[OSM-dev] German Signup Message

Jonas Krückel osm at jonas-krueckel.de
Sat Jun 13 11:37:39 BST 2009


Shaun McDonald schrieb:
>
> On 13 Jun 2009, at 10:14, Jonas Krückel wrote:
>
>> Tom Hughes schrieb:
>>> Could the people dealing with the German translations please review the
>>> translation of the message people get when they signup as there 
>>> seems to
>>> be a significant problem with people not understanding how to confirm
>>> their accounts.
>>>
>>> Since the translations went up I've been getting several emails a day
>>> from German users complaining that they don't know what to click on or
>>> that the link doesn't work.
>>>
>> I tested the message again by creating a account at api06.dev and i
>> couldn't see a problem there.
>> Anyway, I added some words to the translation to make it even more 
>> clear.
>> Maybe you can forward the emails form the users to me that i can have a
>> look at their problems.
>>
>
> The problem is that when the text is translated back into English it 
> says click the link _at the bottom_ to activate your account. Users 
> are then not sure which link below to click to activate their account.
Maybe (in en.yml it says below). But i think the problem could also have 
been, that the flash create success message said that you get a 
confirmation code (some kind of token), but you actually get a link.
I changed both things and hope it is clearer now. It now says click on 
the following link below this line...

Jonas
>
> Shaun
>





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