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A few things that NEED to be Changed around here
By Ringer in Knowledge is power- if you use it- keep it to yourself and it's worthless.
April 1, 2009 |
Now that I've used this new blog a few days, I can better tell you some things that need changed.
First things first though, PLEASE, for me if no one else--- add spell check to the edit list. I'm the crappiest speller EVER and need it- bad.
---The "popular and comment" tabs need to be moved! They're lost next to the "latest" tab on this page: http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/blogs/ This is important, everyone using this site comes to the Victoria Advocate to read the comments section. It should be EASIEST to find! Most aren't here to blog. They'll leave frustrated and it will hurt traffic if they can't locate the latest comments left by your users.
---I'm not sure I understand the POST LINK tab at the top of the page. If I use this page where does it post the link I create? Is it placed on my blog page or on another page for general public use?
---The user list page needs to have an "alphabet selection tab" Here's a good example at classmates.com http://www.classmates.com/registration/city.jsp?cType=school&sId=18
This way, user names can be searched through. No search engine is offered on this page. http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/users/
If you want to find someone named Susan you should be able to click on the letter S, located at the top of this page and return to a list of user names beginning with the letter S. As it stands now, you have to thumb through EVERY page.
---Why isn’t http://addresses accessible??? You should be able to click on the links listed by their address and automatically arrive at its page. Traffic would move through these blogs at a much faster pace, all while you’re in control, if you'd allow users to access links posted in blogs... Besides it would create outbound and inbound links to this site. Just a few suggestions of things that will help :)
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Perfect- thank you! I know it sucks everyone complaining and I'm sure your working hard to correct things. Change takes time. I understand. However, just thought I'd offer my two cents. I look forward to using these new options when they're made available.
April 2, 2009 at 10:53 a.m.Ringer - The Post Link is no longer an option. And all the other features you mentioned are items that we have already taken note of and are on our list of future enhancements.
April 2, 2009 at 10:26 a.m.Ringer...You certainly are NOT the crappiest speller EVER. That distinction belongs to a certain male who posts about whom he hates and is famous (infamous?) for telling people with whom he disagrees to either shut up or go away. He brags of being a college graduate but can barely spell his name. I can't use his name because it might be construed as being a personal attack.
April 2, 2009 at 10:13 a.m.Ringer, the only thing I can see that you left off is the commentsshould be listed on the threads newest first. I am hating scrollingthrough the article & old comments first. Oh & bring back #comments on blogs. It seems that comments are left & if you missed it in the 3 comments that are allowed to show up on the main page you either miss a response or you wind up sifting through them all.
April 2, 2009 at 10:10 a.m.All in all, good post Ringer, I hope they heed your advice.
I'm a terrible speller too. Sometimes the fingers just favor certain patterns and will revert to those without my knowledge. (At least that's what I tell myself to make me feel better?) I downloaded Firefox and when I type it tells me (underlines in red) if a word is spelled incorrectly. My Mozilla browser is doing that too, now.
April 1, 2009 at 11:06 p.m.