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Baymare
Baymare Forum Participant Posts: 69
edited August 2017 in Introductions #1

Hi,New to this site but have to say i have found it extremely frustrating to navigate to find old discussions for information. I admit to being old and completely out of my depth in internet use but this site has me stumped.

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  • HelenandTrevor
    HelenandTrevor Forum Participant Posts: 3,221
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    edited August 2017 #2

    Hi and welcome to CT, and don't worry you are not alone in finding this site difficult to find things. surprised If you need help or advice it's often quicker to ask in a thread! 

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited August 2017 #3

    the thing i find the most annoying (mainly because i know its such a simple fix....) is the fact that, when you want to do something that requires you to log in.....say 'like' a post) the system does not return you to where you were after logging in....

    the best is seems to be able to do is to go back to the start of tne thread, leaving you to re-find the post ypu wanted to like using the most primitive page fwd/bkwd 'tools' ever designed....

    just plain bad.

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited August 2017 #4

    Welcome to CT. One of the most frustrating things is the search facility. In the main search box at the top of the page it is only possible to search for sites. To search for anything else you need to use the search box at the top of each individual section. Providing, of course, that you can find the relevant section and the information needed is in the right section!

  • brue
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    edited August 2017 #6

    Or you might come across something you think you have read before but with different replies. You are not seeing double you have discovered duplicate posts. Put the kettle on and start again.wink

  • Baymare
    Baymare Forum Participant Posts: 69
    edited August 2017 #7

    Oh i am so relieved i am not alone. I readily admit i am not internet aware and not that knowledgeable about caravaning, however if you require a horse broken or a tractor driven i am your man.

  • JohnM20
    JohnM20 Forum Participant Posts: 1,416
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    edited August 2017 #8

    and it's sooooo  sloooooow   e s p e c i  a   l  l  y    

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     l      i         n         e           s. 

  • alrighthilda
    alrighthilda Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited August 2017 #9

    The whole site is terrible - I hate using it!  It's so frustrating, you just go round and round in circles to get where you want to go. Obviously whoever designed it doesn't have to use it undecided

  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited August 2017 #10

    could  it  be  that  its  the  same  chappie  who  used  to  arrange  Signed  Detours  for  the  Department for Transport ==  he / she  certainly  gets  me  going  round  in  circles   yell

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited August 2017 #11

    Don't worry, Baymare, it's not you - it's them. I'm afraid the new revamped forum is far inferior to the old one but welcome to CT anyway.

  • EJB986
    EJB986 Forum Participant Posts: 1,153
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    edited August 2017 #12

    The IT part of the CC used to issue white sticks for users to find their way around the forum. Then they discovered that they now need them all for themselvessurprisedsealed

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,859 ✭✭✭
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    edited August 2017 #13

    Baymare

    The search facility on this site is completely useless and should be removed unless it can be fixed. Far better to use Google where you stand a good 50/50 chance of finding what you want. May I suggest that if you want to ask a specific question and you can't see anything in the newer posts then just post a new discussion. Mods with soon point you to an existing thread if there is one.

    David

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited August 2017 #15

    CY, nice one....wink

  • N1805
    N1805 Forum Participant Posts: 1,092
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    edited August 2017 #16

    OH of N1805 - Look upon using CT as a challenge just as you would when schooling/training a horse - may take time but you get there in the end.  Hope you’ve managed to match your CRV with a caravan.  Good luck.

  • KENNYG
    KENNYG Forum Participant Posts: 215
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    edited August 2017 #17

    Instead of the cc closing the ct down they make it to difficult to understand you just give up and Google it.

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,040 ✭✭✭
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    edited August 2017 #18

    Baymare, as a fellow horse owner, if this website was a horse, it would have been shot years ago! Kinder to be put out of misery!laughing

    Percy Vere! Not a name, more of a mind set trying to use this website, but there are lots of nice folks who will help if you ask. Welcome anyway!laughing

  • Spriddler
    Spriddler Forum Participant Posts: 646
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    edited August 2017 #19

    The worst of it is that the site's so slow that it takes forever to end up where you didn't want to be.

  • Pippah45
    Pippah45 Forum Participant Posts: 2,452
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    edited August 2017 #20

    As you see bay are you are not alone.  I gave up on the search facility a long time ago far easier to ask the question and get fast answers!  

    Did you sort out a tow Car?   The only differences with towing horses seem to be that you can't injure the contents very easily and also that the width goes all the way up!  My brother tows horses in Devon and I am very wary now of his directions on those narrow lanes it isn't quite the same as having just the wheels sticking out!  

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited August 2017 #21

    Couldn't agree more. This is supposed to be one of the premier caravan and M/H forums- and it's clunky and difficult to both'navigate' and stay on line- don't ever write a long post and expect it to behave itself- it's already kicked you out of the forum- you have to copy it and paste in again when you log in for the umpteenth time. Really really really frustrating! 

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited August 2017 #22

    Oooo- he can be cutting! 

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