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There's more than a new blog
tonybelding
01-11-2007, 06:18 AM
There's more than a new blog
Huh? I don't see anything else new. . . Not since the pre-order page went up, which has been a few weeks now.
dsacks6
01-11-2007, 12:56 PM
theres a new section for awards they recieve or have recieved
That "Awards section" just links back to the Media Coverage page. They must certainly be proud of that LA Times article. They've kept it at the top even though there are more recent articles.
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tonybelding
03-28-2007, 05:43 PM
They are doing at least two things with the website. . . They are introducing new blog-and-comments software, and they are also introducing a customer area for those who have pre-ordered cars. The customer area will be under beta testing for a few days before it's officially opened.
There may be other changes, those are just the only ones I know about. We should find out very soon, the downtime is only supposed to be a few hours.
I'm not sure I'm a fan of this new touchy-feely "touch, feel, etc" arrangement.
WarpedOne
03-29-2007, 12:29 AM
If that means more blog updates, I'm all for it.
But it also means it will contain a lot more information that would be harder to digg out.
So it's now 4 streams of blogging instead of one.
I'm torn that it promises more-things-Tesla (which is good). On the flip side, it promises o bring more-things-Tesla (it getting hard to keep up these days!).
That new PR guy will make sure I don't have a life.
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malcolm
07-01-2010, 04:07 AM
http://www.teslamotors.com
http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/home_hero_sundrench.jpg
AnOutsider
07-01-2010, 05:20 AM
http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/382/9085458637.png
Always amazes me when the site for big companies use crappy opensource frameworks. Anywho, not the visual redesign I was hoping for, but let me digest these pics and articles first
dpeilow
07-01-2010, 05:28 AM
Includes a new section for 'Enthusiasts'
http://www.teslamotors.com/enthusiasts
Nice!
I wonder why they waited until after the IPO to show all that?
Or maybe it was pre-shown as part of the Roadshow so some knew it was coming?
Between all these upgrades/updates and the fanfare of the IPO, I bet they get a real uptick in Roadster sales now.
dpeilow
07-01-2010, 05:46 AM
The website is still having some teething problems at the moment, by the way.
Includes a new section for 'Enthusiasts'
http://www.teslamotors.com/enthusiasts
At the moment this doesn't appear to be working. I gather the site relaunch is in transition right now. (6am PST)
dpeilow
07-01-2010, 06:26 AM
The entire site doesn't appear to be working at this point.
The entire site doesn't appear to be working at this point.
Probably a good thing that they waited until after the IPO then!
Seems to be back online now with the other sections working!
Doug_G
07-01-2010, 08:29 AM
Slow as molasses... site must be getting really hammered (by us).
PopSmith
07-01-2010, 12:18 PM
Just for fun I decided to see what jobs they've got open and it loads a blank page with "The requested page cannot be found." :tongue:
Todd Burch
07-01-2010, 01:07 PM
I noticed a lot of typos on the site as well. Repeated words, incorrect spellings...Already emailed two of them to them, and just found another.
Maybe I'm just a hard-ass, but for a car company website...maybe they need to fire their current proofreader :).
The website is just barely working for me, so I'll have to give up and look at it in more detail some other time. They should use a web server that can scale with the traffic.
I'm curious about the links to pages on the previous version of the site. Seems a lot of those links are broken now. They should try to find a way to map them to the updated version of the same information. Not just for us (TMC) but all the blogs that have linked to Tesla for the past couple years.
DisneylandIsHome
07-01-2010, 01:54 PM
Maybe I'm just a hard-ass, but for a car company website...maybe they need to fire their current proofreader :).
Or hire one in the first place. :smile:
Cobos
07-01-2010, 02:40 PM
http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/382/9085458637.png
Always amazes me when the site for big companies use crappy opensource frameworks. Anywho, not the visual redesign I was hoping for, but let me digest these pics and articles first
I always thought Drupal in it's later iterations is an example of a GOOD open source framework. :)
I've used that myself and it's easy to expand and modify and creates decent HTML code.
Cobos
I empathize with this comment on ABG (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/07/01/tesla-unveils-refreshed-roadster-2-5/#comments):
skierpage
6:05pm (7/01/2010)
Aggh, the MILLIONS of links to Tesla's informative pages and blog posts on well-to-wheel efficiency, battery choices, charging, etc. are now broken, unless you take the time to paste them into the Internet Archive's Wayback machine.
Tesla, with aliases and mod_rewrite rules there's no reason old links have to break. I hope you resuscitate them all.
At one point this morning I got this:
warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match (http://www.teslamotors.com/user/function.preg-match)]: Compilation failed: range out of order in character class at offset 10 in /var/www/stargate_drupal/drupal-6.17/modules/user/user.module on line 393.
Lotsa broken links and the 10% of the time I can successfully make it through the login screen, the owners forum is nowhere to be found!
Hopefully it's just teathing pains and things will get straightened out quickly. It'd be fun to look at some Telsa web traffic stats; anyone have access?
Every time I try to access using IE6 on XP, my browser just crashes:
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=739&stc=1&d=1278024857
Site looks good and is working. The Model S Development Updates link is not enabled. It would be awesome if they can provide timely updates, information and feedback.
Using Firefox, there is a pop-up on the bottom to pick region.
It defaulted to UK for me for some reason, so I changed it to USA to see prices in $ and US color choices. I then tried to change it to Europe, got this message: "You are now browsing the Europe version of the site." but the site remains in USA mode with $ prices and US color choices.
Seems like there might be a problem with that region picker, possibly specific to Firefox.
They accidentally sent me the link to the new site the other day. :eek:
I had to promise to be good and not publish anything.
I notice that the galley now includes customer images that were once only for owners to look at. I wonder if they asked everyone for public posting?
AndrewBissell
07-01-2010, 05:40 PM
Anyone know if the owners' forum is gone for ever? It would be a shame as it had useful info on it that I reference from time to time.
dsm363
07-01-2010, 08:09 PM
Anyone know if the owners' forum is gone for ever? It would be a shame as it had useful info on it that I reference from time to time.
Looks like it may have moved but that it isn't up and running yet
http://www.teslamotors.com/enthusiasts/forums
or maybe this is meant for the general public and the owners forum is separate?
I can't find the owner's forum either, and the "enthusiast" forum takes me to a broken link...
There seem to be all sort of 'odd' things going on with the new site.
On some browsers I get a popup in the lower right saying "Fonts from" that can partially cover the region pop-up. If I click on it it redirects me to http://typekit.com/colophons/nkf3plp
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743&stc=1&d=1278086470
If you use the Roadster buy online link when you click "Continue" (to the second page) the details change, for instance a Roadster order can change to a Model S order, and the contact info can change to someone else's contact info. It is like it is pulling up details from someone else's order.
Hopefully they get this all sorted out soon.
Free QC from TEG!
I guess this means that all our previous links to TM pages are now broken.
dpeilow
07-02-2010, 09:45 AM
Free QC from TEG!
I guess this means that all our previous links to TM pages are now broken.
Yes in the main it does.
I've already written to them about it.
The new Tesla site has a 360 panorama of the new Roadster interior.
Evox also has a 2008 on their site: http://library.evoximages.com/360-interior-panos/roadster-convertible/2009-tesla-roadster
I think Coda did it better...
http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/home_hero_sundrench.jpg
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=757&d=1278379898
Andy811
07-05-2010, 08:57 PM
Anyone know if the owners' forum is gone for ever? It would be a shame as it had useful info on it that I reference from time to time.
I fully agree! As a relatively new owner, the owners section was not only full of very valuable info, it was part of what made me feel like I'd been welcomed as an insider to the Tesla family. Hmmm... growth pains, perhaps, but I hope it's not a harbinger of a change in their customer service focus now that they are a public company.
Doug_G
07-06-2010, 07:50 AM
I think they simply botched the web site transition. Wouldn't be the first time. People tend to really underestimate the job.
tdelta1000
07-06-2010, 10:51 AM
Just relax... they do EVs very well not websites. lol:biggrin:
Doug_G
07-06-2010, 06:59 PM
I didn't mean that to sound negative... like I said, it happens all the time. They'll sort it out.
Andy811
07-07-2010, 10:16 AM
I think they simply botched the web site transition. Wouldn't be the first time. People tend to really underestimate the job.
Yep, these things can be more daunting than anticipated. I was speaking a Tesla service rep on another issue and he basically said what Doug surmised. He also said that the owners section will be back up and running shortly. Good news!
DrTaras
07-07-2010, 10:26 PM
He also said that the owners section will be back up and running shortly. Good news!
Good news indeed. I thought it was a calculated move for it to go away. Glad it will be back. Hey, that's how you found "us!" :rolleyes:
PopSmith
07-08-2010, 09:52 PM
Does anyone know of an email address we can send bug reports to Tesla regarding the new site?
I noticed both in Firefox 3.6.6 and Chrome 6.0.427.0 Dev build that the Roadster page seems way out of alignment and the color-picker covers up the Roadster a bit. The color-picker appears when you mouseover the Roadster.
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7848/teslasiteproblem.png
Doug_G
12-28-2010, 07:53 AM
I was never able to get a PDF version [of the manual] before delivery.
Dave
That's weird, when you log into your account on Tesla Motors' web site it's right there on the welcome page.
dsm363
12-28-2010, 08:08 AM
That's weird, when you log into your account on Tesla Motors' web site it's right there on the welcome page.
On the 'My Tesla' page? Hmm, don't see it. I'm probably in the wrong place.
Side note: Anyone ever get hit up for gas money while driving the Roadster? I stopped to get my car 'inspected' which is required here in Texas for some reason and a guy walked up to me from the gas station a few feet away to ask questions about the car for about 5 minutes. Didn't have any idea what a Tesla Roadster was but as he was leaving, he asked for gas money.
..., he asked for gas money.
Sweet levels of irony there. Was he asking because he knew you were running electric an therefor had more money to give? :)
Doug_G
12-28-2010, 08:50 AM
On the 'My Tesla' page? Hmm, don't see it. I'm probably in the wrong place.
That's right. Here's the relevant chunk of my "My Tesla" screen:
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dsm363
12-28-2010, 08:53 AM
That's right. Here's the relevant chunk of my "My Tesla" screen:
I see. Mine still says STATUS | Your Roadster is in transit to your delivery location
and that button that says 'download manuals' still says 'View Configuration'
Doug_G
12-28-2010, 09:02 AM
Interesting. This version of their web site first appeared the day my Roadster was delivered (simultaneously with 2.5 announcement), so it never showed anything except "In your garage" (later "Your Roadster is delivered"). The previous version allowed me to download the manuals back when I first made the reservation. I have no idea if there is a similar feature in the new version.
Contact "Your Customer Advocate" (shown just to the right) and ask him to send you the PDF manuals.
jaanton
12-28-2010, 11:09 AM
When the website changed with the 2.5 announcement, I lost a bunch of useful information on my car. The "My Tesla" screen for me just says Welcome and Member #, no car information. The old site had my car specs. I suspect something got lost because I order my car just before the 2.5 was announced and the day of the announcement I got a phone call saying I was getting a 2.5.
dsm363
12-28-2010, 11:53 AM
I sent Tesla an e-mail and was told their working on some website upgrades. It just changed over to saying 'delivered' and I can download the manuals now. Thanks.
I stopped to get my car 'inspected' which is required here in Texas
I hope the inspection people didn't screw you. Because your car is electric, you only need the $15 "safety" inspection.
stenkb
12-28-2010, 07:22 PM
What vin number are you? I was 938 and just before everyone else got the 2.5 . Just wondering what vin number the 2.5 started at to make me feel worse....
nm just saw 1026 - anyone know what number they started the 2.5's at?
Doug_G
12-28-2010, 08:59 PM
What vin number are you? I was 938 and just before everyone else got the 2.5
On the bright side, you would have got quite a few 2.5 upgrades in your 2.0, including the new seats, sound insulation, improved PEM, improved antenna... pretty much everything that was "under the hood". All that is in my 919, I'm told.
stenkb
12-28-2010, 09:12 PM
On the bright side, you would have got quite a few 2.5 upgrades in your 2.0, including the new seats, sound insulation, improved PEM, improved antenna... pretty much everything that was "under the hood". All that is in my 919, I'm told.
True enough. When my car finally goes in for repairs - I am going to ask what it would cost to change out the front and rear to 2.5 panels while it's there. Will update once I know more.
Doug_G
12-28-2010, 11:13 PM
True enough. When my car finally goes in for repairs - I am going to ask what it would cost to change out the front and rear to 2.5 panels while it's there. Will update once I know more.
It would be interesting to know what that would cost. You might want to ask well in advance; some time would probably be required to prepare the replacement parts. Rumor has it that you can also get the dash upgraded.
benji4
12-29-2010, 02:14 AM
I was told by a Tesla store manager yesterday they won't upgrade the dash (but can upagrade everything else) .... but who knows?
NigelM
09-21-2011, 08:20 AM
To anyone from Tesla, who mighty be reading this....:wink:
Apart from the fact that the Tesla website is still painfully slow (odd for a company that makes such fast cars!), why do the dates on the notifications section (after login) keep updating to the current date? The items were obviously not all updated every day:
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Tempus
09-21-2011, 10:23 AM
I always took that to be the latest response to the blog entry was posted on that date
NigelM
09-22-2011, 10:42 AM
Weird stuff on the Tesla site! My Model S disappeared and I got a Roadster 2.0 instead:
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Trnsl8r
09-22-2011, 12:51 PM
Weird stuff on the Tesla site! My Model S disappeared and I got a Roadster 2.0 instead:
2647
OK, I'm new at this... I don't have a Roadster but do have Model S reserved. Where do you get to that page after logging in? Never seen it.
NigelM
09-22-2011, 01:00 PM
OK, I'm new at this... I don't have a Roadster but do have Model S reserved. Where do you get to that page after logging in? Never seen it.
Look for "My Tesla" at the top of the page on the right.
Trnsl8r
09-22-2011, 01:48 PM
Look for "My Tesla" at the top of the page on the right.
OK, did that, but there's nothing about the reserved Model S. Not sure how that connection gets made, but I did register the user name on the site when I did the reservation.
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Lloyd
09-22-2011, 03:36 PM
Mine came from an e-mail they sent out. Link was on the e-mail not the site. Check your spam folder??
AnOutsider
09-22-2011, 05:48 PM
Mine came from an e-mail they sent out. Link was on the e-mail not the site. Check your spam folder??
He's looking for his reserved Model S image Space Ghost!
Lloyd
09-22-2011, 06:19 PM
Glad you remember the avatar! That was a long time ago!
Glad you remember the avatar! That was a long time ago!
My first exposure to the character was from Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which was significantly more recent than prior incarnation.
Doug_G
09-22-2011, 07:19 PM
Seems they're making all kinds of changes. Roadster Design Studio is currently offline, it seems. Maybe they really are planning to launch the Model S Design Studio to coincide with the event...
bonnie1194
05-03-2012, 08:46 PM
Stumbled upon this page here. (https://suppliers.teslamotors.com/supplier/index.jsp) ... check out the driver.
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Lloyd
05-03-2012, 09:05 PM
Some changes hapening at the regular site also, but not quite complete!
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Jason S
05-03-2012, 09:33 PM
Many of the Model S submenus have the robots going now.
gg_got_a_tesla
05-03-2012, 09:59 PM
Stumbled upon this page here. (https://suppliers.teslamotors.com/supplier/index.jsp) ... check out the driver.
5810
I'm more interested in that 'italian meatball' recipe and other 'creative food ideas' :)
VolkerP
05-03-2012, 11:58 PM
Franz prefers RHDs?
Oh, no! To develop the RHD version, they started all over with a pre-alpha prototype! :biggrin:
Stumbled upon this page here. (https://suppliers.teslamotors.com/supplier/index.jsp) ... check out the driver.
5810
Ahh, yes, the American "parallel parking" edition.
Tommy
05-04-2012, 06:55 AM
I'm more interested in that 'italian meatball' recipe and other 'creative food ideas' :)
She might want to check her g-mail mailbox too; it looks to be a little full.:wink:
bonnie1194
05-04-2012, 07:34 AM
Hahahah! That recipe is from my sister! And the creative food stuff was for a contest at work that I ran, categories of 'food that moves, food that grosses you out but is still edible, and food that looks like other things'.
My gmail account isn't nearly as full as my work account.
But check out the fully booked site ... www.fieldcandy.com (http://www.fieldcandy.com/). I want one of those!
(you guys have way too much time on your hands!)
AnOutsider
05-04-2012, 07:36 PM
Digging around... Pricing is incoming to the design studio :)
*edit* not sure if there's an error here but they list the silver and white as paid upgrades on sig? I'm guessing an error.
Also, no changes to the wheel pricing for sigs (no credit) so far, and it looks like normal model S can't get the black roof, only sig and sig performance.
Todd Burch
05-04-2012, 07:38 PM
She might want to check her g-mail mailbox too; it looks to be a little full.:wink:
That officially counts as stalking.
gg_got_a_tesla
05-04-2012, 09:07 PM
it looks like normal model S can't get the black roof, only sig and sig performance.
No way, man! You must be smoking something; I have the black roof in my config (http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/7068-So-what-base-options-combo-are-you-going-to-order-eventually?p=132150&viewfull=1#post132150) that's hereby frozen!
raymond
05-05-2012, 02:39 AM
That officially counts as stalking.
No way! Bonnie posted an image, and Tommy simply started reading at the top left! (where else to start?) :smile:
I must say I always check tab titles when people post screen dumps. You can find the most embarrassing thing there!
AnOutsider
05-05-2012, 05:38 AM
No way, man! You must be smoking something; I have the black roof in my config (http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/7068-So-what-base-options-combo-are-you-going-to-order-eventually?p=132150&viewfull=1#post132150) that's hereby frozen!
5842
vs
5843
*puff puff pass* :)
gg_got_a_tesla
05-05-2012, 06:13 AM
No Black Roof option for the Black color, buddy. Always has been that way. If you pick a different external color, Black Roof shows up as an option.
AnOutsider
05-05-2012, 06:26 AM
*doh* smoking I am :redface:
ElSupreme
05-07-2012, 07:47 AM
*puff puff pass* :)
*doh* smoking I am :redface:
At least you pass. :wink:
AnOutsider
05-07-2012, 07:53 AM
At least you pass. :wink:
Naturally ;)
And hey, at least I wasn't bugging on the paint prices
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Tempus
05-07-2012, 12:34 PM
Naturally ;)
And hey, at least I wasn't bugging on the paint prices
5876
where are you seeing that? When I got into the design studio, i don't see pricing anywhere
Tommy
05-07-2012, 12:55 PM
where are you seeing that? When I got into the design studio, i don't see pricing anywhere
Call me crazy, but I do believe AnOutsider has some photoshop skills if you know what I mean.
gg_got_a_tesla
05-07-2012, 01:04 PM
Call me crazy, but I do believe AnOutsider has some photoshop skills if you know what I mean.
No, he's good at poking around and locating web site sprites and other artifacts that Tesla's staging behind the scenes while prepping a change to the online design studio and such :)
AnOutsider
05-07-2012, 01:30 PM
No, he's good at poking around and locating web site sprites and other artifacts that Tesla's staging behind the scenes while prepping a change to the online design studio and such :)
Why can't I just be good @ Photoshop??! Why you always gotta put me down man :(
jcstp
05-07-2012, 01:55 PM
Why can't I just be good @ Photoshop??! Why you always gotta put me down man :(
I think more people can work with photoshop then what you are showing!
:biggrin:
Tempus
05-07-2012, 01:59 PM
and here i just thought he had super seekrit access on the site :)
ckessel
05-07-2012, 06:47 PM
Tesla needs a "Factory" section on their website with cool pictures of the stamping presses, the robots, etc.
Larry Chanin
05-07-2012, 08:10 PM
Tesla needs a "Factory" section on their website with cool pictures of the stamping presses, the robots, etc.
Good idea. How about something like this, but for the Model S and in more depth.
How it's made (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSYYhLOpgI)
Larry
tdelta1000
05-08-2012, 08:13 AM
Tesla needs a "Factory" section on their website with cool pictures of the stamping presses, the robots, etc.
Good idea. How about something like this, but for the Model S and in more depth.
How it's made
Larry
But not until they post a new video that I asked for...lol. Real cool idea BTW.
Doug_G
05-08-2012, 04:10 PM
Reportedly the Canadian Model S tour will "include" a design studio with actual Canadian prices. Don't know if this is being deployed on the web or just at the event...