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The site's navigation is terrible
Topic Started: Jul 12 2011, 06:12 PM (320 Views)
captainspud
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I arrive at VSSystem.org

I click Forum. This takes me to a blank (totally pointless) page with a button.
I click Enter the Forum. This takes me to announcements. There's no immediately obvious "next step" on this page for someone who isn't web savvy.
I click "Forum Index" at the top left (if I know what that means). I'm finally at the forum.

Question: why doesn't clicking Forum on the front page simply take you to the forum index? THREE clicks to access the most popular feature of the site is completely ridiculous.
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Dominator407
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That's why I have the forum bookmarked. lol
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captainspud
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Dominator407
Jul 12 2011, 06:15 PM
That's why I have the forum bookmarked. lol
I do too, but I visit the site from multiple computers. They don't all have my bookmarks.
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Eponymous
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I shall take advantage of your tired clicking finger during draft tonight.
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carlosthedwarf
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I hear ya, man. We've tried fixing it, but apparently Wordpress and zetaboards don't get along(? Steve couldn't get the Wordpress buttons to link direct for whatever reason - and he's pretty tech-savvy. I never tried myself, but if he can't do it, I doubt I could.).

We've discussed "moving" before. This site was set up for something entirely different. Steve just modified it to accommodate us. With Steve mostly out of the picture these days, we have a hard time making changes sometimes - he holds a few keys we don't have access to.

Steve = zetaboards account owner/Wordpress account owner
Carlos = domain ownership/zetaboards account "manager"
Scott = Wordpress account "manager"

Even with "manager" powers, we still don't have access to all the bells and whistles Steve does. And getting his attention can take a lot of effort sometimes (and seemingly none other times).

So - community - should we move? Do we need to? How can you help? I'm all ears, and I'm pretty sure Scott is too.
Edited by carlosthedwarf, Jul 12 2011, 06:31 PM.
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Dominator407
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I only think we should move if it would attract more members. Otherwise I don't think it will matter. It doesn't bother me enough to move to a new site. That's my thoughts anyway.
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captainspud
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If you can get Steve to give me an admin account for the Wordpress, I can fix the front page link. Basically, I'd just scrap the automatic bookmarks widget and re-do it in plain HTML. It'd take about five minutes.
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carlosthedwarf
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I wonder if Scott has enough permission. He is infinitely easier to get ahold of. Let me start there.
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captainspud
Jul 12 2011, 06:12 PM
I arrive at VSSystem.org

I click Forum. This takes me to a blank (totally pointless) page with a button.
I click Enter the Forum. This takes me to announcements. There's no immediately obvious "next step" on this page for someone who isn't web savvy.
I click "Forum Index" at the top left (if I know what that means). I'm finally at the forum.

Question: why doesn't clicking Forum on the front page simply take you to the forum index? THREE clicks to access the most popular feature of the site is completely ridiculous.
When I click on enter the forum it takes me to the portal. When I click on the "babs" button it also sends me to the portal. I wonder why it works for me?
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