Stew

Note some posts are doubled just now but i'm working my way clearing tidying and changing as i go, sorry but some posts we will need to redo as i'm unable to repeat them such as intoductions etc.

A little inconvienience now will pay off big style as we get busier.

Thanks for your understanding guys

So i m afraid Jim you are catagorically wrong on this one mate T4 Forum has in excess of 18.000 members of which truthfuly never more than 200 use them at anyone one time a very low percentage as is the case with most of these types of forums sadly as i say above it doesn't seem to matter very much what you do, people will only use it if they want to doesnt matter if we supply them it on a plate every community online is supported by diehard users otherwise i can assure loads would not be here.

As for the T4 forum lets be clear you are NOT donating anything to any charity by paying for use of this information you are paying for USE of the website which is what all the recent fuss, hassle and resignations have all been about, I should also point out that most think that these types of communities open and theya re an instant success real reality is that thay are not they take many years to grow the best way of growing them is by word of mouth, by appearing at shows, events and such like and by ever active member having a logo or sticker on their vans proclaiming they are a member of our group....

This is what i get when i click to view someones profile. http://www.t4club.ucoz.net/index/8-20

PS Jim i didnt think you were btw i was merely trying to let you understand the way we operate, i have to say that many have agreed however with my reasoning on only rewarding those who contibute otherwise it stands to reason that no one would bother posting at all if all our information is readily available without having to participate in anyway to get it....

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Ok the easy answer is this community DOES not allow members to access other members profiles as part of it's security features only myself and my team have access to such areas, via a confuluted control panel i rarely look at let aslone make any use off, from here all i can tell you is your Ip address and when you were last active [oh matron ] without trawling through several layers of rubbish stats and other useless info i am none the wiser this is why we ask ALL to introduce themselves as Chas rightly says everyone i think now has a PM button to contact any other member to ask any private or pertinent questions of which we also have no control over as is common on all forum groups the content of which is not stored nor accessible....... one of the up sides of this system is that NO ONE has details of where or who you are thus ensuring your security at all times one of the downsides is we as Admins do not have access to your passwords and other sensitive information used when registering when it becomes forgotten etc but overall it is a very secure, safe and good system to operate avoiding such disasters as was very prevalent on a similar community a short while ago where their Admin having access to such information used it to hack into another groups site as most lest face it use the same passwords/usernames throughout their website useage, a simple case of fraud that had disasterious consequences for its Admin and lost him many many long term users due to a breech of trust...hence our very true statement we are all equal and so we are no one knowing anymore than is nessesary or required to operate...

As for why you get this page coming up, my Guru says to send apoligies to all concerned quoting " i am sorry i must of missed that one page in my re-vamp recently completed, a great many items and setting were changed for the better of all, missing one that quite clearly is effecting very few, its the first time we have been told of it but we will find a remedy for as soon as is humanely possible"

We hope this answers this query satisfactorily remembering of course there is not one single proffesional or even half knowledgeable person onboard this ship we all do it for pleasure and hopefully for others pleasure, i personaly dont see what the difference is in a profile being public or otherwise maybe a thread to find out where everyone is from might be worthwhile if it is important to anyone i know other than details i give away personally on such communities i would be happier if my details were not given to just anyone who cares to register as is the case often.....

Id say a strong whisky could be called for