As I posted a month ago, changes took place in DQ requirements, effective 12/1/08.
The scheduled task that decides whether or not you are DQ has just been modified to reflect the changes. In fact, those code changes were what caused the Database error yesterday. Bas was quick to see the DB corruption my code caused:slap: and he fixed the DB error. This morning I fixed the code itself so that it wouldn't happen again, I hope! :embaresse:swoon:
Now that we are running the new code, it is obvious that many people DID NOT pay enough, if any, attention to these changes. When I did the the last calculation under the old rules, we were approaching 400 DQs. Today, under the new rules it is 221:swoon::elvis:
At this point I suspect the reason revolves around 2 changes many of you didn't know about or at least did it wrong.
Full Name info was changed from 1 free form field to up to 4 specific fields. If you didn't change the way the fields are formatted, you lost your DQ.
The second area that is probably causing some issues for old timers and newbies is the requirement that you have started a thread introducing yourself in the 'Who We Are" Forum.
These issues are affecting your general DQ status right now and will affect it for Klingspor soon. Now you can be DQ by just giving us your Full name. However, Klingspor and very soon another vendor will still require your full address. But even if you have supplied it, our new privacy policies require that you "Opt In" before we can send your stuff to Klinsgpor. In fact every different use of your address info will require a separate Opt - in. When our new DQ supplier starts with us, there will be another address Opt In you will need to to set, if you wish to participate. We are observing that most new Members of the site sign up and do not Opt In, so be sure to check your profile.
Anyway, if you want discounts from Klingspor in the Month of January and forward, you better make sure you have Opted in.
Now the issue is how do you know what needs changing and where to do it. If you look at the welcome block at the top right side of the Home Page just below the menu bars, you will see a link that says "Your Profile". Click on it, and you will be able to see everything that pertains to you on the site.
First, look at the top right and you will see the letters DQ, if you are Discount Qualified. The largest block in the left center has four tabs. Click on the fourth Tab (NC Woodworker Info) and look toward the bottom of the listing for the yes or no info. This same tab has all your name info. If any item is not correct, just click on the pencil next to a field and change it. That page also has all the Opt In options and they can also be changed there.
On the first Tab is the URL of your introduction (Who We Are Forum) post. if it is not there, then you didn't make one and you should if you want DQ. Just go to that Forum and start a new thread.
Now you have gone through all the fields and have them set correctly, it may still doesn't show DQ. Give it an hour. The program that figures all this out puts a heavy load on the system and we normally only run it once a day. However for the next few days we will run it 15 minutes after every hour.
The scheduled task that decides whether or not you are DQ has just been modified to reflect the changes. In fact, those code changes were what caused the Database error yesterday. Bas was quick to see the DB corruption my code caused:slap: and he fixed the DB error. This morning I fixed the code itself so that it wouldn't happen again, I hope! :embaresse:swoon:
Now that we are running the new code, it is obvious that many people DID NOT pay enough, if any, attention to these changes. When I did the the last calculation under the old rules, we were approaching 400 DQs. Today, under the new rules it is 221:swoon::elvis:
At this point I suspect the reason revolves around 2 changes many of you didn't know about or at least did it wrong.
Full Name info was changed from 1 free form field to up to 4 specific fields. If you didn't change the way the fields are formatted, you lost your DQ.
The second area that is probably causing some issues for old timers and newbies is the requirement that you have started a thread introducing yourself in the 'Who We Are" Forum.
These issues are affecting your general DQ status right now and will affect it for Klingspor soon. Now you can be DQ by just giving us your Full name. However, Klingspor and very soon another vendor will still require your full address. But even if you have supplied it, our new privacy policies require that you "Opt In" before we can send your stuff to Klinsgpor. In fact every different use of your address info will require a separate Opt - in. When our new DQ supplier starts with us, there will be another address Opt In you will need to to set, if you wish to participate. We are observing that most new Members of the site sign up and do not Opt In, so be sure to check your profile.
Anyway, if you want discounts from Klingspor in the Month of January and forward, you better make sure you have Opted in.
Now the issue is how do you know what needs changing and where to do it. If you look at the welcome block at the top right side of the Home Page just below the menu bars, you will see a link that says "Your Profile". Click on it, and you will be able to see everything that pertains to you on the site.
First, look at the top right and you will see the letters DQ, if you are Discount Qualified. The largest block in the left center has four tabs. Click on the fourth Tab (NC Woodworker Info) and look toward the bottom of the listing for the yes or no info. This same tab has all your name info. If any item is not correct, just click on the pencil next to a field and change it. That page also has all the Opt In options and they can also be changed there.
On the first Tab is the URL of your introduction (Who We Are Forum) post. if it is not there, then you didn't make one and you should if you want DQ. Just go to that Forum and start a new thread.
Now you have gone through all the fields and have them set correctly, it may still doesn't show DQ. Give it an hour. The program that figures all this out puts a heavy load on the system and we normally only run it once a day. However for the next few days we will run it 15 minutes after every hour.
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