Which entry page?

[Tormod]

We need your feedback on which entry page to use.

 

Either the current one, which is the Forum Index.

 

Or - the Portal page (click "Portal" up at the main menu). This was the old way.

 

The Portal page makes it easier to keep up with our recent news.

 

What do you folks think?

[Fishteacher73]

Opening w/ the portal I think is a bit better. I tend to overlook the news unless I am directed to the portal...(Sorry C1ay, you do a great job, but I get headed straight to the forums and forget the news pieces, which are often very interesting...)

[pgrmdave]

I usually hit the forum link before the portal page even loads, so I suggest just loading to the forum index.

[Dark Mind]

Doesn't matter to me. I usually check both pages, but the "Latest Articles" are in the upper right hand corner if you like to start from the forums, which most members probably do. Crud, now I want to change my vote to Forums Index, oh well, live and learn.

[Tormod]

I think the important thing to remember is - what do newcomers see first? A portal page might be more inviting. Then when they get more used to the site they might opt for the index. So we could make the portal page the default page, yet have the forum index link up just as it is now. You oldtimers can just bookmark whatever page you want anyway. :xx:

 

Just my 2c.

[Robust]

I appreciate the Portal Page, Tormud....but then I'm admittedly a bit slower than most

[C1ay]

54 views and only 9 votes. Do we count all the views with out a vote as "I-don't-care"s?

 

If for no other reason, I like the portal page since it makes announcements, like our recent "technical difficulties" issue, more visible. OTOH, I often come in with a bookmark for "Today's posts" when I want to access the discussions since the read/unread marker for posts doesn't really track what's actually been read or not.

[Tormod]

BTW the correct link for that is:

 

http://hypography.com/forums/search.php?do=getdaily

 

...the /scienceforums/ has been dropped. :xx:

[C1ay]

BTW the correct link for that is:

 

http://hypography.com/forums/search.php?do=getdaily

 

...the /scienceforums/ has been dropped. :xx:

Yeah, I guess I could update my bookmark. It's one of those things you don't think about since it still works :xx:

[sanctus]

I voted doesn't matter, because I prefer forum list, but I think for new members it's better the portal so I guess I should have voted something else ie portal, because the new members are more important than myself....

[Dark Mind]

I'm changing my vote to Portal.

[Fluffy]

I think the important thing to remember is - what do newcomers see first? A portal page might be more inviting. Then when they get more used to the site they might opt for the index. So we could make the portal page the default page, yet have the forum index link up just as it is now. You oldtimers can just bookmark whatever page you want anyway. :)

 

Just my 2c.

The first thing that I saw when I first came to the site was the forum index and I began reading the forum titles and signed up immediately. I didn't even notice the portal page until now.

[Tormod]

The first thing that I saw when I first came to the site was the forum index and I began reading the forum titles and signed up immediately. I didn't even notice the portal page until now.

 

Exactly. Which would you prefer to see when you come to Hypography? Our portal page with news or the forum index? Or a mix of both?

[Buffy]

I voted for the portal page. Especially since C1ay went crazy with article postings, its really substantial (thanks C1ay!). But my main thinking is that these forums are filled with us whackos, and can be intimidating. Nice to get folks looking at the magazine-like content to suck them into the vortex.

 

<marketing hat>Also, thanks for getting rid of the Gray on the banner. I had one friend visit here who said "Oh is it for UFO nuts?" </marketing hat>

 

Cheers,

Buffy

[Tormod]

<marketing hat>Also, thanks for getting rid of the Gray on the banner. I had one friend visit here who said "Oh is it for UFO nuts?" </marketing hat>

 

LOL. That was just my Christmas decoration (he wore a santa hat) but I forgot to give him a break...

[C1ay]

I voted for the portal page. Especially since C1ay went crazy with article postings, its really substantial (thanks C1ay!).

Glad you like it. Welcome back BTW. We missed you.

[Tormod]

Unless something very strange happens in the next day or so I will make the portal the default entry page again, but make it easier for people to locate the forum index from it.