why cant i edit my ads in the insect arachnid threads it will let me do it on my snakes but not my spiders confused
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Posted 12/19/2024.
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I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?
So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.
But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.
Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.
I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.
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Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.
And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
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hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
What are you trying to change?
My understanding is that deleting single posts has been disallowed, because people were already exploiting that means to get around the updated bump policy.
My understanding is that deleting single posts has been disallowed, because people were already exploiting that means to get around the updated bump policy.
Probably because those other classifieds sections have never really been utilized much here, so quite probably the permission set is lacking in some functionality. Honestly the reptiles sections have always been the main focus on this site, so I don't even think much of the other fauna related sections.
I'll try to take some time to look at them when I can to get those sorts of problems straightened out, though.
Oh, I was just going to make a new thread on why it won't let me delete a reply on my classified. I was able to edit, but I now understand, that makes sense. I was wondering how people would bump so many times without replying with a "bump" or so on. Thanks for that info Harald.
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
Jeremy,
Paid members can bump their ads via the Classifieds Panel. It moves the ad up, just as if a post was made (it will even show up in the New Posts log, indicating a new post...there just isn't one).
For anybody that hasn't yet found & familiarized themselves with the Classifieds Panel, open the User CP. The Classifieds Panel is at the top (look for the following: )
(who knew that managing your ads could be so easy!!)
Paid members can bump their ads via the Classifieds Panel. It moves the ad up, just as if a post was made (it will even show up in the New Posts log, indicating a new post...there just isn't one).
For anybody that hasn't yet found & familiarized themselves with the Classifieds Panel, open the User CP. The Classifieds Panel is at the top (look for the following: )
Once inside, you will see all of your ads...in the righthand column, you will see options to Bump, Delete, or Lock your ads. Click on the option you want.
(who knew that managing your ads could be so easy!!)
Thank you for the info. I was aware of the "bump" feature, I wasn't trying to bump, I was trying to uncludder my ad, lol. Thanks for the reminder though.
hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
I was actually throwing that out for the masses....seems a lot of people (regardless of membership level) don't know how simple it is to manage their ads 
Oh, one other thing - if one clicks Edit, then Go Advanced, the title can be changed, as can the prefix....making it easy to mark the animal as SOLD!!
Oh, one other thing - if one clicks Edit, then Go Advanced, the title can be changed, as can the prefix....making it easy to mark the animal as SOLD!!