Difficulty using Livecode.com

[Jim Byrnes]

On 04/01/2016 12:35 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Jim, you're my new hero.  Everyone has all sorts of opinions about the
> web site, but you took the time to document your journey through the
> taxonomy, noting each specific step.  Well done.
>
> It may seem like basic stuff and it is.  But of course the site at
> passed review when it was posted, so it seems link rot set in along the
> way with other changes.  Your detailed steps will be very helpful in
> getting that resolved.
>
> I've forwarded your notes to the web designer, who will no doubt review
> them with great interest as they continue their site refinements in
> anticipation of the v8 launch.
>
> If just want to get started with a download, use the Download links to
> take you here:
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/

I wanted to take a look at the app building tutorial.  I had looked at 
it a couple of months ago when I first discovered Livecode and was 
wondering if it had been updated for version 8.

> Thanks again for your notes.

Thanks for your kind words. I don't have a lot of technical expertise so 
I usually receive much more from forums like this than I can return.

Regards,  Jim

> --
>   Richard Gaskin
>   Fourth World Systems
>
>
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> As a new user I sometimes find Livecode.com difficult to use.  Generally
>> speaking I find some parts of it not very intuitive. Specifically I had
>> this problem:
>>
>> [1] I go to Livecode.com and click on the Get Started button.
>>
>> [2] That takes me here: https://livecode.com/download/. Since I have
>> already downloaded Livecode, I fill out my firstname and email and click
>> the Get Started button.
>>
>> [3] I am informed (correctly) that this email is already associated with
>> a Livecode account, log in (here) instead. So I click (here) and go
>> here: https://livecode.com/download/ and log in.
>>
>> [4] Then I am taken to here:
>> http://livecode.com/account/products/livecode. At this point I am
>> wondering why I was not taken back to the getting started page to move
>> on in the app building tutorial.
>>
>> [5] Not sure what I should do at this point. I go back to livecode.com.
>> I fill out the form again and click the get started button and receive
>> the same message about logging in, but I just logged in and the site
>> seems to know I am logged in because my name is displayed in the upper
>> right hand corner.
>>
>> Maybe the page is only for people that do not have an account, but
>> sending a person that has an account on an endless loop leads to a
>> frustrating experience.
>>
>> Of course maybe I am misunderstanding something about the site, if so I
>> would appreciate someone showing me where I went wrong.
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>
>
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