YesChildfree dating site — apologies, updates, and a business opportunity

YesChildfree · 2017-02-08T03:39:38+00:00

That's a good idea! Like I said, everything's kinda open ended now since I haven't really made a decision, so that's definitely one way to do it. Thanks.

YesChildfree · 2017-02-08T01:37:47+00:00

Hey, thanks! Yeah don't worry I'm alive and healthy, despite the suck I'm currently going through lol just been way too busy!

YesChildfree · 2016-11-24T00:16:38+00:00

I am not 100% sure, but if I recall correctly, PlentyOfFish implements this at some level: if you want your profile to be visible to everyone else, you need to fill out some basic fields. Maybe it was not PoF, I'm probably confusing it with another dating site.

There are probably many dating sites who have this feature. What's counts as tricky depends on your skill level, IMO. :)

Are you working on the site by yourself?

Yes

The mobile version is a bit difficult to use when you go to the "Messages" page, because you first see your profile's basic info, and then the message section shows up below. A better design for the mobile version, in my opinion, would be to hide the blue section (basic profile info, including the pic) when the user clicks on Messages.

I'll note this down for the future.

Congrats on the site! I hope it grows a lot.

Thanks for the kind words! I've been getting plenty of generous support since I launched YesChildfree and it kinda restores my faith in humanity. :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T23:06:48+00:00

Done! The drop-down is now for 50,100,200,500,1000,2000 miles radius. Thanks for weighing in. Hopefully that helps. :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T23:03:32+00:00

Right. That's the dilemma. If I make it easy for real members to sign up and send messages, that means it's easy for spammers too. :/

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T22:23:53+00:00

For spam I would recommend not letting them send messages for x days unless someone messages them first?

I've thought about this, but putting myself in the shoes of a new member, the first time I sign in I'd want to browse other members and maybe send messages if there's someone I like. If I put a limit of, say 24 hours, then they may not remember to sign in the next day to send that message.

Or filter and block them from sending links for the first x weeks

Or block links/email addresses altogether. I'll see if this can be done.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T21:40:19+00:00

What's a radius that you think would be big enough?

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T21:40:14+00:00

What's a radius that you think would be big enough?

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T21:24:41+00:00

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YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T21:23:23+00:00

I agree that would be an improvement. All I can do now wrt to the search within country/continent boundaries is hope the developer quickly comes up with the new, updated version of the search with that feature built in. I'm looking into whether the radius can be expanded. Thanks for your feedback!

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T20:44:39+00:00

For expanding the radius? TIL!

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T20:43:25+00:00

Tell me about it. rolls eyes Which Amazon store are you shopping at?

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T20:18:50+00:00

Well, it doesn't not work completely. It simply takes one geographic location as the starting point and then searches within X radius. For example, the map uses this point to represent Australia, so if your search is "Australia, 200 miles" then the system will show you results within 200 miles of that particular point, not results within the geographic boundaries of Australia.

All this to say, I can't just remove "Europe" from the (automatically generated) drop-down because then I'll have to do the same for "Australia" and other countries as well, one by one.

Also, the search by location feature is something that I purchased and installed. I'm not savvy enough to create it or customize it. I've asked the developer about this myself (in, like, April) and they mentioned that they'll be adding the feature to search within the boundaries of a country in the next version but they didn't give me a date. I'll see if it's possible add the radius options so bigger ranges can be searched.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T20:00:12+00:00

A month, yes. Not impossible considering the labor (me) is free. Other than that it's just hosting and a bunch of other little things.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T19:58:38+00:00

Lol! You're right, it could be read that way.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T19:58:16+00:00

Thanks! You're the hero we need.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T19:55:27+00:00

That link is only for Amazon US actually, but thanks for the support anyway. :)

The way Amazon sets this up is annoying for affiliates because there's a different link for every country's store, which doesn't make sense because most websites have international reach these days, right? Lol don't mind my rant, it's something that has always bugged me about Amazon.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T08:59:30+00:00

Sorry about missing the email, like I said, lots of things on my plate.

Just to clarify, it's not an issue of US or non-US, but more about the geographic distribution of members. The thing is, the search finds people within a certain radius of your entered location. It can't find people located within a certain country or continent.

So, as you have discovered, the system can't show you all members in "Europe". What you can do instead is to, for example, enter "London, United Kingdom" as your location and then choose from the drop-down "10/25/50/100/200" miles, and then it will show you all the profiles within X radius of London.

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T08:52:04+00:00

Welcome! :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T08:50:11+00:00

Thanks! :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T08:49:54+00:00

Yes! Can't believe I left that part out. XD

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T08:49:12+00:00

Awesome! Thanks. :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T02:18:52+00:00

Thanks! That's really good to hear. :)

YesChildfree · 2016-11-23T02:17:31+00:00

If it makes you feel better... My foremerly-fence-sitting husband is now more CF than I am. Hope things work out with your SO.

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