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The Front Page Is Going To Change

Nate · 2006-08-20T18:47:39Z

I hate the front page; it's an annoyance when I visit the site. I do quickly skim it to see the most recent topics, but that's all. Otherwise, I quickly move from it to other parts of the site. It's a link page and nothing more. And judging by some of the data I'm getting back from the new google analytics software I just set up for the site, I'm not the only one. Except for the forum index pages, which really are just link pages and can't really be anything more, people spend less time on the front page than on any other page. So I'm in the process of redesigning it. I've gotten some feedback, mostly from the Instructors group, on what I've done so far, but now I want to open it up to everyone: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/test.php I hope to make that the front page by tomorrow. In short, what I'm doing is moving Squills from one of the back pages to the front page. This way, hopefully, people will come to the site and spend more time on the front page; just reading what's there. This also adds a lot more content to the site, which is something the site needs in order to move it from just a forum to a full website. So what do you think so far? Do you find the Stick figures annoying or funny (I'm going to add tons more by the way)? Does the page look boring or interesting? And so on and so forth.

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Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:10 am

Wiggy says... · Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:10 am

*raises hand* I want the literary posts! But squills is important too...

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Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:21 am

Poor Imp says... · Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:21 am

I prefer literary... I like the bits and snatches of fiction and poetry better than the Squills entries - just for that; it keeps in mind what's new as well - an easy link to something to critique.

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Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:28 pm

Rei says... · Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:28 pm

Yes, please, have that option. And to be prefectly honest, as soon as I loaded the site today, I just wanted to get away from the main page as fast as possible.

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The Front Page Is Going To Change

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