Comments on: More Homepage Space?

By: aj

aj — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:08:45 +0000

Nevermind, I’m just gonna leave it alone.

By: Matthijs

Matthijs — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:13:18 +0000

What do you mean with “conserve more homepage space”? Enough space left, I would say. Infinitely more space, in fact. Long live the scroll bar!

No serious, why do you think that cramming more in a small space will help your visitors? That’s the microsoft way. Try to go the other way. Try removing stuff. Less is more.

The more you place in a smaller space, the less your visitor will see. Try a different approach. Start by removing the clutter of styles and simplifying things. Help your visitor by guiding them from the most important (last post), to the lesser important elements. If you guide them well, they will follow you, all the way down scrolling a long way, following links to more, etc.

By: Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:01:38 +0000

You so can’t resist the urge to mess with the design can you?

By: aj

aj — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:04:36 +0000

Good idea. I’ll work on it tomorrow.

By: Connor Wilson

Connor Wilson — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:22:40 +0000

I wouldn’t change anything, design wise. To get more content across, I would consider changing the “1 Top Post/5 Other new posts” that is there now to

1 Top Post w/ Excerpt
another | another | another

The three below, split in to thirds matching the grid like setup you have with the content below could have shorter excerpts but would still draw the eye.