Tell us what you think of the new site

The new name "Peak Prosperity" is great!  Very positive, uplifting, and good future direction/goal.  I like the colors used (teal and gold) to differentiate areas and tabs.  The" Groups" will be a great resource.

The "FEEDBACK" tab on the left side often covers what I'm reading, so could it be moved somewhere else--maybe along other tabs, between "Prosper" and "Follow us"?

Thanks for all the work to get the new site launched!

EXCELLENT!

I HATE change, but LOVE everything I've looked at so far, especially the new name.  It defines everything that CM has professed.

The new site looks great.  I like the positive spin on the title.

I'd like to thank everyone involved in forming this site as well as all the people who post.  I've been reading the posts here on a regular basis since about 2008 when I began thinking about Peak Oil and how it would impact my family and my future.  I'm not an economist so many of the posts are a challenge to understand (I've learned more economics here than I ever learned in college!)  I'm also not a survivalist and always felt a little threatened by the people holed up in the forests with thier weapon stashes and twenty years of dried food.  I'm not really ready to go out and purchase weapons for a potential collapse of society because I'm not that sure I want to live in a world gone mad with guns and violence. 

My husband andI have read a lot about Peak Oil over the last ten years and we have shared our thoughts with friends and families often enough that their eyes glaze over when we speak.  We have changed our own expectations and habits to try and limit our impacts on the world and to buffer ourselves, but in a real downturn we will be exposed to huge ramifications because we live near a large population center and military base.   We often feel paralyzed by our concerns...should we move now and rebuild in a less central location...should we leave the country....should we own a gun?  Meanwhile, most of our friends and family are living normal lives jetting around the world on vacation and not worrying at all about anything.  It makes me feel kind of crazy.  But this website has helped me to think though a lot of our concerns and it has helped me because I realize I'm not the only one who sees trouble ahead if we stay the current course.  Anyway...thanks for letting me introduce myself to the forum. 

I was hoping that when listening to an Insider Podcast one would be able to post a comment while listening, ala Youtube.

G'Day,

I've got to look at a website from a smartphone before I can give my opinion. 

Regards,

Woomera

I think it would be nice to have a basic guide for users, like how to create forum topics, how to set up discussions, how to embed multiple videos from various sources, pictures, etc.

Poet

Adam

I'm glad to hear that tab issue will be fixed.  I commented on the need for that elsewhere.  But really dude, it could wait until you folks get some sleep.   I'm sure the migration has been a bear, but the new site looks great.

Travlin 

I'm an enrolled member, logged on, seeing the Member Edition Homepage.

Don't see how to access Martenson Reports or Member Forums.

Under the DISCUSS tab, if I click the     Enrolled Members Only    link in the Enrolled Member Forums box, it does not link to forums, but to a somewhat promotional page.

Also, under the DISCUSS tab, if, at the bottom of the FORUMS section,  I click the      Forums main page       link or the blue FORUMS button, I am directed to an         Access denied You are not authorized to access this page     page.

I'm starting to find my way around the new site today.  It looks good and I'm excited to see how it develops, esp. the efforts to build community with local groups.

I suspect I will like the new Daily Prep section a lot.  When I just went there I was most interested in the piece on wells.  I clicked on that but didn't really get any information beyond the headline.  Is there supposed to be some link taking me to a story or article?  I'm thinking something is missing yet, or I'm not seeing what I should be clicking on for more information.

The site looks great!  Need to spend some time navigating and looking at all the new sections.

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and Firefox 13.0.

I can see the site fine but do have a couple of minor issues, noted above.

When I click on the 'What Should I Do?' box or the 'Enrolled Members' Forum section it gives me a Restricted Area message and ask for a user name and password even though I'm logged in and already a enrolled member. Other than that, great site!

+1

I have tried to comment and it says I am not authorized!? What's up with that?

I am using Firefox 12 and the layout looks good, same with my Android phone.  The only issue I see thus far is that the site doesn't keep me logged in for very long, so when I take a brief break and come back I find I am no longer signed in.  So far I have been able to access enrolled member material and off the cuff podcasts though, so I haven't experienced the same problem as robert, phfresno, wonka, or lnorris yet.  I am wondering if some of those issues are browser-related compatibility issues, or due to security or script-guarding programs (I made a point to "allow" the new site for NoScript on my computer).

Otherwise, so far the site looks great.  I am still poking around and such to get the feel for it, but I am liking what I see so far... 

- Nick

I see that you responded to a request to secure the login with HTTPS but I think you may have done it too broadly.

After I logged in just now I got prompted because the main page contains un-secure content, which I assume means embedded links to HTTP pages.

I think you may wanto to investigate only putting HTTPS URL's for pages like the "enter logon" or "manage account".  

I did not try to reverse engineer the web site.  It may be as simple as the URL link on the login page that returns to the main page specifying the link as HTTPS.

Not a big deal, but Chrome prompted me and then put a red line through HTTPS on the url in the browser navigation bar.

Slow to load, too many large pictures, and difficult to scan titles. Consequently takes too much time to retrieve articles of interest.

Sorry, have to give the new site a poor rating.

My thoughts so far ...

Constructive criticism:

Above all, I am disappointed the enrollment process has not worked for me. I have used three different payment methods and none of them work. These are payment methods I have used before, one of which I use often. So, it’s not me. In addition, finding where to click so I could enroll was not as easy as it should be. Unless I am mistaken, the only one-click method I saw to enroll is the link at the very bottom of the page in the footer. I was shocked that I couldn’t find it at the top of site, such as next to the register tab, for example. I highly suggest you make the enrollment process easier to find and bug free. (I used the contact form to submit my payment issue.)

The intro video states the user can click on the crash course chapters at the top of the video screen or top of the screen. The chapters don’t show in my browser. I use firefox. To navigate the chapters, I must continuously navigate backwards to find the next chapter after the current chapter has finished. I think you intended to be able to have all the chapters accessible on the same page as any given chapter video. Wise to do this, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

Smaller user-friendly issues are that terminology to navigate to content isn’t clear. Examples I have found so far are getting back to the home page area from the “Prepare” area, using the acronym “WSID”, and using “Featured Voices” instead of “Featured Podcasts.”

Things I like:

The way users are the center of the web site is terrific. I can’t express enough how appreciative I am and agree with this move. Peak Prosperity truly feels like a service for the people. I am looking forward to creating a group in my geographical area and using the topical groups to learn more about everything resilience.

I like the way you’ve used modules to organize everything. The organization is generally good. I think there are a few things that can be better organized but considering the site is new and you have an enormous amount of content to display and objectives to meet, you have done a wonderful job.

Thank you for all you do. I hope to be an enrolled member soon!

Auto log out!!!!!!  You guys have to fix this - I spent the better part of an hour composing a reply post only to have it disappear when I tried to post it because I had been logged out.

I doubt I am the first member to comment on this. 

It's a minor inconvenience - the new site looks outstanding!!

I also hate the auto-logout.  It appears the timeout is less than an hour.  I also had typed in a long message only to get it nuked - I believe by having the session tossed.  I was not a very happy camper.

I also was getting bounced mail fron various contact us and report a problem links.  I sent Amanda and Adam e-mails about it (if you didn't get them let me know).  It's tough to send feedback when the feedback link is broken.

Also, the podcasts (off-the-cuff) are now MP4 instead of MP3, which doesn't play well with the Android player's (won't let you turn off the screen and listen since it assumes it's video). Also the filesizes are 3-4 times bigger.  Please go back to mp3.

When you click on a user and get taken to their profile page, there is no link to send them PM, at least I didn't see one that was obvious.

I'm adding these here, just in case they went into the ether with the feedback/email issue.

Site looks great and as with any roll out there are always surprises. 

Or am I just not seeing it in it's new location?

Works for me on Google Chrome.

Thanks!