erland;551939 Wrote:
I'm sure there are people here that's willing to help identifying
incorrect articles, as I remember we have the Edit Needed category
which was used previously. Do you want us to use that or do you have
something else in mind ?
Adding a page to edit needed category, is
There's no redirect from slimdevices.com (without www). You just get a
blank page. I rarely type www in front of things these days.
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max.spicer
Some people think the title of this song is irrelevant,
but it's not irrelevant - it's a hippopotamus.
With this approach, you can make the warning as strong as you like,
it's just a matter of editing the Template:EditNeeded page to contain
the warning you like to show.
Perfect! Exactly what I had in mind. I'm preparing a template to be used.
Thanks a bunch!
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Michael
Muele;552269 Wrote:
FYI: I asked a new user how he found these forums. This is his reply:
As I am curious, for 5 minutes, I've just tried to find any link to
this forum on the logitech site and... I couldn't!
Don't you think there should also be a link to the forum and to the
wiki on
didjean;552359 Wrote:
As I am curious, for 5 minutes, I've just tried to find any link to this
forum on the logitech site and... I couldn't!
But in just six clicks/hovers (Products Audio Wifi Music Players
Support Support Community Wireless Music Systems) I could get to
this
Michael (or someone else from Logitech), is there some easy way to find
user manuals now when www.logitechsqueezebox.com and
www.slimdevices.com isn't available anymore ?
Searched on Google and found this link which obviously doesn't work
anymore:
erland;552400 Wrote:
Michael (or someone else from Logitech), is there some easy way to find
user manuals now when www.logitechsqueezebox.com and
www.slimdevices.com isn't available anymore ?
Searched on Google and found this link which obviously doesn't work
anymore:
aubuti;552393 Wrote:
But in just six clicks/hovers (Products Audio Wifi Music Players
Support Support Community Wireless Music Systems) I could get to
this _different_forum_:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Wireless-Music-Systems/bd-p/WMS_General
I have been completely unaware of this
Maybe we can send all the trolls to forums.logitech.com ? Or at least
all users with problems we can't easily solve.
Correct: while this forum is purely community supported, the official
forum over at logitech.com is monitored by support agents.
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Michael
I'm sure there are people here that's willing to help identifying
incorrect articles, as I remember we have the Edit Needed category
which was used previously. Do you want us to use that or do you have
something else in mind ?
I think it should be stronger than that. A header jumping in to
mherger;552263 Wrote:
I'm sure there are people here that's willing to help identifying
incorrect articles, as I remember we have the Edit Needed category
which was used previously. Do you want us to use that or do you have
something else in mind ?
I think it should be stronger than
FYI: I asked a new user how he found these forums. This is his reply:
scrutinity;552218 Wrote:
...I found the forum by going to logitech website and posting under
wireless devices i found a sticky that redirected me to this forum
posted by Mike_M...
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Muele
BR Mogens
2 Radios (1
Removing www.slimdevices.com has broken some of the Apps such as BBC -
now the user gets this error when tryin to get a BBC station using the
BBC App.
Thanks for the heads up. Should be fixed later today.
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Michael
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Michael, if you have administrative access to the Logitech forum, there
is a sticky thread in it with links to www.slimdevices.com that probably
should be changed to point somewhere else:
I have two problems:
1. from the Logitech.dk/com site I am unable to find these forums. At
some point (a few months ago) I found another squeezebox forum.
Probably it was just a subforum under logitech's main forum. But I'm
not even able to browse to that now. The link may exist, but I can find
Michael, I just think some of us are a bit worried about how committed
Logitech management are regarding these community sites (forum and
wiki).
I understand your point. But I still hope that even if it came to that
point, that there would be enough time to manage a transition which
Just want to add I nearly had to call an ambulance when I couldn't find
this forum! I never would have bought my first SB's without the
presence of this forum, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't buy any more if
it disappeared. Slim Devices inspired confidence, Logitech. well,
not so much!
mherger;551797 Wrote:
As for the wiki: our biggest issue there probably is degrading quality.
While it's been a resource for our own support, they now hesitate to
use
it, as there's a lot of outdated information. The community probably
could
help the wiki to survive by helping
Muele;551795 Wrote:
2. I can't find the beta software. Going through logitechsqueezebox.com
you can through a step where you could go to the beta-stuff, including
changelog etc. That step is not there when coming through
logitech.dk/com
Same place it's always been, though who knows for how
aubuti;551947 Wrote:
Same place it's always been, though who knows for how long:
downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/
I know, but what newcomer would find that?
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Muele
BR Mogens
2 Radios (1 battery), 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Served
by an old 800 mhz IBM T21 Thinkpad
Muele;552062 Wrote:
Same place it's always been, though who knows for how long:
downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/
I know, but what newcomer would find that?
Maybe someone from Logitech could add sticky thread in the Beta
section of the forum with a link pointing to:
http://www.slimdevices.com is no longer reachable today, likewise with
http://logitechsqueezebox.com. Anyone have any insight?
As SlimDevices as a brand/company has gone away years ago, this site as
the official product site had to go away. Don't ask me why that interim
I think it's time for a concerted community effort to copy/mirror the
forums, bugzilla, wiki, and svn source code repository just in case.
Each of these resources is only an email away from a similar fate.
Too early to panic. I see no reason why even the most ... manager would
want to pull a
mherger;551571 Wrote:
Too early to panic. I see no reason why even the most ... manager would
want to pull a revision control system or bug database.
No, but I could imagine a manager deciding that only Logitech staff
would be allowed to access/log in to those sites. Hopefully that
mherger;551571 Wrote:
I think it's time for a concerted community effort to copy/mirror the
forums, bugzilla, wiki, and svn source code repository just in case.
Each of these resources is only an email away from a similar fate.
Too early to panic. I see no reason why even the most ...
mherger;551570 Wrote:
http://www.slimdevices.com is no longer reachable today, likewise
with
http://logitechsqueezebox.com. Anyone have any insight?
As SlimDevices as a brand/company has gone away years ago, this site as
the official product site had to go away. Don't ask me why that
erland;551356 Wrote:
I wonder how new users are going to find this forum, as far as I can see
there is only a link to the Logitech support forum from the support
site. I suppose they can always use Google and search to find it.
Agree. There is a sticky on the logitech support forum under
mherger;551570 Wrote:
Marketing has tried to do redirects for the
most important addresses - but missed a few. Thanks for reporting
them!
Michael, if you have administrative access to the Logitech forum, there
is a sticky thread in it with links to www.slimdevices.com that probably
should
AnotherTribe;551303 Wrote:
http://www.slimdevices.com is no longer reachable today, likewise with
http://logitechsqueezebox.com. Anyone have any insight?
No, but I can confirm your problem, neither I can reach them.
I suppose Logitech might have some server problems.
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erland
Erland
Was there anything of importance on either site? Those two web sites
have been living on borrowed time for a while now.
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JJZolx
Jim
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Tell that to Google, logitechsqueezebox.com is the top result for
squeezebox and squeezebox logitech
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andynormancx
Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ?
I SAID ALL OF THEM !
andynormancx's
Not too surprising, as Google puts a lot of weight on the domain name.
And, of course, it was Logitech Squeezebox related.
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=164734
If you're suggesting the site should be left up _because_ it ranks high
in Google search results,
JJZolx;551330 Wrote:
If you're suggesting the site should be left up _because_ it ranks high
in Google search results, I suppose that's for Logitech marketing to
decide. They didn't appear to have anyone maintaining the web sites
any longer. There's no good reason to keep them if they
To make matters worse the Logitech pages for Squeezebox don't appear
anywhere in at least the first 5 pages of results. Which says
everything about the quality of the Squeezebox pages on the Logitech
site :(
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andynormancx
Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ?
I
I see a sponsored link as the first thing. Below is an honest-to-God
quote.
Only Available at Logitech.com. Free Shipping. Order Today!
Logitech marketing at it's finest. Here's our newest product and you
can only buy it directly from us.
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JJZolx
Jim
andynormancx;551340 Wrote:
Anyway, I doubt that the sites have been deliberately pulled. I expect
no one in charge has noticed they are down.
They are now redirected to the standard Logitech pages, so I suspect
they have been intentionally pulled.
I wonder how new users are going to find
JJZolx;551347 Wrote:
Logitech marketing at it's finest. Here's our newest product and you
can only buy it directly from us.
Yeah, that's gonna help convince retailers to carry the gear.
.
I think it's time for a concerted community effort to copy/mirror the
forums, bugzilla, wiki, and svn
erland;551356 Wrote:
They are now redirected to the standard Logitech pages, so I suspect
they have been intentionally pulled.
Looks like it. They have also done a reasonable job of redirecting old
URLs to the right place (including the forum).
However they have missed two important ones,
Looks like the bugtracker has been down for a few days now, too.
Hopefully that's a coincidence.
-Dan
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peterw;551412 Wrote:
I think it's time for a concerted community effort to copy/mirror the
forums, bugzilla, wiki, and svn source code repository just in case.
Can forum and wiki and bugzilla be mirrored without the help of
Logitech ?
I know svn is possible but I'm not sure about the
erland;551497 Wrote:
Can forum and wiki and bugzilla be mirrored without the help of Logitech
?
I know svn is possible but I'm not sure about the rest.
Not very easily. 'wget' would probably do OK with the wiki (at least
the latest version of each page), but I think you'd want something
Attention to detail is apparently not a requirement for working at
Logitech:
http://slimdevices.com
http://logitechsqueezebox.com
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JJZolx
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peterw;551508 Wrote:
Not very easily. 'wget' would probably do OK with the wiki (at least the
latest version of each page), but I think you'd want something special
to copy the forum bugzilla (could be as simple as requesting
individual posts bugs + some logic for attachments).
Aren't
http://www.slimdevices.com is no longer reachable today, likewise with
http://logitechsqueezebox.com. Anyone have any insight?
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