I still have mine and keep it close by.

That sounds wonderful! I love zines!

This is such a perfect reference to work from! Thank you so much! I really miss the days when Google would have turned up something like this in the top results haha

Stealth

Thank you.

What’s that?

Beetle has hosted a couple mini-zine trackers. She has also created a wonderful little Zine to introduce newbies to letterboxing.

I know that a letterbox # is assigned when adding a new box on AQ. Is there a way to get that number ahead of time so the planter has the number when planting the box/logbook?

Yes! Start the process of adding a letterbox by entering whatever info you have, including the name and type of letterbox. Then hit Save rather than Publish. This results in an Unpublished letterbox plant of yours that only you can see. You can view it under the Unpublished column in your logbook.

After you plant the box, go back to the listing and add the clues and all the other details, then hit Publish.

Thank you so much! Happy Fourth of July!!

If we send a post from a recent past event does it still get sent out?

thx

Yes. =)

-- Ryan

I have 3 stamps that someone contributed to Soup's On several years ago and did not want the stamps returned. The boxer has not been on AQ in over a year.

Are they mine to do with as I wish?

Should I make them traditionals, HH, etc -- ?

They are yours! When I give away a carve, I intend that the receiver can use it any way they wish. Better “out there” than the bottom of my drawer.

When I personally donate stamps, I prefer that they are used as traditional plants. But anything is better than being forgotten in a box.

(And I'm guilty of that for stamps I've received- but I'm trying to get them planted!)

Hi Memere,
One vote here for h.h.

We agree with BinoBoxer. They are yours.

I'm trying to add 3 new boxes. I have made a mess. I want to change my "clue" status from letterboxing.org to AtlasQuest. But, I deleted the box from LB. Now I'm in limbo. Looking for suggestions. Thank you!

Is there any way to edit a comment I posted as part of a LB checkup without having to delete the whole comment ?

Not sure if this will work or not - but if you delete the clue details - it might delete the location on LBNA if it's in your reserves - but honestly, I have no idea. You might have to delete the whole thing and start over :(

I believe your only option is to delete and start over :(

I'm not sure what this means. The clue status on LbNA is entirely separate from AQ. If you list boxes on both websites, the status needs to be updated separately on both websites.

Linking the two is something I want to do (eventually), but it sounds like you're trying to change something on one and hoping it would change on the other site, but that's not how it currently works.

-- Ryan

No. Just copy and paste the comment with the edits you want, then delete the old comment.

-- Ryan

I followed your instructions and did get to a page with an option to change the clue status and WA LA! It worked. Thanks for taking the time to help me. dogpatch

I'm all set. I don't have much experience added boxes. I messed up and didn't know how to fix it. mudflinginfools made a suggestion and it fixed my issue. Thanks. Now onto the finish line. dogpatch

I just found a really old box listed only on LBNA. (happy dance!) so I’m curious about something.

When you get a chance to link the two sites will we be able to log an LBNA only box as a listed find on AQ and not just as unlisted?

I have no idea if that’s even possible or maybe too much of a pain to do……but I am just curious.

EDIT: I know unlisted finds count as finds. I'm just wondering if there would be a point where they could all be together as listed rather than being separated into two different categories.

No, if there's not a corresponding box on AQ, it would have to be an unlisted box on AQ. I have to admit, I never even considered that as an option! I was thinking if a box was on one site but not the other, it just wouldn't list a find at all. But you're right, theoretically, LbNA could list the find as a find on an unlisted box. (At least for premium members, since finds on unlisted boxes are a premium member perk.)


Not likely. Early in AQ history, they used to be listed in one giant list, but it caused a few problems. The queries that pulled the data from the database started running unacceptably slow as people started recording large number of finds which was the main reason that I finally had to split it into two separate lists. Even now, with the lists separated, those with 5,000+ finds are a bit hard on a database, often taking more than one full second to run.

I try to keep things running so a page could load in less than one second. Most pages run in a fraction of a second--1/10th of a second, for instance, but those with huge number of finds... the logbook pages often take over a full second to generate.

-- Ryan

Thanks. That all makes sense. Oh well!

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