What will happen with existing LW posts and comments? I feel strongly that they should all stay accessible at their old URLs (though perhaps with new design).
All old links will continue working. I’ve put quite a bit of effort into that, and this was one of the basic design requirements we built the site around.
“Basic design requirements” seems like it’s underselling it a bit; this was Rule 0 that would instantly torpedo any plan where it wasn’t possible.
It’s also worth pointing out that we’ve already done one DB import (lesserwrong.com has all the old posts/comments/etc. as of May of this year) and will do another DB import of everything that’s happened on LW since then, so that LW moving forward will have everything from the main site and the beta branch.
I just tried lesserwrong.com. Neither IE nor Firefox would do anything when I clicked “login”. I had to use Chrome. Even using Chrome, I tried to sign in and had no feedback when I used a bad user and password, making it unclear whether the values were even submitted to the server.
People are clearly posting things there that postdate the DB import, so they must be logging in. Also, that doesn’t explain it working better on Chrome than on other browsers.
That can’t explain it, unless the private beta is accessed by going somewhere other than lesserwrong.com. The site isn’t going to know that someone is a participant in the private beta until they’ve logged in. And the problems I described happen prior to logging in.
Not 100% I understand your description, but currently the expected behavior when you attempt to login (if not already a part of the beta) is nothing happening when you click “submit” (although in the browser console there’ll be an error message)
This is simply because we haven’t gotten to that yet, but it should be something we make sure to fix before the open-beta launch later today so people have a clear sense of whether it’s working.
Hi! I just checked on Firefox, and the login dialog box opened for me. If you still have this issue, next time you try to log in (open beta will happen by 4pm today) please ping us in the intercom (bottom right-hand corner of the lesserwrong page), and let us know what browser version you’re using.
It seems to have been a cookie problem so I got it working.
However, I ended up with two logins here. One I never used much, and the other is this one. Naturally, lesserwrong decided that the one that it was going to associate with my email address is the one that I never used much.
I’d like to get “Jiro” on lesserwrong, but I can’t, since changing password is a per-email thing and it changes the password of the other login. Could you please fix this?
In that case, I’m not sure what the problem is (though, I, too, see a similar problem to yours, now that I just tried it in a different browser (Firefox 55.0.3, Mac OS 10.9) than my usual one (Chrome)). I suspect, as another commenter said, that login just isn’t fully developed yet.
What will happen with existing LW posts and comments? I feel strongly that they should all stay accessible at their old URLs (though perhaps with new design).
All old links will continue working. I’ve put quite a bit of effort into that, and this was one of the basic design requirements we built the site around.
“Basic design requirements” seems like it’s underselling it a bit; this was Rule 0 that would instantly torpedo any plan where it wasn’t possible.
It’s also worth pointing out that we’ve already done one DB import (lesserwrong.com has all the old posts/comments/etc. as of May of this year) and will do another DB import of everything that’s happened on LW since then, so that LW moving forward will have everything from the main site and the beta branch.
I just tried lesserwrong.com. Neither IE nor Firefox would do anything when I clicked “login”. I had to use Chrome. Even using Chrome, I tried to sign in and had no feedback when I used a bad user and password, making it unclear whether the values were even submitted to the server.
That sounds like it just isn’t a development priority to give feedback when there’s a bad user/password.
I believe that is on purpose. Login is not open yet.
People are clearly posting things there that postdate the DB import, so they must be logging in. Also, that doesn’t explain it working better on Chrome than on other browsers.
A private beta has been ongoing, clearly.
That can’t explain it, unless the private beta is accessed by going somewhere other than lesserwrong.com. The site isn’t going to know that someone is a participant in the private beta until they’ve logged in. And the problems I described happen prior to logging in.
Not 100% I understand your description, but currently the expected behavior when you attempt to login (if not already a part of the beta) is nothing happening when you click “submit” (although in the browser console there’ll be an error message)
This is simply because we haven’t gotten to that yet, but it should be something we make sure to fix before the open-beta launch later today so people have a clear sense of whether it’s working.
And the expected behavior when using IE or Firefox is that you can’t even get to the login screen? I find that unlikely.
Hi! I just checked on Firefox, and the login dialog box opened for me. If you still have this issue, next time you try to log in (open beta will happen by 4pm today) please ping us in the intercom (bottom right-hand corner of the lesserwrong page), and let us know what browser version you’re using.
If your intercom doesn’t work, let me know here.
It seems to have been a cookie problem so I got it working.
However, I ended up with two logins here. One I never used much, and the other is this one. Naturally, lesserwrong decided that the one that it was going to associate with my email address is the one that I never used much.
I’d like to get “Jiro” on lesserwrong, but I can’t, since changing password is a per-email thing and it changes the password of the other login. Could you please fix this?
Sure, happy to change the email address associated with your account!
Just send me a pm with the email you want it changed to, and I will make the modification.
Good point!
In that case, I’m not sure what the problem is (though, I, too, see a similar problem to yours, now that I just tried it in a different browser (Firefox 55.0.3, Mac OS 10.9) than my usual one (Chrome)). I suspect, as another commenter said, that login just isn’t fully developed yet.