Website organisation revisited

October 22nd, 2009

Order is a good thing (1 Co 14:33).

Rachel and I have been talking recently about how users can find instructions and help for installing Watchtower Library on their Macs.

Rachel felt that if she was confronted by the weblog-style information at www.royratcliffe.me.uk, she would easily become confused and overwhelmed. Some of the pages carry more than 50 comments. Would a user want to wade through all that before finding the help they need? Simple answer is no. Hence, similar questions often reoccur; posting to the bottom is easier than reading through volumes of other questions and answers.

So we’ve been working on a special new corner of the site at wtlib4mac.royratcliffe.me.uk dedicated to simple straightforward help. It includes questions and answers in places easy to find, search facility, video walkthroughs, etc. Currently it is a work-in-progress. Still, your feedback is welcome.

Posted by royratcliffe Filed in Watchtower Library

16 Responses to “Website organisation revisited”

  1. Philip Short Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 01:11 PM

    Hi… Thank you so much for making this available – a great idea and I can finally get rid of Windows! I’ve just put my TSWIN programme on as well which works great. The only problem I have is getting the monthly data files which TSWIN relies on over to the Mac. I’ve tried copying them but there doesn’t seem to be a paste option within the wine file. Sorry, this is all very new to me and maybe I’m missing something obvious. Any help would be very appreciated! Thank you. Philip.

  2. Stephen Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 06:40 PM

    I am looking forwards to installing this. Thanks for the hard work. Love the hitchhikers guide reference at the top of our blog. :)

  3. Roy Says:
    October 29th, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    Philip, You can best copy files using Mac Finder. If you select Reveal Search Favourites from the application menu, then navigate to drive_c you will find all the files and directories used by the Windows sub-system. Copy files here in the appropriate place.

    Thanks Stephen, Hope it works out for you!

  4. Philip Short Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 04:30 PM

    Roy, many thanks for your response but I think I’m missing something. Did you mean Reveal REsearch Favourites? I selected that and it just came up with a folder named E but no mention of a drive_c… I think I might be in the wrong place entirely?! Many thanks, Philip.

  5. Roy Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 04:59 PM

    Dear Philip, That’s right. You can then navigate upwards a few steps to drive_c.

  6. Philip Short Says:
    November 3rd, 2009 at 08:33 PM

    Thank you so much! Perfect… 1.2.3 working perfectly on Snow Leopard with TSWIN in tow. Goodbye xp forever – thank you for making the dream come true! Ha ha.

  7. Dave Clark Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Thanks Roy both myself and my brother-in-law use only imacs and have been waiting for something like this it’s brilliant no more using my windows laptop! Roy a question I am in the portuguese congregation and need to use english and portuguese library together Thanks Dave

  8. Roy Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 08:47 AM

    Dear Dave, You can install both English and Portuguese, and run them side-by-side. Make sure you have the latest version though, i.e. 1.2.5.

  9. Kari Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 02:31 PM

    I just installed wtlib on my new MacBook. Thanks so much! Can I also install the Spanish wtlib following the same steps and be able to utilize the synchronization features? I am in a Spanish congregation in North Carolina, U.S. Thanks again!

  10. Roy Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    Dear Kari,

    Yes, you can install Spanish too. Synchronisation works.

    Best wishes, Roy

  11. Benjamin Treml Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 09:06 PM

    Hello! Watchtower library runs perfectly on my Mac… Thanks a lot!!!!! Do you have any idea how i can put the library on my iPhone? Havn’t figured it out yet… I have the original CD from the organization… I’d really appreciate a brief instruction on how to run Watchtower library (the german version) on my iPhone… Thanks for your help… with regards from Austria… Benjamin

  12. Rachel Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 09:13 PM

    Dear Benjamin Tremi,

    Thanks very much for your comments. With reference to the iPhone question, please see our FAQ’s here

  13. Leo Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 08:47 PM

    Hi Roy, Thanks very much for your program. At last i can run the library on my mac. Snow leopard needs a small d tour but its is great to use the dutch version. Thankx again, Leo

    Leo

  14. Leo Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 08:47 PM

    Hi Roy, Thanks very much for your program. At last i can run the library on my mac. Snow leopard needs a small d tour but its is great to use the dutch version. Thankx again, Leo

    Leo

  15. Reb Says:
    April 12th, 2010 at 03:18 PM

    I like the new site. Before when I was trying to figure out if it ran on Tiger I spent maybe 30 minutes sifting through pages on your forums and comments to find the info. Maybe a troubleshooting category might help? Thanks! Rebekah

  16. Pat Lloyd Says:
    May 14th, 2010 at 04:13 AM

    Thank you Brother Roy. I am a novice Mac user and successfully installed WTLIB on my Mac 10.6. At first it didn’t work. But I got an epiphany to restart my computer and it popped right in. Oodles and Oodles of thanks to you!

    Pat

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