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How is content corrolated....the learning curve

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When you log-in to the community site the landing page has these tabs. Question: What Blogs, Forums, Docs are culled to generate the listing?

I assumed all of blogs, forums and docs content but my current work has proven otherwise. I posted to the blog in RoadTest and it did not appear on this list. In order to see the RoadTest blog content, I have to go look for it in RoadTest. I rather like the Content option on the old site. I rarely move from the main page. I noticed /members/lui_5f00_gough made a post that did appear on the landing page listing. I have attempted to recreate that by trying this blog location.

Question: Since I have needed the feature twice in this post, How do you copy and paste a members name and just get the name link and not the full URL, as can be seen in this post for Gough_lui and jancumps below? Are we forced to use the Insert> link and do the work ourselves?

Another Question, the printing while I am typing the post is small. I have to use the edit menu to create large. Anyone have insight into how to change these defaults and store them as a user preference?

My participation in the E14 community has dipped since the site was upgraded. Until a few days ago, technical issues rendered me speechless. A few of my posts or replies to post made it through but the majority never succeeded. I'm using a work around to access the site while those issues are open for resolution. I would like to start some discussion on Navigating the new site.

After being able to post content and then discovering where that content actually landed, I'm beginning to get some insight into how the stie behaves. I'm hoping by sharing my experience, members will join in to provide their insight. My goal is selfish. I want to regain the confidence I know how and where content is managed on the new site. I really dispise havving to look for stuff:(

When the site was first moved, I made a post looking for a one-stop-shop for all new posts. On the old site I used the menu item Content. It displayed all new content.  /members/jancumps answered my posted question for this site with some of his insight but for the life of me I can't find the post. I will also confess providing me answers of what you saw didn't help, since my issues didn't necessarily let me see the same. Pretty frustrating when someone provides you a screenshot and your screen doesn't look like it and you can't communicate that understanding. No reply assumes you concurr.

Oh well I'm back looking for your insight.

  • in reply to Andrew J

    Your iPad experience describes what all my computers and browsers were like 99% of the time. Also there were no "Like" buttons. It is improving though, so the team is making progress.

  • in reply to dougw

    I can appreciate it is not a great experience. Some of your comments suggested you were suffering the same issues I was. Mine appear to be total send and yours was occassional send. I never realized how involved I was until my participation was limited due to the technical issues. Checking in randomly with a click here and a post there becomes a routine. Take that away and it is missed.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Thank JC, I see the content now appears on the main page. 

  • I've not had the issue you had in posting, but I've had the same experience in terms of finding stuff and seeing what is new.  Like DougW, my participation is down because I just can't see very much new content: using the sitemap link at the bottom of a page gives a longer list of new content but from page 2 onwards it is intermixed with comments and so stuff is just lost.  Given the number of comments some threads attract this could be a bit of a usability issue moving forwards.  Hopefully, rejigging the way the home page lists work when the "View More Content" is pressed can be changed by the dev team.

    In terms of entering comments, I've not had much issue except if I try and do it on an iPad.  For example, I couldn't respond to this post from my iPad because the editing box just wouldn't appear under my name.  I could hit "Reply" on a comment and that would show blank space where the editing box should be and a cursor, but no editing features and the font colour was white on a white background!  No 'Comment' action button to press to actually submit the comment.

  • These articles appear on the main page. At the moment there is a delay with its refresh. It's one of the items in the known issues documant.