Please bring back the list of upcoming WotC products!

[Dragonblade]

Can you please bring back the list of upcoming WotC products to the main page?

That and the news are the two reasons I have made EN World my home page. Thanks!

 

[Simplicity]

Definitely agreed. I was surprised to see it disappear when it's so valuable.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Add me to the list wanting it back. I reference the main page on a daily basis since the list is kept up to date and accurate.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I did some research on this a while back on a topic on bandwidth, let me dig it up...

Basically, the summary though is that ENWorld is spending a tremendous amount of it's bandwidth on those images on the front page, and cutting them will likely save ENWorld a little money. The WotC product schedule images were over 6 times the size of the rest of the page. If you think that's not a problem, find the donation button...

Here's the original thread: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64707.

For the record, I d/led the main page, and it weighs in at 69.6 KB, with images adding 781 KB. The jpgs (products stuff, not the icons in the news) is 731 KB of that. So I think Lite and Ultra Lite versions of the main page might not be such a bad idea.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I did some research on this a while back on a topic on bandwidth, let me dig it up...

Basically, the summary though is that ENWorld is spending a tremendous amount of it's bandwidth on those images on the front page, and cutting them will likely save ENWorld a little money. The WotC product schedule images were over 6 times the size of the rest of the page. If you think that's not a problem, find the donation button...

Here's the original thread: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64707.

Making Upcoming product releases from WOTC/Whitewolf/ and other big d20 companies a seprate page might not be a bad idea.

 

[Morrus]

You can still find them on WotC's page in the D20 Guide (along wih everyone else's product schedules). I removed them from the front page to a) make the page look less cluttered and b) reduce the size of the page. I guess I could include a link directly to the WotC page, though.

 

[PowerWordDumb]

A link would be great, Morrus. It's just one of those things I like to check out weekly or so to remind myself why I maintain my pathetic existence from paycheck to paycheck, and I'm much too lazy to dig for it.

 

[Simplicity]

If the graphics are taking up too much bandwidth, then
at least provide a text list on the front page, and
a link to the WotC product list on a secondary page...

You could have a two column format thing...

Nov.          Draconomicon
              Complete Warriors's Handbook
Dec.          Dragonseye Miniatures

etc....

 

[Morrus]

Have a look now - that's the best I can do. Unfortunately, it's an RSS feed directly from the D20 Guide and managed by the main site PostNuke software, so I have no real way of controlling the layout other than checking boxes for "Show Images?" and the like.

I think it looks pretty messy, myself.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Thanks Morrus!

It may not be as nice to look at as the cover images, but it definitely serves my purposes.