Is this new dashboard working right?

xiaophil
April 15, 2010 at 06:40 AM posted in General Discussion

On the conversations page, I can't see the latest comment.  I can only see the original post.  Am I missing something?

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 02:34 AM

I need a "select all the groups" button, and the lesson conversations (latest comments) tag on the community page.

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 03:03 AM

Hi go_manly

Yeah, that would make both frequent posters and not-so-frequent posters feel happy, which is a happy medium, I think.

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go_manly
April 16, 2010 at 02:56 AM

I agree. If we get those back, then anyone can choose to ignore all this BS.

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 12:55 AM

Can someone please tell me how I can show lesson threads on the conversations pages? I don't know why, but they don't appear. I can only see group threads now.

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 03:37 AM

Now I know "no lesson threads shown on conversation pages" is a temporary glitch, perhaps. I hope I'm right.

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bababardwan
April 16, 2010 at 03:27 AM

dunno mate. I don't think we can currently. I think we'll have to wait till the latest lesson comments are available in the community section hopefully in the next few days.I'd rather this way than a system crash. In the meantime we're able to familiarise ourselves with the new system.

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go_manly
April 16, 2010 at 03:23 AM

How do we look beyond the 10 most recent lesson threads?

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 02:17 AM

Hi bababardwan

Thanks a lot. That's another "nice improvement" for me!

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bababardwan
April 16, 2010 at 12:57 AM

changye,

go to the lesson tab and look on the right side

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light487
April 16, 2010 at 12:49 AM

"Posted by xiaophil 18 hours ago"

Another issue, not sure if it's been reported already, appears to be the last post info in the list of conversations. It is only showing the original post's time and date of posting, from what I can tell.

This could be the main reason why I am having so much trouble with it.

 

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changye
April 16, 2010 at 02:29 AM

My late grandmother once told me that you shouldn't do something beyond your abilities, hehe.

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bababardwan
April 16, 2010 at 12:59 AM

this is a temporary measure while they're installing the new system.John has said it was intense to show all the lesson discussions at the moment and may have caused a system crash. I think it'll likely start showing in the next few days.

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user76423
April 15, 2010 at 06:45 PM

Why this (of general interest) has  been posted into the Intermediate Group? One who only subscribed to the Newbie or Ele group will never read this! What a mess!

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bababardwan
April 15, 2010 at 11:33 PM

xiaophil,

I've just checked it out and when writing a new post ,under the box where you enter "title" is "group" button and a drop down list to choose which group to post it in.

It looks like the save as draft function has gone though unless I just can't spot it.

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xiaophil
April 15, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Yes, I noticed that too only after I made the post. I think because I am an upper-intermediate learner, I fall into intermediate "group," which in turn makes my default post setting intermediate.

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chanelle77
April 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM

I actually need a watch :-)

On topic:

fyi: I tried the "show oldest" and "show newest" buttons and the display order of lessons stays the same (newest below, oldest on top). Is this the way to show the newest lesson on top or am I missing something?

Still have to get used a little to the new dashboard but I like the compact view so far! And nice to have lessons and comments in one place, saves a window / click!

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bodawei
April 15, 2010 at 11:34 AM

I'm sure Alan is a nice guy, but let's make a new Dashboard resolution to let guys like Alan know that this is a language learning site.  Surely there is something we can do to deter watch salesmen?  

I don't wear a watch.  :-) 

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chanelle77
April 15, 2010 at 07:50 AM

Hi Guys,

I read the post and subscribed to all the lesson groups and do not see any lesson related comments in the dashboard only non lesson group related comments in a non chronological order. Is this normal or maybe roll out is not completed?

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honglok
April 16, 2010 at 02:55 AM

I'm a Chinese,so I can teach you 中文。

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chanelle77
April 15, 2010 at 08:15 AM

Okidoki! Good luck with the roll out!

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John
April 15, 2010 at 08:11 AM

chanelle,

The lesson comment display is slightly delayed to keep the server table is we complete final database optimizations. More info here.

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xiaophil
April 15, 2010 at 06:53 AM

Wow, what's happening? This is confusing. Test run I hope.

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honglok
April 16, 2010 at 02:53 AM

xiaophil,you can say“即使我是美国人,也要把中文学好”,ok?

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catherinem
April 15, 2010 at 07:39 AM

I suggest checking out John's post here.