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Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#1

Post by slance » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 4:29 PM UTC

Hi All,

I submitted my site for feedback here a while back and got some really useful feedback.

I'd be really interested in getting some more feedback now a few months have passed.

My main concerns are that the question posting process isn't working well enough and people are dropping out before posting their question.

Also the mechanism for responding to questions may not be clear enough,

Any feedback on design/usability/coding would be much appreciated.

The url is:

www.studylance.com

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#2

Post by pierrefar » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 4:40 PM UTC

Clickable: http://www.studylance.com/

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#3

Post by aw3c2 » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 4:58 PM UTC

How do you pay?

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#4

Post by freetard » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:01 PM UTC

pierrefar wrote: post #2

Clickable: http://www.studylance.com/

Thanks, I hate it that HN doesn't allow clickable links in stories description. Isn't the web all about links? Lame.

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#5

Post by kleine2 » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:01 PM UTC

Overall it's pretty nice.

I like how you can post your question and it gets you to sign up slowly step by step. UI is pretty nice and also fast.

About us should have some more meat. FAQ and Contact us at the top don't work. Should have a similar quick way for tutors to get started like you have for questions. Clicking on cost to sort by cost causes an exception. Overall maybe a bit too many rows with links which is a bit confusing. Maybe simplify the navigation a bit. Why have the see all categories? Why not just show them all? NOt that many anyway.

I wish you a lot of luck!

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#6

Post by Shamiq » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:16 PM UTC

Please, don't send passwords over the clear via email:

Your account has been activated.

Login: somename Password: [redacted]

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#7

Post by slance » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:20 PM UTC

Shamiq wrote: post #6

Please, don't send passwords over the clear via email: Your account has been activated. Login: somename Password: [redacted]

Thanks, will be sure to change that...

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#8

Post by slance » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:22 PM UTC

kleine2 wrote: post #5

Overall it's pretty nice. I like how you can post your question and it gets you to sign up slowly step by step. UI is pretty nice and also fast. About us should have some more meat. FAQ and Contact us at the top don't work. Should have a similar quick way for tutors to get started like you have for questions. Clicking on cost to sort by cost causes an exception. Overall maybe a bit too many rows with links which is a…

Thanks! Good to hear some positive feedback about the question posting process.

Users have to confirm their email before the question goes live, any opinions on whether that is necessary?

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#9

Post by slance » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:22 PM UTC

aw3c2 wrote: post #3

How do you pay?

Paypal... Going to include Google Checkout soon too.

Re: Ask HN: Take a Look At My Site - Studylance.com

#10

Post by kleine2 » Sat, Nov 14, 2009, 5:37 PM UTC

slance wrote: post #8

kleine2 wrote: post #5

Overall it's pretty nice. I like how you can post your question and it gets you to sign up slowly step by step. UI is pretty nice and also fast. About us should have some more meat. FAQ and Contact us at the top don't work. Should have a similar quick way for tutors to get started like you have for questions. Clicking on cost to sort by cost causes an exception. Overall maybe a bit too many rows with links which is a…

Thanks! Good to hear some positive feedback about the question posting process. Users have to confirm their email before the question goes live, any opinions on whether that is necessary?

You are protecting against spam right? Or why would you want this? You might try testing alternative question posting options and see which gets a high follow through. Obviously you want some way to protect against spam but by adding as little overhead as possible. You also have captchas in the registration - maybe it's enough.