Improving Blog pages

Hello,

As you are all aware, we launched new pages several months ago. It was an expensive design by a large well known company (PSD2HTML.com) that came with promises of being user friendly and responsive. Needless to say it turned out to be neither. :(

Soooo, we are working on new pages to replace them.
We are going to launch 1 page sometime today as a test... the All Blogs page.

Changes include:
-The main change is it's responsive so will look better on your cellphone, ipad or desktop
-We replaced the icons at the top of the table with buttons that make their purpose more obvious
-We made the background light gray to be easier on your eyes
-We made the entire cell clickable (instead of just the Blog Title in the blue link)

After we launch the page, we welcome your constructive feedback on this page as we work to improve the blog section.
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Comments (31)

Keep it how it is, changes are not always liked, and having to get used to it all over again, as you say was only seven months ago you put this one up,.................
Hi,
If they could put the page numbers of the blogsite at the top as well as the bottom, it would help enormously.
Sometimes we just want to go straight to the last post, without all the scrolling.

Thanks
Well if it's an improvement, I can't wait to see how it works.

Thanks for the information.
I will gladly shine your shoes daily----just don't put me in the same CS jail cell with that Calypso.;--)) Aa.
Do what you want to do. I'm for what makes CS happy. And here's the reason why: Your 100% FREE! I like that! Maybe I should change my moniker to Cheapskate1941!!

rolling on the floor laughing
Ed,...................rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing cheers
Thank You-perhaps the blog title came at an opportune moment.We could be inspired to improve our blogs as well.head banger
Will multiple blog posts from the same person continue to show? There have been times with this new layout when the first 10 or so blogs are all from two or three bloggers.

When they have aggressive or misspelled headings into the bargain, it doesn't really sell the blogging facility to any new members joining CS. I know the huge variety was what attracted me when I first saw the blogs, and that there were so many people blogging. Now, you have to know to scroll down and know which bloggers are interesting / won't bite your head off / allow comments - that must put off some newbies, or make it look very cliquey.
If you don't lie on your profile, you're a handsome man. Pity, your profile picture doesn't show your face. The blogland need some fresh faces. I wonder if you could do something about it.

Did they(PSD2HTML.com) give you money back?
Police your own rules about profile pics
So many blatant infringements that are allowed

wow
Looking forward !
Moderator with all respect why can't we have a sign for our profile pic as you do. .Jest wandering lol. cheers bouquet
doh doh frustrated frustrated no no not something different to get used too grin

sorry just haveing fun a bitroll eyes

I would love to add pics on my blogs you know of cakes and animals grin etc, but the new way of adding pics is a pain, having to go to old blog and edit to add a pic to put on new blog doh hope i have explained that okaylaugh laugh


Anyway this is free site and i love it better than fb etc for me that is.

It is my daily fix
roll eyes laugh laugh
Please can we have emoticons in messages back? Thank ya
.....when the time comes. laugh I realise it has nothing to do with blog pages
It is prettier and easier to navigate.
We launched the improved "All Blogs" page.
Please use this blog for feedback and let us know if the page works on your device.

Notice the gallery icons in the upper right, to see different views of the page. Also, note an improved experience on mobile devices.

Mollybaby: the username in the "last comment" column is now a link to the last page and the last comment of that blog.

Seaworthy: unfortunately adding thumbs up/down has only led to arguments in the past and didn't work as intended

Bloodyawfull: no refund and refused any help. Their website uses a LasVegas address but turns out they're in the Ukraine.

Elegsabiff: we changed to a single table in the past because having 2 tables for "By Blog" and "By Blogger" was really confusing and many members couldn't find their blog after they posted it.

*After the last launch we changed the way the "All Blogs" page was sorted so that blogs with the latest comment would rise to the top of the list. But we received complaints that that brought older blogs to the top of the list (which we had thought would be a good idea because it brought different blogs into view all the time)... so we changed it back so that the most recently posted new blog would always appear on top.
-Which way do you like it best?
-How would you like to see the main "All Blogs" page sorted?

calmheartseeks: A primary photo of you is required because members want to see who they're communicating with, not a pic of an animal or cartoon. Also a real photo creates accountability and adds a more 'real' feeling to comment sections... like you're in a room talking to real people, not a page full of avatars, artwork, animals, etc.

Redex: We will address making photo upload easier when we get to that page.

Unlaoised: emoticons in mail were removed because misused, over used, and bogged down the mail.
wow thank you kind sirs or ladies wine beer
I said leave it how it is, but I actually like it straight away so I was wrong and apologise,................thumbs up
It appears that the all important KISS principle is being applied at last.
CPU usage now back to normal on the blogs page applause and the whole page fits on screen banana great stuff thumbs up
nicethumbs up

thank you!bouquet
it would be good too if page numbers for blogs could be at the top like forumsconversing please.
Like it thumbs up

Newbies will just have to learn that because someone appears five times on the first screen doesn't mean they are five times better than others. dunno

rolling on the floor laughing
sorry i meant comment pages doh
CS Staff,

I like the new CS blogs layout. thumbs up
Can the website, be displayed better on my Cell Touch phone, Small Tablet (Windows) and big tablet (windows)

It is best on the big tablet. I have been using all 3 on and off during the day.
My bad i love drama
Those blogs where individuals get down
low and expose their inner characters publicly
On here... it helps us to know these
Members deep not much as they pretend to cream
Coart themselves here..
So I prefer those kind of blogs not be deleted let us
learn what they are .
Thanks
nam i prefer to have fun here on blogs if i want to get to know someone in depth before meeting i would do it in private hug JMO mind.

Sometimes you think you know someone a little and then they say something way out the box, so reckon z has a point peace
wow writing so small this morning !!!!wow
Zmountain
Problem is the fake accounts otherwise
we would tell the true inner characters
they are.


Redex they are somethings that can be
done privately and those to show publicly.
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