Background:
I installed UNA-v.14.0.0-RC3 on ubuntu for evaluating and playing with it, and have a few newbie questions.
Some of these, I don't know if they are bugs in UNA or problems with my installation (of UNA and/or Ubuntu packages)
I have also looked at
github / nacms
unacms wiki/Introduction (several of the sub-pages)
Questions & Help Needed:
- When customizing/editing pages like: about, terms, privacy, and menu items in system header, how to do it
so if I update UNA, it doesn't overwrite my changes.
- Studio, Navigation | system | footer, items listed as "Language" and "Template" do not show up (I'm logged to UNA as una admin account)
I don't see any restriction selected. Custom action says: bx_menu_popup('sys_switch_template', window);
What else determines if this item gets shown?
- create profile, I upload a profile photo, it goes through as if ok, then shows a broken link where the photo should be
Is it the "Storage" subsystem or ffmpeg or other problem?
Back to the main page, it shows blank user image; then when I click "upload new" on the main page, it works correctly
Then later, it doesn't show again. I refreshed the page as well, and it still doesn't show.
- possibly related: in groups, where it shows "n members" or "n followers", there is a little broken icon link
- similar problem when I upload image for a group; it shows up at first, then when I refresh the page, it's a broken link
- sample from page:
(the & may be because of the way I copy/pasted) localhost:8000/ image_transcoder.php?o=bx_persons_thumb&h=2&dpx=1&t=1739212812
When I put that URL into firefox, I get an UNA page that says "Page Not Found"
(localhost:8000 is my UNA server's web address for my test/evaluation site)
- In "Groups", when I show group info, it shows group info block, and an "info" block, the "info" information is already in the group info block as "description", so it appears twice on the page and looks silly/confusing
I can disable the "info" block by editing the page. What happens when I update the software, will I lose my changes?
What is the best way of customizing some of these without losing my changes every time?
Bugs & suggestions
- Icons and commands show "javascript:void(0)" on bottom of my browser window when I hover over them
Many of the icons are not self-explanatory, and a hover help text (or long-click for mobile devices)
would be very helpful!
On PCs, popup text that goes away when you move the mouse and/or what shows in the browser status area on the bottom (bottom area is not as helpful for more users since they don't know to look for it; for technical people like me, it's ok.)
- Bug: I added help to a page, then when I go to display the page and press the "?",
the popup help shows up, but if it's on the left of the screen, part of the popup balloon is missing
and I can't read the full help text. In this case, the popup balloon should be placed more to the rights
so the entire balloon is visible. (Probably has same problem if it's to the right of the screen)
OK - DIARY OF A NEW CUSTOMER !!
Today 2nd June. AM
Just signed up for the $50 + 50 plan (Apps & Hosting)
Impressed with the slick stripe payments. Its very good btw!
But apart from a 'Red Dot" in the Licence Field, I'm totally lost as to what to do now, or where to even look / go now !
I've so many questions now. I want to get started, i'm excited for sure, but I'm not been pointed in any specific direction.
First impressions - there are no obvious instructions to follow for a new user! At least nothing apparent to me, at first glance.
Like -
Where - do I go to "see' the back end of my potential new website?
Can - I start to experiment, build an "off-line' version, get my toes wet, see how it look and feels before going live?
What - happens now?
Today 2nd June. PM
Launching the launch window!!!!
OK - Licence Bought - Go to activate / Launch said Licence, and ran into problems with the correct naming of servers, again I feel the fact that I needed to summon Help to even activate the site was not good. Should be a case of; [ imput company name here ] & Click GO!! That said, getting help here, was super quick, through the UNA site. The new message alerts on my phone were also impressive, ditto for the UNA - device APP itself.
Overall
I feel the whole UNA "shop window' is very confusing indeed. I mean - I'm never quite sure whether I'm actually on my OWN SITE, or UNA's !!!! at any one time, it's very confusing, seriously. Suggest colour code, UNA have a different back round colour to own site.
Pricing
Probably be happy paying $100 p/m ok, (if I was actually making progress building a site) I'll talk about this in a while. In my opinion, having your 'business plan" priced at $800 a month (as it stands), when you can not tell me definitively, what exactly i will get for it!!! is plain pointless, to a small business, with a budget in mind!! Mind the Gap!! Big jump from $100 p/m to $800 p/m !!! My site could take anything from a few hours, to months to implement, and there is no apparent tangible way of telling me in advance, what it's going to cost me???, come on! and that's not workable for any business. Consider offering a "white label, ready to go template, out of the box, design and implementation for a set fee, payable per month, all I need to do is change the logo, up-load some pic's turn on/off the modules i want or need, and i'm LIVE!! A "definable feature package' memberships, forum, live chat, blog, photos etc for $xx per month, designed and implemented. That would interest me!
The Software itself
For sure, there is evidence of brilliance everywhere, Seeing how the template it looks and functions on my various devices, it's very impressive, the notifications everything, (on your own site that is! - UNA!) But the Achilles heal of the software is that it is designed by; Expert Tech geeks, for Competent Tech Geeks. If your not a programmer, your lost here. Its not for any "Idea Person" in my view. It's for a Competent Tech Geek, with an idea! In short - as it currently is - the software is not 'user-friendly" enough for the mass market your after. I've stated THIS as the standard you need to aim for ;-
http://www.vistaprint.ie/websites
The CMS is as easy to edit as a word doc, and modules and pages are simple ON/OFF options, money back guarantee, and outstanding tel support.
I feel, UNA would need to offer some form of "support" at the start in order to "be at the races" as a product. Assign each new customer of UNA, to an "angel" initially as part of the deal, supported via a "P.C anywhere" type support / with chat. Get um up and running with a revenue generating prod, and you have a good shot at retention. But after 1- DAY on this, I'm so far a little disappointed, I thought I would be able to do more for myself. I'll try again tomorrow!!
Just wondering, if anyone actually got a site up an running on this platform yet? TEST POST as well!
Hey,
I was never able to use the payments-module by Boonex on both platforms (Dolphin and UNA). I get the following error after a successful payment via PayPal (sandbox): TRANSACTION VERIFICATION FAILED.
In the logfile there are entries like:
05-16 16:18:26: Finalize Checkout Failed
05-16 16:18:26: array (
'r' => 'payment/finalize_checkout/paypal/2',
'payer_email' => '[...]',
'payer_id' => 'FENPWQVPCCSNN',
'payer_status' => 'VERIFIED',
'first_name' => 'test',
'last_name' => 'buyer',
'txn_id' => '6GE18003HN457640W',
'mc_currency' => 'EUR',
'mc_fee' => '0.45',
'mc_gross' => '5.00',
'protection_eligibility' => 'ELIGIBLE',
'payment_fee' => '0.45',
'payment_gross' => '5.00',
'payment_status' => 'Completed',
'payment_type' => 'instant',
'item_name1' => 'Test',
'quantity1' => '1',
'mc_gross_1' => '5.00',
'num_cart_items' => '1',
'txn_type' => 'cart',
'payment_date' => '2017-05-16T16:18:16Z',
'business' => '[...]',
'receiver_id' => 'JY8CUJ6TM2SSE',
'notify_version' => 'UNVERSIONED',
'custom' => 'MnwyNQ%3D%3D',
'verify_sign' => 'AFcWxV21C7fd0v3bYYYRCpSSRl31Au6BB2RbbA7UgkNTVOzxDv8a0ZWj',
)
Same error on different UNA and Dolphin installations. May it be a server thing?
I added a product here on UNA and created a new profile. I purchased my test product and it displayed the following message: PAYMENT IS NOT COMPLETED.
Is there something wrong or is it intended this way?
Currently:
NOT a favorite: filled heart
In favorites: empty heart
Imo it would be better to have an empty heart for "not favorites" and a filled heart for favorites (switch them).
So, if you like something it will be filled. If you don't like it, it'll be empty.
Or is there a reason for the current state?
