looks great...change is good ;)

Oops I Did It Again

James, i don't care what you do with your site....I just hate that every story I have ever written is not always at the top to the bottom of the page..... Other than that one tiny slip up....everything's kewl!

The numbers don't lie...graph increase, on right side above,  shows double the number of pages read by our visitor after the change.  have your say here 

notta fan...lookin like a stat sheet, oh well

not a mobile type person...we destroy smart phones...not own 'em

good, dont have a phone...& ya, I'm with Vince....w00t!!

can't do nothing w/ templates till this place gets away from ning's nasty chokehold brudda ;)

(gotta use their "template" while here)

Hmm... can't we all come to a happy medium with this new change? I agree that there's way too much info crammed at the top of the page... maybe refining it a bit with just links to the content, discussions, vids, groups, etc... without the individual posts underneath? And possibly placing it either on the side of the pages or right under the heading 12160 and site links?

BTW Optix... love your 12160 template. Damn... I wish we could just get off of ole ningalinger already!

its insane, but hey, gotta let the gawd of the site run the shit...sorta like the USA...lol

deal with it folks

I understand the feelings of some regarding the stat sheet on the top. I was quite surprised myself and felt a little bit lost. I reloaded two or three times before to understand that I had to go further. I might agree that it is not the best spot mostly for the new members. You get used of it after a while but unconsciously you do not look at it and so maybe one miss the news and the admin miss the point.

James,

Would it be possible to have a fat lettered long ban across the top that is a quick link to all that info???

A header above the header?  Or would that take all the fun out of scrolling;)?

TOP CONTENT

I agree with those who have suggested that the content on the top of the page be abbreviated. There could be Headings like "Top Videos & Discussions" (or Featured Videos & Discussions), "Top Photos" (or Featured Photos), etc. and one section titled "Latest Content" to enlist all the posts (discussions, blogs, videos and photos) posted in the last 2 to 6 hours (2-6 hours is just a hypothetical time-frame, in reality it could be whatever you deem fit). The titles can be hyperlinked to respective content pages.

At present, it requires one to scroll far too much to reach the main site sections. Hence, instead of enlisting each post title under the main heading, putting only the main headings hyperlinked to respective content will save one from going on scrolling to reach the main page and, I think, it will also make the website layout more systematic and appealing in appearance.

Ok I LMAO with resistance is futile picture.

But I have to say I was watching the Main Room last night and the people were complaining, I told them the format changed from time to time to be patient.

Agree with Vincent, I got lost and thought 12160 was finally done for good

I think you've got the right idea. May have been a bit overdone to be honest. My suggestion: do what you've done, just make it far more condensed. Give it one heading and call it "BEST OF 12160 8-13-2013" and feature 10-15 top stories that MEMBERS have posted.

Shows that:

A) you update the website daily

B) you value member participation

C) you care about members making an effort here. Views will increase substantially giving people a sense of accomplishment because the stories important to them are being seen. Thus, they are making a difference and will value their time on 12160 that much more.

I have to add James, I have a hard time with this and it is not for a selfish reason. It is because I have a slow running computer (internet) and I sometimes can not get to the story before I have to reload my page. It is taking such a long time to get it pulled up, if I were a new person I would probably not try as hard and therefore not respond. Then ultimately go to another site out of frustration. Just saying from a slow internet provider persons point of view. 

If maybe it could be on the side of the page it may not take so long to scroll to the story the person was initially going to look at.

It is a good idea but needs to be modified in some way or shortened. Maybe on the main page only with the top line reading something to the effect, (These are things of interest, have look before scrolling down to main forum, thank you.)

Just a suggestion.

"Get used to it" ~Barry Sotero

Ria has a good idea. Sry I did not read hers first. Was just so excited to get to the posting area.

But yea, the site looks like crap now.

I love it too, but I kinda agree with Freedomrox and Vincent.  When I go to a story/article it is at the top.  I almost never found my page cuz it was at the top...had to figure out that I had to scroll down.

Scrolling is making me dizzy...

mooch better ;)

optix, may i ask what you intended the meaning of the word caveat to be. I am not trying to be rude, I will tell you I did not know the word so I looked it up and the definition I found did not make sense so I am asking you for your meaning of the word. Did you mean cavere?

Definition of CAVEAT