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OP: May 18, 2013, 11:21:19 PM
I have spent the last month redesigning the main site. It may appear minor to you--I've gone from two side columns to only one on the right and I've created new side widgets and the home page now has a giant blog subscriber opt-in instead of the main header. But it's been a lot of work on my end and I did it!!! YAY   :D 8)
I just got all the pages uploaded late this evening and am going through each to check for problems. I've fixed a few and some are more widespread and I'll fix those as a group tomorrow and throughout next week if it takes that long. Several images are kinda wonky.  :o
 
If you happen to notice something is off--like the wrong content--an article not matching the url or a link going to the wrong place, just let me know. I'm going to check on the wonky images tomorrow and I am going to change some of the adsense columns because the articles are short and the columns make the page longer.
 
I am totally excited about this new design though. I added a new forum widget that links directly to our registration page. I'm hoping to increase conversions to both the blog and forum with all the new opt-ins. The my-story page and main page now have a bunch of blog opt-in forms and I've put an opt-in at the bottom of each article. It may be a  bit intrusive  :P but subscriptions are proof of readership for interesting publishing agents!
 
Eventually I'll add similar widgets to the blog, but I don't know if I can duplicate the forum widget because I had to code it specially for the main site and it I can't copy the code directly.
 
Some of the images--that I did not change--are not coming through right now, but I think that may simply be because I uploaded something 170 pages and it has to go through all of them and that may take time for all the changes to show up.
 
But woo hoo, the main work is complete!
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Re: New Main Site Design
#1: May 18, 2013, 11:27:10 PM
Hey RCR, I just have one question and it's actually off-topic.  Is your H's screen-name actually Rollercoasterdriver?  If so, that just made my night.   ;D
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Re: New Main Site Design
#2: May 19, 2013, 06:10:49 AM
Quote from: Thundarr on May 18, 2013, 11:27:10 PM
Hey RCR, I just have one question and it's actually off-topic.  Is your H's screen-name actually Rollercoasterdriver?  If so, that just made my night.   ;D

He's never actually been on, but yes it is. I created it for him with his permission with the idea that maybe he would come answer questions.
Well he never did.  But I just set up an ask me form and without telling him  ;D  I added an ask the MLCer section,. He knows now because he got a question within the first 12 hours, but we will see if he answers or not.
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Re: New Main Site Design
#3: May 19, 2013, 06:57:45 AM
RCR...you are AWESOME!!!!!! Thank you for taking the time to make Heros even greater and better than ever!!!   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: New Main Site Design
#4: May 19, 2013, 09:16:00 AM
The new site design is eye-catching, but I have to admit I miss the bit where it said "dealing with mlc and infidelity when you don't want a divorce".  Somehow that seemed to distinguish it from the many other sites. 

Am I making sense?  Sometimes I feel that one thing that really has gone during H's crisis are my powers of expression. 
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Re: New Main Site Design
#5: May 19, 2013, 09:23:33 AM
I love it!  And I love most that your face is on the main page.  Your research and you have a unique point of view within the MLC world, which is the benefit of this site over others that might bring MLC up, but not deal with it specifically in such a deep, focused way.  I had long hoped that your branding would include YOU at the forefront to reflect that. :)
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Re: New Main Site Design
#6: May 19, 2013, 11:52:08 AM
   RCR my Ds now say  "RCR is a genius!"
   every time we see the script!  Must have picked it up from me! ;)
   Now we are looking for 'wonky' images ???
   The last 2.5 years has been a wonky image.... ::)   
   Super!!  Congrats!!  Woo-Hoo! It's Miller Time! :o
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Re: New Main Site Design
#7: May 19, 2013, 12:42:22 PM
Quote from: Trustandlove on May 19, 2013, 09:16:00 AM
I have to admit I miss the bit where it said "dealing with mlc and infidelity when you don't want a divorce".  Somehow that seemed to distinguish it from the many other sites.

Don't worry, it says that on every single page with the exception of the homepage which is the only page to have the large feature box.
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Re: New Main Site Design
#8: May 19, 2013, 01:48:01 PM
I confess I found the previous design more appealing and prefer the menu on the left rather than on the right, where it is now. But certainly is eye catching.
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Re: New Main Site Design
#9: May 19, 2013, 03:55:35 PM
I did notice the new design and I like it. Even just for a fresh change.

I hope your H will consider responding as it really does help the LBS to understand. I found the responses and posts by the exMLCer on Jim Conway's site very helpful.

Thank you for all the effort you put into this.
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