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Old 07-10-2006, 03:57 PM
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As you chaps know, I think GYO is the best and I don't even look at any other magazines re: gardening!
Just had a thought! On the front cover where you show the main titles of the articles, could you poss put the page number? (I've seen this on womens magazines). It would help when finding the particular article you are interested in.
Just an idea!
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Old 07-10-2006, 05:03 PM
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I will put your suggestion forward DDL.
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Old 07-10-2006, 05:26 PM
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Thanks LJ - it was just a thought! DDL
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Old 07-10-2006, 05:33 PM
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I've seen some magazines do it in the contents page - they have a list under a heading relating to the titles on the front cover, then everything else comes after that. That works quite well for some mags.

I often do daft things which I try and keep quiet (senior moments!) but I perhaps should tell you about this one - shouldn't really ........ a GYO mag a couple of months ago had on the front cover Learn the Secrets of Veg Gardeners. I looked everywhere for the article, and it was a long time before I realised it was a description of what GYO Mag was. Hmmm .....
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Old 07-10-2006, 06:16 PM
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just think it would be a quicker way of finding articles.....was looking for the one re: preparing the ground, for a query on the Vine - took a good few minutes to find it...not complaining though - but could be worth looking at? DDL
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Old 07-10-2006, 06:27 PM
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The front cover is to attract people to buy the mag. The contents page tells them where to find things.
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yes, but no, but yes, but no........I sometimes struggle to find the article on the front page in the mag.... DDL
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Old 07-10-2006, 07:58 PM
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Don't some mags hi-light the title of the article from the front cover (within the contents page) so it stands out from the rest. that could work.
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Old 08-10-2006, 09:25 AM
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Yes, it's usually headed something like "On the Front Cover..." I agree something to making find these articles easier would help. As it is I have to read the whole magazine to get to the bit I want.

Or maybe that's the whole point.
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Old 08-10-2006, 09:14 PM
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i get gyo every month and enjoy it throughly and i also get kg mag and i have to say it just beats gyo for articles as it goes into a little more depth which for me as compleat newcomer to the allotment scene is very help full
i think both mags could try to show more items aimed at newbies like showing how to make use of bottles for cloches or how to make a hoped cloches
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a short list outlining seeds to plant this month etc- I get confused what should be planted when & although i read gyo I often forget what I should be doing... a nice concise tear out list that I can pin to my shed shelf would be sooooooo useful
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That's a nice idea sunbeam. Although the sections for what to do are there I don't carry the mag to the lottie so something v. portable like that would be good. Most of us rely on some sort of wall chart/diary I think to remind ourselves what we want to be doing when. I'm usually consulting my moon chart as well.

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That's an idea actually. How about a free wall chart of the year in their Dec issue, with tips for what to do each month? Although I suppose they might think people won't need to buy the magazine then, but we would wouldn't we, because we'd want more detail than just 'dig runner bean trench'.
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If there was a tear out short list of things to do, sow or plant in the magazine, could this be repeated on the website as a pdf, so a copy could be printed off. This would also be handy for the special offer cut out strips. Just a thought , but I hate defacing magazines in this way; I later end up wondering what was on the reverse page.
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Old 09-10-2006, 12:53 PM
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......... so a copy could be printed off. This would also be handy for the special offer cut out strips. Just a thought , but I hate defacing magazines in this way; I later end up wondering what was on the reverse page.
I agree skegblade. I took to photocopying mine (we have a 3-in-1 printer thingy) but this month's mag doesn't have a tick box form so I entered online.
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Like the idea of a wall chart saying what to do and when! DDL
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It would save us all a job but then I'd have a redundant one that I got with the Moles Seeds catalogue.
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Great idea DDL - I often find I spend ages hunting for cover articles.

Also, probably a bit thick I know, but when it says jobs to do this month, I wonder if the mag means this month (when the mag comes out) or the month printed on the front

I'm easily confused you know...
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Old 09-10-2006, 08:33 PM
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me too! BB DDL
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who has difficulty finding the articles - I don't bother now - I just start at the beginning and work my way through
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I thought the top tips were good, tho didnt appreciate 2 being the same on facing pages! Lol! pages 18 & 19

And what happened to the rest of the GYO guide to finding an allotment? It finished mid sentence!

Overall tho highly impressed once again! Mr Dobby brought it home Saturday, then sat there asking what was for tea for 2 hours while I 'read the ink off the pages', lol! Anyone would think he was incapable of cooking!
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Old 09-10-2006, 08:53 PM
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don't forget, I always read mine from the back to the front! but when looking for a specific article the page nos on the front would help! DDL
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Old 09-10-2006, 08:57 PM
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I noticed that as well Mrs D