-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff wrote: > I recently passed 101 and 102 and I must say that I was pleased with the > experience. The tests were challenging and I learned several useful > things studying for them. > The LPIC-1 is one certification that I'm proud to have and I'll be > taking the 201 soon. > > Now for a criticism and a question. The welcome mail says this -- > > "If you would like your employer to verify your certification details > please go to this site: > > https://www.lpi.org/verify"; > > That page returns an error ("The requested url could not be found"). It > doesn't even redirect to the correct page. I made the mistake of sending > that url to a company who knew nothing about the LPI without checking it > first. It was embarrassing, to say the least. I eventually found the > correct verification page by logging onto the site, but shouldn't I have > been able to trust that the welcome mail was accurate? I feel let down > over this one. It shouldn't be that difficult to put the correct > information in the form mail. > > That's one issue, but the real issue is the web site. In addition to the > problem with the verification page, I see several links on the site that > only go back to the main page. It's been this way for some time now. I > live in NYC and I've encountered several perspective employers who knew > nothing about the LPI. The web site is likely to be the first encounter > many people have with it. > > Sorry to hammer this point so hard, but I'm proud of my certification > and the site does not do a good job of representing it. Does anyone > here know what the plans are for updating the new site and completing > the migration from the old one? Is there a timetable?
I must say, I find this particularly irritating too, especially as I'm apparently having to wait for 6 weeks for my cert. Mark - -- .~. Mark Brier (www.OpenITUp.org) / v \ mark AT openitup DOT org /( _ )\ PubKey - http://www.openitup.org/keys/markatopenitup.asc ^ ^ +44 (0)161 2422132 / +44 (0)7793 036840 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGC84ZQ3SOvSdFp88RApOUAJ9LPUeRSacySwC87siAGsytIZigeQCgnoWm ALKey2MJVRsTN7FEEPuf+Wc= =8BSM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
