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We've gotten a lot of questions about all of the changes here at CNN iReport, so we're hosting a special iReport roundtable discussion at 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday, October 26th. Please join us to talk about all of our new features and bring up any concerns you may have. iReporters have given us a lot of great feedback since we flipped the switch on Saturday and our developers are working hard on bug fixes.

 

Here are some of the known issues:

     -- “Report Violation” is link too close to “read more” on long comments

     -- Some iReporters are having trouble replying to private messages

     -- The "Superstar" bug overlaps the screen name for some users

     -- The "I get it" box is too faint on the welcome screen

     -- The "I get it" box isn't accessible in Safari on an iPhone.

 

If you have any other questions, comments or concerns, feel free to leave a comment below. We'll leave comments open here until 12 p.m. ET tomorrow.

Posted by: davidw // October 25, 2009
Category: community
30 Comments

October 25, 2009

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Hi David, I posted a report of a missing new orleans woman. I can see the picture on the main  page but w hen I click into the story it says uploading. Asked Ky to click into and he says he sees it. Also on one of TJIII's reports it does not have report violation next to my name. Does this mean he can't report me if I'm bad (smile) And you know already that we can't send pm's. One more thing I don't know if I'm doing something  wrong but I had to try three times before I was logged in. I don't know if anyone else had t his problem. Thanks. BTW was this the suprise for Monday?

October 25, 2009

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David I can see the picture now. I don't know why it took so long. Thanks again

October 25, 2009

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David here is the report where violation does not appear next to my name

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-346227

October 25, 2009

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Some reports show up and then the same one later doesn't. Not sure whether to resend or not.

October 25, 2009

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Do not want to double post

October 25, 2009

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I put the site in front of a few friends that were previously familiar with it when they came to watch football today.

 

Mostly they didn't get it.

 

The default page is the "iReport Home". This is where the main confusion was. Far too much, far too confusing.

 

Asking where they can see the actual iReports, I had to show them the obvioius link. Truthfully, it took me awhile to realize where it was as well. Yep, very confusing.

 

The "iReports" link I believe should be the default page and not the promo page, or have it highlighted in red or something like that.

 

The promo page could be something like "About iReport".

 

"Upload" was also something they didn't understand. "Upload Story" they thought would be better.

 

Everything else seems to have been already covered.

October 25, 2009

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I have another one.

 

The "NOT VETTED BY CNN" black bar on top of the images are messing some things up.

 

i.e. This cartoon by Artboy:http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-346368

 

A person cannot understand the joke of the cartoon because the black bar covers some of the text.

 

I've seen this on several images now.

October 25, 2009

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I don't even know what an 'I get it' box is. I guess i don't have one?

 

There have been glitches but probably expected. Was unable to leave comment on ireports due to 'server error' earlier.

 

My major gripe is the size of the viewing area for ireporters photos and video on their pages. I feel it should be bigger so people aren't forced to use 'view full screen' option every time. Noticed the ireporter's name is next to the video, thus shrinking the area available for video/photo. Is it too late to change that? I love the letterbox video formating used on CNN stories on the video page.

 

And in 'view full screen' there is no button to scroll through photos. I had to go close each photo before viewing the next one.

October 25, 2009

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Here's my two and a half cents. Although I like the new look I think that having the actual reports on the main page is still a good idea. There's a lot going on and most people won't have the patience to search for individual reports even though they're not that hard to find if you search. Also the "Not Vetted" label might work better if it was formatted smaller, maybe in an oval rather than a full bar across the image. Overall it's a nice new look it just needs a little streamlining. The old "less is more" concept. I'll check in tomorrow. 

October 25, 2009

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My first reaction to the changes was negative.  Then, I realized my discomfort stemmed from non-familiarity with a once familiar environment.  I am going to have to re-learn how to get around the Ireport site...which only comes with time.

October 25, 2009

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I just noticed something else. I like that the image enlarges when I click on the box but the resolution is a bit fuzzy. I need to know what size image I should submit to resolve this?

October 25, 2009

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Aha.  Found a bug.  I cannot email other ireporters.  I can fill in a subject.  But when I try to click on the body box of the message, nothing happens.  I am unable to type an email message.

 

Thank you.

October 26, 2009

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October 26, 2009

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All these talks about immigrants,race,latinos and black people is seriously getting on my nerves.Let's face it.We are all immigrants here in America except for Red Indans who are native Americans.The only difference is the time we immigrated here.That is to say if you are born in America or the day you first came to America.Everybody has an accent so lets all stop the bull shit.I am a from Africa and i am proud to be black and frankly i don't see any reason why people should bediscriminating against other people.LIVE AND LET LIVE.WE ALL HAVE BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD.Believeit ornot.

October 26, 2009

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Wow, another one:

 

Your iReporter post pages block links to The Toronto Film Festival (TTIF: http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/soga

 

???????????????????

 

October 26, 2009

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I tried to upload some photos now but it wont get uploaded

October 26, 2009

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I won't repeat those already mentioned but I have noticed another bug. If someone uploads 10 images the listing underneath shows 10 as a 1 so the count goes 1 to 9 then 1 again. Nothing major just a quirk.

October 26, 2009

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Another suggestion/question:  John King this morning announced that people can have their own profiles on CNN.com and that they can specify the news topics they want to follow.  It would be great if we could do that on our Ireport profiles, or that we could have the same profile on CNN.com and on Ireports since CNN is finally proud enough of us to adopt us.

October 26, 2009

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David i have a report trying to upload since 9:23 can you check on it?

October 26, 2009

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still can't pm anyone

October 26, 2009

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David my report is only 53.2MB

October 26, 2009

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are there no more reports featured on the front page of CNN?

October 26, 2009

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Hi all!  I'll be late to the blog meetin but the main question I have is: is the "not vetted by CNN" sign needed?

October 26, 2009

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omekongo this blog was open all weekend to just give problems

October 26, 2009

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I'm having a problem sending private messages also. Once I fill in the initial part it won't let me continue to complete an actual message. Also as far as the "Not Vetted" sign is concerned why is it really needed? Legal reasons I assume but isn't that already stated some where else on the page? If it has to be there why not design it so it takes up less space or even be placed outside the image?

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November 10, 2009

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