In October, we shifted our focus to working on a few small and medium-sized projects that had been on the back-burner, and also chipped away at some technical debt that had been piling up, which is nerd speak for "picking up our toys." This type of work isn't always glamorous, but it is necessary to keep a website up-to-date from a technical standpoint, and functioning as efficiently as possible for its users (that's you!). Here are the October 2019 web updates for Samtec.com Filter by … [Read more...]

One of the major reasons people love Samtec is because of our lighting fast lead times and product availability. While competitor lead-times are measured in multiple weeks or months, ours are often measured in days. Since the early 2000s, website users have always been able to go to our Pricing and Delivery page and run a lookup for a part, but we've now made this information even easier to find and have spread it around in more places throughout the website. We wrote over the summer … [Read more...]

In September, we put a bow on the login project until Phase 2 begins later this year, continued to focus on some back-end upgrades to Samtec.com, released a few UX updates, knocked out a few smaller projects that have been on the back burner, and added a few new pieces of content. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for September 2019. Design Upgrade for Connectors, Cable, RF, and Optics Pages The top level of Samtec.com past the homepage features our Connectors, Cables, Optics, … [Read more...]

In August, we focused on continued updates to our new login system, released a few new content pages, and shifted gears to cleaning up some back-end technical debt that has built up over the last few months. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for August 2019. Continued Updates to Login System We began to launch our new login system in late July / early August, which we wrote about here. Check out all of the new features by visiting that post. In the remainder of August, … [Read more...]

This is the first release of a few phases of a new login system for Samtec.com. This replaces a system that was built in 2011 and has been running well ever since. But, technology changes over time, and it was time for an upgrade. Here are some additional details about the features you can see today, and what to expect in the future. Upgraded Security for Users With privacy and security sweeping the web in the past couple of years, we got the message. We have built in several forms … [Read more...]

This month, we released a major upgrade to our login experience across Samtec.com, as well as an overview of our 5G technology capabilities, and an easier way to get real-time availability for products across Samtec.com. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for July 2019. Real-Time Product Availability on Product Pages and Solutionator When you’re researching a product, one of the first things you want to know aside from “will it work?” is “when can I have it?” Well, we’ve just … [Read more...]

When you're researching a product, one of the first things you want to know aside from "will it work?" is "when can I have it?" Well, we've just made that a lot easier to understand in a couple of key places on Samtec.com. You can now see up-to-the-minute product availability directly on the Technical Specifications pages for a large number of Samtec products. For most products, this information is available instantly when the page loads without having to run a manual lookup. This … [Read more...]

In June of 2019, we rolled out a new web experience to help users better navigate our products, added real-time availability to our product pages, improved the user experience on our Pricing and Delivery page, and our Material Declaration and RoHS tools. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for June 2019. Solution Blocks Page Samtec has grown immensely since being founded in 1976 with just a few products of standard board-to-board connectors. Now, with nearly 1,000 unique … [Read more...]