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Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:42 pm
by 7im
orion wrote:Don't you guys think that it may be helpful to new people, and some of us old timers, to put the passkey information under the software button?
I found it for someone but I had to dig to find it.
On the software page...
Step 3. Follow the instructions to Start Folding.
The client installation has a prompt for a passkey, and a link to get one. It's also linked from the Install Guides, and linked from the FAQs page. And FAHControl has a link right above the Passkey field that says "Click here to get a passkey..."
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:59 pm
by PantherX
Above the Search box, how about "Get a passkey to qualify for bonus points" or something along those lines. The reason being, those donors who have already set-up their systems will not read the installation guide again. Having this small box would be nice since it catches a persons attention and IMO, is better in the long run.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:18 pm
by 7im
PantherX wrote:Above the Search box, how about "Get a passkey to qualify for bonus points" or something along those lines. The reason being, those donors who have already set-up their systems will not read the installation guide again. Having this small box would be nice since it catches a persons attention and IMO, is better in the long run.
In the search box, type "passkey"
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:39 pm
by PantherX
Humm... I am going to pretend that I just heard passkey and searched for it. With that in mind, the results aren't making much sense to me and has overwhelmed me ->
http://folding.stanford.edu/home/?s=passkey
I expected a links to the Passkey FAQ and the site to get one. Instead, what I get is a huge page with lots of "F@H Stuff" and passkey is buried inside of it.
BTW, is this new site "heavy" since it takes more than a few seconds to load on a 4094 kbit/s down and 380 kbit/s up line? Nearly every other site I visit loads within 7 seconds but the new site takes 15s to 20s to load :/
EDIT -> Had interchanged the up and down labels. Now they are corrected.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:56 pm
by 7im
The site search seems to be behaving differently than I remember. Contacting one of the site admins about it...
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:32 pm
by 7im
Added a link to the Passkey FAQ on The Software page, under More Info...
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:45 pm
by Jesse_V
PantherX wrote:BTW, is this new site "heavy" since it takes more than a few seconds to load on a 4094 kbit/s up and 380 kbit/s down line? Nearly every other site I visit loads within 7 seconds but the new site takes 15s to 20s to load :/
Yeah, it does seem slower than before. I think that was one advantage that the PmWiki base of the old site has over this Wordpress-powered version. I believe Wordpress does MySQL lookups when putting the page together. We installed a caching plugin a while back which seems to have helped though.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:54 pm
by 7im
7im wrote:
What is the URL of the page with the broken link? There is no Linux FAQ. And the V7 Linux Install Guide has no video links.
Nevermind. I did a global search, and found this old link on the older client download page, and fixed all examples of it.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:22 pm
by orion
7im wrote:Added a link to the Passkey FAQ on The Software page, under More Info...
Thank you.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:04 pm
by Macaholic
orion wrote:7im wrote:Added a link to the Passkey FAQ on The Software page, under More Info...
Thank you.
Agreed. A big thanks to both 7im and Jesse_V for all their hard work and time commitment to making these much needed improvements. That kind of commitment and dedication is what keeps on making this community a helpful and friendly place.
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:12 pm
by VijayPande
+1 on props for 7im and Jesse_V
Re: New web site
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:17 pm
by sortofageek
VijayPande wrote:+1 on props for 7im and Jesse_V
I'll second that. Wow!
Edit: Sorry, Mac. Well said. May I third it?
Re: Community support page notation
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:39 pm
by Stonecold
JCM3500 wrote:
"We are scientists. Citizens. Gamers. Thinkers. Mothers. Brothers. Friends. Family."
No fathers?
John
It's political correctness, you can't fight it...
EDIT: nvm didn't re-read the page.
Re: Community support page notation
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:57 pm
by 7im
Stonecold wrote:JCM3500 wrote: "We are scientists. Citizens. Gamers. Thinkers. Mothers. Brothers. Friends. Family."
No fathers?
John
It's political correctness, you can't fight it...
No, it's not PC! And it's already changed twice since this was first posted, so you're way off base.
Re: New web site
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:38 pm
by ChristianVirtual
7im wrote:7im wrote:
What is the URL of the page with the broken link? There is no Linux FAQ. And the V7 Linux Install Guide has no video links.
Nevermind. I did a global search, and found this old link on the older client download page, and fixed all examples of it.
Sorry, I tried to find it again but couldn't ...
