New Homepage

[anthony]

Due to an issue with the developer of the software that ran the homepage, I have now upgraded away from it to a new system that is better supported. So the change you see on the homepage is the new layout. Clean, simple, minimalist... it strips any images, video and other nonsense, displaying only the text based content. :)

It will update and fill the homepage again as the threads are posted.

 

[scout86]

Boy was it a relief to see this! I dropped in here this AM, looking for a "safe and familiar place" and it looked DIFFERENT! Kind of freaked me out for a bit. :confused:

 

[anthony]

The page is still be adjusted and modified at this stage. It will take a little trial and error for me to get it the way I want it.

I had to wait for the page to become loaded with content, which now it is reordered to the latest threads posted. I have also changed the limit to the latest 10 only. There are some minor changes still to come... more styling aspects.

 

[anthony]

Because I have just made the change over to thread ordering, any new threads responded to will fill the homepage. Once 10 new threads are posted / the latest are responded, the page will then continue to simply order with the latest threads by date.

 

[anthony]

I've increase the new thread count to 15 now, as newly posted threads have pushed the page content enough to warrant. This will likely be where I leave it.

 

[anthony]

There are still some tweaks to make to this, but slowly as posting happens I'm working out the best ratios. Basically, the homepage lists the latest posted threads by date, which means new content, old content, anything currently happening. What goes on behind the scenes though, is that it stores the latest 100 threads by date, though will only show the top 15. I've only just made this change, that way older threads should always stay off the homepage, and anything recent pushed onto the homepage, hopefully, and I stress HOPEFULLY, within the last days postings. I say that because there is more than 15 new threads posted in a 24hr period, so everything added new should come up, older content not responded to much should fall down and not be seen.

It's slightly complicated behind the scenes, but the idea is to keep the freshest content on the homepage, being the latest thread date posted + that content is being posted upon as well.

Put simply... if a two new threads are posted, one is highly posted upon, the other isn't... the highly posted upon one may spend a little more air time on the homepage than the one not being posted upon. Not much... but a little more air time.

 

[Fadeaway]

Would it be possible to see the user name of the the thread creator on the home page?

 

[StarChild]

@Fadeaway you'll read the name of the thread creator when you hover your mouse over the avatar-icon (even, when it just shows the male/female/question mark-signs). Or on a tablet / phone you can tap on it, so it will show you the name.

 

[anthony]

@Fadeaway I specifically removed the text version due to as per @TreeHugger stated, the avatar shows the same information. I like to remove duplicate information from pages, as it becomes another redundant aspect for search engines and users to deal with.

 

[Fadeaway]

Thank you I did not see that.

 

[Seasounds]

it strips any images, video and other nonsense, displaying only the text based content. :)

Is it possible to have the member's name listed (and show) on the home page, at the beginning of a new thread?

 

[anthony]

As per the above... you can see them via their avatar. Hover over it or push it on touch devices.