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I think the point Renaud is trying to make, and I share, is that the programme was more concerned on where the most money can be made by investing in a property rather than actually living there. James  

Yes, we had a glitch with the server just then.  

I've sorted now...lots of coding in the original post for some reason.

It seems to be working OK...you are on 30 now. All your old posts will change count as well, so maybe this is why you thought that they weren't going up? Regards James

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Ah, name that June....I don't I'm afraid....but I know a man that does.

Posted on behalf of Chrispp:   The enquiries that I receive most are either “What should I do (in France) if I find a wild animal or bird that is injured or distressed?” or “I have found a *******, what do I do with it?”    Other than an obvious injury the first thing to do is to make sure that the creature is really in difficulty. This is often easier with an animal, if it appears to be in trouble IT IS, one notable exception is with baby Roe Deer which are left unattended and hidden by their mother while she goes away to eat, so if you should find them anytime from May until August do not touch them and leave the direct vicinity as soon as possible.   Young birds are rarely abandoned by their parents who will continue to feed them on the ground, watch from a distance and check whether a parent is in attendance. Young Owls often fall “of their perch” out of trees, the mother can do nothing about this except guard them from the tree. Carefully take the young and place them at a height of about 2 metres in a secure position in the tree, the mother will certainly watch you and may (although rarely) dive at you when you are doing this – stay cool! Birds can often be temporally stunned by a collision with a window, a vehicle or any other solid object, even a tree – they will often recover quickly if kept safe. If a bird has a damaged wing it can be carefully taped round both wings and the body to hold it firm but not too tight ONLY use masking or drafting tape which will not stick to the feathers.   Handling:  Animals, bats and birds of prey should always be handled wearing gloves or failing that by using a piece of fabric or clothing being careful to avoid being bitten or scratched, should you suffer a broken skin injury no matter how small visit your doctor within 24/36 hours to get the required injections, rabies being the most important, but again - stay cool!    Try to place the creature in a box or carton with something soft in the bottom and some air holes in the top; it should not be so large that the creature can be “thrown around” during transportation.  If it is a larger animal it can be difficult, if you feel competent and you think it is necessary, try to move it to a place of relative safety while you contact them for transport or for other help to be arranged. It is important to try to keep the creature as calm and stress free as possible and not have lots of people “having a look”. Never force food or water, strictly speaking birds should not be given water – only wetted food should be offered.   Finally contact and then transport to the nearest rescue centre, on making telephone contact you may be given other instructions.   Your local LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux) will normally only take birds and they will normally transport them to a Centre de Sauvegarde who deal with all wild creatures, so if the Centre de Sauvegarde is nearer take it there.   This link will give you a list of Centres de Sauvegarde. http://tinyurl.com/au5ca   This link will give you the various LPO offices & centres.  http://www.lpo.fr/reseau/index.shtml   Or, if someone should feel the need, they can contact me for advice but I am often not at home (and I am hoping that others in France will add their details to this, there must be a lot of English speakers with experience on this site).   (0033) 05 49 87 65 04 or 05 49 87 65 18     E-mail. [email protected]   Please don’t be tempted to keep any wild animal or bird; the majority are protected by law. All creatures taken to a Centre de Sauvegarde are returned to the wild as soon as is practical.

Hi,  I have spoken to the developer and he has looked into this and replied: I’m pretty certain the problem isn’t our end,  I have looked for the files that this Trojan supposedly copies to the machine and none of them appear on the webservers.  I have checked our anti virus software on the webservers and it too hasn’t picked anything up. I will double check with Tim who is back in the office tomorrow, but I suspect it’s an issue with this user’s computer or Anti Virus software.

Yes, not sure if the developer has had a chnace to look at this as yet, but in the meantime the post you spoke about I have edited to bring in a new window. James

Should be sorted now.   James

[quote user="Mysfloss"]I now have normal size readable print great stuff ,now I would like to know why the email blocker is not blocking you set recieve emails to no  and next time you look its come up by default .[/quote] Hi, There is an explaination here: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2/591659/ShowPost.aspx#591659 Regards James

[quote user="Perlats"] Many thanks James for the reinstatement of the cursor browser. Oops, now I can't get it to work and I am logged in! [/quote] Hi, Should be working OK, it's working for me and I have checked your details and it should be showing. It won't show on 'forum' main links but it should for 'posts'. James

[quote user="Baz"] James, it is strange in your test that the sites in the main body of your message use the same browser, whilst the sites below Forum Admin open a new browser. Baz [/quote] Yes, I noticed that my sig has coding in it (target=_blank) to call a new window, not sure if I put it there or whether it was just imported to the new software like that. The developer is looking at solving this for all links at the moment. James

Run up to Christmas maybe? Also the redirect from the old software seems to be dealt with now (it wasn't redirecting in google) so hopefully more people should find us. James

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[quote user="Forum Admin"] Block quote testing, testing, testing, I am testing the block quote. Here I am testing the block quote. James [/quote]test over

Hi, On investigation it appears that the overall forum setting dictates whether or not email is available on the forum. When individuals change theirs to 'not recieve' it won't make a difference and in a way it is a pointless to give users the button. If anyone does not wish to receive emails from forum users, go to your 'user profile' by clicking on your name, go to your 'private setting (not shared)' and edit your private email address to something that isn't your actual email address eg [email protected]. This will not effect your login email address. Baz- I have done this for you. James    

[quote user="Perlats"]Thanks Will, I realise I can log in automatically but the fact remains that with the old system I didn't have to in order to have the curser-browser facility and I would still prefer it that way as maybe other "guests" might do who haven't yet signed up. I presume it would be easy to reinstate it on this forum?[/quote] Hi, I have changed the settings for this now. James

I just tried this but I also hit the "remember" button which seemed to work. James

Hi, All in all, the comments I received have been positive. The main frustration for most under the old software was how slow it was and that the search didn't work at all. At least we have a good base now and future updates should be improvements to features rather than core system changes. James

[quote user="Tresco"] Question. In the section where you can alter settings (can't remember the name, but you click on your user name at the top of the main page to get to it), there's an option called 'enable collapsing panels'. What does that mean? [/quote] This is for using/seeing the icon against the forum groups so that you can only show (or expand) certain forum groups of your choosing. For example the main conference page you can click on the icon next to Frequently Asked Questions (Read Only) to not show this all the time if you never use it. [quote user="Tresco"] Also, another thing which I have sent to Admin, but may as well mention here; if you come back and edit a post at a later time/date, the post you have edited then seems to appear as the 'last post'. For instance, about half an hour ago, I edited a post I made last night, and it then appeared as 'last post', (making it look as though no one had posted in the postbag since last night) until I made a new post in the same thread. [/quote] Yes, I noticed this and posted about it in the 'website' forum. It gives an indication that a post has been edited but, as you say, it looks like there haven't been posts since. James 

Yes, if anyone has a problem contact me on [email protected] The other member is actually your old details still available in the system, it's just the password that needs changing by myself. Regards James

Hi As Opas and Le Bouffon post on the same computer, one needs to logout of the forum in order for the other to login as their own name... if they forget then they will post as the other accidentally...which is what happened here, simple mistake to make, no need for others to be deragatory.   James