Simple Log In URL
Most of us here have the Foundant login URL bookmarked for easy in and out of the system. But if we happen to not be on a computer with that, then we (or our grantees) are always scrambling to find the amazingly long and complicated URL to login to the system. It would be terrific if we could go with something shorter, redirect the URL from something more intuitive that would hopefully still provide the necessary security, ie: http://www.grantinterface.com/XYZorganization....Thanks !
posted June 19, 2012 by Donna Gassie, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
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Ideas commented
Thanks Chris! I appreciate that balancing act!
D
posted July 2, 2012 by Donna Gassie, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
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Chris Dahl commented
Hi Donna,
I know it doesn't help a lot, but you should also be able to use this:
https://www.grantinterface.com/vtsf/Common/LogOn.aspx
It's not a lot shorter, but is a bit more intuitive.
As an aside, until we do a bit of investigation, we don't always know how much effort a particular feature or enhancement will be, but just because something is low-priority does not mean it won't be done sooner rather than later. Sometimes in a release, we have an extra 4-12 hours of investigation / development time, and I'd rather get SOMETHING into the product with that time, even if it's a lower priority item. I'm not saying that is the case with this particular request, but I think it's worth understanding, because I'm sure sometimes you might wonder why we decided to focus on some features versus others in a given release. It's a balancing act of prioritizing features that add value for a lot of customers, features that fit a particular releases time frame, features that depend on other features, and things we need to do to address defects and help with the long-term stability and growth of GLM. It's not a simple challenge, but we are doing our best to apply our resources to the correct areas.
Thanks again for the feedback,
-chris
posted July 2, 2012 by Chris Dahl, Foundant Technologies
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Ideas commented
Hi Chris,
This is the most recent version that we use: https://www.grantinterface.com/Common/LogOn.aspx?urlkey=vtsf . I understand it's not a vital item that needs to be prioritized but it is a recurring topic with staff and our grantees. Thanks for considering it!
Donna
posted July 2, 2012 by Donna Gassie, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
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Chris Dahl commented
Hi Donna,
That's certainly a valid request - I recognize that the URL is a bit long. Just so I'm clear, though, I'm assuming the URL you have bookmarked is in the form: https://www.grantinterface.com/yourorg/common/logon.aspx ... correct?
Given other priorities we have at the moment, I don't think this is something we'll be looking to improve in the near term, but it is in our product improvement list.
Thanks,
-chris
posted July 1, 2012 by Chris Dahl, Foundant Technologies
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Ideas commented
I direct my grantees to a tiny url. Ours is http://goo.gl/zww02
The URL name may have nothing to do with our organization name, but it is sure easier to type. We used a free website for ours, but I'm sure there are paid sites you can purchase a "name friendly" url from.
Two sites which offer tiny urls are: tinyurl.com, or snipurl.com
posted June 28, 2012 by Karen Wallace, First Fruit Incorporated