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Welcome to the Accidental Beta-test!

By now I hope you’ve read about my blunder and have forgiven me for sending out renewal notices before we were ready for company. But since you are here, feel free to take a look around.

We are still getting things set up and aren’t quite ready for visitors but we’re happy to show you the site, provided you don’t mind a little sawdust.

When the site is ready to go for real, everyone will receive an email letting them know with thorough instructions. Meanwhile, feel free to explore on your own. Just don’t be surprised if everything isn’t working yet.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 9:25 am and is filed under SFWA Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

10 Responses to “Welcome to the Accidental Beta-test!”

Ken St. Andre Says:
June 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

The beta site looks pretty good. I don’t understand why you don’t just take it live.

In other matters, can I just renew my membership through Paypal? That would be most convenient for me.

–Best wishes,
Ken
secretary Says:
June 16th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Hi Ken,

I’m glad you like it! We still have a lot of content to port over, but we are closing in on going live.

And yes, you may definitely pay through Paypal. Go to the “Manage Profile” link in the left menu.

Use the email address SFWA has on file for you and either a) use the “forgot password” button or b) email me and ask me to send you a new password directly.

Yours,
Mary
grant carrington Says:
June 16th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

The new website is too big for my screen (an iBook G4)–I hate this scrolling back and forth.
Charlene Brusso Says:
June 17th, 2009 at 8:10 am

The homepage looks fine, but when I try to “manage profile”, all I get is your apology note. Is the “manage profile” section not up yet, or am I missing something?
Mary Robinette Kowal Says:
June 17th, 2009 at 9:42 am

We will have a text-only version for people, but it isn’t installed yet.

Edited to add: It’s installed now. Bottom of the menu.
Mary Robinette Kowal Says:
June 17th, 2009 at 9:44 am

The “manage profile” section is working. I’ve also emailed you but try clearing your cache and see if that helps.
Elizabeth Moon Says:
June 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

Got your email.

Want to send me the URL you want the WD editor to use for a screen shot?
Don Mead Says:
June 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

The new site looks great!! Some interesting similarities with JK Rowling’s site. Just in layout mind you. It will be a great benefit to the membership.
Mary Robinette Kowal Says:
June 28th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

Thank you! The team has worked very hard on this and they’ve got some great things on the roadmap as we continue working.
CJ Cherryh Says:
June 29th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

Looks good.

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Welcome to the Accidental Beta-test!

10 Responses to “Welcome to the Accidental Beta-test!”