FAQs

What is Guide2Colchester

Guide2Colchester is one of a number of websites launched as part of the Guide2TheWorld franchise network of websites. Launched at the end of April 2010, Guide2Colchester aims to be the complete source of information for Colchester. Designed specifically for English speakers who are planning a holiday in Colchester, contemplating buying property in Colchester or residents of Colchester, Guide2Colchester provides Property & Accommodation listings, Colchester News, Events in Colchester, Town information as well as Classified listings, a Business Directory and Blog.

Guide2Colchester is a community site and encourages our visitors to take advantage of free membership so that they can participate in Blog discussions, post classifieds, events and more.

Why do I need Guide2Colchester

Guide2Colchester is the one stop source of information for Colchester. From News to Events, Property to Holidays, Accommodation to Classifieds, we've got it covered. With articles stripped down to the bare facts, you can quickly grab the information you need without having to wade through pages and pages of text. Why not join our community and post your own content to the site or join in the blog discussions and interact with others who are passionate about Colchester!

How do I post an ad if I already have a Guide2Colchester account?

At the top of each page there is a sign-in box where members are invited to sign-in by entering their username and password. Once signed in, the page will be refreshed, simply click on "My Account" to access your Guide2Colchester member page, which lists all current postings in all categories. From this page, click on "My Listings" and simply find the section that you want to post in and click on the "Add New" link. Complete the form, click "submit" and you´re finished.

NB Whilst members can post to many sections completely free of charge there is an advertising charge for posting property and accommodation listings, enhanced business directory listings and banner ads throughout the site.

How do I post an ad if I'm not a Guide2Colchester account holder?

In order to post an ad on Guide2Colchester, or a blog posting, event or classified you must first sign up to become a member of Guide2Colchesster. Membership is free and allows you to fully participate in the Guide2Colchester community.

How do I respond to a posting?

On all general postings there is a link in the ad that says "Send Email". Unless the posting has a phone number in the text, this is the only way to contact that person. Simply fill in the form to send that person an email and we will send it through Guide2Colchester, but don´t worry, they will receive it as if it came from you, and will be able to reply directly back to the email address you leave in the form.

How do I remove or change a posting?

Sign into your account, click on "My Listings" choose the section of the listing you wish to edit or remove. Once you've found the listing you wish to edit or remove click on the appropriate icon under the "Action" heading to the right of your listing title. This allows you to edit or delete the post.

What do I do if I feel the Discussion is inappropriate?

If you feel that a discussion is inappropriate or you have been abused on the site by other users then please contact us so that we can take appropriate action. Any Guide2Colchester member who we deem to have behaved inappropriately will be banned from using the site.

How do I post an event?

At the top of each page there is a sign-in box where members are invited to sign-in by entering their username and password. Once signed in, the page will be refreshed, simply click on "My Account" to access your Guide2Colchester member page, which lists all current postings in all categories. From this page, click on "My Listings" and then choose "Events". Click on the "Add New" link. Complete the form, click "submit" and you´re finished.

If you are not yet a member you can join Guide2Colchester for free, simply click on the "Sign Up" link towards the top of each page or click here.

How do I advertise with Guide2Colchester

The internet is increasingly the first port of call for property hunters, holiday makers residents. Guide2Colchester is the one-stop source of information for this already large and growing audience. With a cutting edge site design and snappy comprehensive content Guide2Colchester has been launched to critical acclaim and is already featuring strongly in the Search engine rankings. Traffic is growing daily and we are well on our way to establishing Guide2Colchester as the number 1 website for Colchester.

What if I want to post something but there is no category for it?

Guide2Colchester welcomes contributions of all kinds from property purchasers, home movers, holiday makers, advisers or anyone with valuable experience to offer our visitors. If you would like to contribute to other areas of the site please email the editor .

What am I not allowed to post on Guide2Colchester

Please refrain from posting content that:

Violates any international or national copyright, patent or intellectual property laws.

Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive or any information harmful to minors

Is of a political nature and/or is critical of any government or municipal employee of the United Kingdom.

Is pornographic or contains any kind of nudity, sexually explicit or perverse content

Is racist or discriminatory towards any race, religion, creed, nationality, gender or any other grouping of individuals

Impersonates another person, which includes but is not limited to: Guide2Colchester.com employees, political figures or public figures

Includes identifying information about another person without permission

Is false or deceptive

Infringes on any patent, copyright or intellectual property rights

Can be classified as: spam, junk mail, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any unsolicited commercial advertisement

is solicitation and is not in the designated area

Includes links to other websites unless it is: (1) with expressed written permission of the Service (2) in the designated area for services

That advertises the sale of anything illegal under the laws of the United Kingdom.

That contains software viruses

That disrupts the normal flow with an excessive number of messages

That uses misleading contact details to disguise the origin

What am I allowed to post on Guide2Colchester

Guide2Colchester is a community site and values contributions from its visitors. We especially invite Guide2Colchester visitors to post information on upcoming events in Colchester, to post to the Blog and add comments to Blog posts from other users. We also invite our visitors to take advantage of free classified advertising on the site and for those with businesses to add their free listing to the directory. All the above can be posted directly by our visitors once they've become a member of Guide2Colchester.

Guide2Colchester also welcomes contributions of all kinds from property purchasers, home movers, holiday makers, advisers or anyone with valuable experience to offer our visitors. If you would like to contribute to other areas of the site please email the editor.