Cryptonic
February 4th, 2017, 06:39 AM
Hello,
I am currently testing some things to change the navigableness of the Home Page.
This will be a lot of work to do it all, so I don't want to jump in with both feet and have people not enjoy it or it being troublesome to use.
I have currently only processed it for the Forum Mafia section, but the idea would be for every section.
I will also be looking into exchanging the "Link" picture beside the forums to the Hats so that the look remains the same.
What this change is ultimately doing is creating a set of links that redirect you to the hidden subforum with the same name.
The ultimate end-game for a change like this would be to have the homepage only have a few links (one to each Forum), like General Discussion, Narrator, Sc2 Mafia, and Forum Mafia. This is so the home page is a lot less cluttered.
One negative outcome of this is that you cannot see "New Posts" in a section until you actually click on a link. To counter that, I will be creating new "New Post" Blocks on the homepage, one for each section. So you can scroll down and be like "Let's see if there are any new Sc2 Mafia posts.", and all the latest will be there for you.
I do worry that this will create too many "clicks" for a user to have to navigate through, but I think it would also make more sense to people visiting the site for the first time.
So, please, let me have your honest feedback. I know that change is not usually accepted with open arms, so I am posting this expecting to receive complaints. I hope that we can address the complaints and come to a solution that fixes the complaint, but still moves us forward towards better organization.
I am currently testing some things to change the navigableness of the Home Page.
This will be a lot of work to do it all, so I don't want to jump in with both feet and have people not enjoy it or it being troublesome to use.
I have currently only processed it for the Forum Mafia section, but the idea would be for every section.
I will also be looking into exchanging the "Link" picture beside the forums to the Hats so that the look remains the same.
What this change is ultimately doing is creating a set of links that redirect you to the hidden subforum with the same name.
The ultimate end-game for a change like this would be to have the homepage only have a few links (one to each Forum), like General Discussion, Narrator, Sc2 Mafia, and Forum Mafia. This is so the home page is a lot less cluttered.
One negative outcome of this is that you cannot see "New Posts" in a section until you actually click on a link. To counter that, I will be creating new "New Post" Blocks on the homepage, one for each section. So you can scroll down and be like "Let's see if there are any new Sc2 Mafia posts.", and all the latest will be there for you.
I do worry that this will create too many "clicks" for a user to have to navigate through, but I think it would also make more sense to people visiting the site for the first time.
So, please, let me have your honest feedback. I know that change is not usually accepted with open arms, so I am posting this expecting to receive complaints. I hope that we can address the complaints and come to a solution that fixes the complaint, but still moves us forward towards better organization.