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[KongKing]

Heaven forbid we ever go back to the dog's breakfast that used to be the old Cebu forum.

Well said RK as I was thinking the same when I saw Westies screen shot as it was a real dog's breakfast before and now manageable.

It maybe the opinion of senior members of this forum that the Cebu Forum was a dog's breakfast.

But let us have a look at some facts. One good measure of the accessibility of a forum is by looking at the number of postings lodged by members. Since January 1 2017 there have been 358 postings to the Makati forum, which in effect is a sub-set of Manila. In the same period, since January 1 2017, there have been 221 postings to the Davao forum, an area where international travel advisories say high risk, and which for Mindanao is still under martial law, which would deter many from visiting.

Yet in that period there have been just 58 field reports posted for Cebu. In fact in 2017 there were more reports posted in the Dumaguete forum (6) than general field reports posted for Cebu's general reports (3) for 2017!

The current outburst re access to Cebu information was prompted by Marlboro Red:

Any suggestion for Cebu? I am going next week, so any tips or guides would be nice. I have read the forum by yay not the most popular place in PH for a single guy.

I can fully understand how difficult it is to for most to scroll through the existing index for the Philippines to find Cebu positioned way down under "User Bloggs" and one position above Turdycurdyone's reply blogs. And then Cebu is still a couple of clicks away. And in doing so finding comparatively little information for the size that Cebu is.

What Jackson (the owner) needs to do in my opinion is to review the ease of access to Cebu from the main Philippines menu as a "Thread Title" and not as a "User Blog". In doing so, we can perhaps question why Cebu is raised to the level of an Asian country in one of the indexes.

[Wicked Roger]

A recent press link. Is well known and has been noted before here but these tend to remind us of how bad it can go and how slow it is to get out of the mire.

http://philippineslifestyle.com/just...ail-fie-years/

Plenty more example on that news site also.

[Wicked Roger]

That's the problem WC.

You need to rejig your access as per KB's advice.

Heaven forbid we ever go back to the dog's breakfast that used to be the old Cebu forum.

Well said RK as I was thinking the same when I saw Westies screen shot as it was a real dog's breakfast before and now manageable.

[Red Kilt]

RK, its possible that we are seeing a different page upon login.

That's the problem WC.

You need to rejig your access as per KB's advice.

Heaven forbid we ever go back to the dog's breakfast that used to be the old Cebu forum.

[Kabul Guy]

Same as mine. No real trouble in finding it. But I see Westy's point too. If your preferred mode of access is through the screen shot Westy sent, then it can be a real hassle.

I use the following in a shortcut, it opens Firefox to the main Philippine page and the Cebu page on a different tab.

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox. Exe" http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...php?247-The-Ph http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...ilippines-Cebu.

I imagine that other browsers have a similar command line syntax.

"Drive:\program path\program name. Exe" URL1 URL 2 etc.

Alternatively you can group the sites you want to open in a bookmark folder and then click on "Open all in tabs".

I actually have several different shortcuts on my desktop that each open a different set of tabs, i.e. My favourite news feeds, my fitness sites etc. Think of it as having multiple sets of home tabs depending on what you want to do right then.

[Blanquiceleste]

This is what it looks like on my screen from the Forum - Asia menu page.

Same as mine. No real trouble in finding it. But I see Westy's point too. If your preferred mode of access is through the screen shot Westy sent, then it can be a real hassle.

[BaddHabbit]

For the Makati and AC forums, its that easy. However the Link to Cebu forum was moved a long time ago by Admin away from the same area as the Makati and AC forums, to the bottom of the page under "User Blogs". Even after you scroll down to find Link to Cebu and click it, you won't see the Cebu forums, you see the page in the pic, with yet another link that takes you to the Cebu forums. Admin, why the extra link? It can be hard for newbs to find.

OTOH, RK, its possible that we are seeing a different page upon login.

Unlikely. I get the exact same screen you describe. Seems pretty silly.

[WestCoast1]

What's all the fuss about? I'm with Aussie G.

See Philippines. Cebu link and click it.

For the Makati and AC forums, its that easy. However the Link to Cebu forum was moved a long time ago by Admin away from the same area as the Makati and AC forums, to the bottom of the page under "User Blogs". Even after you scroll down to find Link to Cebu and click it, you won't see the Cebu forums, you see the page in the pic, with yet another link that takes you to the Cebu forums. Admin, why the extra link? It can be hard for newbs to find.

OTOH, RK, its possible that we are seeing a different page upon login.

[Red Kilt]

This is what it looks like on my screen from the Forum - Asia menu page.

What's all the fuss about? I'm with Aussie G.

See Philippines. Cebu link and click it.

[WestCoast1]

Westie, you are correct. You cannot go from the log on page displayed direct to the Asia nor Philippines _ Cebu Forum.

The path is:

Front Page (your screen shot) upon log in or the blue tab at the top of any page.

Forums tab at the top of the page.

Open Asia forum, past Canada, Mexico etc. (Note Cebu is not listed under Asia here either. Dooh!

Open The Philippines_Cebu, past Afganistan, Bangladesh,. . . The Philippines.

Sorry no screen shots as my mobile destroys the page justification.

I agree it is as simple as Chinese algebra.

Yes, its clear as mud. After logging in, you must click several links to get to the Cebu forums. Jackson, help?

[AussieGaigin]

This is what it looks like on my screen from the Forum - Asia menu page.

[Wicked Roger]

When you click on 'Asia', can you post a screen shot of that? When I log in, I see what is in this pic. There is a link for Philippines, but not for Asia.

Here you are Westie.

The Asia tab shows a list of all countries and scroll down to see Philippines and then under it is Cebu.

Or if in the Philippines thread reading / posting just click on Asia and the long list pops up.

See the screen shot and hope I helped any confusion LOL.

[Goferring]

When you click on 'Asia', can you post a screen shot of that? When I log in, I see what is in this pic. There is a link for Philippines, but not for Asia.

Westie, you are correct. You cannot go from the log on page displayed direct to the Asia nor Philippines _ Cebu Forum.

The path is:

Front Page (your screen shot) upon log in or the blue tab at the top of any page.

Forums tab at the top of the page.

Open Asia forum, past Canada, Mexico etc. (Note Cebu is not listed under Asia here either. Dooh!

Open The Philippines_Cebu, past Afganistan, Bangladesh,. . . The Philippines.

Sorry no screen shots as my mobile destroys the page justification.

I agree it is as simple as Chinese algebra. That's why I have been guilty of deferring to the Philippines Forums if my post straddles other area. Eg. My post about first using PinaLove in Cebu was posted under Penpals rather than Cebu.

[WestCoast1]

I click on 'Asia' then scroll down you see Cebu under the main Philippines thread. Much easier to do and much easier to find also IMHO.

When you click on 'Asia', can you post a screen shot of that? When I log in, I see what is in this pic. There is a link for Philippines, but not for Asia.

[Wicked Roger]

Good question my non-geography expert.

When I log in, the last pic is the page that I see. On the left I have to click 'Philippines', which brings up the next page that I see (pic #2). Must scroll all the way down to the bottom section to find and click the Link to Cebu Forum thread (pic #1). Hassle.

I click on 'Asia' then scroll down you see Cebu under the main Philippines thread. Much easier to do and much easier to find also IMHO.