[wp-forums] Searching where you shouldn't

[Les Bessant]

We're all too experienced... 

>From a lot of the posts I've seen, my impression is that the layout is
unwelcoming and confusing for new users. Now I use a custom CSS to hide the
tag cloud. But even with that, actual posts start a long way down the screen
in resolutions of 1024x768 and below. Actual forum headings are
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down there, and given that a lot of people don't seem
to like scrolling too far, it's not surprising that we see people unable to
find where to post properly.

Looking at the posting form, maybe it's the "be sure to search" text that
makes people who are either not really concentrating[1], or whose English
perhaps isn't all that good, to mistake it for a search form?

[1] Common when they've got a problem and they're a wee bit stressed about
it


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Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
Losing it[1] - http://lcb.me.uk/

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[mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Kaf Oseo
Sent: 29 January 2006 06:40
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Subject: [wp-forums] Searching where you shouldn't

There must be something I'm missing with the new layout. Seems to be
a lot more of the "oops I meant this to be a search" empties than I
can recall before The Site Overhaul.

I keep finding myself scrolling to the end a forum category expecting
to see the new topic form gone haywire, but no, it's seems (to me at
least) well labeled and quite recognizable as a forum post form. Even
has an obvious "be sure to search" link above the topic title field.
I couldn't ask for more (well I could, but...).

Am I just too experienced with web forum software to see what some
members find confusing about the new topic area?

-Kaf
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