Queensland Astrofest 2013 - Page 3

allan gould · #41 06-05-2013, 07:39 PM

Still waiting for my activation email. Looks a hamfisted way of registering and havnt got to the secret cave for paying as yet!!!!!!!!

citivolus (Ric) · #42 06-05-2013, 07:42 PM

I have had to temporarily suspend registration while I sort out an issue associated with early bird registration. My apologies for the delay.

acropolite (Phil) · #43 06-05-2013, 07:45 PM

Tried again, this time creating an account, didn't work of course, because my chosen username is lost somewhere in the aether. Plus I ran in to the dreaded captcha, personally I'd like to find the idiot who designed the mostly indecipherable captcha graphics and make him write the correct spelling of capture legibly on a board a thousand times.

Ric, you posted as I posted, can you check my registration, it will be the only one from Tassie I expect and work out where my confirmation went. If you could PM me that would be best. One can't checkout without confirmation.

I reckon you should get rid of the craptcha, IMO it serves no useful purpose, out of 5 tries I only managed to guess what it was after once.

citivolus (Ric) · #44 06-05-2013, 07:53 PM

Registration is open again. The registrar will be in contact with the two people whose orders went through prior to the early bird discount being sorted out.

Compound discounts of pensioner and early bird were messing with the system. They properly apply now.

citivolus (Ric) · #45 06-05-2013, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan gould

Still waiting for my activation email. Looks a hamfisted way of registering and havnt got to the secret cave for paying as yet!!!!!!!!

I would check your spam filter. Activation email tend to get grabbed by this type of thing.

acropolite (Phil) · #46 06-05-2013, 08:14 PM

Just checked my ISP webmail, as I expected, nothing in the spam filter. I've also sent myself an email, so my email appears to be functioning normally.

I'm not entitled to a pensioner discount but by the time I get through the checkout I may be...

Grimmeister (Anthony) · #47 06-05-2013, 08:34 PM

Not sure about everyone else, but registration was a breeze and worked first time

Different but not bad by any means

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Thanks to all those on the committee (and others behind the scenes) that make Astrofest happen

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Can't wait for August now

See you all there.

Cheers

Anthony

h0ughy (David) · #48 06-05-2013, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

Just checked my ISP webmail, as I expected, nothing in the spam filter. I've also sent myself an email, so my email appears to be functioning normally.

I'm not entitled to a pensioner discount but by the time I get through the checkout I may be...

yes you might need it

h0ughy (David) · #49 06-05-2013, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimmeister

Not sure about everyone else, but registration was a breeze and worked first time

Different but not bad by any means

.

Thanks to all those on the committee (and others behind the scenes) that make Astrofest happen

.

Can't wait for August now

See you all there.

Cheers

Anthony

yes its the countdown now, cant wait, wonder who the two were that registered?????

allan gould · #50 06-05-2013, 08:46 PM

Paid and registered for the whole shebang.
Woooo Hoooo !
Can't wait

h0ughy (David) · #51 06-05-2013, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan gould

Paid and registered for the whole shebang.
Woooo Hoooo !
Can't wait

thats great Al - now where is Grady?

CJ (Chris) · #52 06-05-2013, 08:52 PM

I've not been to one of these before. Do I have to register beforehand or is it ok to just turn up on the day if circumstances permit?

allan gould · #53 06-05-2013, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

thats great Al - now where is Grady?

Now that you mention it -with the right hat he could be "where's Wally".

allan gould · #54 06-05-2013, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJ

I've not been to one of these before. Do I have to register beforehand or is it ok to just turn up on the day if circumstances permit?

Depends if you want camping or bunk accommodation. If the latter I would register or at least let the organizers know when you might be appearing.
Allan

citivolus (Ric) · #55 06-05-2013, 08:57 PM

I have added user comment fields to the individual days as well as an overall one for the order during the checkout process. Hopefully that will help.

As for registering on site, this is fine for day visitors but if you are planning on staying over night or going to the Astrofeast, you run the risk of there not being any openings left.

acropolite (Phil) · #56 06-05-2013, 09:08 PM

Still no confirmation email, I have registered a second time with a different email and username, still no confirmation email, I've tested both email addys from a third account with a different service provider with no problems.

How long did your confirmation take to arrive Allan?

Grimmeister (Anthony) · #57 06-05-2013, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

Still no confirmation email, I have registered a second time with a different email and username, still no confirmation email, I've tested both email addys from a third account with a different service provider with no problems.

How long did your confirmation take to arrive Allan?

Hi Phil,

My Activation and confirmation emails were less than a minute to get through to my email address but my email domain is private not an ISP email domain like user@bigpond.com. Not sure what issues your having there???

Regards

Anthony

acropolite (Phil) · #58 06-05-2013, 09:22 PM

I don't believe I have any issues my end. Both the addresses I tried were @netspace.net.au my guess is that either I happened to register when something was being amended on the website (but both times unlikely) or the send server that the registration site is blacklisted by netspace or iinet (can happen if that service provider has had significant spammer activity).

I have also sent two test emails to the netspace addresses from a third unrelated hosted domain email address, both arrived within a minute.

CJ (Chris) · #59 06-05-2013, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan gould

Depends if you want camping or bunk accommodation. If the latter I would register or at least let the organizers know when you might be appearing.
Allan

Quote:

Originally Posted by citivolus

I have added user comment fields to the individual days as well as an overall one for the order during the checkout process. Hopefully that will help.

As for registering on site, this is fine for day visitors but if you are planning on staying over night or going to the Astrofeast, you run the risk of there not being any openings left.

Thanks Allan & Ric.

allan gould · #60 06-05-2013, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

Still no confirmation email, I have registered a second time with a different email and username, still no confirmation email, I've tested both email addys from a third account with a different service provider with no problems.

How long did your confirmation take to arrive Allan?

Took about 5 minutes and then I found it in my spam folder, but the accomodation and meals didn't stick so I had to do it all again. The registration page with all is details should be on the first page and not buried half way into the darn thing as I found.
And a note saying that the confirmation may wind up in the spam folder, as my wife had pleasure in suggesting to me.
Allan