Okay, I hear you on this not being a representative group. I thought we were tossing the idea around to see how it might land.
As for the other stuff, we're suffering a disconnect (imagine?), I think, because I don't speak tech, and so I'm somehow suggesting stuff technically that I don't mean to suggest, when I am trying to just talk about the layout. I'm mostly suggesting we do what you've already tried out, but with more things filed away (granted, with the slugs, which I am taking may not be an option, at least not an immediate one).
I think if we just do a TV/Film subfolder, and it looks just like it does now, save the fact that a handful of threads will be gone from the index page, it will be hard for new users to find. There are too many threads before you get there, and it just looks like an after-thought. If I were new, I wouldn't necessarily see that, or get what it was.
I would suggest we start with the Film & TV folder for now just because the category seems pretty straightforward (despite some of the above discussion).
My 2¢ on what is included in Film & TV is that any movie and/or TV threads be included. Even Buffy/Angel. I think who we are is pretty clear from the header. An extra click to find the thread won't change that. I would probably also include Minearverse.
My 2¢ on what is included in Film & TV is that any movie and/or TV threads be included. Even Buffy/Angel. I think who we are is pretty clear from the header. An extra click to find the thread won't change that. I would probably also include Minearverse.
Do you think people will scroll down that far, and find the link for the show and TV thread subfolder, though? I think adding a subfolder is only going to be useful if we get a lot more of the threads off of that index page.
Oh! I also wanted to mention that I really hope we don't change the order that threads come up in. It's really useful to me to have the most recently active thread on the top. I can tell where I need to go for the hopping conversation, even if I'm thousands of posts behind in the other threads.
I think adding a subfolder is only going to be useful if we get a lot more of the threads off of that index page.
I agree, that may be the next logical step. I just think deciding what-goes-into-what-folder and what-do-we-call-each-folder will take longer to agree on for the other threads.
eta I'm so rarely on the front page that I didn't realize the red bar said "Subfolders." It would probably be better if it said "Folders" but I have no idea if that is a simple edit or if it has to be that way because of the code.
I think we should just let ita do what she thinks is best and then sit back and see if it works the way most people like it.
I also wanted to mention that I really hope we don't change the order that threads come up in
Did I miss something? Was this suggested too?
I can flip the subfolders to above the thread list pretty easily.
I also wanted to mention that I really hope we don't change the order that threads come up in
Did I miss something? Was this suggested too?
I said I found it confusing to find things on the front page *because* they change based on activity, and that folders would make it easier to find the threads you were looking for. But no one suggested (I don't think) changing the way threads move position based on the last post in each.
Flipping the subfolders above the thread list sounds peachy. I vote for piling in all the TV and movie threads you feel like, ita.
I personally don't like the way it looks looked for a few minutes, with the folders, especially the closed thread folder, above the others.
I am also still opposed to folders for open threads.
On the other hand,
I think we should just let ita do what she thinks is best and then sit back and see if it works the way most people like it.
This is more true.
