Okay, now I am a registered user of the new
Hi Goose Egg,
I’m wondering if someone posts an ad in the Open Forum, how do I move it to Forumosafieds? Before we move them to their appropriate forums but now what?
[quote=“914”]Hi Goose Egg,
I’m wondering if someone posts an ad in the Open Forum, how do I move it to Forumosafieds? Before we move them to their appropriate forums but now what?[/quote]
I’m meeting Maoman tonight at the HH - we will make a final decision about this then
In the meantime, I suggest the following SOP
- post a reply in the thread suggesting that the advert will get more exposure in the Forumosafieds (www.forumosafieds.com is now working fine
) - shadow move the thread from your forum to EITHER the Where can I find forum OR the Flounder forum
- Remove the shadow after a few days (or when it drops off the first page of your forum - whichever comes first, or whichever is most convenient for you)
IMHO, the Flounder forum makes sense since it is time restricted, like the original Classified forums were
Folks, it’s been 2 months since the Forumosafieds were launched, and 2 weeks since we unveiled the new version
I am tracking the number of ads on other Taiwan-related websites (please suggest others) - here’s where we stand today:
Jobs
241 = Tealit (paid)
[color=darkred]33 ='fieds[/color]
26 = TaiwanHo
5 = ORIENTED*
Housing
352 = Tealit
44 = ORIENTED*
[color=darkred]39 = 'fieds[/color]
35 = TaiwanHo
Buy & Sell
429 = Tealit
[color=darkred]82 = 'fieds[/color]
45 = TaiwanHo
20 = ORIENTED*
Personals
549 = Tealit
18 = TaiwanHo
[color=darkred]7 = 'fieds[/color]
0 = ORIENTED*
- ORIENTED.com’s coverage does not only include Taiwan; these figures are for the entire ORIENTED.com database
Hi GE,
Forgive me if this has been mentioned (admittedly I didn’t go through all 7 pages of this thread), but will you be putting up a situations wanted category for the Forumosafieds? Perhaps in both teaching and non-teaching categories?
Terry
WHat on earth is a “situation wanted”?
Welcome to McDonalds, may I take your order pls?
Yes, I’d like a situation.
What flavor?
Oh, an awkward situation this time please.
Do you want fries with that?
I guess the McDonald’s in Taiwan don’t stock them. 
“Situations wanted” is the American classifieds heading for people posting looking for jobs. You know, stuff like “Canadian English teacher, 27, experienced, seeking a full-time job paying at least 80K per month.” Or whatever.
I just noticed a problem with the forumosafieds notifications when using a gmail account: as all notifications are sent out with the same title “Reply to your posting” by admin, all these messages go into the same “conversation” or whatever it’s called in gmail. Sometimes a bit confusing if you have quite a few responses and maybe even several ads going at the same time …
[quote=“ironlady”]I guess the McDonald’s in Taiwan don’t stock them.
“Situations wanted” is the American classifieds heading for people posting looking for jobs. You know, stuff like “Canadian English teacher, 27, experienced, seeking a full-time job paying at least 80K per month.” Or whatever.[/quote]
Thank you for pointing this out, IL, At the moment, “Situations wanted” would go in the Forumosans For Hire forum
This is a good point. Maybe we can put the Ad ID number in the subject line so that gmail will treat responses to different ads as separate conversations. But I don’t know how long this will take for me to change 
I just used the Forumosafieds for the first time to place an ad, and read this entire thread, and here’s my thoughts.
It seems good overall. Two great improvements that have been mentioned would be to not require a second log-in, and to have the Forumosafieds come up in a general ‘new posts’ search. You mentioned that both of these may be possible. I hope so, and think that it should be a priority.
With more integration, the ability to PM and allow notification by PM would be great.
A little glitch: With the housing ads, you are allowed one main photo and two others. The main photo shows very small on the frontpage. When you go to the details page there is a large photo at the top, and the two smaller extra photos which you can click to enlarge. Unfortunately the photo at the top is one of the extras, not the main photo (which I’m sure that it’s supposed to be).
The other classifieds: I guess this is already the plan, but now that the forumosafieds are up and running, it would be best to get rid of the Classified Forums (btw I like the way the Forumosafieds are integrated into the Forum page at the top, in the same format as the regular forums). Forumosans for Hire and Volunteering could be new Forumosafieds categories. Language Exchange should be an option under Personals (which I belive should completely replace the pay-to-use Forumosa Friends). Where Can I Find/Miscellaneous should be split, with WCIF becoming a discussion forum, and Miscellaneous Classifieds beign a new Forumosafieds category. Events is the tricky one. I’m not quite sure how this should be handled. Perhaps the front page of the Forums should go Forumosfieds then Events with subcategories Calendar and Events Forum (or even split into two - Forumosa Events and Other Events).
Brian
Just another coupel fo tiny things.
Expiration: I notice the ds expire after 30 days. I wonder if there is a renewal system and any notification of imminent expiration. It can take a lot of effort to make an ad, and it would be good if they can be renewed.
Housing Classifieds: The heding ‘Rent’ would be better changed to ‘Monthly Rent’. Newbies might not realise rent is always monthly. It isn’t so in some other countries.
Brian
That’s a good idea. Thanks.
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Expiration notices go out 5 days prior. This can be changed
Good point. Thanks
I couldn’t see ‘date posted’ for job ads. That’s a helpful feature.
The ‘number of replies’ function is very helpful to jobseekers, in that it may indicate that as #237 in the list you probably won’t get to interview. On the other hand it may discourage qualified applicants, thus lessening the value to advertisers of the ad.
The ‘show private fields’ box is good, but it’s not immediately obvious which are the private fields.
Hit the ‘reply to ad’ button at the bottom and your email goes to the person posting the ad. This may be different from the contact details you enter for that specific ad. (I post ads on behalf of schools quite often.)
There’s no way to attach a CV when you reply to a job ad. I know several teachers who keep their CV stored in their online email accounts, which enables them to forward them as required. A lot of internet cafes prevent downloads of files, but you can’t cut and paste your details into your email without downloading. How about an automatic link to your forumosans.com profile instead??? 
I never look at them anymore. I usually use the new posts function but now they don’t show up there anymore. I just never think to go looking for it.
I hope this hasn’t been posted before as well, but there are no dates listed in the housing section.
I see creation dates in the listings, and there are days of expiration in the ads themselves.
Which dates are you looking for?
I see creation dates in the listings, and there are days of expiration in the ads themselves.
Which dates are you looking for?[/quote]Recent posts on this thread prompted me to go back to the F/fieds for a look. Glad to see it doing well, with plenty of ads. Great stuff.
I guess what Yangdemei might like to see is dates of creation in the ads themselves. I also think that would be a useful addition if/when you get time.
I click new to see the recent posts. Along the edge are ads and links. None of the links work and the ads seem to be really old.