We have added some new code to the photo upload facility to make it more robust and able to handle different types of JPEG images better. So far these fixes appear to have been successful. More updates coming soon. As always, if you have any suggestions please remember to either leave a comment on the blog or put a post in the suggestions forums on the site.
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Just spend several hours going over the error logs and fixing as many minor bugs as I could find. Hopefully this will make the site less prone to errors that people see, so far it is looking good, no new errors in the logs since the fixes were uploaded!!! Next it is on to fixing a bigger issue with the photo upload section that seems to be affecting some people every now and again. As also, if you have any suggestions please remember to either leave a comment on the blog or put a post in the suggestions forums on the site.
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We have made several updates to the site other the last couple of weeks and we just wanted to let everyone know about them. The updates are as follows:
We have more updates in the pipeline and we will of course update the blog when they are released. In the mean time if you have any requests please add them either to the “Suggestions” forum on the site or leave a comment on blog post.
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Just uploaded a couple of minor updates to the site, most small bug fixes. The main ones being a fix to a search problem on the Ireland site. There are more minor updates coming over the next couple of days and then some bigger updates in about a month or so.
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The UK site now has a secure (SSL) registration page and the SSL is going to be rolled out to over parts of the site, like the messaging system, very soon. Keep an eye on the blog for further updates on this and everything going on with the site.
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We have just added a Facebook ‘Like’ button to all our dating advice articles so if you like one of the articles and want to tell your friends on Facebook about it, simply like the ‘Like’ button on the article page and if you already logged into the Facebook it will automatically share and if not, it will pop up a box for you to login. Simple.
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We are trying to improve confidence in the site so that people looking for a site like ours know that we are genuine, good and well run site. One thing that will help us with this is having a good rating on Web of Trust and being able to use their “trust seal” on our site. To do this we need more ratings on Web of Trust.
So, if you think we are a good, honest and trust worthy site then could I ask you to spare five minutes and rate us please.
irst you will need to register (if you are not already), using the link below:
https://www.mywot.com/en/user/register
Once registered and logged in, visit our score using the following link, rate us and leave a comment.
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/www.completelyfreedating.co.uk
Thanks very much in advance.
Andrew.
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Over the last couple of weeks we have made a couple of amendments and updates to the site and we want to share these changes with you:
About a week ago we introduced a new search facility to replace the old one, which fixed some of the problems with the previous version and is more user friendly. On the search results page there is now a “refine search” box at the top of the page (instead of in the left hand column) which shows ALL the options you have selected and allows you to change them to refine your search and help you find exactly what you are looking for, quicker and easier than before. These changes where based on the feedback from the members survey we carried out recently.
Also about a week ago we managed to identify an issue that sometimes caused the login process to take 10 seconds or more and sometimes completely fail. This has now been fixed and we have monitored it and since applying the fix the issue has not occurred.
Today we have applied an update to the postcode data we previous had. The new data is far more complete than the previous data set and has been made possible by the Ordnance Survey OpenData project which went live on April 1st (see BBC News). We would like the thank Ordnance Survey for being forward thinking and making this extremely useful data openly available.
These are all the updates for now, more are to follow and we will update the blog as and when they are applied. All comments are very welcome.
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As we said yesterday, one of the things that came out of the members survey was that many members had been having problems uploading their photos to the site. Today we have completely re-engineered the photo upload facility to hopefully be easier to use and more reliable. You can now upload up to five photos at the same time and we have added some extra error capturing detect any issues and let us you what the problem is (e.g. wrong file format, etc…).
The editing of uploaded photos remains the same, simple click the photo and a little menu will appear with options to allow you to make the photo your main photo, delete the photo or add a caption to the photo.
We hope this change is useful and makes that part of the site easier to use, please feel free to leave a comment.
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Firstly, a big thanks to everyone that took the time to answer our members survey, the response was good and the data very helpful. We wanted to share with you some of the insights we gained and let you know about some of the things we are going to change in the coming weeks to address problems identified by the responses.
Overall most members were satisfied with the site (about 80%) and the majority of members visit at least two or more times a week. There was a general consensus that the sites appearance is good, with a small minority having a small issue with the colour palette used on the site.
The main issue raised by the survey was related to the search on the site. About half the members where satisfied with the search but the other half where either undecided or dissatisfied with the search.
Most respondents through the messaging system on the site was good and either “very easy” or “somewhat easy” to use.
The forums were another point of contention with respondents. Nearly half were “undecided” on how easy they are to use and only 18% having actually posted. The main two reasons for not posting in the in forums, accounting for 60% together, was they hadn’t found anything worth commenting on or that they did not understand what the forum is for.
In terms of service to members, the vast majority had never contacted CFD for assistance however of the members that had the vast majority were completely satisfied with the service they received and the time it took to get a response. The main reason for contacting CFD was for assistance in uploading photos to the their profile.
The main thing that respondents say they liked about the site was the fact it is truly free. In response to the question about what people like least there was a wide range of different responses, however many again mentioned the search and again in response to the question about what could be improved, the vast major of people mentioned the search process.
Based on the responses to the survey we are going to spend a considerable amount of time looking at the search process on the site. We have already identified a couple of issues and also have some changes that we hope will improve the user experience with the search. As soon as these changes have been released to the site we will let you know via the blog and forums.
We are also going to look at making the photo upload process simpler and add the ability to obtain photos from different sources, like a mobile phone and online photo sharing services. Again once this is released we will let you know via the blog and forums.
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If you have anything more you would like to let us know, please leave a comment below or email us at questions@completelyfreedating.co.uk. Thanks.
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