Andy Symons - BMFA Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, RottenRow said: It would be good to still have the location (county) on the thumbnails page as it is an easy way of skipping past larger (non-postable) sale items that are at the other end of the country. Also certain sellers can be instantly identified by their location. A small point though. I am looking in to whether that is possible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tony Harrison 2 said: Andy, when I offered the opinion here recently that the magazine isn't terribly good, and that I was a member chiefly for the insurance, it was pointed out to me that BMFA performs a valuable service at national level, fighting their corner on behalf of model aircraft flyers. This is a fair point, and I'm grateful. But I'd say BMFA is reasonable value - not "excellent". It would be better value without the magazine - and a reduced annual sub. On receipt of my mag copy, I flip through it when I have a moment, admire one or two pictures of models, then it's recycled. As a fairly new (returned) modeller I find almost nothing in it I want to read. I hasten to add that I hardly ever buy commercial mags like RCME! But that's because I hardly ever buy any magazines, barring The Spectator or sometimes The Economist... Shockingly expensive, and again, modelling mags have very little content relevant to my interests. Re the BMFA website, when I renew each year I find the site consistently rather weird, logging on via this strange third party - it's not the most intuitive site, somewhat clunky. rgds Tony To be fair Tony, BMFA have pretty much reinvented themselves over the last decade and our association is unrecognisable from what it was back in the 1970s when I first joined the SMAE at it was then. No classifieds IIRC in the old style BMFA Newspaper format as it was back in the day. We've weathered the CB radio menace which really threatened the survival of the hobby back in the day when we were on the old 27Mhz frequency in the 70s/80s. Without SMAE/BMFA would we have had the clear 35MHz band dedicated to us? Similar now to the latest changes in the law that affects us and which we've discussed to death on this very forum. We're still here and still flying...... The majority of us are what you might call Sunday flyers or just anyday sport flyers who indulge ourselves in the hobby as we prefer around work or family. BMFA does, I think, do a difficult job of pleasing everyone in the best way that they can - and obviously there will be some things that seem a bit odd or difficult to understand the reasoning behind for the ordinary member. The poor old magazine does get a bit of a bashing from time to time and I have my own opinion about it that I have mentioned before. In particular, having the choice of opting out of a hard copy issue, but overall, for an in-house publication, it does the job but needs to be updated in parts to reflect the changing demographic of our membership if it is to remain valued and relevant for communication of important matters as they affect our operations. As a club Membership Secretary, I do access the membership portal far more than an ordinary member renewing their annual subs. Maybe I've got used to it, but I don't find it at all unintuitive or clunky although there is a lot of content and as with most software, one doesn't really get to grips with it unless it's used regularly. £40 isn't a lot of money for what we get and particularly if you consider that you probably spend more on petrol driving to your field and back than what the weekly cost of BMFA membership is. Edited February 3, 2022 by Cuban8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad_flyer Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, RottenRow said: 1 hour ago, RottenRow said: It would be good to still have the location (county) on the thumbnails page as it is an easy way of skipping past larger (non-postable) sale items that are at the other end of the country. That would be a real help. It was always the first thing I looked for on the old site as I am not usually after small items. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Symons - BMFA Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Dad_flyer said: That would be a real help. It was always the first thing I looked for on the old site as I am not usually after small items. Sorted!! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Topic is Classifieds, how about we stay on the topic, if there are issues and tweaks that can be made, you have a useful platform here to help the process. Magazine or other issues, start a thread or use those already there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Registered without any problem. Once you get used to where to look for the information I found it easy to use. Haven't tried posting stuff to sell so cannot comment on whether it is better than the old site but I would hope it would be better. Well done to the BMFA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Andy Symons - BMFA said: Sorted!! That is so much better, well done Andy (dev team). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad_flyer Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Judging by the number of ads posted today, it is a big success with sellers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Yep, looks good to me. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Could I ask for the front panel to show when the ad was posted so we don't have to go over old ground when searching through the listings. This was a feature years ago and it was useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 It already does Andy: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Thanks I must have missed that the first time I checked the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Anybody know why many ads do not display their pictures when clicked on? I assume that if the listing includes a thumbnail, then the ad itself will include at least one picture? Some do, some don't, at random. I thought it might be a log-in thing (only visible to reg. users), but I've logged in to no effect... PS - as I write, a Zlin 50 is at the top of the 'airframes' listing. The first pics I can see displayed are in the Skywing Extra 300 ad. Edited February 22, 2022 by Mike T more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 No problem here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Symons - BMFA Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Mike T said: Anybody know why many ads do not display their pictures when clicked on? I assume that if the listing includes a thumbnail, then the ad itself will include at least one picture? Some do, some don't, at random. I thought it might be a log-in thing (only visible to reg. users), but I've logged in to no effect... PS - as I write, a Zlin 50 is at the top of the 'airframes' listing. The first pics I can see displayed are in the Skywing Extra 300 ad. Try using a different browser. It's a Firefox issue. Can also hit Ctrl+F5 to get them to show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 I have the same problem. It's annoying because there always seems to be bug in the classifieds which ever update is current. Sometimes just clicking on the refresh button it works but sometimes it doesn't and some other times it just works but it is quite random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I'm using Chrome on Win 10 and don't have any problems. Is this yet another software problem that the browser providers seem to leave to users to work around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 It doesn't happen on any other website with Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I have Firefox, all showing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickw Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I am one of those who have no images with some of the classified adds in Firefox. It seems to be linked to listings by particular users. No idea what the issue is, but In have found a way round it on my laptop. If there are no images, right click to bring up the context menu and select "Inspect" from that menu. Once I have done that the images appear along with a coding window at the bottom of the screen - this coding window can be closed leaving me with all the correct images. Bizarre perhaps, but it solves the immediate problem ? Dick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 @Dickw - yes that works for me as well! And I note John and Andy's comments re Firefox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 It seems to be completely random, sometimes the images appear but only the first time you click on the ad then not the second without pressing Ctrl + F5 or shift + refresh, then again they will sometimes appear with just a refresh. As William Shatner would say "Weird or what". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Still all there for me, Firefox and a desk top p/c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On the BMFA Classifieds where would one see any reply to a query which has been asked of the advertiser? Is there a location for message replies or do sellers just make contact by email/text, since the site asks for email address and telephone number? I haven't really used the site since the revamp to the new system back at the beginning of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 The ‘site forwards queries directly, by email, to seller. Further correspondence then continues away from the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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