Front page blog suggestion [Archive]

Rollmodl

01-06-2010, 05:23 PM

Hello,

I noticed that when a new article is released on the front page it may include all or many pictures associated with the article. As with many other blogs I suggest each article includes only one eye catching picture. This accomplishes a number of things:

Extra space on the front page for other articles
More commenting due to users clicking on the links to view the remaining article (no need to click on the link if all the pictures are on the home page)
Less scrolling
Link in the forum to link back to front page

IMO the front page is a little overwhelming with pictures. Just a suggestion.

Jedidiah

01-06-2010, 05:32 PM

Suggestion well received and we are working on it... this issue is PHP coding between the pages... the ability to short the posts so that a hyperlink can lead to the remainder of the post is not recognized between the pages, only on each page themselves... we are trying to formulate a resolve and have been for a lil while now.. hopefully we will have a solution very soon, but appreciate the feedback for sure.

Ben

Exami

01-07-2010, 09:57 AM

Suggestion well received and we are working on it... this issue is PHP coding between the pages... the ability to short the posts so that a hyperlink can lead to the remainder of the post is not recognized between the pages, only on each page themselves... we are trying to formulate a resolve and have been for a lil while now.. hopefully we will have a solution very soon, but appreciate the feedback for sure.

Ben

Nice to hear.. i almost started complaining about that front page.. even with 2mb dsl connection takes for ever to load frontpage... :shifty

Hope you get solution fast to lighten up frontpage..

Rollmodl

01-07-2010, 02:20 PM

Nice to hear.. i almost started complaining about that front page.. even with 2mb dsl connection takes for ever to load frontpage... :shifty

Hope you get solution fast to lighten up frontpage..

Optimizing the images to a smaller file size will also help the page load faster. Alot of the images are over 50,000 kb. If you guys need help with the website functionality let me know.