The Fine Print

Technical Support

If your query is about how to use our products in general, feature inquiries, bug workarounds, or similar, it's technical support. Technical support queries usually take the form, "How do I do X in your product?" Bottom line: it's technical support if users in other organizations might reasonably have the same problem or pose the same question. For support queries, please  open a support ticket under the "Customer Contact" project.

Punchcards

If your query is about how to do something specific within your deployment, it falls within Punchcard scope. More obvious areas include trainingvisual design, graphic information design, site structurecontent buildout, training, configuration, content creation and designmigration support, and so forth (as mentioned above). Punchcard queries are made through your customer portal.

Not Sure?

Just ask!

Efficient Use

With your punchcard, you'll get a private portal on our site.

What generally works best is to create pages in your portal to handle individual topics (examples: Site Configuration, or User Training). Then have your team use the Comment feature to post comments, feedback, questions, or whatever as they come in. Once you're ready for us to get involved, just post a comment saying so.

We'll be watching your portal space, so we'll get notified as your comments are posted, but we won't spend any time until you specifically ask us to. Then we'll respond with a comment letting you know we got it, and when you can expect an answer. This way, you get the most from your punchcard time, and nothing gets lost or overlooked in old email streams.

Of course, sometimes emergencies crop up. So feel free to email, call, or instant message your designated contant, but be aware that those will use an extra 15-minute "emergency charge" on top of the normal time. For more detail on how these work, see the Faster Response section.

Faster Response

For faster response, feel free to email, call, or instant message the person you are working with, but be aware of two limitations:

Of course, emergency charges can consume a punchcard very quickly, so here are some ground rules to help you get the most with this method:

We hope this strikes a fair balance between being responsive and getting our other tasks done during the day. Of course, we welcome feedback on how this works for you, and we're open to suggestions.

Product Support

If your query is about how to use our products in general, feature inquiries, bug workarounds, or similar, it's support. Support queries usually take the form, "How do I do X in your product?" Bottom line: it's support if users in other organizations might reasonably have the same problem or pose the same question. For support queries, please open a support ticket.

Punchcards

If your query is about how to do something specific to your deployment, it's appropriate for your punchcard. More obvious areas include training, graphic design, configuration, content structure and design, and so forth. Punchcard queries are made through your portal or directly to our individual staff (see Using Punchcard Time).

Not Sure?

Just ask!