Am I missing something? I thought there used to be a tour button. I looked in the menu area, but it isn't there.
How do I find the tour?
3 Answers
It's linked from the footer:
answered Oct 17, 2017 at 17:42
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Nice! Consider having that link on Stack Overflow as well? Seems to be the only SE site without it. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 18:34
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1@Meta agreed, there is room in the left most part, below the logo. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 19:03
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@Meta'sMug Hm, yeah, we'll consider it. Putting it below the logo is a non-starter, IMO, but maybe we can carve out a space elsewhere. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 19:10
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@ShadowWizard Because it'd be a rando floating link. I just don't see the aesthetics working out there at all. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 21:25
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1@Adam I meant putting the whole "site footer menu" there, same as on all non-SO sites: Tour, Help, Chat, Contact, Feedback, Mobile. Not just the Tour. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 21:31
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1It is linked in the footer on some sites. Hardly a good answer consistency-wise. Were is the consistency SO always had? I am really disappointed in recent design decisions which make the sites comprehensible. Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 7:18
The tour is hidden from a certain amount of reputation I believe. If you start as a new user you will see it. Here a screenshot from Stack Overflow:
On MSE you can find the Tour link in the footer. On Stack Overflow it just disappeared. Major inconsistency here, which is bad in my opinion.
I think it is silly to not have the tour available for everyone.
I agree. That menu is useful to all users, not just new users. Bring it back!
answered Oct 17, 2017 at 13:41
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2@Catija nope, there is no link to Tour from help center. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 14:08
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In an anonymous browser window you'll find the [tour] link in the top bar; it's hidden for users with enough rep, so it'll show up if you're not logged in.
Alternatively, you can duplicate your current browser tab, go to the site's home page, then add /tour to the URL address, hit Enter - and you're there!
answered Oct 17, 2017 at 14:04
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1Looks like it's around 2k-4k rep, and I'd bet it's 2k as that icon is replaced with 'review queues' for me on sites where I have >2k rep (Code Review and Stack Overflow), so I'd think that at 2,000 rep it becomes the review queues link. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 15:34
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1@202_accepted it should be 500 rep. (Minimum required to review.) Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 16:39
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1@ShadowWizard As it turns out, for all sites except this one, that's true. Just checked with my other profiles, and this site is the 2k limit for that feature. (We're both right, apparently.) See: meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges vs. stackoverflow.com/help/privileges Bizarre that they differ, but that explains much more. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 16:41
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@202_accepted nothing bizarre, MSE simply has no first posts and late answers queues, hence the minimum rep is 2000. Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 17:03
[tour]in comments and it will automatically converted to the link. as tour