Suggestions from new wwoofer
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 09:52
I have joined very recently and am looking for some wwoofing in Jan/Feb 2010, preferably with a French speaking host. Mostly I have found the website easy to use but here are a few areas that I have not found so easy
1 - It looks as though the 'views' column isn't working. It would be useful if it was, then I could get an idea whether anyone is reading my post!
2 - I agree with the person who suggested there might be a special section for winter wwoofing; I have been putting 'winter' into the search and it is quite time-consuming, turns up a lot of irrelevant hosts.
3 - I often find I am wondering when the hosts put up, or changed, their profile. For example: is that 'expected baby' now four years old? Could the entries be dated? (Or maybe it is there and I am just not seeing it!)
Thanks!
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 11:59
#2
last sign in or update
It would be nice to see when a WWOOFer or host last signed in or updated their profile.
Noreen
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 13:02
#3
Profile last updated
Hi Noreen
There is a "Profile last updated" on host accounts but indeed not on WWOOFer's.
I will forward a request to Andrea, our web mistress, to add this flag for the WWOOFer's profiles too. That indeed would be helpful information.
Cheers!
Becky
Coordinator
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 18:48
#4
reason for wanting to see last sign in
The reason I'd like to see when they last signed in is because of the WWOOFers that exchange numerous emails and then I don't hear from them and they don't respond to follow-up emails. I'd like to see if they are still actively watching the site. If so, I could tailor my feedback accordingly.
If they just haven't bothered to sign in for months, they were probably all "hyped up" about the idea and then lost interest. I could say - several emails exchanged and then no response to follow-up or confirm.
If they've signed in lately (say within a week to 10 days) and they aren't responding to my follow-up emails, I'd put something like - 5 emails exchanged, tentative date set, now ignoring confirmation requests. That way, if they contact a host out west or out east asking about coming around the tentative date they set with me, that host will see my feedback and will contact me to let me know not to hold my breath :-)
Noreen
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 16:55
#5
last signed in
Hi Noreen
Thanks for clarifying.
Indeed I was only thinking "Profile last updated", not "member last signed in".
That would be very useful.
Another To Do for the webteam. We'll let you know when they get this feature in place.
Cheers!
Becky
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Great ideas Ruth.
I will discuss them with our webmaster Andrea in the New Year to see if the changes are possible.
Merry Christmas & Happy Wwoofing in 2010.
Becky