A request, please.

19 years ago

Hi all.

Could we all make sure our member pages have at least minimal information about us - where we live, what we have for animals, if we do, and how many years we have had those animals. It would probably be better to put the year, if less than 10 years, because I doubt our pages get up-dated too often - I JUST added some info to mine after 3-4 years! In fact, if you haven't up-dated, it might be nice, and fun, to put in what the last few years have brought to you, and take out the older stuff that no longer is as applicable?

Pages that only say that the member lives in the USA, with NO other information, don't help those of us who give advice the needed knowledge to tailor the requested advice to the recipient. I recently put my foot in it by giving very basic information to someone who was more experienced. But, that wasn't clear from the info in the initial posting, and the member page (I did check) said only that the member lived in the USA. A certain amount of angst on all parts could have been avoided with a little more information up front.

I'm not asking that anyone give a biography, nor that anyone give more personal information than they feel comfortable divulging - this IS a public forum, after all. But knowing your state, county, acreage, number and type of animals, etc., isn't giving out too much, and would let peoplwe give advice that is more tailored to what you really need right now, without re-inventing the wheel so your cart can keep rolling along. I doubt anyone could find me from knowing that I am in SC, in Spartanburg County, about 2 miles from the NC line, that I have 11 acres, and presently only a cat and dog, although I have been professionally involved with horses, teaching, breeding, training, for over half my life. There just isn't enough other info to allow anyone to locate me, and if they can, they have FAR too much spare time!

Thanks all, and I hope the winter weather isn't too wintery for you!

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Comments (10)

sullicorbitt
19 years ago
Hi Dibbit,
it's so funny you posted this request because I just updated my profile this morning. I realized my info. was over a year old and my headcount had changed. I agree that it's nice to be able to check the general area and set up someone has.

Sheila
Maggie_J
19 years ago
Good idea, Dibbit. I'll go have a look and see if my profile needs updating. Thanks for bringing this topic to our attention.
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claraserena
19 years ago
Good idea--but I can't figure out how to add information to my member page--am I missing somthing? I tried the help page but it was about horticulture, not member information.
Any suggestions appreciated!
Dibbit
Original Author
19 years ago
For those who are having trouble up-dating their pages: go to the very bottom of this page and in the green bar, click on Member Pages. Once there, click on Editing Your Information...., the second topic, and you SHOULD be there. If that doesn't work, I'll try again and see what step I just left out!
veg_grower964
19 years ago
everything works according to the way you explained it but when i type in my profile and click the box at the bottom page' it goes back to user name and password then back to where i started with empty profile box.i've repeated this about 10 times.what am i doing wrong
Dibbit
Original Author
19 years ago
Huh!! I dunno, it worked for me.... Maybe just try again now, and see if it will go through. As we all know, machines, including computers and the Web, have "minds" of their own and will "refuse" to do something, seemingly on a whim...., which they will then do later, as though there had NEVER been a problem. I assume you logged-in, and gave your password again, before you got to the "profile" page?
ksfarmer
19 years ago
Works for me. Not sure what you are doing wrong. Be sure to go to the greem bar at the bottom of this pg, click on "Member pages"; this goes to a welcome member page if you are logged in (if not, you must be logged in). From the welcome pg you click on "Edit Personal Information..". This brings up your member page and you edit what you want to and click on the "Sare your member profile" button. All done.
jillylam
19 years ago
I am having the same problem as veg grower. When I first signed up on this forum in November I tried so many times to type something in and I would get sent right back to the same page with nothing on it. I gave up back then and now I just tried 3 more times. I'll figure it out some day.
Dibbit
Original Author
19 years ago
I really don't know what the problem is - I just tried again and got through to mine just fine. Maybe try contacting the management/iVillage/webmaster, and see if they can help you?

Just to be sure we're all doing the same thing - go to the bottom of the page and click on Member Pages in the green bar. Then click on Edit Your Personal Information. Agree to go to an unsecured page/site When the boxes for your member name and password come up, blank out and retype your password, and then you SHOULD go to the information/member page, where you need to fill in all the boxes, if you haven't (and if they are filled out, it might be worth erasing them and doing it again, just in case there is a problem there), then click on the box at the bottom of the page, and you SHOULD go to a page saying the information has been posted or that your account has been updated. If that's not working, I have NO clue.
jillylam
19 years ago
Dibbit,
Thank you for the help. I finally got it to work by totally wiping out my username and password and re-entering it. Otherwise, I had been doing everything else the same.
Thanks again,
Jill