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The new website was launched at about 11:30 this morning.
It is located at the same address at the old site, but it may take a few hours till everyone can access it.
Just go to the usual site, hit refresh, and be patient. I can see it.
The store is not 100% yet, some technical problems. It will be added ASAP.
Please report any problems, and we'll get them fixed next week.
Enjoy, and have a great long weekend. :D
Great news Bob.
I used the site this morning in preparation for the Canadian Open (which begins in 1 week from this Saturday!). Looks good.
Responding fast so far.... easy to navigate --- good first impression!
Nice website. Having participated into the launch of the FQE website, I know how complicated it can be.
Will there be any possible interaction for members on it?
Anyway, it seems rather nice, even though the french traduction is really, really, awful.
I've seen a little glitch when looking up ratings, who do I tell about it?
Praise, send to me. :D
Complains, send to Fred. :D
Just kidding, Fred gets a lot of the credit for this project. :)
John - you can report the glitches to either one of us, or post it on the thread on the cfc discussion board. That way everyone can see it, and we can avoid duplicate complaints.
The new website was launched at about 11:30 this morning.
It is located at the same address at the old site, but it may take a few hours till everyone can access it.
Just go to the usual site, hit refresh, and be patient. I can see it.
The store is not 100% yet, some technical problems. It will be added ASAP.
Please report any problems, and we'll get them fixed next week.
Enjoy, and have a great long weekend. :D
Report problems to fred underscore mckim at hotmail com
Some easy things I should be able to fix, other things will have to be handed off to the developers on Monday
Nice website. Having participated into the launch of the FQE website, I know how complicated it can be.
Will there be any possible interaction for members on it?
Anyway, it seems rather nice, even though the french traduction is really, really, awful.
Providing French was not part of the contract. What is there may have been some sort of automation by Resolution. I suppose if it's worse than nothing, we can close it down.
On the other hand, if there are bilingual volunteers..........
Providing French was not part of the contract. What is there may have been some sort of automation by Resolution. I suppose if it's worse than nothing, we can close it down.
On the other hand, if there are bilingual volunteers..........
I'm not a CFC member, so I believe I do not have much to do with the website ; this service is provided by the CFC to its members and it is their opinion that is important. I pointed it because some translated sentences were quite funny. However, we should not criticize you since our own website is in French only. The most important, I believe, is that the informations on the principal tournaments or news can be found in both languages (as we do for the Quebec Open). The fact is that anyway, most English-speaking people in Quebec understand French too (to a certain degree). I don't know much about the francophones in the CFC (I'm thinking about the North of Ontario), but the French translation could stay there, except if francophone CFC members believe it is inappropriate.
Good luck for the next few days, there is always a lot of work to do after a website launch.
For what is of the CFC problems with the SQL, it seems to be a problem with many websites using this platform. The FQE website also had a lot of errors of the same type. Let's just hope it gets solved fast...
My first impression after a short gander at the website is.... EXCELLENT!
I particularly like the integration of David Cohen`s material.
I will enjoy looking much further later today.
I agree.
There is an oversight in the GM listing. I'm sure we'll hear more about this. :)
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