shoejack Captain
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Wed, Feb 20, 2008 12:23:50
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Hi All I have been looking at ways to find members who like similar things easily. I have created 6 Channels or Groups that you may feature your profiles in. Set you main picture to any of the categories in the channel and you will appear on that channel's featured members page. All the different channels will appear shortly. If you have any suggestions for new channels or categories please post here.
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shoejack Captain
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Wed, Feb 20, 2008 14:25:44 |
Any feedback yet?
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Strappy
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Wed, Feb 20, 2008 19:56:49
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Going to check this out properly later, but seems a great idea so far!
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heels 4 2
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Wed, Feb 20, 2008 20:52:37
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we think the changes look great
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Neil Site Assistant
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Thu, Feb 21, 2008 05:03:02
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SJ - I commend the amount of work it took to set this all up! It pleases me we have so many more members than the humble few from when the site first started.
I know WHY the channels are here - the community here has grown so much we need to have "neighborhoods" for the types of fun each of us likes. Enough of our members had voiced opinions about one type of fun versus another - it was time to help our members find each other. I liked how open the website used to be - we were ALL lovers of shoes. It will be interesting to see if the ALL of US can continue to appreciate how good it is for ALL of US to have a place to find this - our passion. I would hate to see the site splinter in some manner simply because we forget what it was like to have NO place to go at all for our own particular thrill.
Thanks and keep up the superb work!
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Spikes Hot! Member
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Thu, Feb 21, 2008 22:34:34 |
Ditto on what Neil says about the commendable work SJ. How does the channel thing sort? Do the members appear random and sort differently each time you open the channel?
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shoejack Captain
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Thu, Feb 21, 2008 23:25:36 |
Hi Spikes
Yes it's a random sort, which refreshes each time you hit the 'More' text. (we could sort it any way we like - so let me know if random is too random) It is showing 10 members per column, but we could make this whatever we wished, but I was conscious of load times, so let me know if it could be 15 or 20 etc.
The new members sort shows the last members who joined.
Also each channel shows ALL the members in the group, rather than the front page which only shows Premium members.
Again I can switch it around as we wish.
I have put some more info on a couple of the channels, and the rest will follow.
I have also unlinked the top 5's on the front page, so we could now get creative about thinking of new channels.
One of the issues was that the front page was so heavy that it was taking a while to load. We can now choose which top 5 categories we want to show on the front page.
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sluttyheels
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Wed, Feb 27, 2008 20:45:38
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this is starting to look like a dating site ... "hi im mary and like sticking shoes up my arse.... "
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Spikes Hot! Member
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Fri, Mar 07, 2008 16:46:11
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Shoejack Now that the new format has been in place for a while, I had a couple of comments. I'd like to see only premium members featured. As it stands now, you scroll down, see an interesting picture, open it and discover it is a member who joined with only one picture and that member has had little or no involvement with the group since they joined. Second, I'd keep the random sort going, but maybe limit each category to 10 members. That will allow the front page to load more quickly, but the randomness still allows 10 different members with each reload. Third, I miss the new members section. It was an easy way to keep up with those who just joined. Thanks again for all your time and energy.
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shoejack Captain
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Fri, Mar 07, 2008 17:34:02 |
Thanks for the feedback Spikes
I'll cut the number of members featured on the front page back to 10 - good idea to keep the speed up.
I'll only have full members featured in each channel and random as it is . - NOW DONE
New members displayed in date order - newest at the top.
One of the reasons for splitting up the categories into the channels was that there were too many categories to be able to feature on one page (each category as you can see takes up one column.)
I was thinking about this earlier today as the newest members are now not as easy to find.
I will create a new page to sort this out.
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