A Conversation for Old Announcements: January - September 2011
This thread has been closed
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jan 8, 2004
creachy, it isn't as bad as it looks. The SSO is as advertised - your login details are the same for every site - but when they redesigned the registration process they realised that each dna site (and future sites) might have slightly different Terms and Conditions. So the first time you visit a dna site you need to click on the Sign On link but you won't have to go through the whole SSO thing again 
. The system will recognise that you're already logged in as creachy and will just ask you to accept the T&C.
You don't have to do this every time you visit a dna site - just the first time you do so.
Amy 
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
creachy Posted Jan 8, 2004
i just did that with Hub and it was quite easy
all subscribed now
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jan 8, 2004
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
maybe we aren't meant to be even having a conversation here on this. Did anyone else notice this when they went to post?:
>>>Post to a Conversation
This forum is not a public announcements forum. It is reserved for editors to post important news about h2g2, such as new versions of the site, or changes to official areas of h2g2.
Please don't ask questions or post messages here, as we anticipate lots of subscriptions to this page. If you have a query about any of the announcements here, please visit the relevant Feedback Forum - thanks!<<<
oh well
What I was going to say is that I'm assuming that iCan is a site designed for Brittish folk and not us foreigners. It just seems strange that the site doesn't say that (given that this is the internet).
It looks like an interesting project though (even though iCan't).
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jan 8, 2004
The wording of the ADDTHREADINTRO has worried people before. It can give the impression that we're not allowed to post in Announcement threads but I'm pretty certain that isn't the intention . I think it's supposed to put people off *starting* new threads here because it would be really annoying to have everyone's Conversation Lists flooded with announcements of birthdays etc.
I'll check in the Suggestions List to see if the need to change the text has been noted.
Amy
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Jan 9, 2004
You can use the GuideML GUESTBOOK to point to your iCan forum.
Which is a different forum, Fnumber to your h2g2 forum. Though your Unumber is constant.
Simple way to send a message is to add somebody to your friends list, look at your adress book, then click the iCan site link "Send a Private Message"
This might be handy... http://www.bbc.co.uk/ican/s_view=messages
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Jan 9, 2004
the last / should be a ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ican?s_view=messages
Even better if you put a Unumber in the URL
/ican/U42?s_view=messages
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
SEF Posted Jan 9, 2004
There isn't any point in adding that s_view stuff in a link like that. People probably need their own personalised site switchers if they can't adjust the URL themselves and want something quicker than going via the hub page.
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Amy, I just checked by pressing the 'discuss this entry' button on the Announcements page, and the text is the same there. It makes sense to have it on that posting page, but not on the reply ones.
I haven't noticed it when replying to an announcement before - has it always been there?
I'm surprised they can't disable the 'discuss this entry' button on the Announcements page, although I guess they just move any convos that get started there.
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Jan 9, 2004
SEF: People may wish to create a on a personal space. To the iCAN site. "Digibox users."
Some people even log-in via SSO and point straight an thier MP list, first as last. 
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Jan 9, 2004
kea, the text has now been changed .
Disabling the 'Discuss this entry' link is a non-trivial matter due to the way that h2g2 pages are constructed.
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
E G Mel Posted Jan 9, 2004
Yep I like the new Thread intro
Mel 
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
SEF Posted Jan 9, 2004
It should be possible to prevent posting to the page by changing access permissions though - so AddThread ends up not working.
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jan 10, 2004
Thanks Amy
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Ancient Brit Posted Jan 10, 2004
Yet another DNA site that does not feature the fact that it is :
----------- Powered by DNA, the BBC's community website engine ---------
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jan 10, 2004
That'll possibly be because iCan isn't a full DNA site - it uses bits of DNA welded onto other technology (in the same way WW2 has non-DNA features as well as DNA ones).
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Mina Posted Jan 10, 2004
Personally I think it's on h2g2 because Mark was trying to get some publicity for his new DNA site. 
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Ancient Brit Posted Jan 10, 2004
Much as anticipated. Take the DNA engine out of h2g2 and dilute it to BBCi taste. The snow flake is in danger of turning to sleet.
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Jan 10, 2004
Greater than the sum of it parts.
Key: Complain about this post
8 January 2004: iCan Features and h2g2
- 41: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jan 8, 2004)
- 42: creachy (Jan 8, 2004)
- 43: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jan 8, 2004)
- 44: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 8, 2004)
- 45: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jan 8, 2004)
- 46: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Jan 9, 2004)
- 47: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Jan 9, 2004)
- 48: SEF (Jan 9, 2004)
- 49: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 9, 2004)
- 50: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Jan 9, 2004)
- 51: shagbark (Jan 9, 2004)
- 52: Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive (Jan 9, 2004)
- 53: E G Mel (Jan 9, 2004)
- 54: SEF (Jan 9, 2004)
- 55: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 10, 2004)
- 56: Ancient Brit (Jan 10, 2004)
- 57: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Jan 10, 2004)
- 58: Mina (Jan 10, 2004)
- 59: Ancient Brit (Jan 10, 2004)
- 60: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Jan 10, 2004)
More Conversations for Old Announcements: January - September 2011
- Thursday 20 October 2011: Bug Fixing Update: you have your names back. [204]
Dec 21, 2011 - Announcements [172]
Dec 11, 2011 - Friday 30 September, 2011: H2G2 Moves to its New Home [155]
Oct 21, 2011 - Announcements from the new h2g2! editors. Small bug with the yikes button. [86]
Oct 20, 2011 - Wednesday 07 September, 2011: Jane Belson has Passed Away [74]
Sep 16, 2011
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."