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08-24-2012, 05:34 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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"Similar Threads" and "Related posts from TheWhir.com"
Is the "Related Posts From The WHIR" New? I know Similar Threads aren't.
It has just today become noticeable and a bit annoying. Makes threads longer and you have to go below it to change pages.
edit* http://i49.tinypic.com/nl7890.jpg - Very annoying, way too much going on down south.Last edited by SPINIKR-RO; 08-24-2012 at 05:37 PM.
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08-24-2012, 06:03 PM #2Dennis Johnson
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Not new. They used to be down at the bottom of the page. We're looking at different options and the current position is something we're looking at.
While I'd agree that it makes it a little further to get to the Quick Reply box. I'm not sure it's too far at this point or if we're just not used to seeing them there.
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08-24-2012, 06:06 PM #3Dennis Johnson
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I need to note though that you can click the - or + in the right corner to minimize or expand them.
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08-24-2012, 06:25 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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08-24-2012, 07:45 PM #6Retired Moderator
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08-24-2012, 08:15 PM #7
It's really strange the way that it is now. I can certainly see why you'd want this to be a little more prominent. At the same time, it would be nice if the pagignation were below the most recent post, rather than right above the "quick reply" box.
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08-24-2012, 08:18 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Just A quick suggestion, why not move those whir links to right sidebar?
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08-24-2012, 08:57 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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I guess they are trying to get more people onto WHIR, but the issue maybe that I have never found it appealing content.
I would go their more often if they had a better video option, did not have so many press release type advertising posts, filler content with self advertising events. Its also very slow to load all the ads and assets on there.
The related posts feature here actually does not have much related content. I have only gone there a few times and found it a bit boring.
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08-24-2012, 10:01 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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08-25-2012, 03:01 AM #12/me dawns tinfoil hat
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Can say that I'm not a fan of the placement, it'll probably just get greasemonkey'd out imo.
I do understand that iNet wants to get people on their other properties, but how about doing it in a way that isn't shoving it down our throats?
I'm also in agreement with HC-Ro, TheWhir contains absolutely no content that I'm interested in reading, its nothing but press releases, or content that I'd rather see on WHT.$this->hasFlavr() ? $nom->nom('nom') : $want->doNot()
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08-25-2012, 04:39 AM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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I would like to have an option in the control panel to hide the Similar Thread and TheWhir.com boxes, I can't see myself using them and they push the Quick Reply box farther away from the end of the thread.
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08-25-2012, 05:49 AM #14Web Hosting Evangelist
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I must say that I'm not a fan of this either. I appreciate that iNet interactive have other commercial interests and have every right to push content from their other sites, but I find it irritating.
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08-25-2012, 08:03 AM #15Dennis Johnson
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Yeah. The minimizing option does seem a bit on the wonky side.
I'll point our Product Manager to this thread so he can absorb the feedback.
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08-25-2012, 08:20 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Ok what the heck is the junk on WHIR, I finally gave 3 minutes of my life there
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EDIT* I should add that the sidebar already has whir content. http://i47.tinypic.com/5o8gls.jpgLast edited by SPINIKR-RO; 08-25-2012 at 08:30 AM.
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08-25-2012, 10:34 AM #17Problem Solver
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If anything, please move the pagination up. Its a pain in the rear to read long threads and have to scroll so far for that.
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08-25-2012, 10:41 AM #18/me dawns tinfoil hat
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They should either move the block to the right side, under the area where it already lists posts from TheWhir, or remove it entirely. The posts it lists aren't even remotely related, its more "here, go visit this article that has no relation to what you're actually reading, but we think you might like it anyway"
At the least, return the format how it was before, with pagination under the last post, then quick reply, then the two "related" boxes underneath it.$this->hasFlavr() ? $nom->nom('nom') : $want->doNot()
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08-25-2012, 01:54 PM #19
For the record, I like TheWHIR, but I keep up with it via twitter.
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08-25-2012, 02:55 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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Another vote for pagination being moved up.
I've read multiple threads and keep thinking the thread is a single page because it does not have any second page link in view where I am used to finding it. When I hit adverts (or similar threads etc) my brain treats that as the end of the thread, I don't expect Page 1 of 2 to appear under that.
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08-25-2012, 06:04 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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I'm fine with the change, people are acting like scrolling down an extra two inches down a screen is going to make them so exhausted they won't be able to work.
The only change I would like to see is the button at the bottom right to change pages be placed above "Similar Threads" while the quick reply stays under it.
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08-25-2012, 07:35 PM #25/me dawns tinfoil hat
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