All Discussion re: Tesla Motors Website & Forums

[dmckinstry]

In 2011, coal fired 42% of the electric generation, natural gas 25%, and zero-carbon sources 32%.
Through Q3 in 2012, coal fired 37% of the electric generation, natural gas 32%, and zero-carbon sources 31%.
Source: Energy Information Administration.

Thanks Robert.

I've bookmarked it.

 

[brianman]

The 500 EU Sigs are sold out, too.

UK, Hong Kong, and Australia still left though. Right?

 

[tenstringer009]

Website is down (at least for me) right now.

 

[kendallpb]

Website is down (at least for me) right now.

Same here. I wonder what's up. . . . Always interesting to see what changes. Maybe the service, extended service, and extended warranty options will be available for purchase.

 

[Doug_G]

Posts about the owners manual moved to Owners Manual

 

[michaellindahl]

Tesla Motors Website Powered By Drupal

I'm always interested in seeing what tech companies use to power their websites. I often wonder if they go with the strict HTML route or use a content management system back-end. In looking around in the Tesla Motors website code I've finally found something to give it away. The following is line 59 (truncated):

jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, {…

This is the only instance of Drupal in their homepage HTML so I didn't think it was enough to prove that they use Drupal. According to a Drupal forum post, the generic login url for a website is .com/?q=user/login Visiting teslamotors.com/?q=user/login gives the sign-in location for any user with a MyTesla account. The website, however, prefers that you use this URL: Sign into My Tesla | Tesla Motors (which is the same thing, just adjusted by an .htaccess rewrite. This suggests that if Tesla is using Drupal as their CMS system any page have ?q= added after the .com/ and still work. Trying this out on the gallery page and it works:
http://www.teslamotors.com/?q=models/gallery.

Therefore, I am confident in saying that Tesla Motors uses the Drupal CMS. Now, if only I could get a whole copy of their site and see what the admin side of things look like. I wonder if the admin area looks as awesome and custom as the public side. Thought I'd share this in case others are interested.

 

[AnOutsider]

I'm pretty confident in that as well, as it's been discussed a bit here already:

TeslaMotors website down for maintenance - Page 3

Tesla Motors Website - Page 3

I still stand by my sentiments

 

[jerry33]

Now, if only I could get a whole copy of their site and see what the admin side of things look like. I wonder if the admin area looks as awesome and custom as the public side.

Are we talking about the same website here? The teslamotors.com site is very clunky, and is the worst public website I regularly frequent (from a usability point of view).

 

[artsci]

Are we talking about the same website here? The teslamotors.com site is very clunky, and is the worst public website I regularly frequent (from a usability point of view).

Really? Worst? Not my experience at all. Actually I've found it quite good.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

"Worst" is definitely harsh. The website's gotten reasonably better over time; many of the interactive pages (Charging, Your Questions Answered and even the Design Studio) are rather slick.

The forums are really lame though; they can't hold a candle to TMC

And, oh, they need to improve the production status part of the My Tesla garage too!

 

[jerry33]

Really? Worst? Not my experience at all. Actually I've found it quite good.

I expect that when I step away for a few minutes or look at another window and then come back and refresh the page that I will be on the same page. At the TM website it either wants me to log in again (even though I checked the keep-me-logged-in button) or it redirects me to MyGarage. That's pretty much put me off of going to the site unless I really need to.

A good website has a minimum of user annoyances.

 

[Discoducky]

I expect that when I step away for a few minutes or look at another window and then come back and refresh the page that I will be on the same page. At the TM website it either wants me to log in again (even though I checked the keep-me-logged-in button) or it redirects me to MyGarage. That's pretty much put me off of going to the site unless I really need to.

A good website has a minimum of user annoyances.

Yep, agreed. That is why I only go there at a last resort now. And I can't view/post private threads so it just about makes its useless as a utility over and above the awesomeness of TMC:biggrin:

 

[Lloyd]

Tesla motors site seems to be updating tonight!!

 

[timdorr]

And down again tonight. It's like the Apple Store website going down. I wonder what goodies will be revealed when it comes back up?

 

[Lyon]

And down again tonight. It's like the Apple Store website going down. I wonder what goodies will be revealed when it comes back up?

It's down for me as well. I can't wait to see what's new!

 

[Laumb]

Ooooh, Ooooh, ooooh!! So excited though... I mean, I'm like, SO excited.

Betting my race horse it's european prices...


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Tapatalkin' from iTalatut.

 

[Zorba]

Please let it be true

 

[ken830]

It's back. What's changed?

 

[brianman]

Things that are new to me (but not necessarily actually new):

1. Buying a Tesla, Our Approach | Tesla Motors
2. Buy or Reserve a Tesla | Tesla Motors - This page looks different. Last time I visited it had two Reserve buttons and you had to scroll to see the others.
3. Stores Service Centers | Tesla Motors
4. Supercharger | Tesla Motors - First time I've noticed the "P85" badge in the bottom picture.

 

[Robert.Boston]

Oddly, still doesn't have the Boston (Natick) Service Center shown.