Give the people who have paid to advertise a space to put adverts on the forum maybe just a section dedicated to them that brides can look through when they are looking for something specific, and I dont mean the section they already have cos all that does is take them to the website, I mean a place where the advertisers could actually answer questions directly??

Just a thought hehe maybe it could be seperated so that those brides that wish not to see advertising wouldnt actually havew to look at them

i agree angelaeris- J a few ideas were mentioned in this thread- if u have the time do read throught them all!! but i think maybe a thread on the forum (like the non-wedding talk one) - i personally come on here to talk weddings so dont look or post on the non-wedding talk ones- where as a lot of the girls love the non- wedding thread (it works for all of us) - i think a thread where advertisers were allowed to post ONLY in this one thread could help a lot of ppl.

EXACTLY Goff. its really not difficult aarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh lmao xxx

Jeez, i thought all the drama was done with! Not to put a downer on things but a wedding website shouldnt be so much work. Everyone on here joined to meet brides and be excited about weddings. Rules i understand are there for a reason but it takes away some of the fun. I agree with other members saying maybe an 'I want'/'Im looking for' section would be a good idea, but i also agree with others that if your going to try and find things then how can you get excited and share the best deals when they cant even be mentioned? J your point 2.c is valid but, if all these rules and argument's keep breaking out on the forums your going to lose members because its too much stress.
If the 'my wedding' wall was kept up for longer so if something is posted that would make things easier, rather than things getting lost. I agree with your point that if everyone was joining to be flogging their services it would be c**p but members who have been on here for a while with lots of hearts could surely be trusted to mention where they got things?
Sorry to moan but this site is getting stressful when it should be fun and i really did love coming on here, now i dont want to post anything.

I agree - I don't really want to post now. This is craziness!!!

Good afternoon ladies seems ive missed alot today lol.

Goff i agree :-) was confusing what we could and couldnt mention which is why i brought Ann up the otherday as thought this was advertising her site even if we never mentioned the name of said site. (I'll put my hand up and fully admit i have mentioned her once or twice myself, sorry).
If a supplier asks a question to improve her services from people who have used her services i find this good business, after all she DOES pay to advertise here so why not get feed back from here? Instead the post was deleted?? seems strange to me. Just my opionon.

Also ive recommended about 3 people to advertise on here but 2 have got back to me and said they cant ask the customers what they want so unsure if paying out £39 pm is worth it and would rather advertise where they can get feedback from the people who would be using them.............J perhaps we could have a feedback section somewhere or a would you use??

Oh fiddles, what other post? Just went to read and cant find it ?

the thing is J the way this site is going its not going to be just a few members you lose!

Well it seems there is no answer then, maybe if you wanted the moderators to answer a private message would have been better, wouldnt have opened all these issues up.

No one minds that there are rules but when they change so often its easy for people not to know where they stand with them. For me this site is a place where I come for tips and ideas, I'm not particularly bothered about advertisers, if i want to read them I will and if not ill ignore them. There never used to be a problem with advertising the forum used to be a nice friendly place to come and chat with like minded people without the worry of saying the wrong thing. I'm far less likely to use this site now as I dont want to made to feel like i'm silly for posting the wrong thing.

Its becoming more about rules and less about fun!

I dont understand what the problem is

No really - i dont

Someone please explain what is causing such a kerfuffle??

Hails ukbride has HALF of the brides in the UK as members. If your friends think that £39 is too much, ask where else they can spend £39 to Advertise to the other half. It's £39 not £3,900!

I'm with you Goff - lost. Cant see the issue.

yeah i realised it was closed on purpose, hails just asked what other thread. im not trying to create trouble i promise :O( xxxx

OK lets be realistic here - this site makes NO money from us, so the suppliers are able to dictate what they do and don't want. We either get on with it on that basis, or go elsewhere. I think thems the facts!

It doesnt stop anyone having fun, and if you were to go to another forum the same rules would be in place there too!!

it was me that posted another thread whilst the other one was closed- but when it was re-opened i asked Tiggs to close it as it was silly to have 2 posts re the same thing on the go.

i really dont get what all the fuss is about,,and im not being blonde this time

im with u auntiewoo-can we post links to others walls?? if so can we have our walls extended so things stay on longer.

This was a small forum when I joined and we kinda run riot, the site has got bigger, there are more members and more advertisers, as the site evolves so do the rules. People then kick off about the rules, tension is created and its not fun. So, the rules are really simple to understand (I think), I also think these rules are the same you'd find on any other wedding forum, so sayng you're leaving because of it wont help much - you'll have the same rules elsewhere - its just that people accept them there as they have been in place for longer as they are older sites. .

These rules do not stop you helping each other, it doesnt stop you making friends, sharing opinions, giving advice - those are the things that make the site great and that wont change.

How about being able to delete things from your own wall.... like you are now friends with??

could you make it so that when you get added as a friend or make a friend it doesnt say this on the wall. as we are not allowed to advertise/mention anything on the forum any more people leave stuff on walls more but these friend making thingys get them taken off the wall quicker. We now HAVE to make more friends to post links on their walls so im finding links I have got are removed way to quickly

just read my post back does that even make any sense at all lol

J, would it be possible to see if IT Man could put like a save your links thing onto our walls? that way the advertisers still get there space on our walls and we can keep the links poeple send us.
I know i said i would keep out but i thought that might solve some issues xxxx

i didnt know we could delete friends?? how- lol

Really? oh lol never knew that. How?