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Apr 15, 2018
UKDFD News
Following comments received from members, we have altered the 'Record View' on the mobile version of our website. The view on a smartphone is now closer to that on our desktop website. It shows a gallery of thumbnails, each of which can be touched to display a complete high-resolution image. Below each high-resolution image there is a set of navigation buttons for moving backwards and forwards through the gallery or displaying them as a slide-show. Alternatively, the individual images can be... -
Mar 20, 2018
New Features and Updates
As we have said before, work on developing the new Website and fixing minor issues continues on an ongoing basis. We are now pleased to update everyone on the changes made since our last News was posted on 26 February. 1. We have created a new feature, which we are calling 'VAQs' - short for Video Answered Questions. This is a series of short videos to help people, particularly newcomers, to sign up and find their way around the website. A link to the VAQs can be found on the footer menu of... -
Feb 26, 2018
New Features and Updates
Work on developing the new UKDFD did not stop when we launched in January, but continues on an ongoing basis. We are now pleased to update everyone on the changes made since our last News was posted on 8 February. 1. You can now choose which of your images appears on the pdf you create from your record. You do this at the time of recording by selecting the applicable 'radio button' below each of your images. This means, for example, that if you upload the obverse of a coin as Image 1, the... -
Feb 08, 2018
Removal of Daily Upload Limit
When we switched on recording on the new database, we asked recorders to observe the previous three-record-per-day limit until we were confident that the process was working correctly. No significant problems have been encountered in the recording process, and we are now in a position to remove the limit. Recorders are now free to upload from their Recording Packages without any daily limit. Be aware, though, that validation might take longer than usual if volumes temporarily exceed... -
Jan 30, 2018
The first ten days!
About ten days have passed since we launched the new UKDFD website, and just four or five since we enabled recording. This is an update, and statement on the current situation. As we expected, considering the sophisticated nature of the software and the minimal testing that we were able to carry out prior to launch, we have experienced a number of problems, but no more than we anticipated. The most significant of these was a failure of the pay-as-you-go credit system, which took about a...
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