[aklug] Re: Linux.com Up and Running

James Zuelow wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 May 2009, Kevin Miller wrote:
>
>> OK, maybe I'm just an idiot, but linux.com doesn't seem to be anything
>> but headlines and opener paragraphs for me. I go to the main site,
>> click on a topic of interest and it takes me to a page w/an abbreviated
>> opening paragraph and nothing else of substance. No addition links to
>> read the full article or nothing. It says I have to register to leave
>> comments - fair enough - but I don't want to comment. I just want to
>> read the stupid article.
>>
>> So what's the secret to using this nifty new site?
>>
>> ...Kevin
>
> Yeah, I don't like it either.
>
> I absolutely **hate** sites that have article headlines on their sites, with
> a "read more" link that leads you to an article synopsys with just a couple
> more sentences, with a link to the article.
>
snip
> Instead of clicking on the big headline link (which takes you to the page
> you're currently on) look two lines below that. You'll see a much smaller
> link named "article source" -- that is the actual article. It is buried
> under the link to the author's linux.com profile, so they've sort of hidden
> it. But at least it is there.

Ah, that's the trick. On the page I was looking at, the source and
author were both "Bright Hub". I clicked on the one next to the date
which took me to a page that said "0 friends offline" - apparently their
profile page.

All rather vague and inconsistent me thinks. Heck of a way to run a
railroad....

...Kevin

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Kevin Miller - http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
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