When creating my account, I left the default of "Student" so now I can't answer questions. I suppose I'll have to create a new account and chose Tutor so that I can answer questions. How about making it an editable value in the account page, or also letting students answer questions?
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#22While trying to set up an account the menu boxes freeze up. OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Browser: Chromium.
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#23While trying to set up an account the menu boxes freeze up. OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Browser: Chromium.
Thanks.... If you were feeling really kind you could send a screenshot to info@studylance.com
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#24The site looks great!... But, just by looking at the homepage, It could be difficult for a NEW user to understand what's actually going on, especially pertaining to the description where you say "decide the price" POST YOUR QUESTION 1. Type your question 2. Decide the price* 3. Choose the best answer I'd also suggest that the tutors themselves be verified some way or the other, because anyone can claim to be an exper…
The language does seem a bit vague now you say that. Any ideas for a better 1. XXXX 2.XXXX 3.XXXX sequence on the homepage?
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#25While trying to set up an account the menu boxes freeze up. OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Browser: Chromium.
Also, I should be able to bid to answer a question at something much less than half a pound. I answered a question for someone in like 2 seconds, and I was just going to charge them a 0.1 pounds.
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#26While trying to set up an account the menu boxes freeze up. OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Browser: Chromium.
Also, I should be able to bid to answer a question at something much less than half a pound. I answered a question for someone in like 2 seconds, and I was just going to charge them a 0.1 pounds.
If an individual answer costs less than 50p - I lose money as the transaction costs are too high...
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#27During sign up, please change "accept TOS" to something like "accept terms"... the lay person may not understand what TOS is... just a suggestion.
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#28Post Your Question.
What kind of question? Can I ask how to get rid of my cat's fleas?
The title of the site makes it somewhat obvious, but you should make it even more obvious in your call to action.
Also, I can see that you're using jQuery. I'm curious what you're running on the server.
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#291. I'd really like to see some copy. A nice 1-2-3 big and bold where I can see it.
2. Your sort/search isn't well thought through. Ideally I'm looking for high-dollar questions, in either CS or mathematics (fields in which I am knowledgeable), that need answers. I can sort by cost, (ascending cost is first? wtf?) but I get a lot of "deadline expired" questions. If I sort by "deadline", I lose the cost sort, which isn't what I want. I can filter by one field at a time, but not, say, the union of CS and math. As an answerer, seeing questions that already have answers or that the deadline has expired is totally worthless to me. People wanting answers to a specific question will probably come through Google anyway, rather than searching your site directly.
3. After looking for answered questions to get a feel, the first "answered" one i found was this: http://www.studylance.com/question/pos355-introduction-to-op... Seriously? There's no question and no answer.
4. After failing to find a truly "answered" question, I'm mystified as to how the site works. I see references to "bids", yet it appears that the question-askers name their prices. Is this an auction format, or a price-as-listed format? Also, see #1.
5. Your FAQ link is broken (Safari 4, OSX)
6. Most of the questions on this site are simple CS or math problems (like algebra 1). Something about the relative quantity and distribution of the questions makes the me suspect the number of real users is virtually nonexistent (for instance, I find it hard to believe this 20s guy with a GCSE can't plug-and-chug two variables into an algebra 1 equation given four possibilities: http://www.studylance.com/question/how-many-of-each-color-of... ).
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#30When you click on the ? next to qualifications to become a tutor, it shows a wad of lorem ipsum in the notification.
Oh and please don't display bids publicly to Tutors that have already been answered (still have it show up for Tutor who answered) or timed out.