Add new/replace old block on main page
Personally I never get any use out of:
- What's Happening on CBR (indexing updates)
- CBR on Facebook. Has no bearing to me since you can't match the person up to CBR username, so it's just showing random ppl. How about just limit to a blurb of "1000 Likes on FB" minus the pics?)
- Too many covers. Random, Newest upper right, Newest at bottom, Recently Rated, and the scrolling Previews. It's just filler that acts like a disco ball.
- Members online: since many users have the same stock avatar, would be more helpful to have names spelled out, alphabetically, with friends name in bold (i realize this might be tough to achieve; just a wish list). You could put it next to "Newest Members" also spelled out.
Now that's off my chest (and really i do love this site, and want to make it better and get tons of folks signed up), my suggestions for new things.
Move blogs to someplace more visible on front page, or maybe even better, do something using a block like this:
http://i.imgur.com/pghjm.jpg
You could have a most read forum post, most read blog, most read/rated/viewed whatever. Something that shows users what's HOT.Compress the forums down into fewer buckets. Since not so many posts are made on a daily basis, it'd be easier to see them all in once place. This is a bit nitpicky i know, but it just seems a bit laborious right now to browse thru all the forums.
Advanced search for the forums: Would be so much easier if there was a check box for "just search thread title." really it would.
I do love the Twitter feed for the comics industry, i check that quite often. Good stuff there, should move it up.
Also, in the chat room, why is it so hard to scroll up? Using the slider only goes up for a second, then plops you back down to the bottom. Also, when you use the URL button, it doesn't put the cursor between the tags like it does in the forums.
Anyway, happy holidays!
SG
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Obviously I am close to the situation...but what makes the site hard to use?
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kal-vyn commented
I agree that I love this site but it is a little hard to use. I like all your ideas.