Any new news?

[Olgar Shiverstone]

It seems like the "Ed Greenwood to write 5E FR ..." headline has been at the top of the front page as a "featured headline" for quite a while, while it looks like there is newer news below it. Is that by design, or is there just nothing newer?

I look for the latest news at the top of the page, and find the layout confusing. Of course, I'm easily confused ...

 

[Morrus]

The featured news item is the most viewed news item in the last 7 days, so it will change by itself. Though now you mention it, I'll try changing it to 3 days and see how that works out.

Everything below it is listed chronologically, most recent first.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Thanks for explaining. I only see one article on my screen when I hit the front page (the others are below the cut off) so normally when I see a headline I've read I just click on through to the forum, since I assume that nothing new has posted. So for me, the "featured headline" actually discourages reading.

Now that I know, though, I can make a point of scrolling. Still not as user-friendly as I'd prefer, though ...

 

[SkidAce]

Ooops....I guess I've been glancing at the top box like Olgar, and seeing no change figured there was no new news.

Failed my perception check.

 

[Morrus]

What resolution are you guys using? I see the featured box plus the first 4 headlines before I have to scroll.

 

[fba827]

On my home computer, i use 1280 x 1024. I see the featured box plus about two -lines- of the news below that.

Having said that, it was only today (since you made the front page changes) before i realized that the top box was "featured headline" rather than the first new news items, and that the new news was below that -- i just got used to seeing the new news listed first.

Add to it, that the side bar doesn't list new news, but rather most discussed, so i wasn't noticing the new news from there either since in the past that was new news.

Yes, I fully admit it was just me failing to fully read "Featured" and "Hottest news..." and not bothering to look further down. And I may just be the victim of being an old dog who just needs to learn new tricks. I am not debating that as a fault of my own.

I'm just mentioning it since other people may be failing to notice the differences in layout, like I have been, and therefore missing the news.

So maybe somehow make 'featured headline' a little more distinctive. and/or make the news headline below that a little bigger / a little more obvious? and/or changing the most discussed sidebar back to a sidebar of the recent news?

 

[Umbran]

What resolution are you guys using? I see the featured box plus the first 4 headlines before I have to scroll.

Morrus, I'm working on a 1600x900 screen, and with my browser at full-screen, I see the Featured box, and just the headline of the top two boxes below it, but none of the text. So, right now I know the newest stories are about Bluffside returning and What's up with D&D, but I see no details beyond that until I scroll.

Roughly the top third of the page is ad bar and persistent navigation. That's.. a lot of real estate.

 

[Morrus]

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Morrus, I'm working on a 1600x900 screen, and with my browser at full-screen, I see the Featured box, and just the headline of the top two boxes below it, but none of the text. So, right now I know the newest stories are about Bluffside returning and What's up with D&D, but I see no details beyond that until I scroll.

Roughly the top third of the page is ad bar and persistent navigation. That's.. a lot of real estate.

Yeah, vBulletin's header section has always been large. That's something far, far beyond my ability to rewrite, though.