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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn August 8th, 2017

Well... I just realized I doopidly posted this in a listener-only forum last week instead of this public one, so let me share this news a bit more widely and add a new mock to it as well:

We have been listening to the feedback on the new community home design and we agree that right now it is not easy or convenient enough to get to the main Forums page. We are working on a tab approach somewhat like that of the subcommunities that I think will help balance all the design goals here. I am attaching a visual design (in progress) from Ryan, our designer.

community mockup with tabs

I just wanted to let folks know we're listening and we hear you on this point and we agree and we hope this will help.

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AffyAvo August 8th, 2017

I like it! Ideally, I'd like to be able to access the forums with clicking one link from anywhere on the site, but this would still be an improvement!

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 8th, 2017

@AffyAvo - we could put a forum link in the footer

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AffyAvo August 8th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn Ooh yes! That would make navigation much quicker for me.

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@AffyAvo - done!

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HopieRemi August 8th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn

LOVE THAT.

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@BurningEmber - achievement unlocked

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HopieRemi August 10th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn

wheeeee

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HopieRemi August 8th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn

It is so beautiful laugh

Phthalo August 8th, 2017

...I wonder how this would look on the mobile version of the site (since that's what I use more often than anything)

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HopieRemi August 8th, 2017

@Phthalo

Have you thought of using http://lite.7cups.com while on browser? It's like the app but using it on browser but waaaaaaay better

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Phthalo August 9th, 2017

@BurningEmber Yeah I've tried it before. I don't like it so much, it's literally just the app in a browser and I feel the app is weird and harder to navigate compared to the regular site. In my opinion

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HopieRemi August 9th, 2017

@Phthalo

Ah okay, to each their own!

KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@Phthalo - do you know about the expanded chat mode in the website, which is optimized for mobile browsers?

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 9th, 2017

@Phthalo - something like this (the menu style isn't finalized):

mobile layout for community home with tabs

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August 8th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn

Yay! 😄

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 9th, 2017

@TrueArrow - i know, right!? :D

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Laura August 9th, 2017

Yes! thank you for sharing the screen grabs! @Anomalia - i think she should help with the forum visibility problem you'd mentioned in another thread!

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Anomalia August 9th, 2017

@Laura - Definitely! I would echo @AffyAvo that it would be best to only have to click once to get to the forums, but this is a vast improvement in terms of keeping forums visible and helping people find ALL our wonderful categories instead of just a limited subset. :)

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@Anomalia @AffyAvo @BurningEmber - don't look now :D

direct access to forums from the footer

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Anomalia August 10th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn - heart

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@Anomalia - I hope this helps! We really don't want to add friction to forum discovery, participation, mentoring, or leadership!

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AffyAvo August 10th, 2017

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn Yay!

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@AffyAvo - i realize it's still not perfect. you have to scroll down, we hide the footer on the chat screen, but i hope this does provide quick access for forum mavens and mods alike.

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PhoenixAsh August 10th, 2017

Yay! I'm glad to see that this is improving, and also very happy that the general requests tab isn't as glitchy anymore laugh Thank you for working so hard on this update!!

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KrinkTheMellowUnicorn OP August 10th, 2017

@PhoenixAsh - yes, it was a problem with an update to the stylesheet. We appreciate how patient everyone has been as we try to work out the kinks.

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