lot of posters here from the country Null. I can't find this country on Google Maps or in my encyclopedia. Where is this mysterious country, and do its citizens need a visa to live and work in Europe?
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