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Let’s TEST!

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OK, folks. The Slope 2021 project has been in the works far longer than I ever thought it would take. And it’s time for you to jump up and down on the system and see what you can break. (Incidentally, sorry for the extra Slope Digest today, which, ummm, got sent from this test server!)

Here is the link to the new site. Here are some important items to note:

  • The content is out of date by about a week. Don’t worry about it.
  • You will need to log in with your normal account. You can do so here.
  • What I’d like you to particularly focus on testing is the comments section, as well as SocialTrade. Feel free to leave random, goofy comments. This is all just for testing and won’t be retained. But please test as much of the site as you can, because we intend to deploy it this weekend, and it would be cool if it, ya know, functioned.
  • If your browser ever invokes a new tab, it has probably thrown you to the production site, which is not the focus here. Just close the extra tab.
  • If you hit any problems or bugs, please leave them in the comments section here or drop me a line.

Two New for You

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I have two very exciting new features in SlopeCharts to tell you about.

The first was a relatively recent request by a user who wanted the Price Change Charts to have selectable earnings periods. Formerly, when you created one of these charts, it showed you every quarterly earning chart.

Now, you can pick and choose which ones you want to display or hide simply by clicking on any of the specific colors in the key. I have deliberately chosen a stock with a relatively small number of these lines for illustrative purposes, but this would work just as well with a chart that has dozens and dozens of lines):

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