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  • 0 Updates to Google & X Profiles

    Google After updating the NFED Google Profile, it has been suspended by Google. I’ve looked into the reasons & found out that they do not allow Google Profiles for businesses unless they have face to face contact with customers. Websites & online businesses cannot have a business profile (who knew??).  This does not affect our Google ratings/positions which are excellent but we have lost all of our 5* reviews. I will look into adding an alternative review option shortly. X (Twitter) The NFED X page has been upgraded & now has the blue tick. This paid upgrade allows us to post longer Tweets along with a few other advantages which should help to further promote customer adverts & events. We are still getting random posts removed by Facebook, which along with the Facebook Community Guidelines makes some adverts unsuitable, so X (Twitter) is a viable alternative for those that want to receive notifications via social media. Follow us on X at: x.com/nfed_equestrian 

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    0 Here’s Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

    Here’s Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year The NFED will be running normally over the holiday period, but there will be no newsletter on the 24th or 31st December. Steve & Claire x

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    0 Email Issues with iCloud *RESOLVED*

    We are currently having issues with emails sent to icloud addresses being blocked by Apple servers. No other email providers seem to be affected. Both Apple support & our hosting company are looking into it to get it resolved as quickly as possible. If you have an advert with either type of account, pleased either turn off email replies, change the email to a different provider such as Gmail or include your email in the advert text. If you think that you may have missed any enquiries, please contact us providing a non Apple email address & the enquiry back ups can be forwarded on to you. Any updates will be posted here. Update 22-11-24 The issue has now been resolved & Apple users are receiving Emails ok. Missing enquiries have been sent to all advertisers that use iCloud email, so apart from the four day delay there shouldn't be any problems. We have had the following back from our hosting company who have been dealing directly with Apple. We are glad to hear that the issue is resolved. It seems that the issue was not caused by your server. We are sorry for the inconveniences caused. In case you face any email deliverability problems you may always contact us. Thank you for your cooperation, understanding and patience.Should you have any other questions or concerns feel free to contact us.

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    0 Publishers around the world hit by Facebook labelling news as spam

    It looks like the problem with Facebook posts being removed as spam is pretty widespread & affecting many news publishers, so although frustrating it's not anything we've done. The good news is that most visit the main site directly & many more subscribe to the newsletter than follow our Facebook page. We have had two previous Facebook pages removed & this made very little difference to our daily traffic, but I'll continue posting & try to get to the bottom of the issue. For more details: https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/facebook-spam-posts-independent-small-news-publishers/ 

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    0 Sharing Multiple NFED Events Made Easier & Improved Tags

    A new link has been set up to make it easier to share multiple events from the same person/venue/club. For example, https://www.nfed.co.uk/calendar/search.php?ref=shedfield will list all events from Shedfield Equestrian. https://www.nfed.co.uk/calendar/search.php?ref=tooley will list all events from Rebecca Tooley & so on. Just change the last part to include the name, keep it simple & no spaces. Copy & paste it wherever you want to share the events or send it to friends, members, clients. Each individual event still has it’s own link, which can be seen using the share buttons at the top. Improved Event Tags The new diary uses tags rather than categories. Multiple tags can now be added to an event, clicking on a tag will show other events with the same tag.Many new tags have been added & others will be added as required. Having a play with the diary is far better than trying to explain it here! Don't forget to try the three different views: Monthly, Agenda & Pinboard

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    0 New Event Calendar View Buttons

    The new calendar has three viewing options, Monthly, Agenda & Pinboard. As the built in menu was a little on the small size, new larger buttons have been added to the top of the calendar. All three views are very different & useful, so feel free to have a play. If you don’t see the buttons, try refreshing the page.

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    0 Services Directory Map Changes

    I have found a slight issue where listings that do not have a map displayed fail to load correctly. All the details are there, but the formatting is incorrect. All advertisers affected have been contacted with options to show the map. UPDATE 22-09-24The majority of advertisers contacted have happily had the maps turned on. The remaining listings that have not got back to us, now have the maps turned on with rough area showing. No personal details have been shown, nearly all have the same details are already showing on their own websites or social media pages. As I haven't had any joy with the software company, this is the only way to get around this issue, get everything working & move on.  The submission form has been updated to give the following Map & Address Options Display Exact Map & Business AddressDisplay Map & Partial AddressDisplay Rough Map Nearest Town & Area Covered Steve  

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    0 NFED Server Replaced

    The site has now been migrated to the new server & the old server disabled. There will be connection issues to start with as the IP address has changed, different ISPs will take a while to refresh & find the new site, this can take a few days to settle down. If you see a “This Account has been suspended” message, you are seeing the old server. If you have any problems, please first refresh the page, then clear your internet history & try again. The site is now running on a faster server with the latest software. Some of the older sections weren’t compatible with the newer software, so have been updated or changed completely, such as the event diary. All data (classifieds, directory listings & events) have been copied across. The news pages were mainly old news, so will be started again on the new system. Don’t forget that the old event diary has been replaced, so any previous event links will not work, but should take you to the new diary. Events can now be shared individually using the links at the top. There will aways be teething problems, but I will try to sort these out as they come up. This has been a huge & unexpected operation. To be honest I had to seriously consider whether to do it, or simply shut the site down & enjoy my retirement. But now it is nearly completed, I’m glad I decided to stick with it & hopefully the site will be ok for a few more years yet!

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