Newbie question

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• • January 21, 2018 at 5:36 pm #254938
    Deborah McGlauflin

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    Is this the place where I should ask a dumb newbie question about cloud verification, or is there a private help email where I can humiliate myself less publicly?  :-)

     

  • January 21, 2018 at 7:47 pm #254947
    Michael Lerch

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    Deb,,we were all newbies at one point or another..do you have a pic?  Also the gallery has pics of just about every  cloud genus and species of genus . Its a good place for visual help. There is also Cloudspotter’s Guide a book that quickly becomes dog ear’ed.  Anyway, don’t worry about being humiliated. Its about The Clouds..not us.

  • January 22, 2018 at 12:37 pm #255054
    Deborah McGlauflin

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    Thanks, Michael.  Yes, I sure have and use the Guide. It’s wonderful!  Since I first posted, my question resolved itself.  There was just a 24-hour delay in the “stars” appearing for a cloud I identified, during which I was confused about the way it showed (blue lettered, but no stars). Now I know it’s not necessarily a problem and I should just be patient.  Anyway, I’m happily working away on my “Big Ten” and “Eyes to the Sky” badges.  Things are looking up, and so am I!

  • January 26, 2018 at 12:33 am #255595
    George Preoteasa

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    Deborah, I was a bit confused myself early on, This is the forum of the CAS, where CAS members say what they feel like saying, post pics and links, asks questions, etc.

    Not every CAS member is a cloudspotter app user and, I think, vice-versa. But there are some cloudspotter app users who participate in this forum. So you have a chance of getting an answer.

    However, the cloudspotter app has its own support team, support@cloudspotterapp.com. There is an FAQ page, which you have probably seen:

    https://cloudspotterapp.com/faq.html

    So for questions like why was my cloud not verified, or technical questions it’s better to contact the support team. For advice and opinions, maybe the Forum is better. Everyone is very nice.

    Anyway, welcome, and show us some nice pictures.

    PS Yes, badges do not materialize immediately after achievements. Yours came after a while. I had the opposite experience. One of my shots was chosen as photo of the day (in fact many days after I took it). I did not know, so I was very surprised one day when I got the cloud of the day badge. Only to find my picture shown the next day. So the background workings of the app are a bit of a mystery. But it works.

  • January 26, 2018 at 11:44 am #255661
    Deborah McGlauflin

    Participant

    Thank you, George.  That’s all very helpful and clarifying. You’re right that the cloudspotter app does seem to work well, albeit a tad mysteriously. And it’s very nice to realize one can can also share photos on this forum. I do have one jaw-dropping one I’m going to go back through my photos and find to post here this weekend.  Thanks again.

  • January 29, 2018 at 5:24 pm #256344
    Laurence Green

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    Hi Deborah

    Welcome to the CAS.  I hope you find your membership very enjoyable and fulfilling!

    May I, please, offer this useful link to the BBC’s Weather Watchers website?  It is totally free and, thanks be, devoid of advertising and irksome annoying pop ups. WOW!!!!  Registration onto its website is very refreshingly easy – and no commitment.

    Here is the link:-

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers

    Best wishes.

    Laurence

     

     

     

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