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Hello everyone!

I have the new MEFA site just about done, so now I need some volunteers to help test it to find the bugs and make sure it all runs smoothly. This will differ from the development testing we've been doing in that we will actually be running through a "mini MEFAs", where you will be nominating and reviewing.

I am looking at starting this Monday (March 28) and it will run through most of April, to give everyone enough time to have a "nominating season" and "voting season" (and also time for me to fix problems). The nominations and reviews do not have to be real: they can be stories that have already competed, fake stories, or just a bunch of Lorem Ipsum Dolor text.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE BETA TEST. In order to adequately test all the systems, we will need hundreds of nominations and reviews entered into this Beta Test. Which means the more people who participate and enter in their 20 nominations and as many reviews as possible, the less I will have to do on my own with fake accounts. And since the time I would have to spend entering in 300+ nominations will take away from time spent actually fixing bugs and making changes to the code, that means more participation = earlier start for the awards. The awards can't start until the new site is tested and any bugs fixed.

Now that I've guilted you into participating, what do you do next? I will be importing the current MEFA user accounts into the test site, so your username and passwords SHOULD work. Importing passwords into the new system may be a bit tricksy (since we're using new password security), but you will be able to re-set your password on the new site if you encounter any problems. So all you need to do is show up at…

http://mefawards.fancrone.net

… (which is our test site) on Monday and once the Beta Test Nomination Season starts (our nifty new countdown timer will let you know when that is), start nominating stories! I will post again when the Beta Test is underway, to both mefa-discussion and MEFAwards. It will be very helpful if you can be subscribed to mefa-discussion for the test, to keep all discussion in one place. However, you can also post about the Beta Test to MEFAwards if you do not want to join mefa-discussion. Member participation is more important than discussion location.

Note to current site testers: I'm going to be re-setting the test database, so the current data entered will be lost, and if you used a different username/password than the MEFA site, that will be replaced by your actual MEFA login info.

If you have any questions, please ask!

Thanks,
Aranel

Hi Aranel,

Wow, the new site is really quite something. I'm blown away by the quality,
the clarity and the easiness of operating this site. I can't wait to put it
to use later at this year's MEFAs. I haven't thoroughly explored the site
yet, but I will make sure I get around to doing that soon.

-Maethril

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Aranel <araneltook@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have the new MEFA site just about done, so now I need some volunteers to
> help test it to find the bugs and make sure it all runs smoothly. This will
> differ from the development testing we've been doing in that we will
> actually be running through a "mini MEFAs", where you will be nominating and
> reviewing.
>
> I am looking at starting this Monday (March 28) and it will run through
> most of April, to give everyone enough time to have a "nominating season"
> and "voting season" (and also time for me to fix problems). The nominations
> and reviews do not have to be real: they can be stories that have already
> competed, fake stories, or just a bunch of Lorem Ipsum Dolor text.
>
> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE BETA TEST. In
> order to adequately test all the systems, we will need hundreds of
> nominations and reviews entered into this Beta Test. Which means the more
> people who participate and enter in their 20 nominations and as many reviews
> as possible, the less I will have to do on my own with fake accounts. And
> since the time I would have to spend entering in 300+ nominations will take
> away from time spent actually fixing bugs and making changes to the code,
> that means more participation = earlier start for the awards. The awards
> can't start until the new site is tested and any bugs fixed.
>
> Now that I've guilted you into participating, what do you do next? I will
> be importing the current MEFA user accounts into the test site, so your
> username and passwords SHOULD work. Importing passwords into the new system
> may be a bit tricksy (since we're using new password security), but you will
> be able to re-set your password on the new site if you encounter any
> problems. So all you need to do is show up atý
>
> http://mefawards.fancrone.net
>
> ý (which is our test site) on Monday and once the Beta Test Nomination
> Season starts (our nifty new countdown timer will let you know when that
> is), start nominating stories! I will post again when the Beta Test is
> underway, to both mefa-discussion and MEFAwards. It will be very helpful if
> you can be subscribed to mefa-discussion for the test, to keep all
> discussion in one place. However, you can also post about the Beta Test to
> MEFAwards if you do not want to join mefa-discussion. Member participation
> is more important than discussion location.
>
> Note to current site testers: I'm going to be re-setting the test database,
> so the current data entered will be lost, and if you used a different
> username/password than the MEFA site, that will be replaced by your actual
> MEFA login info.
>
> If you have any questions, please ask!
>
> Thanks,
> Aranel
>
>
>


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