We've recently introduced a few changes to the shop web site. Most importantly, there is now a facility to post comments regarding individual products on offer. Feel free to use this to tell you what you think! We shall read all comments and reply to them and (if necessary) get back to you individually. Eventually there will be an RSS feed for product comments (by product and globally) when I get around to looking at RSS feeds for the site. There will also be »reader« and »instructor« forums -- the code for that is sitting on my disk just now but needs finishing off.
We have also improved the code behind the scenes to let it deal better with shopping carts. The main user-visible change (other than fewer »server errors«) concerns the following scenario: Suppose you have logged in to the shop and put some things into your shopping cart. You log out and call it a day. The next morning you visit the shop and don't log in before you put more things into a new shopping cart. The question is what will happen when you then log in: Do we forget your old cart, your new cart, or do we merge the two? The current (new) code will hang on to your new cart if it contains any items; otherwise your old cart will be reinstated. Obviously, you can avoid this hassle completely by always logging in whenever you visit the shop! What do you think -- is this method workable or would you like to see something else? Get in touch and let us know!
Welcome to the new Linup Front shop!
We're delighted to be able to present our products to you in our new online shop. It is designed to be a single point of contact for all our customers -- private customers, business customers, and commercial and academic partners. You can check out our offerings in detail, download example chapters and tables of contents, order printed manuals and PDF master copies, find out about new versions and changes, register your manuals for updates and special offers, discuss with other readers and the manuals' authors and much more. Just register as a user (see the link in the top right corner) -- there are no strings attached.
This blog is for timely updates concerning changes and improvements to our training manuals as well as the shop. You can read it directly here or subscribe to its RSS feed.
We have been working to provide you with Linux and open-source software training manuals and instructor services for nearly ten years now. With our new shop we would like to take another step towards you. Let us know what you like or perhaps not like so much, what we could do better and what might not be quite that great. We can't wait to hear from you!
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