Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs

VelvetGlove

Hi folks

I've added/amended a couple of things in the Comping Guide:

Posting Comps - section 5 Why am I unable to post a link/URL for a comp?

Removed the number of posts needed to be able to post URLs.
Now includes info about the banned sites !!!! issue.

Getting Started (II) - section 2 How do I keep track of which comps I've entered?

Included screenshots & info about the 'Enter' button
(It has been on my to do list for a while but I've been busy:o)

That's all, thanks

carlagriscti

I'm really sorry, I'm quite confused!! If i find a competition that I think people might be interested in, am I able to just post the link in here? Am I misunderstanding but it seems you have to set up the competition so people reply via the forum?

missk9

Help MSErs.. whats going on with the Thread end date thing.. has it changed, usually i just click on thread which puts it all in date order... I been doing it this way for years.. but its just not working.. have a missed somehting?
On this 'NEW' system can someone tell me how to sort by dates from 1st of the month onwards... im sitting here stressing and cant get an answer or work it out.. many thanks

toniq

Hey xxx i just tested it and it seems fine(end view) xx

The way I do end list is to order the page as thread title,ascending, beginning, the ones ending tomorrow start approx on page36 if u order it like I just said xx

missk9

ok thanks toniq... i could be being dumb but have never had trouble before until today... i will try it now.. thanks again xx

echofalls

Hi,
New to comping and this guide has been great! Thank you :j

cafcmike

This is probably a stupid question, so go easy on me! But, when a competition prize is a holiday for a family of four, do you have to take 2 adults and 2 children, or would you be able to get away with 2 adults and 1 child? The reason I ask is that we only have 1 child and so we're either missing out on entering loads of brilliant competitions, or I'm wasting time entering them if I won't actually be able to take the holiday!

toniq

I don't think many would have an issue with that, holiday prizes aren't booked till they have a winner,as they need details only you can provide, so technically you are saving the company money!

Amilucky?

Wems (winning emails) usually say congratulations or winner in the header (but not all of them) some say the words in the body of the email

If you get hundreds or thousands of emails a day (like me)

It might be a good idea to set a filter in your email with the words "congratulations" and "winner" and set the above for both "subject" and "body"

I have these words set in a filter so that when any mail arrives with these words the emails are automatically filtered into a folder called "Competition Prizes"

it does give some false positives but as an added bonus by filtering the word winner you also get to see the winners of competitions as well

you can also use filters to find competitions to post by setting a filter for the words "prize" "draw" "win" "competition" and set the above for both "subject" and "body" and filter them into a folder called "Competitions"

the above sounds complicated but is quite easy to do

How To Set Up Email Filters In Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo

Setting up email message filters in Outlook

Setting Email Filters in Thunderbird

hope this helps!

Best of Luck

totebag

can someone tell me what happened to the wow button, had not logged in for a week or so and now i acn not find it. has it been removed or is it just me !!!!