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Post by Odysseys Unlimited on Feb 26, 2016 11:57:01 GMT -5
For your convenience, we have collected the most relevant information and posts from the old message board (organized by tour). You can VIEW THE ARCHIVED MESSAGES HERE. We hope this helps you take full advantage of the insights shared by both Odysseys and our valued guests. |
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Post by Brian P. on Mar 11, 2016 16:04:59 GMT -5
Thank you for doing this, but I do have a couple of suggestions.
First, it is NOT OBVIOUS that you can CLICK ON the "posted it here" phrase (the blue is hard to see), so you may want to put the phrase in CAPS and/or change it to read "CLICK HERE to see the old posts".
Second, I'm not sure these are the most relevant posts. The first one I viewed was for "I'm on Oct. 15 tour" with little other info. It was created in 2013 -- so is no longer relevant....
Third, Change the sequence of the posts. Either put the most useful first (of the 4 posts for Dalmatia, the one with pictures is probably the most useful); or list them in terms of the most recent first.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have this info., but I think the above changes could make it even better. Thx.
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Post by Brian P. on Mar 11, 2016 16:08:21 GMT -5
One more thing -- to help alleviate confusion. When submitting the previous message, a message came up saying to "Prove You are Human". I was confused, so pressed submit. Again the message. After a few tries, I noticed a photograph above the entry line. In the photo was a number. I entered that number and the message was posted.
You may want to provide better instructions than merely saying "Prove You are Human"....
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Post by Odysseys Unlimited on Mar 14, 2016 16:30:26 GMT -5
Hi Brian,
First of all, we appreciate all your feedback and your suggestions for a more easily digestible and relevant message board archive. We’ll respond to each of your points individually:
1. We agree that the link may not have popped off the page before, and have now edited it to be in capital letters above.
2. The post you’re referring to was written by a traveler who was looking for information on our Pearls of Dalmatia tour. Because of the nature of the message board, this post shows up first (as it was the first message in the conversation). We left it in for context, because the next message contained a wonderful roundup of this tour from Mighty El which included day-by-day details and photos of their experience.
3. In a similar vein to the point abpve, the messages are posted in chronological order starting with the first post in a given thread. If a tour had more than one relevant thread, we posted the full first thread, followed by the second. Hopefully this gives travelers a faithful representation of the old message board. If you’re looking for a specific word or phrase, you can search for it (using the instructions at the top of the page).
4. The form you’re referring to is called a CAPTCHA form – it’s an industry-standard method of spam protection. Users have to input a short text phrase (usually a series of numbers and/or letters) from a photograph in order to prove that the entry isn’t coming from an automatic spam-posting host. The prompt at the top is from CAPTCHA and unfortunately, we are not able to alter it.
Again, thank you for your feedback. Brian. Please let us know if you have any other questions or suggestions.
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Post by Mountains on Mar 18, 2016 15:05:44 GMT -5
Thanks very much for retrieving the old messages - I will be going on a tour to Portugal/Spain in the fall of 2016 and have already gathered valuable info from the old message board!!!
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Post by Odysseys Unlimited on Mar 21, 2016 8:53:10 GMT -5
You are most welcome, Mountains - we are glad that we were able to reconstitute it for our guests.
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