I have the same problem. The little green flags look great . . . but they definately are not mine.
Rosie River Cat

MommaFox wrote:
The changes that have been made are great, but I have a problem!

When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags, which means I've found those boxes. The problem is........I didn't find any of them! I think someone else's finds were logged in for me. It's someone who has found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the status, before I realized how many there were, but every time I do that and go back to the previous page it won't let me get to that page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes Page. This was sometimes a problem beofre too, but I could hit refresh and I was all set. This time refresh doesn't work.


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The green flags are to click on to change your status. They do not designate that you have found them or not. On the main search page you will see not all have flags but only the ones that are not based on the LBNA website. The other ones will have the same flags if you click on them to get to their clues.

I do agree that it would be nice to "hide" the ones that you have found. I also would like to see the list of found boxes organized by found date. It seems like they are just listed in the order that you mark them found.

Ramdelt

-------------- Original message --------------
The changes that have been made are great, but I have a problem!

When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags, which means I've found those boxes. The problem is........I didn't find any of them! I think someone else's finds were logged in for me. It's someone who has found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the status, before I realized how many there were, but every time I do that and go back to the previous page it won't let me get to that page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes Page. This was sometimes a problem beofre too, but I could hit refresh and I was all set. This time refresh doesn't work.


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Okay, I give up. What green flags? I've been looking all over for all
the new changes and I see no green flags anywhere. I have gone to
Member Services to try to load in my finds, but am unable to find the
function to let me type anything in.. This hare must be technolically
deficit.

Moon Rabbit

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, scott_katytalbot@c... wrote:
> The green flags are to click on to change your status. They do not
designate that you have found them or not. On the main search page
you will see not all have flags but only the ones that are not based
on the LBNA website. The other ones will have the same flags if you
click on them to get to their clues.
>
> I do agree that it would be nice to "hide" the ones that you have
found. I also would like to see the list of found boxes organized by
found date. It seems like they are just listed in the order that you
mark them found.
>
> Ramdelt
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> The changes that have been made are great, but I have a problem!
>
> When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags, which means
I've found those boxes. The problem is........I didn't find any of
them! I think someone else's finds were logged in for me. It's
someone who has found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the
status, before I realized how many there were, but every time I do
that and go back to the previous page it won't let me get to that
page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes Page. This was sometimes a
problem beofre too, but I could hit refresh and I was all set. This
time refresh doesn't work.
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I don't see green flags either! Maybe they're all seeing things - except us!

Maribeth


----- Original Message -----
From: moonrabbit2
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 4/1/2005 11:09:11 AM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] LBNA site



Okay, I give up. What green flags? I've been looking all over for all
the new changes and I see no green flags anywhere. I have gone to
Member Services to try to load in my finds, but am unable to find the
function to let me type anything in.. This hare must be technolically
deficit.

Moon Rabbit

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, scott_katytalbot@c... wrote:
> The green flags are to click on to change your status. They do not
designate that you have found them or not. On the main search page
you will see not all have flags but only the ones that are not based
on the LBNA website. The other ones will have the same flags if you
click on them to get to their clues.
>
> I do agree that it would be nice to "hide" the ones that you have
found. I also would like to see the list of found boxes organized by
found date. It seems like they are just listed in the order that you
mark them found.
>
> Ramdelt
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> The changes that have been made are great, but I have a problem!
>
> When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags, which means
I've found those boxes. The problem is........I didn't find any of
them! I think someone else's finds were logged in for me. It's
someone who has found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the
status, before I realized how many there were, but every time I do
that and go back to the previous page it won't let me get to that
page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes Page. This was sometimes a
problem beofre too, but I could hit refresh and I was all set. This
time refresh doesn't work.
>
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> MommaFox & Bald Eagle
> P35 F514 X273
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I have green flags by two of my own boxes.
missmoon


----- Original Message -----
From: MommaFox
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 4/1/2005 7:03:25 AM
Subject: [LbNA] LBNA site


The changes that have been made are great, but I have a problem!

When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags, which means I've found those boxes. The problem is........I didn't find any of them! I think someone else's finds were logged in for me. It's someone who has found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the status, before I realized how many there were, but every time I do that and go back to the previous page it won't let me get to that page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes Page. This was sometimes a problem beofre too, but I could hit refresh and I was all set. This time refresh doesn't work.


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Those would be boxes that have clues outside of LbNA. You
can click that link to set the status of your boxes to OK,
or Repair...

Choi

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:52:23 -0500
"JuneMcAllister" wrote:
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> I have green flags by two of my own boxes.
> missmoon
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> The changes that have been made are great, but I have a
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> When I logged in I noticed all these little green flags,
>which means I've found those boxes. The problem
>is........I didn't find any of them! I think someone
>else's finds were logged in for me. It's someone who has
>found a LOT of boxes. I was going to change the status,
>before I realized how many there were, but every time I
>do that and go back to the previous page it won't let me
>get to that page. It takes me back to the Find Boxes
>Page. This was sometimes a problem beofre too, but I
>could hit refresh and I was all set. This time refresh
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You're only going to see them if ::you:: have boxes that have the clues on another web site and not LBNA. They would be next to ::those:: boxes.
missmoon


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From: moonrabbit2
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 4/1/2005 11:09:11 AM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] LBNA site



Okay, I give up. What green flags? I've been looking all over for all
the new changes and I see no green flags anywhere. I have gone to
Member Services to try to load in my finds, but am unable to find the
function to let me type anything in.. This hare must be technolically
deficit.

Moon Rabbit

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Question - after looking aroud the LBNA site, I cannot figure out how
to list boxes I've found like I do on AQ. Some of the people seem to
know (the green flags???). Are there clues to how to do this? Or is
this just something I'll discover on the trail someday?
Thanks.
Linda_of_maumee

When you click on the clues there is a place to log your status
Semalee of MAGS
----- Original Message -----
From: linda_of_maumee
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: LBNA site



Question - after looking aroud the LBNA site, I cannot figure out how
to list boxes I've found like I do on AQ. Some of the people seem to
know (the green flags???). Are there clues to how to do this? Or is
this just something I'll discover on the trail someday?
Thanks.
Linda_of_maumee





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The green flags on the box name lists are only there if the clue is
NOT hosted on LbNA. Otherwise, the green flag appears on the clue page
itself.

Look up the boxes you've found. If you don't see a green flag by the
name in the list, the clue is hosted on LbNA. Click on the link to the
clue and there will be a green flag on the clue page itself. Click the
green flag and list your find date. If there is a green flag beside
the name in the list, the clue is hosted elsewhere other than LbNA. If
you click on the green flag on the list page it will bring up a page
to log the date of your find.

That way you can log your finds for any box as long as its name is
listed on LbNA.

Knit Wit

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "linda_of_maumee"
wrote:
>
> Question - after looking aroud the LBNA site, I cannot figure out
how
> to list boxes I've found like I do on AQ. Some of the people seem
to
> know (the green flags???). Are there clues to how to do this? Or
is
> this just something I'll discover on the trail someday?
> Thanks.
> Linda_of_maumee

Usually, we don't comment on posts to this list, but we have to agree with Enders Angel's comment below. Folks can do what they want, of course, and we're not putting down anyone who likes other sites or more information on letterboxing sites generally. We happen to like less. Less technology and fewer bells and whistles, both in terms of the look and feel, and the substance. 'Boxers can and do communicate amongst themselves as to box status and other information needs, and we don't perceive the need to change any aspect of the site as far as we're concerned. But it's the "cultural" issue behind EA's post that really moved us to de-lurk and share our view. We think letterboxing is fun because people work hard to carve good stamps, find good hiding places and good hikes, write good clues, and give a good effort to find boxes. Not finding a box on the first, second or third try is, in our view, part of what it's all about, as is mystery, the occasional surprise, and all the trappings of a pseudo-underground group. This isn't supposed to be a rant, just a voice -- things can get over-organized and over-engineered, and we wouldn't want that to happen. We do appreciate the hard work and responsiveness to popular feeling exhibited by the folks who help us all enjoy this phenomenon on the internet, and maybe we're just contrarian, but we felt we should speak. Different people see letterboxing in different ways. We like seeing it through a glass, darkly.

The Weathergleams

Enders Angel wrote:



i don't understand why everyone wants all this counting stuff to
be
done online out-loud and in public. it's not a contest. and what
happened to having a little inactive and personal responsibility of
your own. like doing the work to email a placer yourself if you want
to know the status of a box and if you don't get an answer, making
your decision about going out to look for the box. surprise, surprise
even if the box isn't there, you might have been brought to a very
beautiful spot by following the clues. heck, bring a box along and
place one of your own during the trip.




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The reason I would like to see alert flags for missing or damaged boxes be listed is this.....sometimes I take all four kids with me when letterboxing.....*laughs* though after all the bickering we put up with lately, I am beginning to rethink that and might just go with my wife only! At any rate, when we first started letterboxing, we found several right off the bat. But just the other day, we went searching in our area with a list that had several along our route, it was very disappointing to have about six out of ten of them not be found....only because they weren't there or had long been abandoned. Also, we noted that several of the ones we did find were running very low on stamping pages and it looked like by the dates listed that they had not been checked up on in a long while. My suggestion would be if there is no sort of tracking available on the websites, and placers can't seem to be contacted by email before hand for some reason, then I would hope that the placers would be checking up on their placed boxes now and then and see how they are doing....or even email someone in the areas they have placed them in and ask them to check and see what the status of them are. I know that most people already do that, but it seems that some clues have posted to the site years ago and people aren't checking up on the boxes. At least that is what we have been discovering. My doubloon's worth once again. *Smiles*

Cap'n Rasha and my Scurvy Crew of Misfits
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark P. Snow
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: LBNA site



Usually, we don't comment on posts to this list, but we have to agree with Enders Angel's comment below. Folks can do what they want, of course, and we're not putting down anyone who likes other sites or more information on letterboxing sites generally. We happen to like less. Less technology and fewer bells and whistles, both in terms of the look and feel, and the substance. 'Boxers can and do communicate amongst themselves as to box status and other information needs, and we don't perceive the need to change any aspect of the site as far as we're concerned. But it's the "cultural" issue behind EA's post that really moved us to de-lurk and share our view. We think letterboxing is fun because people work hard to carve good stamps, find good hiding places and good hikes, write good clues, and give a good effort to find boxes. Not finding a box on the first, second or third try is, in our view, part of what it's all about, as is mystery, the occasional surprise, and all the trappings of a pseudo-underground group. This isn't supposed to be a rant, just a voice -- things can get over-organized and over-engineered, and we wouldn't want that to happen. We do appreciate the hard work and responsiveness to popular feeling exhibited by the folks who help us all enjoy this phenomenon on the internet, and maybe we're just contrarian, but we felt we should speak. Different people see letterboxing in different ways. We like seeing it through a glass, darkly.

The Weathergleams

Enders Angel wrote:



i don't understand why everyone wants all this counting stuff to
be
done online out-loud and in public. it's not a contest. and what
happened to having a little inactive and personal responsibility of
your own. like doing the work to email a placer yourself if you want
to know the status of a box and if you don't get an answer, making
your decision about going out to look for the box. surprise, surprise
even if the box isn't there, you might have been brought to a very
beautiful spot by following the clues. heck, bring a box along and
place one of your own during the trip.




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HI,

I personally like to able to keep up with my box finds online. I
have 2 small children and I don't have just an abundance of time to
devote to doing some of the extra work that Enders Angel suggested.
I also do not believe that it is a contest to see who can find the
most boxes, but it is so interesting to see how many boxes some have
found. I am actually envious of the ones that have had the time
and energy to find so many boxes. What travels that must have had
finding all of these boxes. The website does help you keep up with
things that otherwise I would not have the time to do. It is also
nice to not have to go get your logbook everytime you want to check
out something about a letterbox that you have found. This is not
being lazy but being time challenged. I just wanted to voice my
opinion and say that I love letterboxing and the actual finds also
let you know who is a veteran and who you could possibly look to for
answers to letterboxing questions.


Texas Luvbug P5F10
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mark P. Snow"
wrote:
>
> Usually, we don't comment on posts to this list, but we have to
agree with Enders Angel's comment below. Folks can do what they
want, of course, and we're not putting down anyone who likes other
sites or more information on letterboxing sites generally. We
happen to like less. Less technology and fewer bells and whistles,
both in terms of the look and feel, and the substance. 'Boxers can
and do communicate amongst themselves as to box status and other
information needs, and we don't perceive the need to change any
aspect of the site as far as we're concerned. But it's
the "cultural" issue behind EA's post that really moved us to de-
lurk and share our view. We think letterboxing is fun because
people work hard to carve good stamps, find good hiding places and
good hikes, write good clues, and give a good effort to find boxes.
Not finding a box on the first, second or third try is, in our view,
part of what it's all about, as is mystery, the occasional surprise,
and all the trappings of a pseudo-underground group. This isn't
supposed to be a rant, just a voice -- things can get over-organized
and over-engineered, and we wouldn't want that to happen. We do
appreciate the hard work and responsiveness to popular feeling
exhibited by the folks who help us all enjoy this phenomenon on the
internet, and maybe we're just contrarian, but we felt we should
speak. Different people see letterboxing in different ways. We
like seeing it through a glass, darkly.
>
> The Weathergleams
>
> Enders Angel wrote:
>
>
>
> i don't understand why everyone wants all this counting stuff to
> be
> done online out-loud and in public. it's not a contest. and what
> happened to having a little inactive and personal responsibility
of
> your own. like doing the work to email a placer yourself if you
want
> to know the status of a box and if you don't get an answer,
making
> your decision about going out to look for the box. surprise,
surprise
> even if the box isn't there, you might have been brought to a
very
> beautiful spot by following the clues. heck, bring a box along
and
> place one of your own during the trip.
>
>
>
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--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Rasha"
wrote:
> The reason I would like to see alert flags for missing or damaged
boxes be listed is this.....sometimes I take all four kids with me
when letterboxing.....*laughs* though after all the bickering we put
up with lately, I am beginning to rethink that and might just go with
my wife only! At any rate, when we first started letterboxing, we
found several right off the bat. But just the other day, we went
searching in our area with a list that had several along our route,
it was very disappointing to have about six out of ten of them not be
found....only because they weren't there or had long been abandoned.
Also, we noted that several of the ones we did find were running very
low on stamping pages and it looked like by the dates listed that
they had not been checked up on in a long while. My suggestion would
be if there is no sort of tracking available on the websites, and
placers can't seem to be contacted by email before hand for some
reason, then I would hope that the placers would be checking up on
their placed boxes now and then and see how they are doing....or even
email someone in the areas they have placed them in and ask them to
check and see what the status of them are. I know that most people
already do that, but it seems that some clues have posted to the site
years ago and people aren't checking up on the boxes. At least that
is what we have been discovering. My doubloon's worth once again.
*Smiles*
>
> Cap'n Rasha and my Scurvy Crew of Misfits
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark P. Snow
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: LBNA site
>
>
>
> Usually, we don't comment on posts to this list, but we have to
agree with Enders Angel's comment below. Folks can do what they
want, of course, and we're not putting down anyone who likes other
sites or more information on letterboxing sites generally. We happen
to like less. Less technology and fewer bells and whistles, both in
terms of the look and feel, and the substance. 'Boxers can and do
communicate amongst themselves as to box status and other information
needs, and we don't perceive the need to change any aspect of the
site as far as we're concerned. But it's the "cultural" issue behind
EA's post that really moved us to de-lurk and share our view. We
think letterboxing is fun because people work hard to carve good
stamps, find good hiding places and good hikes, write good clues, and
give a good effort to find boxes. Not finding a box on the first,
second or third try is, in our view, part of what it's all about, as
is mystery, the occasional surprise, and all the trappings of a
pseudo-underground group. This isn't supposed to be a rant, just a
voice -- things can get over-organized and over-engineered, and we
wouldn't want that to happen. We do appreciate the hard work and
responsiveness to popular feeling exhibited by the folks who help us
all enjoy this phenomenon on the internet, and maybe we're just
contrarian, but we felt we should speak. Different people see
letterboxing in different ways. We like seeing it through a glass,
darkly.
>
> The Weathergleams
>
> Enders Angel wrote:
>
>
>
> i don't understand why everyone wants all this counting stuff to
> be
> done online out-loud and in public. it's not a contest. and what
> happened to having a little inactive and personal
responsibility of
> your own. like doing the work to email a placer yourself if you
want
> to know the status of a box and if you don't get an answer,
making
> your decision about going out to look for the box. surprise,
surprise
> even if the box isn't there, you might have been brought to a
very
> beautiful spot by following the clues. heck, bring a box along
and
> place one of your own during the trip.
>
>
>
>
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Actually, we like being able to keep track of our boxes on AQ, too,
but not just because of the box count. It's also fun to see who's
found your box (since the "Found" option sends us e-mail to let us
know, even if the finder doesn't leave a message). Makes it a little
easier to find and connect with local boxers because you then have
the option of contacting THEM as well as vice versa. It may be
different in areas where you have TONS of boxers and lots of
gatherings close by, but for those of us who're spread out few and
far between, it's nice to make connections you normally can't.

Just our two cents!

The Sprite and the Highlander

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "texasluvbug1"
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> I personally like to able to keep up with my box finds online. I
> have 2 small children and I don't have just an abundance of time to
> devote to doing some of the extra work that Enders Angel
suggested.
> I also do not believe that it is a contest to see who can find the
> most boxes, but it is so interesting to see how many boxes some
have
> found. I am actually envious of the ones that have had the time
> and energy to find so many boxes. What travels that must have had
> finding all of these boxes. The website does help you keep up with
> things that otherwise I would not have the time to do. It is also
> nice to not have to go get your logbook everytime you want to check
> out something about a letterbox that you have found. This is not
> being lazy but being time challenged. I just wanted to voice my
> opinion and say that I love letterboxing and the actual finds also
> let you know who is a veteran and who you could possibly look to
for
> answers to letterboxing questions.
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> Texas Luvbug P5F10
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mark P. Snow"
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> > Usually, we don't comment on posts to this list, but we have to
> agree with Enders Angel's comment below. Folks can do what they
> want, of course, and we're not putting down anyone who likes other
> sites or more information on letterboxing sites generally. We
> happen to like less. Less technology and fewer bells and whistles,
> both in terms of the look and feel, and the substance. 'Boxers can
> and do communicate amongst themselves as to box status and other
> information needs, and we don't perceive the need to change any
> aspect of the site as far as we're concerned. But it's
> the "cultural" issue behind EA's post that really moved us to de-
> lurk and share our view. We think letterboxing is fun because
> people work hard to carve good stamps, find good hiding places and
> good hikes, write good clues, and give a good effort to find boxes.
> Not finding a box on the first, second or third try is, in our
view,
> part of what it's all about, as is mystery, the occasional
surprise,
> and all the trappings of a pseudo-underground group. This isn't
> supposed to be a rant, just a voice -- things can get over-
organized
> and over-engineered, and we wouldn't want that to happen. We do
> appreciate the hard work and responsiveness to popular feeling
> exhibited by the folks who help us all enjoy this phenomenon on the
> internet, and maybe we're just contrarian, but we felt we should
> speak. Different people see letterboxing in different ways. We
> like seeing it through a glass, darkly.
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> > The Weathergleams
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> > Enders Angel wrote:
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> > i don't understand why everyone wants all this counting stuff to
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> > done online out-loud and in public. it's not a contest. and what
> > happened to having a little inactive and personal
responsibility
> of
> > your own. like doing the work to email a placer yourself if you
> want
> > to know the status of a box and if you don't get an answer,
> making
> > your decision about going out to look for the box. surprise,
> surprise
> > even if the box isn't there, you might have been brought to a
> very
> > beautiful spot by following the clues. heck, bring a box along
> and
> > place one of your own during the trip.
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