So, what do you think of the new board?

[CC_Jon]

@4kids4us

Because of all the extra steps involved to get to the different categories now, I rarely even go into places like Parents Cafe anymore.

I think I know what you are getting at here, but I wanted to make sure I understand. If you are in a thread like this one, it’s hard to find your way back to the list of categories.

We’re working on changing the top bar so that there’s always a link to the Categories page. We’re also considering some options to make that page easier to use:

Which category page design do you prefer? (Desktop)

This post is about the desktop view only. The mobile view isn’t affected by this potential change and has separate considerations. Looking at the Categories page, which is the default view for new users, I’m not sure we’re putting our best foot forward. I’m excited that people can finally find all of our categories without having to discover the Forum Index. But the right-hand side shows the latest threads, which are disorganized. So I’d like to consider a few alternatives. There’s a poll at the bottom of this post if you want to give feedback. Categories and subcategories only [Screen Shot 2020-12-09 at 12.01.22 PM] A very simple view that shows how many threads each category gets. If you want to see the latest threads, there is another tab for that. Categories with featured threads [Screen Shot 2020-12-09 at 12.04.40 PM] This version includes any pinned posts and threads with recent replies. It helps people know what sort of topics you might find in each category by giving e…

A huge goal of the new platform is to help people discover all the amazing content the community contributes. We know it’s still too hard, but we’re figuring out how to make things better one step at a time.

(If I misundestood the problem, please let me know!)