Comments on: How SAP Got 1.7 Million Members in Its Online Community

By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:50:27 +0000

Thanks — they’ve opened a “trouble ticket”, and supposedly it’s only affecting one of the servers, so that refreshing/retrying may get you one that’s working…

By: Bruce Draganjac

Bruce Draganjac — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:20:55 +0000

Thanks Timo,

FYI, I tried it again this morning after a reboot (I’m willing to believe the problem could be on my side), but the same issue existed. I also tried switching the page from IE8 to IE7 compatable, and that didn’t help either. Also tried Firefox 3.5.8 with no success.

Thanks for looking into it.

By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:23:30 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up — I’ll follow up…

By: Bruce Draganjac

Bruce Draganjac — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:52:13 +0000

Don’t mean to sound like a party pooper, but the SAP Community Network seems to have some technical issues. When you try to create an account so you can use the features, you must click the “I have read and agree” button for terms and conditions before you can proceed. But the required document, delivered as a popup, does not load, so you cannot complete your account creation. If you click “contact us” at the bottom of the page so that you can tell someone that the site is not working correctly, it goes to a page that says “sorry, but you must be logged in to view that feature”. I wonder if their new member count has fallen off drastically lately?

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By: Mark Yolton

Mark Yolton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:36:19 +0000

Thanks, Timo.

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