2012 Bearded Dragon Calendar images needed!!!

[MissT]

Did you not send 2 Rose?

That may be why I thought it wasn't until October.

Hey Alex, how about extending the due date by at least a week, given you haven't received as many entries as years past? Pweeeease?

Pretty Pweeeease? Kazi might feel better about posing if he is given an extra week or so! LOL!

 

[roseplummer]

No I only got 1 I really liked so I just sent it.

 

[beardie]

Actually, it's always been September. I think in the past I let it go to early/mid October. However, that ended up pushing the final release into mid November or so (especially as more and more was getting submitted). The reason for the timing is that statistically there's a significant increase in the number of people shopping for a calendar start in late October. So, I want to have these ready before November before people start buying their calendars for the following year. It's a marketing research thing.

Btw, for those wondering how I got my statistics, I use Google Trends ( http://www.google.com/trends ). You can search for various keywords and see what the trend for people searching those terms are. Helpful with stuff like planning ideal times to release a product online with maximum capture of prime market share.

 

[beardie]

I'll tell ya what... Since I'm out of town that weekend, I'll extend the due date by a couple days. I'll update the main post to reflect this.

 

[MissT]

Yay!!!!! Alex, you are such a STAR!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!

In the 3 years iv sent in photos, I do think it was only once that it was October- the only reason I know that is because I submitted Phoebes photo for the 2010 calendar and I didn't get her until at least mid October 2009. I also know that it was a major panic to get a photo of her in time lol!

Thanks again, Alex!!!!!

 

[Lennonsmummy]

I got the same message about delayed sending that seams to have happened to some people

 

[NthosMommy]

I sent 2 e-mail submissions and there was a delay, followed by a failure to deliver.

Hope I can still make the deadline.
This is my first time for my 2 Beardies =)

N'tho and Usze's Mom <3

I will fix my sig asap!!

 

[dragongirl95]

when i tryed to send the email i got this back The original message was received at Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:51:18 -0400
from mtaomg-da02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.138]


*** ATTENTION ***

Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its
delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section
labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section
labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could
not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a
general translation for other e-mail servers.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to the e-mail
administrator or Postmaster at that destination.

--AOL Postmaster



----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<[email protected]>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
<[email protected]>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
mail.beardeddragon.org.
Message could not be delivered for 3 hours
Message will be deleted from queue

 

[Disaronno]

I tried resending after i got an email saying it failed and still got the delayed error :x

 

[Goonie]

Yay!!!!! Alex, you are such a STAR!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!

What she said! :mrgreen:


To all those who had been receiving delivery failure or delay messages back from your email server, you may want to look into the email's file size limitations. I remember having the same issues while using AOL.
Just a thought.

 

[beardie]

Hmmmm... I'm guessing that there may be a network range that belongs to AOL that has gotten auto-banned by some of my email scripts. I will try taking a look at that. I think I may have to put together a script (similar to one used for the Visitor Photo Album) so people can upload images directly to the site as an alternative method.

 

[beardie]

For those having email delivery issues, you may also want to try an alternate email (Yahoo or Google), if you can.

 

[Lennonsmummy]

Cool I will try again with my yahoo one later

 

[MissT]

Alex, my special wee man passed away today. Is it still ok for me to submit pics of him? I'm not quite sure how I am going to build up the strength to look through his photos but I really want him to be included

 

[beardie]

Sure MissT. I'm so sorry to hear that he's passed away.