just before I wanted to add a chinesepod list to my cram mode but it doesn't seem to arrive there.
in the cram mode i was redirected to the lists section where I added the list, but it never starts in the cram mode.

do i have to add the words seperately?

David

PS why aren't there any links to get "out" of the scratchpad?

Hmm; it's working here (on the particular list's page, selecting the section you want to cram from the "Cram" dropdown on the left, right?). What browser are you using?

The Scratchpad needs to get reintegrated into the main site, it's true; artifact of its confused origins, I'm afraid. The Skritter logo is actually a link back, but that's it.

When I now go into my lists I have two active, one is my normal HSK1 list and the other is that Chinesepod list. When I click it, I get on the left that box with the option "Cram" in the dropdown menu and above it there is a "deactivate" button (I have de-activated and activated it...but that doesn't seem to do the trick). On the right there is that play-pause-stop section which I have set to play. In the browse tab I tried adding all the words manually, but even after re-doing everything, I don't get the option of studying that list in the cram practice area.

I'm using Firefox 3.5.2.

The only thing you should need to do to make a cram list out of it is to select a section from the "Cram" dropdown list. As soon as you do, it should redirect you to the Cram Lists page with the selected section added as a new cram list. It doesn't matter if you're studying the list normally or not.