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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59149

rmcniel Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	For the past 2 weeks I have been unable to change the new meeting date on our home page. It says there's an error under the Basic Settings Tab - the website alias. I have always had our club number there. Should it be something else? Club 4274 4274.toastmastersclubs.org/
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59150

Brian Offline Administrator Posts: 11647 Thank you received: 3880	The default alias witch is always active is the club number. You cannot put a number in the alias field. Thank you, Brian McDonald DTM, PDD D61 FTH Lead Technical Support member Cataraqui Valley Toastmaster 9560
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59151

rmcniel Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	It sound like you're saying I should remove the number. Should anything be in that box?
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59152

Brian Offline Administrator Posts: 11647 Thank you received: 3880	I removed the number. You can put the name of your club if you would rather refer to your website that way. CostaMesa would work and help with your search engine results. Thank you, Brian McDonald DTM, PDD D61 FTH Lead Technical Support member Cataraqui Valley Toastmaster 9560
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59153

rmcniel Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	Okay, I removed the club number and left the box blank . . . and I was able to update the Home Page. I guess we're good. Thank you!
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59154

rmcniel Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	Oh, I did that and it seems to work well. Thank you so much!
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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59157

SteveTheTechie
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We had a recent case where a club put a number in the alias field that was actually the club number of a different club. (I do not think it was intentionally confusing.) This resulted in the system getting confused, since then the number could refer to two different clubs in reality.

As a result, I have to specifically prevent aliases that look like club/district numbers (just digits or a "d" followed by just digits) from being entered in the alias field. I made a recent change to prevent any future system confusion.

So, yeah, you will get flagged for an error now if you try to do a save with a club/district number "lookalike" in the alias field. Cannot allow that.

Regards,

Steve James, DTM
FreeToastHost System Developer
Officer Emeritus, Mindful Communicators (Club 1966, District 52) A President's Distinguished Club for each of the last 10 years.

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Can't update info on Home Page 7 years 5 months ago #59158

rmcniel Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	This must have been done recently then as our number has been there for the past 4-5 years. But that does explain it. Thank you for the clarification, Steve! The following user(s) said Thank You: SteveTheTechie
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