We used to have a nice FAQ section(not that little thing on the top bar),and interviews with all kinds of wood workers. I cannot find them now. What has happened to these features?
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We used to have a nice FAQ section(not that little thing on the top bar),and interviews with all kinds of wood workers. I cannot find them now. What has happened to these features?
Guest
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...al-wisdom-FAQs
It's up in the announcements section.
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Member
Well,I think they are entirely too obscure. I looked for quite a while and could not find the FAQ section.
Contributor
It's well hidden, that's for sure. Really it should be the first sticky post. At worst, the first post should have a link the the FAQ
-- Dan Rode
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
Contributor
I agree with you George but the powers that be felt it needed moving.Originally Posted by george wilson
For me the search function works fairly well. Either > wisdom/FAQs < or > faqs < in the SMC search box at the top right of the page brought it up on the top.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Member
Not that I am by any means a computer whiz,but I think,if I can't even find it,how are newbies supposed to?
Contributor
Again I have to agree. Most people do not associate archived wisdom with Announcements. Especially one with the byline of being about current events.
Maybe we need a sticky at the top of the conference called "Road Map, finding what you are looking to find."
It could have a lot of links and even search terms that would take a user straight to the results of a term like; dovetails, tenon saw, sharpening, tool restoration and any other thing that people often ask about.
The problem with most websites is they are put together by people at the top of their computer usage/knowledge. Sometimes it makes it difficult for those of us who are novice level computer users.
jtk
Last edited by Jim Koepke; 08-06-2014 at 11:44 AM.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Guest
Careful George...
Talk like this will get you banned.
Contributor
Who is in charge of making this sort of sticky or FAQ more user friendly? The moderators? The web site owner? Seems like things like this should be easy to fix
Administrator
The Member Interviews Forum is the third forum from the top on our main menu.
There is an FAQ thread in the Support Forum which contains information about The Creek.
Administrator
Jim Koepke shared the link with me to the FAQ thread George was looking for, it has been moved back to this Forum.
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Member
Keith,thank you for restoring the FAQ section. I can still only find TOOD TURNER interviews,not the other members,though. Maybe I'm messing up. It's been a hard day for me,and I'm pretty tired out. Thank you again.
Contributor
Thanks Keith!
-- Dan Rode
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
Contributor
Hey now, that is a great thread although FAQ doesn't really do it proper justice with regard to getting someone to see all the fine work contained in there. I would rename it as project archive or Neanderthal archive or smoething like that. The only FAQ I can see it addressed is "where is that thing?". Thanks Keith for restoring it though. I can see why George was so interested in locating it.
Contributor
Well, it is the repository of Neanderthal wisdom and there are answers to a lot of frequently asked questions.I would rename it
If I were to advocate any change to the name it would be to upgrade the w in wisdom to uppercase.
Let's just thank Keith for making it easier to find or explain to others how to find it.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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